Section: Croton-on-Hudson Obituaries
April 13, 2006
Lyn Roessler: In Memoriam
Croton’s own Australian, Lyn Roessler (Google search), died suddenly and peacefully at her new home in Easthampton, MA on Friday, March 24, 2006. Known throughout the Hudson Valley for her knowledge and appreciation of local history, she recently organized the re-enactment of firing on the sloop Repulse and the ship’s hasty flight downriver to near Ossining to escape the cannonading.
The Repulse was the ship that had brought Andrée up the Hudson and was intended to bring him back. The ship’s retreat forced Andrée to miss his connection with it and so he crossed the Hudson at King’s Ferry to Montrose and to make his way through Westchester in an attempt to reach the British lines.
Lyn kept her personal information out of most conversations, preferring to discuss local politics or history of any kind. Her passing provides the opportunity to share a little bit of Lyn’s history with the community she cherished and served.
Lynette Christine Murray was born May 11, 1941 in Bordertown, South Australia. Her father Stan, introduced electricity to the town, owned an electric appliance store, and was the town’s first movie projectionist. Her mother, Carol, founded the town’s Nursery School. Her first years of school were in a one-room school house but as a teen, much to her delight, she was sent off to boarding school in Adelaide, about 2 hours from home.
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