Robert D. Hoyt Sr.
Robert D. Hoyt Sr., age 80, of Johnstown, passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at the Mountain Valley Hospice House following a long illness. He was born on April 11, 1929, in Gloversville. He was the son of the late Carl Hoyt and Marion Briggs Hoyt. Mr. Hoyt was employed as a leather worker for the former Independent Leather Co. and retired from the former Karg Bros. Tannery in Johnstown.
He was a member of the Bleecker Fish & Game Club.
Mr. Hoyt was united in marriage to Helen M. Herrick Hoyt on August 30, 1947, and she passed away on November 11, 2001.
Survivors include: four sons, Robert D. Hoyt Jr. (Phyllis) of Amsterdam, Ronald E. Hoyt (Marguerite) of Albany, Richard A. Hoyt (Judy) of Gloversville, and Leo J. Hoyt (Betty) of Gloversville; four daughters, Judith A. Pettit of Gloversville, Karen S. Dick of Georgia, Jean M. Rote (Jack) of Perth, and Tammy L. Hill (Dennis) of Johnstown; two sisters, May Shults and Jean Flansburg; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and two great- great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews and cousins.
In addition to his wife, he was predeceased by: a son, Francis C. Hoyt; a daughter, Linda L. Pinckney; and four sisters, Marilyn Warner, Carolyn Lowell, Betty Jacobs, June Lair; stepfather, John Miner; stepmother, Evelyn Hoyt.
Funeral services were conducted on Tuesday by the A.G. Cole Funeral Home, Inc., 215 East Main Street, Johnstown. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Fonda. Memorial Contributions may be made in his memory to Mountain Valley Hospice, 108 Steele Ave., Gloversville, New York 12078.
