Mirial M. Clapp

May 7, 1923 - August 15, 2018

Mirial M. Clapp, 95, of Riverledge Road in Hudson, died August 15, 2018 in Georgia. Born in Hudson on May 7, 1925, she is the daughter of the late Willard and Lillian (Reynolds) Perlee. She was a lifelong resident of Hudson. Mrs. Clapp graduated from Hudson High School and the State University at New Paltz, where she was a member of its honorary teaching society, Epsilon Delta Chi. She taught for one year at the Martin Van Buren School in Kinderhook and for 34 years in the Hudson City School District. Mrs. Clapp was a member of the New York State Retired Teachers Association and a life member of the Columbia County Retired Teachers Association. As a member of the Columbia Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Hudson Branch, she served as secretary and vice president. Other memberships included the Hudson Opera House, the Columbia County Historical Society, the Columbia Greene Humane Society, the Columbia Golf and Country Club, and Friends of the Hudson Area Library. She was also a secretary and president of both the Trippers Club and the Hudson Fortnightly Club. An active member of the First Reformed Church, she served as both Deacon and Elder on the consistory. For over forty years she was a teacher and superintendent of the Sunday School. Surviving are nieces and nephews Mrs Norman (Suzanne) Baur, Mrs. Hubert (Donna) Klose, J. Reynolds Perlee, Donald Clapp, and David Clapp. She was predeceased by her husband William R. Clapp, her brother Willard Perlee, and her sister in law Florence (Mac) MacKeever Perlee. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 on Saturday October 13, at First Reformed Church in Hudson. Contributions in memory of Mirial may be made to the First Reformed Church P.O. Box 322 Hudson, NY, the Columbia Greene Humane Society, or to the Hudson Area Library.