Elizabeth Grossman

Elizabeth "Betty" J. Sullivan Spiro Grossman of Roscoe, NY, a teacher and a long-time area resident, died Friday, July 11, 2014 at UHS Wilson Medical Center, Johnson City, NY. She was 78.

The daughter of the late Joseph Vincent Sr. and Elizabeth L. Patterson Sullivan, she was born April 6, 1936 in Yonkers, NY.

Betty was a teacher for many years at Holy Child Jesus Elementary School of Richmond Hill Queens , St. John's Prep High School of Queens, and the Monticello School District, after relocating to Roscoe.

Betty enjoyed turning policemen, who tried to give her tickets, into toads. She enjoyed being a mother, gramma, friend, and just being Betty.

Betty and her husband, Bob, had owned Roscoe Campsites for many years; she was a communicant of Gate of Heaven Church, Roscoe, NY; a long-time member of the Roscoe Chamber of Commerce; a member of the O&W Railway Museum; a member of the Senior Luncheon Club; a snowbird and a member of the St. Theresa Catholic Church in Sunny Hills, FL; and she was involved in many other organizations in the community. Betty was the "Mayor" of Roscoe, unofficially.

Survivors include her loving sister Peggy Lewis and her husband Brad of Jefferson Valley, NY; loving brother John F. Sullivan and his wife Joyce of Scottsdale, AZ; her children, Allen Spiro and his wife Alison of Beacon, NY; Elizabeth O'Donnell and her husband Jack of Ashley Falls, MA; Patricia Ann Spiro and her companion Tom Abbott of Chipley, FL; Susan Farrell and her husband Edward of Edison, NJ; Elizabeth Strode of Suffolk, NC; Linda Simowitz and her husband Peter of Mooresville, NC; Robert Grossman and his wife Sandy of Smithfield, UT; Mary Jeanne Pizzariello and her husband Nick of Las Vegas, NV; Barbara Josephine Schaefer and her husband Mike of Mooresville, NC; and Maria Leddy Johnson and her husband Billy of Queens, NY; and many grandchildren; great grandchildren; nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her first husband, Allen M. Spiro; her second husband, Robert Grossman; one son, Michael Patrick Spiro; one daughter, Regina Rose Grossman; and two brothers Joseph V. Sullivan and Thomas P. Sullivan.

Visitation will be Wednesday, July 16, 2014 from 2-4 and 7-9 pm in the Harris Funeral Home, Railroad Ave. Roscoe, NY.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday, July 17, 2014 at 11 AM in the Gate of Heaven Church, Highland Ave., Roscoe, NY. Father Edward Bader will officiate.

Burial will be in the Bon Air Cemetery, Roscoe, NY.

Memorial contributions in Betty's name may be made to the Gate of Heaven Church C/O Father Edward Bader, Church Street, Livingston Manor, NY 12758.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Harris Funeral Home, Railroad Ave., Roscoe, NY (607)-498-4929 or (845)-439-5200 www.Harris-FH.com