Janet (Moore) Caswell

January 19, 1927-October 30, 2014

Janet (Moore) Caswell, longtime resident of the Firthcliffe section of Cornwall, died on Oct. 30 in St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital.  She was 87 and the wife of Ralph B. Caswell, Jr., who predeceased her on Jan. 22, 2000.

The daughter of the late John and Helen (Madden) Moore, she was born Jan. 19, 1927 in Newburgh.  Janet was a recipient of a Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award in high school.  She was an employee of various local companies/organizations: NY Telephone, Firth Carpet Company, Sears and Roebuck, Stewart Air Force Base, Star Expansion Industries and the United States Military Academy at West Point.  She was a Member of the Grand Lodge of the Daughters of Scotia, Lady Fraser Lodge No. 74, Newburgh.

Janet is survived by her sons Daniel B. Caswell and wife Donna of Cary, N.C. and Andrew W. Caswell and wife Carol of the Town of Newburgh; four grandchildren Keith Caswell and wife Melynda of Glen Rock, N.J., Liana (Caswell) Drumm and husband Tom of Dumont, N.J., Carly (Caswell) Seymour and husband Bill of Raleigh, N.C. and Jamie Caswell of Washington, D.C.; four great grandchildren Gavin and Natalie Drumm, Tyler and Toby Caswell, and other nieces and nephews.

A private family memorial service will be held at a later date. Cremation will be in Cedar Hill Crematory, Newburgh.