IN MEMORIUM
Shirley's major passion was this Society and project. In saying so, this website was the very last project she started with her daughter to continue the preservation project for generations to come. Please consider becoming part of this legacy. Become a member, donate or just attend some of the free programs.
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Shirley's Legacy
Shirley was born and lived the majority of her life in Clintondale. She attended the Clintondale schoolhouse and later graduated from New Paltz High School. In addition to working as a bookkeeper for her family’s construction business, she worked for the Towns of Plattekill and New Paltz as a welfare officer.
She was the Town of Plattekill historian for many years, President of the Plattekill Historical Society, a renowned author, and expert in local history. Shirley spent many years as an active volunteer firefighter and medical emergency responder in the Clintondale Fire Department, where she also served as the department’s treasurer.
Shirley was known throughout the community as a trustworthy, hard-working, kind, and generous person. She loved learning new things and had many varied interests but the history of the Hudson Valley and researching her family genealogy was her passion. Her love of learning led her to take numerous college-level classes and seminars in genealogy and history. As the president of the historical society, she organized local lectures and fundraisers.
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Career/Honors/Affliations
1956-1960
1960s to 1990
1990 to retirement
LIFE MEMBER
1992 to 2014
1992 to 1999
1992 to 1996
1992
1992
1992
1989 to 1996
1990 to 2000
Worked at IBM
Bookkeeper for Lawrence H. Morse, Secretary & Treasurer for LHM, Inc. Secretary- Treasurer for LHM Realty Corp.
Joint Owner of Robert John Anson Construction Inc.
Life Active Member of the Clintondale Fire Department ~ First Woman Driver and Pump Operator in the History of Clintondale Fire Department - saved child from a fire - earning Firefighter of the Year in 1992 - with a beautiful plaque.
Clintondale Fire Department Treasurer & Clintondale Quaker Church Treasurer
Served on the Board and the Commissioners Board for the Clintondale Fire Department
Town of Plattekill and New Paltz Welfare Officer
Recognition as the Top Responder for the Clintondale Fire Department and Firefighter of the Year
Ulster County Woman of the Year - celebration at the Plattekill Grange.
Ulster County Person of the Year - celebration at the Plattekill Grange.
Town of Plattekill Historian - included preservation of cemeteries
Preservation of all old newspapers for the area.
1996 to 2021
President, Vice President and Treasurer of the Town of Plattekill's Historical Preservation Society
1997 to 2022
Member of the Gem & Mineral Society; Amenrican Genealogical Society, Northeastern Genealogical Society and many more to list.
2000
Chairman of the Town of Plattekill's 200th Anniversary - Developed the program for the year 2000.
2012 - 2014
Member of the Board of the Ulster County Round Table
1996 to 2019
Active Member and Board Member of the Southern Ulster Chamber of Commerce
Forever
Dedicated and Loving wife, mom, aunt, sister, cousin and friend to many. A member of the Ladies of Clintondale. Always loved and missed from her family ~ Butch, Jami, Kip, Kelly, Koda (and our brother past - Richard)
Books & Projects by Shirley V. Anson
1989
by Shirley V. Anson
1991
by Shirley V. Anson & George A Badgley
1980
By Shirley V. Anson & Laura M. Jenkins
2000
2009
2012
By Libby Werlau & Shirley V. Anson
2022/2023
Friends and Neighbors: A Pictorial History of the Town of Plattekill and Southwest Lloyd, Ulster County, New York.
Quaker History and Genealogy of the Marlborough Monthly Meeting Ulster County, N.Y. 1804-1900+
Clintondale Fire Department's 75th Anniversary Booklet
Clintondale School Reunion - Organizer and Author of the reunion book
Hallowed Grounds
The Anson Family is completing Shirley's Anson's Book on the Civil War