Roy Fuchs, chairman of the board of the Friends of Sagamore Hill, passed away the morning of May 12, 2013. Roy W. Fuchs was born in Brooklyn on June 1, 1930, son of Walter and Patricia Quinn Fuchs. He graduated from Valley Stream High School. He earned a college degree from Farmingdale College in Agriculture. He managed a fruit and dairy farm upstate in Elnora, New York for a few years. He was hoping to become a veterinarian when “Uncle Sam” called. He served in the US Navy air control division for eight years. After military duty he became a banker with Franklin National Bank, a savings and loan bank, and Bank Leumi. He married Asenath Hatch in 1963.
Roy Fuchs was a Rotarian (charter president of Plainview Rotary Club and district treasurer). He has been a member of Old First Presbyterian Church of Huntington since 1969, where he served on Session and was a trustee.
In retirement, he was a volunteer at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. He loved the outdoors and took pride in helping maintain the property especially riding the tractor and cutting the lawn at Sagamore Hill. He was serving as Chairman of Friends of Sagamore Hill upon his death on May 12. He was a very loving and caring husband and father. He is survived by his wife, four children and ten grandchildren.
Visitation was at the Jacobsen Funeral Home Thursday, May 16. A memorial service was held at Old First Church 125 Main Street, Huntington, on Saturday, May 18.
