Esther Milagros (Munoz) Reader (Estep) Ogg passed Monday, Aug. 13 after a year and a half battle with stage four non-alcohol related liver cancer.
Esther was born Dec. 19, 1943 in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico to the late Leonidas Valentine Reader of Tyrone, Pa., and her birth father, the late Reinaldo Munoz of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
She was also preceded in death by her husband Michael Ogg, Sr., of Greenwood Lake/Middletown, N.Y., and more recently her father Fredrick E. Reader of Tyrone, Pa.
Esther is survived by her daughters, Sandra (Estep) and Allan Bollin of Smithville and Shelley (Estep) and Michael Pinero of Clark Summit, Pa; grandsons, Robert McGinnis, Sr. of Newburgh, N.Y., Christopher Bednar and Jonathan Pinero of Clark Summit, Pa., and Shaun McGinnis of Smithville; seven great, great grandchildren; and her beloved dogs, Teddy, Missy, Sophie and Copper.
Her first job was as a secretary at the Tyrone Paper Mill. She also worked at Star Expansion in Mountainville, N.Y. Then she was a police dispatcher for the Town of New Windsor, then a secretary for the State of New York Police crime lab. She held various positions at Kelly Army Hospital, West Point, N.Y., from which she retired. She was active in both COVAC and NEWVAC where she held various line and executive positions.
The best time she had since her diagnosis was when Mindy Erden of Newburgh, N.Y., brought down Simon Mohr, Logan and Jake Erden, Robert Jr., and Abbygail McGinnis from New York. She loved when the kids called her GG.
She moved to Smithville in March 2005 from Greenwood Lake with her late husband and loved the town and its weather. She loved sitting on the porch and especially in summer watching the sunsets and the hummingbirds. She was bowled over by the solar eclipse in August 2017. She loved technology and had computers before they were connected to the internet to play solitaire which she also did on her mini iPad or smart phone. She had beautiful penmanship. She liked Spanish, Puerto Rican and Cuban foods of her childhood but could eat her weight in burgers. Thursday was her favorite day of the week; it was Thursday Baby on the news and clean sheet day.
The family honored her request to be directly cremated and no service held. A bio urn and tree will be planted at home in the spring.
Arrangements entrusted to Final Care Cremation Services of Sparta.
Smithville Review
(Smithville, Tenn.)
Aug. 22, 2018
