Houghton - Roselyn Lorraine Ballard Danner, 80, went home to
be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on April 13, 2019 at her home,
Yorkwood, in Houghton.
She was born on November 27, 1938 in Tappan, a daughter of
the late Mary Amanda Bomberger and Clayton Arthur Ballard. On June 18, 1960 she
married Lieutenant Colonel Robert Fiske Danner, US Army, Retired, who survives,
at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church, Pearl Street, Wellsville.
Her early schooling through grade 8 was in Belmont where the
Ballard family lived for a number of years. Roselyn is a 1956 graduate of
Wellsville High school; a 1959 graduate of the West Suburban Hospital School of
Nursing, Oak Park, IL; a 1961 graduate in nursing of Wheaton College, IL; and a
1984 graduate in art of Houghton College.
As a Wellsville High School student she played in that
school’s excellent musical groups and she and Bob met in the Wheaton College Concert
Band. After 20 years of following Bob around during a full Army career, during
which they often moved, she raised their children and began her long interest
in painting, studying with two New York City Art Student’s League painters
during an extended tour at the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Upon moving to Houghton, she enrolled at the college as an art student. Upon
graduation she took over management of the college art display gallery program,
contributing to that program through many years including being instrumental in
the design of the Ortlip Family Art Gallery, Center for the Arts, opening in
2000. Concurrently, she began an inventory of the art collection, managing that
collection until her retirement. In 2002, Roselyn was the “14th recipient of
the President’s Advisory Board Award of individuals who have made significant
contributions to Houghton College through time, talents and resources.”
She is a long-time member of the Houghton Wesleyan Church
where she served for many years on the Board of Trustees, the first woman to be
elected to that board.
In addition to her
husband, she is survived by her four children: David Ballard Danner of Terre
Haute, IN; Maribeth Hope Danner Jennings (Joseph) of Eden; Nathan Fiske Danner
(Casda) of Houghton; Amy Ruth Danner Sperry (David) of Waxhaw, NC; her sister
Marilyn Adele Ballard Hiler of Houghton; and a number of other relatives. The
Danners have 13 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Family and friends may gather from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on
Friday, April 19, 2019 at the Kopler-Williams Funeral Home, 21 N. Genesee
Street, Fillmore and from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 20, 2019 at
the Houghton Wesleyan Church where a funeral will follow at 11:00 am. Rev. Dr.
Wesley D. Oden will be officiant. Burial will be in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery,
Houghton.
Memorials if desired, to the Houghton Wesleyan Church or to
the Art Department at Houghton College.
