Levi Spencer Corser (1898–1979)

Father of Dorothy Lucille Corser (1927–2010). Born 24 March 1898 in Bristol Center, Ontario County, New York, to Henry Spencer Corser (1874–1949) and Grace Amina Totman (1879–1957); siblings included Helen Zylphia Corser Herendeen (1899–1978). Served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army during World War I. Married Eloise Mae Pettes in 1925, and the couple raised three daughters in the Bristol/Canandaigua area: Dorothy Lucille (1927–2010), Jane, and Helen Lee (1931–2014, later Helen Fox, longtime Town of Bristol historian). Died 6 September 1979 in Canandaigua and is buried with Eloise at Evergreen Cemetery (also known as Baptist Hill Cemetery), Bristol Center. An 8-acre town park on Route 20A in Bristol Center is named Levi Corser Memorial Park; the sources reviewed do not explicitly confirm whether it was named for this Levi Corser specifically.