Martha E. "Marty" Frette

Martha E. "Marty" Frette, age 71 of Perry, NY passed away on Friday April 20, 2018 at Suzanne Comfort Care Home in Perry after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
She was born in Dansville, NY on September 4, 1946 a daughter to the late Harry and Mary (Mayer) Cooper.
Marty was a 1964 graduate of Perry Central High School.
Marty worked for M&T Bank as a bank teller and was also a self employed folk artist "Marty's Woods" selling her creations at local craft fairs as well as online sales.
She enjoyed her love of painting, going to area antique sales and shows with her longtime friend Nancy Wolcott, collecting antiques, and with her husband, loving their pets cats, most who they have rescued.
She was a member of the Silver Lake Association and was a former treasurer of the Silver Lake Institute.
She traveled internationally on several occasions, and along with her in-laws, made two trips to Norway to meet all of her 60 Norwegian relatives.
She is survived by her husband Lee B. Frette whom she married on December 23, 1983, a son William (Cindy Ireland) Stowell of Perry, a sister-in-law: Jo Anne (Daniel) Frette-Palmer of East Hampton, CT along with several grandchildren.
Along with her parents she is preceded in death by a sister Carol (Walter) Gebhardt.
Services will be held at the convenience of the family.
She will be laid to rest in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Perry Center in the Benedict plot with her family.
Memorials may be made to Suzanne's Comfort Care Home 167 N. Main St. Perry, New York 14530