Paul Francis Marr

1957 - 2021

UNADILLA – Paul Francis Marr, formerly of Toddsville and currently a resident of The Arc Otsego group home in Unadilla, passed away Tuesday evening, February 2, 2021, at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown. He was 63.

Born October 16, 1957, at the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, Paul was the only child of Francis Jay Marr and Barbara E. Race Marr. For many years he lived with his parents in Toddsville. 

He was currently residing in Unadilla, and attended the Fellowship Baptist Lighthouse Church. 

Paul is survived by three paternal aunts, Dorothy Knapp of Milford, Virginia Rathbun of Schenectady, and Elaine Himes of Virginia; two maternal aunts, Alice Eckler and husband, Harvey of Fly Creek, and Beverly Struckler and husband Bill of New Mexico; a maternal uncle, Robert Race and wife Jane of Middlefield; several cousins, including Dennis Baker of Cooperstown; and his Arc Otsego community, especially his caregiver, Michelle. 

He was predeceased by his mother, Barbara E. Marr, who died March 20, 2001, and his father, Francis Jay Marr, who died December 14, 2014. 

Paul will be laid to rest with his parents later this Spring in Hartwick Seminary Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be directed to The Arc of Otsego County, PO Box 490, Oneonta, NY 13820.

Arrangements are under the care and guidance of the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown. 


If you would like to send condolences to the family, send an email to Connell, Dow & Deysenroth. We will forward your comments to the family. If you would like to send flowers in memory of the deceased, contact Mohican Flowers at (607) 547-8822, or A Rose is a Rose at (607) 264-3100.