HERKIMER Elwood Folts Tod Waterbury passed away on January 18, 2014 at the age of 101 years, 10months, and 15 days. He was born on March 3, 1912 in Herkimer, NY, the son of Frank and Florella Young Waterbury. He was educated in local schools and graduated from Herkimer High School in 1930. In April 1941 he was selected to enter the U.S. Army as a soldier for a year which was seven months before Pearl Harbor. Tod served for five years, including the entire length of WWII, with duty as a First Lieutenant in campaigns across New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands, and the Philippines. He was a supply/motor officer in the service. One tour of duty included fifteen consecutive months in combat zones. He was in the Reserves. His decorations include the Asiatic-Pacific, American Defense, Philippines Liberation, and the Victory medals. His Asiatic ribbon has four battle stars and the Philippines Liberation has one battle star. For twenty-five years he was employed by Univac from which he retired in 1971. He then was employed by Mohawk Data Sciences for six years retiring in 1977. Tod was a life-long active member of the First Baptist Church of Herkimer. He was baptized in May of 1925. He held many offices in the church and was a Sunday School teacher and pianist for thirty years. For more than thirty years (1930-1960), he enjoyed working as a pianist for small dance orchestras, the last being the Bob Reil Orchestra. He played a variety of styles but had an especially strong bass hand for boogie-woogie. On August 15, 1942 he was married to Louise Russell of Waynesville, NC at the West Raleigh Presbyterian Church. They were married for fifty-eight years before Louises passing on December 11, 2000. He is survived by two daughters, Laraine and Jan both of Herkimer, a nephew Ernest Waterbury of Herkimer, and two nieces, Joan Bennett of New Hartford and Joyce Reardon of Herkimer along with many great-nephews and great-nieces and great-greats. He was predeceased by three sisters, Ruth Kissner, Betty Hilts, and Mildred Ellen who died in infancy, a half-brother, Monroe Waterbury and three brothers, Gordon, Willard and Seaton. Tod was a member of Herkimer Lodge #423 of Free and Accepted Masons, Excelsior Hook and Ladder Co. #3, the American Legion Post #38, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #4915, and the Herkimer County Historical Society. Tod had a great interest in the Society after retirement and was a volunteer genealogical researcher. He helped hundreds of persons to trace their family history back to Herkimer County. A memorial service and burial will be held in the spring. Memorial donations may be made to the Herkimer First Baptist Church Memorial Fund, PO Box 423, Herkimer, NY 13350 or Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc, 4427 Middle Settlement Road, New Hartford, NY 13413. A special thanks is given to the Hospice staff for their care which allowed Tod to pass away in the home he had lived in since 1940. Funeral arrangements are with Fenner Funeral Home Inc., 115 Court Street, Herkimer.