RICHFIELD SPRINGS - Harold D. Ainslie Hap age 75 of Ainslie Road passed away unexpectedly on Friday evening February 10, 2006 in his home. He was born on November 8, 1930 in Cooperstown, the son of the late William J. and Edna McRorie Ainslie. A lifelong area resident, he was raised on the Ainslie Family Farm and educated in Richfield Springs High School. On August 14, 1949 he married Mary Jane Snyder in the Cooperstown Baptist Church. They have resided on Ainslie Road since 1955. Prior to his retirement in 1995 Hap owned & operated a plumbing, heating, electrical, and well drilling business. Initially as William J. Ainslie & Son and more recently as Harold Ainslie & Son. In the 1960s and 70s he also operated a Bombadier snowmobile dealership and was a founding member of the first snowmobile club in Richfield. As a highly regarded businessman Hap also had a strong sense of community. He was a forty-one year member of Richfield Springs Free and Accepted Masons Lodge #482 where he served as Master in 1980, 1981 and 1990. He was a former member of the Fly Creek Valley Grange. Hap was a strong willed man who enjoyed the outdoors and nature. He cherished the peaceful surroundings of the woods around his home. He was happiest when he was with friends and family, especially his grandchildren and great grandchildren. He will always be remembered as a friend to many and will never be forgotten. Surviving are his loving wife of fifty-six years Jane, three daughters, Donna Ainslie of Richfield Springs, Deb and her husband Rick DeJohn of Ilion, Dodie Ainslie and her partner Gail Strausser of Endicott, three sons and their wives, Bill and Betty Ainslie of Tavares, FL, Warren Ainslie and Rachel Ainslie-Hamblin, Chet and Carol Ainslie all of Richfield Springs, one brother, James and his wife Effie Ainslie of Richfield Springs, ten grandchildren, Trevor and Brad Ainslie, Kim and Linda Cremeno, Jessica Barbuto, Carolyn Clark, Georgia, Ida, and Martha Ainslie-Hamblin, Candice Domion, five great grandchildren, many nieces, nephews and cousins. Besides his parents a half-brother Leo McLean preceded him in death. Funeral service will be on Tuesday Feb. 14 at 1:00 pm in J. Seaton McGrath Funeral Home, 40 West James Street, Richfield Springs. The Reverend William Harkins, Pastor of the Church of Christ Uniting will officiate. Interment will be private and at the convenience of the family. The family will be present in the funeral home to receive relatives and friends on Monday Feb. 13 from 4:00 until 7:00 pm. Expressions of sympathy may be made with donations to the Masonic Brotherhood Fund or the Shriners Hospital. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. Members of Richfield Springs Lodge #482 F & AM are asked to meet at the funeral home for ritualistic services at 6:30 pm.