Arthur S. Hammell of Old Chatham died with his family at his side on Thursday, July 1, 2010, under the care of The Community Hospice of Columbia/Greene Unit, Columbia Memorial Hospital, Hudson, NY. Art was born on November 13, 1942, in Port Chester, NY, son of the late Nelson L. and Virginia U. Hammell. He spent many summers working on his family's Long Island farm, under the tutelage of his grandfather, the late Arthur S. Underhill, and graduated from Port Washington High School. He earned an Associate Degree in Construction Technology from the State University of New York, Farmingdale, and worked in the new construction department of Columbia University. Art was a proud veteran of the U.S. Navy. After enlisting as an ensign and serving in the Seabees, he was accepted into the Pensacola Naval Air Training Command, Pensacola, FL. He earned his flight wings in August, 1965, Class 27. First based in Memphis, TN, Art was later assigned as a P-3 Orion aircraft navigator to Squadron VP-40, based at Moffett Airfield, Sunnyvale, CA, . He served tours of duty in Japan and Vietnam. He was honorably discharged from active duty in 1969, and served several additional years with Naval Reserve squadrons in Willow Grove, PA, South Weymouth, MA, and Glens Falls, NY, attaining the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Art worked as a medical supplies sales representative in the San Francisco area for Becton-Dickinson & Co. and Bard-Parker. In 1974, he purchased the Banner Clothing House on Main Street in Chatham, an establishment which he ran for 18 years. Art went on to establish Bibere, a vending business serving many counties in the state. Most recently, Art worked as a driver for Marchese Ford in New Lebanon. Art was a life-long member of the Jericho Friends Meeting on Long Island, which his family has attended for generations. He was also a member of the VFW and the Columbia County Conservative Party. In 1975, Art married the former Nancy Cummings of Chatham, who survives. In addition , he is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Mark K. and DeLynn Hammell of Union City, CA; his daughter and son-in-law, Carrie L. and Adam Torrey of Gainesville, FL; a sister, Judith Becker of Glen Cove; two brothers, Nelson Hammell and his partner, Edward Guffey of Lake Worth, FL, and Willis Hammell and his wife, Lori, of Old Chatham; and four nieces, Amanda Hammell of Castleton, Tiffany Hammell of Glenville, Danielle Hammell of Claverack, and Jodi Becker-Mora and her husband, Victor, of Glen Cove. The family will receive friends on Monday, July 5th, from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. at the French, Gifford, Prieter and Blasl Funeral Home, 25 Railroad Ave., Chatham. A service of remembrance will be held at the funeral home on Tuesday, July 6that 9 a.m., followed by internment at the Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery at noon that day. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in Art's memory to The Community Hospice of Columbia/Greene, 47 Liberty St., Catskill, NY 12414, or the East Chatham Fire Co., P. O. Box 94, 14 Frisbee St., East Chatham, NY 12060. For directions or to send an online condolence visit www.frenchblasl.com.