Obituary: Frances D. MacEachron, First Female Mayor Of Hastings

HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NY — Frances D. MacEachron, who was the first female mayor of Hastings-on-Hudson, serving from 1981 to 1993, died Aug. 8 at the age of 94. She was living in Sleepy Hollow.

According to her obituary at the Hastings Funeral Home, MacEachron and her family moved to Hastings in 1954 and moved to Sleepy Hollow in 2005.

MacEachron was a trustee of the Hastings Board of Education from 1968 to 1976, and for two years was president.

She is survived by two daughters, a son, her sister and five grandchildren.

Read the MacEachron 's complete obituary here.

Current Mayor Nicola Armacost posted a message about MacEachron on the village's website.

"Even though I didn't know her, she was an inspiration to me and to many other women in local politics as a pioneering female politician in an ear when it was relatively uncommon for women to have leadership roles in municipal government," she said.

"Fran, from all of us in the place you called home for many years, may you rest in peace," Armacost said.

A memorial service will be held at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27 at Temple Beth Shalom, 740 N. Broadway in Hastings-on-Hudson.

In lieu of flowers, MacEachron's family asks that donations be made to the Westchester Community College Foundation.

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