Born: c. 1917
Died: September 9, 1980
Married: Jean Chubb
Children: Nancy Jean Hardy, Carol Elizabeth Hardy, Joan Adams Hardy
Arthur Hardy Jr. was a son of Dr. Arthur Hardy. He was an owner of Corey Island in Upper Saranac Lake. He was a World War II veteran.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, September 9, 1980
Arthur Hardy killed after car overturns
RAY BROOK - A 63-year-old Pelham Manor man apparently drowned when his car overturned in a swampy area between Saranac Lake and Tupper Lake early this morning.
Arthur H. Hardy Jr., who had a summer home on Upper Saranac Lake, was reportedly traveling east on Route 3, one-half mile east of Dugal Road, when he rounded a corner and went on to the shoulder of the road in the fog.
According to police the tentative cause of the accident which occurred at 12:45 a.m. was excessive speed.
State Police said he apparently tried to return to the road, began fishtailing, and went off the right side of the highway.
His convertible overturned and landed in approximately two feet of water. Hardy, who was belted in, was discovered with his head and shoulders submerged.
Hardy was taken to Mercy General Hospital in Tupper Lake where he was pronounced dead.
An autopsy is being performed this morning to determine the cause of death.
Hardy lived on Corey Island in Upper Saranac Lake, which he once offered to a group of artists to stage an environmental art show called Island Eye Island Ear. However, Hardy's brother and sister, also owners of the island finally blocked the use of the private island for the show which became very controversial.
The art group was first prevented from holding the show on Bluff Island by the State of New York.
Finally the show was never held as a result of a long and public controversy involving the State, the Hardy family, and residents of the Upper Saranac Lake in 1979.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, September 11, 1980
Arthur H. Hardy, Jr.
PELHAM MANOR - A memorial service for Arthur Hugill Hardy, Jr., of 970 Esplanade, Pelham Manor, who died in an auto accident on the Tupper Lake - Saranac Lake road early Tuesday morning will be held Saturday, September 13, at 2 p.m., at the Huguenot Memorial Church, Pelhamdale Avenue and Boston Post Road, Pelham.
A memorial service at the Indian Carry Camp on Upper Saranac Lake will be held later, the time and date yet to be announced.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Huguenot Memorial Church are requested. Mr. Hardy was born December 17, 1916, at Mt. Vernon, the Son of Dr. Arthur H. Hardy Sr., and Maria Willson Adams.
His wife, the former Jean Chubb, survives.
Other survivors include three daughters, Nancy Jean and Carol Elizabeth Hardy of Denver, Colorado and Joan Adams Hardy of Pasadena, California; a brother Dr. Edward A. Hardy of Pelham Manor; and a sister, Mrs. Helen Rooney of Mamaroneck.
Mr. Hardy was a graduate of Choate School, and of Yale University, Class of 1939. He was active in the Yale Alumni Association and the Yale Admissions Committee.
A retired insurance broker, he was a specialist in casualty insurance with the American Foreign Insurance Association in New York and Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Fagan and Babcock, brokers in New York City.
He also served in World War II, 1941 to 1946, on the destroyer USS Clemons in the Carribean, Atlantic and Pacific areas.
He was a member of various organizations in Pelham and a member of the Upper Saranac Lake Association.
Cremation will take place at the Ferncliff Crematorium in Hartsdale.
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- Adirondack Daily Enterprise, August 2, 2014, Memories made on Boulder Island
