SCHENECTADY — Marsha Mortimore was fiercely devoted to her family, church, and the community where she was born and raised, relatives and friends said.
Mortimore was also intrigued by and authored two books about the history and contributions Black people made to her hometown of Schenectady.
The local historian and community activist, one of her daughters said, died on Dec. 27 after being hospitalized for an aneurysm…