Colleen Gowan /

Colleen Anne Gowan, 57, of Saranac Lake, passed away Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM, at Albany Medical Center, with friends and family present.

Colleen, born in Saranac Lake on September 13, 1967, was preceded in death by her parents, Richard (Dick) Gowan and Jane Gowan (beloved teacher at SL High School), and stepfather, Frank Miller.

She is survived by her sister, Teresa Gowan, aunts and an uncle, numerous cousins, friends and her extended Bahai Faith family.

Colleen was a 1985 graduate of SL High School and later received her BA in Pre-Law and Legal Studies, from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She completed an internship at Ayuda Consumer Aid Legal Protection in Washington, DC and participated in a Study Abroad Program at the University of Seville, Spain, while working towards her degree. After graduating, she embarked on a career as a global professional, working with HR departments and teaching English for companies such as Datamatix Group and National Petroleum Construction Company. This career journey brought her to: Seoul, South Korea; Abu Dabi, UAE; Seville, Spain; São Paulo, Brazil and Shizuoka, Japan, to mention just a few. Colleen loved her pets, friends, family, cooking, music, campfires, traveling and the Bahai Faith.

Calling hours will take place from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM on Saturday March 29, 2025 at the Fortune-Keough Funeral Home in Saranac Lake. A funeral service will immedatly follow at the funeral home at 12:00 PM. Burial will follow at Pine Ridge Cemetery in Saranac Lake

Family and friends can share their condolences and memories at fortunekeoughfuneralhome.com. As an estate was not planned, in lieu of flowers, please donate to help her family with Colleen's burial expenses using the link at the bottom of her obituary at https://www.fortunekeoughfuneralhome.com/obituaries/colleen-gowan.