Sr. M. Carolyn Madden

Sr. M. Carolyn Madden, age 94, died on March 15, 2023. Sr. Carolyn was born in Saranac Lake on October 28, 1928, the daughter of Francis and Lillian (Colburn) Madden. She held a Bachelor’s degree in Education from Fordham University and a Master’s in Guidance and Counseling from SUNY Plattsburgh.

Sr. Carolyn taught in schools in Plattsburgh, Rouses Point, Saranac Lake, Lake Placid and New York City. In addition, she was principal of schools in Lake Placid, Plattsburgh and Tarrytown. Many will remember Sr.

Carolyn as Director of Arts in Education in Saranac Lake.

In Retirement, Sr. Carolyn served as a volunteer at Uihlein Mercy Center, High Peaks Hospice and Adirondack Medical Center. She also served on the Board of Directors at Mercy Care for the Adirondacks.

Sr. Carolyn is survived by many nieces and nephews including Frank Heald and his wife Bonnie of Rutland, VT, Jim Heald and his wife Kathy of Mt. Holly, VT, Robert Woodard of Portland, Maine, Dorothy Hastings of Boynton Beach, FL, Kelly Woodard of Enfield, CT, Theresa Spanos and her husband Vaughn of New Samaria Beach, FL, Lee LaPlante and his wife Leslie of Saranac Lake, NY, Lynn Frost of Dundalk, MD and Judy Sheldrake and her husband Tom of Palm Coast, FL

She is also survived by many grand nieces and nephews including a very special grandnephew Matthew LaPlante of Saranac Lake, NY.

She is pre-deceased by her brother Thomas and her sisters Helen, Betty and Eileen.

Among the many honors she received in her lifetime was a designation as one of the “Remarkable Women of the Adirondacks”. Sr. Carolyn was also honored in the Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the East, Who’s Who of Women, Community Leaders of America, Foremost Women of 20th Century and the Directory of Distinguished Americans.

Calling hours will be held Wednesday, March 22 from 5:00 -7:00 pm and Thursday, March 23 from 9:45 – 10:45 am at Fortune Keough Funeral Home, 20 Church Street, Saranac Lake. A Mass of Christian burial will follow at 11 am at St. Bernard’s Church in Saranac Lake. Burial will be in St. Bernard’s Cemetery in Saranac Lake in the spring.

Family and friends wishing to remember Sr. Carolyn are asked to make memorial contributions to a local charity.