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Jeannette Davis Sheppard

Jeannette Davis Sheppard

Jul 22, 2019

Jeannette Davis Sheppard, age 93 of Saranac Lake, NY died Monday July 22, 2019 at her residence.Jeannette was born on April 16, 1926 in Morrisonville, NY the daughter of John and Vida (Adcock) Pardy. She was the eldest of 6 children. Jeannette married William Davis on September 26, 1945 in New York City while she attended Champlain Valley School of...

Edward Dukett

Edward Dukett

Jul 16, 2019

Edward James Dukett, 87 passed away at Adirondack Medical Center Tuesday July 16th, 2019, from natural causes.Edward was born in Saranac Lake to Edward Joseph and Margaret (St. Mary) on August 20th, 1931. He was the oldest of their six children. He graduated from Saranac Lake Jr-Sr High School in 1950. Then attended the State University Teachers College at Oswego...

Maurice Guerrette

Maurice Guerrette

Jul 16, 2019

Maurice A. Guerrette, 91 of Franklin Falls and more recently of Saranac Village at Will Rogers in Saranac Lake, died on Tuesday July 16, 2019 at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.Maurice, born February 12, 1928, was one of six children born to Medley and Bertha (Babin) Guerrette in Ashland, Maine. Maurice spent his early years in the woods...

Allen Clement Iii

Allen Clement Iii

Jul 11, 2019

Allen Thomas Clement III “Tom” passed away peacefully listening to singer/songwriter Tom Rush’s “River Song” at Elderwood of Uihlein at Lake Placid on July 11th, 2019. By his side were his son Josh Clement and lifelong friend Billy Allen.Tom, or T.C., as many friends knew him, was born in Washington DC and grew up on a farm in Maryland. After...

Ernest Schmidt

Ernest Schmidt

Jul 9, 2019

Ernest C. Schmidt, age 92, of Saranac Lake, died Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at Elderwood of Uihlein at Lake following a brief illness.Born in New Rochelle, NY on September 4, 1926, he was the son of Ernest and Lucy (Gerstner) Schmidt. He married Marian Elizabeth Torkelson on November 21, 1948 in Baldwin, NY. She predeceased him on June 13, 2019.Ernest...

Barry Borden Sr

Barry Borden Sr

Jun 25, 2019

Death NoticeWord has been received of the death of Barry E. Borden Sr., age 66, of Elderwood of Uihlein at Lake Placid who died on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake, NY.Calling hours are set to take place at the Fortune-Keough Funeral Home on Friday June 28, 2019 from 10:00am until 12:00pm. A graveside...

Doris Seymour

Doris Seymour

Jun 21, 2019

Doris R. Seymour, age 96 of Saranac Lake, NY died Friday June 21, 2019 at her residence.Doris was born on May 22, 1923 in Akron, NY the daughter of Matthew and Barbara (Brelectic) Cvitanovich. Doris married Francis Seymour on September 6, 1947 at St. Bernard’s Church in Saranac Lake. He predeceased her on August 20, 1993.Doris was an amazing mother...

Raymond Scollin

Raymond Scollin

Jun 18, 2019

Raymond Michael Scollin, age 81, of Saranac Lake, died Tuesday, June 18, 2019, at his home, following a brief illness. He was surrounded by family and looking up Lower Saranac toward the Sister Islands, his favorite view.Born in Saranac Lake on July 2, 1937, he was the son of Charles and Elizabeth (Sheridan) Scollin. Ray married the love of his...

Belva Plosila

Belva Plosila

Jun 16, 2019

Belva Sinclair Plosila, 91, of Vermontville and formerly of Saranac Lake passed away peacefully on June 16, 2019, at Meadowbrook Healthcare in Plattsburgh.She was born on June 10, 1928, in Cleveland, OH, the daughter of Harry and Dorothea (Sinclair) Jackman. After her early childhood in Cleveland, she moved to her hometown of Northampton, MA.Belva married Daniel Plosila on September 20,...

Susan Barner-Rasmussen

Susan Barner-Rasmussen

Jun 16, 2019

Susan Kathleen Barner-Rasmussen, age 75, of Saranac Lake, died Sunday, June 16, 2019 at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.Born in Chicago, Illinois on April 6, 1944, she was the daughter of William and Aurora (Romeo) Alton. Susan married Hans Rasmussen on July 10, 1999. He predeceased her on March 21, 2018.Susan worked in Chicago, IL until her transfer...

Robert Knobel

Robert Knobel

Jun 16, 2019

Robert Norman Knobel, age 67, of Bloomingdale, NY died Sunday, June 16, 2019 at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.Born in Saranac Lake, New York on July 31, 1951, he was the son of Raymond and Phyllis (Norman) Knobel. Robert married Susan Ferree on January 28, 1978 at the Bloomingdale Methodist Church.Robert and his wife Susan moved back to the...

Dora Santor

Dora Santor

Jun 13, 2019

Dora L. Santor, age 86 of Saranac Lake, NY died Thursday June 13, 2019 at her residence.Dora was born on April 12, 1933 in Fernwood, NY the daughter of Charles and Cora (Mattison) Bennett. Dora married Robert Santor on September 18, 1993 in Beekmantown, NY, he predeceased her on June 18, 2018.Dora was an amazing woman who lived life fully...

Marian Schmidt

Marian Schmidt

Jun 13, 2019

Marian Elizabeth Schmidt, age 90, of Saranac Lake, died Thursday, June 13, 2019 at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.Born in Brooklyn, NY on November 22, 1928, she was the daughter of Edwin and Winnie (Hurlbut) Torkelson. Marian married Ernest Schmidt on November 21, 1948 in Baldwin. NY.Marian co-owned and operated the Sara Placid Liquor store in Saranac Lake and...

Margaret Miller

Margaret Miller

May 29, 2019

Margaret (Meg) O’Grady Miller, 87 of Lake Clear New York passed away on May 29, 2019 surrounded by family at the home of her daughter, Valerie Miner, (North Bennington, VT).Born November 28, 1931 in Rochester NY was the daughter of Patrick and Brigid O’Grady of Batavia, NY.Meg is predeceased by her husband Rich of 60 years and her son Thomas...

John Samburgh

John Samburgh

May 24, 2019

John M. Samburgh, age 52, of 9360 State art 30, Paul Smith’s died Friday, May 24, 2019 at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake surrounded by his loving family.Born in Saranac Lake, NY on August 13, 1966, he was the son of Jerome and Carol (Boyea) Samburgh, Jr.John was employed as a Caretaker for the past 34 years by the...

Margaret Morford

Margaret Morford

May 22, 2019

Margaret B. Morford, 88, of Bloomingdale, NY died Wednesday May 22, 2019 at St. Peter’s Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Albany.Margaret was born in Lisbon, NY on July 23, 1930 the daughter of Murray and Pearl (Brontmeyer) Barkley. She became a Registered Nurse and worked at the St. Lawrence Psychiatric Hospital in Ogdensburg, Ray Brook Hospital, Lake Placid Hospital and...

Jeffrey Oliver

Jeffrey Oliver

May 21, 2019

Jeffrey L. Oliver died May 21, 2019, following months of declining health, at home in Vermontville, NY. He was 69.Born February 6, 1950, the third child of William P. and Frances (Lynch) Kuhn, in Monclair New Jersey.Jeffrey was married to the former Tina Arminio of East Orange, New Jersey. They had three children, Erin, Jeffrey and Katherine and resided in...

Nancy Chambers

Nancy Chambers

May 21, 2019

Nancy S. Chambers passed away peacefully May 21, 2019 at Elderwood of Lake Placid. Born in Buffalo, NY on March 12, 1934, she was the daughter of Charles A. and Alma B. Smith.Nancy graduated from Williamsville High School and Buffalo State University with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education in 1954. She married Mel Chambers on August 27th 1954....

Kathleen Bailey

Kathleen Bailey

May 18, 2019

Kathleen Bristol Bailey passed away peacefully on May 18, 2019 at Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh, NY.Born in Saranac Lake on April 12, 1950, Kathleen was the daughter of Leonard J. and Virginia G. Bristol.She was a lifelong resident of the village in which she was born and graduated in 1968 from the Saranac Lake High School. On graduation...

Reverend Monsignor Peter Riani

Reverend Monsignor Peter Riani

May 16, 2019

Reverend Monsignor Peter R. Riani, age 89, passed into new life on the night of Thursday, May 16, 2019 at St. Joseph’s Home in Ogdensburg.On Monday, May 20 at 5:30 p.m. Reverend John Yonkovig, Vicar Forane of the Adirondack Deanery, will preside over the reception of the body at St. Agnes Church in Lake Placid. Calling hours will continue until...

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