Obituaries

Jan 20, 2010

Daniel C. Hathaway, age 62, of 251 Ampersand Ave, Saranac Lake, died Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at Adirondack Medical Center.Born in Lake Placid, New York on November 02, 1947, he was the son of Hubert and Doris (Goodrow) Hathaway. He married Barbara Boula on October 26, 1985 in St. Bernard's Church.Dan graduated from Lake Placid High School. He had been...

Jan 19, 2010

Yesman T. Joseph,83, of Tupper Lake died Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at her home. Calling hours will be held on Friday, January 22 from 2 to 4 pm at the Stuart-Fortune-Keough funeral home. A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Holy Name Church. Burial will be in the parish cemetery in May.

Jan 15, 2010

Margaret L. Ayotte Burman Fortune, age 96, died Friday, January 15, 2010 at her home in Bloomingdale, N. Y.Born in Morrisonville, New York on March 10, 1913, she was the daughter of Frank and Delia (LaGoy) Ayotte.She married Richard C. Burman on November 29, 1932. He predeceased her on April 17, 1952. She later married Arthur Fortune on May 11,...

Jan 14, 2010

Miss Phyllis May Collette, 85, died at her residence, Forest Home Road, Lake Clear on January 14, 2010.Phyllis was born in Swanton, Vermont on May 23, 1924, the daughter of Charles and Alwillder (Duffy) Collette. She attended school in Swanton and Saranac Lake graduating from Saranac Lake High School in 1942. Phyllis took adult education courses at The Guild and...

Jan 13, 2010

Cora M. Cray of Vermontville, New York, passed away Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at the home of her daughter Jacquelin Hall in Schuyler Falls New York at the age of 81.Cora was born February 7, 1928 in Schuyler Falls NY. She was the daughter of Ralph and Ethel (Lavigne) Williams.Mrs. Cray was employed as a laboratory technician at the Saranac...

Jan 10, 2010

Donald K. Duso, age 78, of 2 Crescent Bay Drive, Saranac Lake, New York died Sunday, January 10, 2010 at home.Don married Cherie Odone at their home in Saranac Lake on September 16, 2005.He was born on December 26, 1931 the son of Harry E. and Sylvia (Kimball) Duso. Don was a life long resident of the area and had...

Jan 8, 2010

Bernard M. Chartier, 88 years old, died Friday, January 08, 2010. Bernie was born and raised in Tupper Lake, the son of George and Juliette (Auclair) Chartier.A veteran of WWII, Bernie served in the Pacific Theatre. He returned to Tupper Lake in December 1945 and married his high-school sweetheart, Ruth Wood, on January 26, 1946. Bernie and Ruth had three...

Jan 6, 2010

Winifred K. Clark, age 91, formerly of Saranac Lake died Wednesday, January 06, 2010 at AMC-Uihlein Nursing Home.Born in Vermontville, New York on July 08, 1918, she was the daughter of William and Mary (Keese) Kelly. She married James Clark, Sr. on November 8, 1941 in St. Paul's Church, Bloomingdale. He predeceased her on February 6, 1997.Mrs. Clark was a...

Jan 5, 2010

Agnes H. Majilton, age 86, formerly of Lake Placid, NY and more recently of the Keene Valley Neighborhood House, died Tuesday, January 05, 2010 at Elizabethtown Community Hospital.Born in Syracuse, New York on September 29, 1923, she was the daughter of Joseph and Marguerite (Hubbard) Hurley. She met Edward Majilton while she was attending Cornell University Nursing School. They were...

Jan 2, 2010

Obituary for Louise LaBargeLouise LaBarge, 88, passed away on January 2, 2010. She was born July 11, 1921 at 31 Park Street, Tupper Lake to Charles Knox and Josephine Clark Knox.She attended the local Public Schools and graduated from Tupper Lake High School in 1939. While in High School, she was active in both the Tupper Lake High School Band...

Jan 1, 2010

TUPPER LAKE- Colleen A. Larabie, 66, of Tupper Lake, died Friday, January 1, 2010 at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake. Born, June 15, 1943 in Tupper Lake, she was the daughter of Robert and Loyola (Woods) Thornton. She was a graduate of Tupper High class of 1960. She was married to Philip Larabie in September 1991 and made...

Dec 31, 2009

Joan Ann Swartz, passed away on Thursday, December 31, 2009 at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.She was born in Yonkers, New York on June 23, 1930 and lived most of her life in the New York City Metropolitan area.After high school she worked for a few years at the Equitable Life Insurance Company in New York City. She married...

Dec 31, 2009

Virginia E. Jakobe, 87 of 47 Rockledge Lane, Saranac Lake, died Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009 at the Adirondack Medical Center.Born in Molino, Missouri, September 10, 1922, she was the daughter of Clyde and Lucy (Baker) Ellis. She married Henry George Jakobe, Sr., Feb. 23, 1963 in Bonne Terre, Missouri. Her husband predeceased her July 8, 2005.Mrs. Jakobe received her Bacherlor's...

Dec 29, 2009

Charles G. Johnson, age 73, formerly of Bloomingdale, died Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at AMC-Uihlein in Lake Placid.Born in Bloomingdale, New York on October 08, 1936, he was the son of Charles and Ethel (Skiff) Johnson.Charles is a life long resident of the area and had been employed by F.P. VanCour and Sons in Bloomingdale for many years until his...

Dec 26, 2009

Catherine Irene Granfield Sullivan, 89, of Tupper Lake, and more recently Indianapolis, Indiana died Saturday, December 26, 2009 at the Westside Nursing Home in Indianapolis, IN. Born June 15, 1920 in Springfield, Mass, she was the son of William and Mary (Foley) Granfield. On April 28, 1945, she married Roger J. Sullivan in Springfield, MA.Catherine (“Kay”) graduated as valedictorian of...

Dec 21, 2009

Gertrude Callaghan Bickford, age 89, of 60 Church Street, Saranac Lake, NY and formerly of Rainbow Lake died Monday, December 21, 2009 at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.Born in Burke, New York on January 01, 1920, she was the daughter of Walter and Hazel (Baldwin) Darling.She married James Edward Callaghan on September 24, 1941 at St. Paul's Rectory in...

Dec 14, 2009

Therese Beatrice Fortier, 93, of Tupper Lake, died Monday, December 14, 2009 at Uihlein Mercy Center in Lake Placid. Born on February 11, 1916 in St. Gedeon, Quebec, she was the daughter of Napoleon and Emily (Fortin) Cliche. She married Arthur Fortier in 1943 and they moved to Tupper Lake in 1958. Mrs. Fortier was a home maker all of...

Dec 14, 2009

Peggy F. Hunt, age 89, of 175 McKenzie Pond Road, Ray Brook, died Monday, December 14, 2009 at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.Born in Montreal, Canada on May 05, 1920, she was the daughter of Jack and Jane Foster.Mrs. Hunt had been a resident of Saranac Lake since she was 2 years old coming from Montreal, Canada. She...

Dec 4, 2009

Dec 1, 2009

Rev. John Val Matern, born in Schenectady to parents Walter and Elizabeth Moon Matern on March 9th 1931, died on Tuesday Dec.1st from complications of lung cancer and emphysema. He was ordained into the Lutheran ministry after graduating from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, MO. in 1959. His 50th year of ordination was recently celebrated.He served congregations in St. Louis...