Obituaries

G. Richard Sawyer

G. Richard Sawyer

Dec 25, 2017

G. Richard Sawyer, 90, of Saranac Lake, NY died Monday December 25, 2017 at his daughter’s residence.He was born in Saranac Lake, NY on May 1, 1927, the son of Leo and Gladys (Manning) Sawyer. Richard married Patricia Miner in Plattsburgh, NY on August 29, 1949. She predeceased him on May 9, 2006.Richard was a lifelong resident of Saranac Lake,...

Leon Lamoy

Leon Lamoy

Dec 23, 2017

Leon Lamoy, 68, passed away Saturday, December 23, 2017. Complications created by a heart attack he suffered years earlier eventually took his life.Leon was born August 13, 1949. He was the son of Eleanor and Victor Lamoy.He graduated from Ausable Forks Central School and went on to earn a degree in Civil and Construction Technologies from Hudson Valley Community College.Leon...

Francoise Betters

Francoise Betters

Dec 16, 2017

Francoise (Frances) Mae Betters passed away Saturday, December 16th, in Chardon, OH, at the age of 81 after a brief illness. Born in Saranac Lake on May 21, 1936 to the late Mae Beaubien Betters and Percy D. Betters, she attended Saranac Lake High School (Class of 1954) where she was captain of the Pep Squad. During her high school...

Olive Forth

Olive Forth

Dec 11, 2017

Olive "Ollie" D. Forth of Saranac Lake, passed away December 11, 2017 at CVPH Medical Center.She was born in Rochester, NY on December 31, 1926. She was the daughter of the Martha M. Ide and Dr. Vladimir T. Dimitroff.She was a 1945 graduate of North High School in Worcester, MA. She matriculated at Clark University, majoring in Psychology and graduated...

Dennis Mullen

Dennis Mullen

Dec 5, 2017

Dennis A Mullen, age 71, of Lake Clear, died Tuesday, December 05, 2017 at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.Born in Wallkill, New York on December 11, 1945, he was the son of Charles and Louise (Kramer) Mullen.Dennis attended and graduated from Wallkill Central High School in 1964. He later attended and graduated from Central Connecticut State College in 1970...

Luella Carr

Luella Carr

Nov 28, 2017

Luella M. Carr, age 91, of Saranac Lake, died Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at Adirondack Medical Center.Born in Willsboro, New York on January 07, 1926, she was the daughter of Friend and Helen (Foran) Thompson.Mrs. Carr had been a resident of Saranac Lake for most of her life. She had been employed by New York Telephone Co. as an operator,...

Bruce Barry

Bruce Barry

Nov 26, 2017

Lieutenant Commander Bruce Clifford Barry, U.S. Navy, Retired, age 98, formerly of Rainbow Lake and most recently of Champlain Valley Senior Community, Willsboro, NY, died Sunday, November 26, 2017.Born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin on January 30, 1919, he was the son of Philip and Mary (Schwahn) Barry.Bruce, married Isabelle (Muncil) on August 2, 1945 in Baltimore, MD. He attended the...

Dana Conway

Dana Conway

Nov 23, 2017

Dana Marie Conway, 34, of Bloomingdale died tragically on Thursday, November 23, 2017. Born in Saranac Lake on December 13, 1982, she was a 2001 graduate of Saranac Lake High School.She was the loving and doting mother to her daughters Angelina Jennie-Marie, 11, Jezibelle Sky, 6, and Raven Moon, 5. She was the beloved youngest daughter of her mother Virginia...

Michael Alexander

Michael Alexander

Nov 22, 2017

Michael I Alexander also known as “Big Mike” was born Novermber15th 1955 has passed away peacefully at his home in Saranac Lake surrounded by his family and friends early morning of November 22, 2017.Michaels love for basketball was larger than life. So much that back home in the Bronx his friends referred to him as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. As a matter...

Thelma Paye Buck Kirstein

Thelma Paye Buck Kirstein

Nov 18, 2017

Thelma Georgeanna Paye Buck Kirstein, 94, of Greenville, SC died Saturday, November 18, 2017.She was born in Tupper Lake, NY at the Hotel Faust, which was owned and operated by her grandmother Georgeanna. She was the daughter of the late Alice Girard and Leon Burl Paye and an only child. She lived in Saranac Lake, NY, Toms River, NJ, Atlanta,...

Robert Tomlinson

Robert Tomlinson

Nov 13, 2017

Robert Tomlinson, age 59, of Ray Brook, died Monday, November 13, 2017.Born in Massena, New York on February 13, 1958, Robert was the son of John and Ann E. (Penniston) Tomlinson.Robert was well liked by his housemates and peers in the seniors program. He loved everyone and was loved by everyone he came in contact with. He actively participated with...

Norris Aubin

Norris Aubin

Nov 13, 2017

Norris G. Aubin, age 81, of Saranac Lake, died Monday, November 13, 2017 at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake after a brief illness.Born in Saranac Lake, on July 15, 1936, he was the son of Alex and Violet (Duprey) Aubin, Sr. On January 11, 1958 Norris married Jessie Durkee at the First United Methodist Church in Saranac Lake.Norris...

Julia Harvey

Julia Harvey

Nov 7, 2017

Julia Hitchcock Harvey (63) of Midland, Texas passed away on November 7, 2017. A celebration of her life will be held at 10:00 am at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity on November 9, 2017. Burial will take place at Pine Ridge cemetery in Saranac Lake, NY.Julia (Julie) Marie Hitchcock was born on April 6th, 1954, in Minneapolis, MN...

Kevin Symonds, Sr.

Kevin Symonds, Sr.

Nov 3, 2017

Kevin L. Symonds, Sr., age 60, of 14 Kiwassa Road, Saranac Lake, died Friday, November 03, 2017.Born in Saranac Lake, New York on February 25, 1957, he was the son of Kenneth and Isabelle (Mosher) Symonds.Kevin, married Lynne (Giddings) on February 28, 1976 in Saranac Lake. Kevin had been employed at Gendron’s Lumber in Saranac Lake for many years and...

Barbara Marshall

Barbara Marshall

Nov 3, 2017

Barbara Marshall, 68, passed peacefully on November 3rd.Barbara was born in the Bronx, NY to Albert and Mary Piroch and moved to Elmont, NY where she lived until she married in 1968. She moved to and resided in Suffolk County until 1987. In June of that year, she and her husband, Jim, came to the Adirondacks on vacation. They loved...

Joseph Ratelle Jr

Joseph Ratelle Jr

Nov 3, 2017

Joseph A. Ratelle, Jr., 83, of Saranac Lake, NY died Friday, November 3, 2017 at his residence.Born February 10, 1934 in Saranac Lake the son of Joseph A. and Louise M. (Favro) Ratelle, Sr. He married Patricia A. Tatlock on June 30, 1956 at St. Bernard’s Church in Saranac Lake. She predeceased him on November 11, 2005.Joe attended Saranac Lake...

Thelma  Patnode

Thelma Patnode

Oct 31, 2017

Thelma M. Patnode, age 93, formerly of 60 Church Street, Saranac Lake, died Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at the Mercy Health Care Center in Tupper Lake.Born in Churubusco, New York on June 11, 1924, she was the daughter of Fred and Mildred (Vancour) Patnode. Thelma, married Leo Alexander Patnode on January 14, 1946 in Churubusco, NY. Leo predeceased her on...

Sydney Smith

Sydney Smith

Oct 23, 2017

Sydney E. Smith, 92, died on Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, at Adirondack Medical Center.He was the son of Earl J. Smith, co-founder of WNBZ and Bertha Utting Smith.He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Merle R., daughter of Barbara J. (John) Gray of Sterling; son Robert E. Smith of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania; granddaughter Laurel A. Gray of Sydney, Australia;...

Cynthia Beiser

Cynthia Beiser

Oct 21, 2017

Cynthia Beattie Beiser 82, of Queensbury, NY, died on Saturday October 21, 2017, in Saranac Lake, NY at the home of her daughter, Dr. Elizabeth Buck.Cindy’s greatest loves were her husband Chuck and Lake George. She spent part of each of 83 summers (including her first) at her family’s camp on Lake George. She was born in Ticonderoga, NY, on...

Mark Murphy Iii

Mark Murphy Iii

Oct 21, 2017

Mark Earl Murphy III, 81, of 212 County Route 55, Saranac Lake, New York died and laid down his working tools 21 October 2017 of complications from Lewy Body Dementia.Born in Burlington, Vermont on October 19th, 1936, he was the eldest son of Mark E. and Marion Margaret (Matott) Murphy. Mark was raised in the Plattsburg, New York area and...