Obituaries

Richard Conrado Bowen

Richard Conrado Bowen

Jul 2, 2017

Richard Roderick Conrado Bowen, age 71, of Ray Brook, NY died Sunday, July 02, 2017 at C.V.P.H Medical Center in Plattsburgh.Born in Columbus, Ohio on March 12, 1946, he was the son of William and Joyce Ann (Jennings) Bowen.Rick attended 16 different schools all over the world and graduated from Bexley High School at the age of 17. He later...

Barbara Rexilius

Barbara Rexilius

Jun 15, 2017

Barbara Rexilius, age 76, of Bloomingdale, died on Thursday June 15, 2017 at her home in Bloomingdale.Born in Woodruff, Wisconsin on March 26, 1941, she was the daughter of Leon and Louise (Wagener) Goff. Barbara married Eugene H. Rexilius on March 20, 1964 in Palo Alto, CA. He predeceased her on June 6, 1996.Barbara graduated from Chico State College with...

Helen Coady

Helen Coady

Jun 4, 2017

Helen G. Coady, age 86, of Bloomingdale and formerly of Plattsburgh, died Sunday, June 04, 2017 at the Elderwood of Uihlein at Lake Placid.Born in St. John's, Newfoundland on September 22, 1930, she was the daughter of Thomas and Catherine Walsh.Helen affectionately known as “Nanny”, grew up in Newfoundland where she met and married Denis Kevin Coady on June 8,...

Christopher Riani

Christopher Riani

Jun 2, 2017

Christopher James Riani, age 57, of Saranac Lake, died Friday, June 02, 2017.Born in Lowville, New York on May 31, 1960, he was the son of Richard and Joan (Sweatt) Riani.Christopher was a creative entrepreneur who owned and operated many successful businesses. Leaving the corporate world behind, he settled in the Adirondacks where he established Falling Leaf Properties, Inc. He...

Irene Newell

Irene Newell

Jun 1, 2017

Irene Newell, of Liverpool, NY, passed away June 1, 2017, at Francis House of Syracuse after a courageous battle with congestive heart failure and Dementia. She was born October 23, 1935, youngest daughter of Fred and Catherine Amo Gorrow of Saranac Lake, NY. She was a seventeen year survivor of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.Irene attended Saranac Lake High School, Class of 1951...

Ruth Kern

Ruth Kern

May 27, 2017

Mrs. Ruth Dora Bean Kern, age 91, of Saranac Lake, died Saturday, May 27, 2017.She is survived by her two daughters; Jean Kern of Saranac Lake, and Mrs. Jane Nohle of Lisle, NY, two granddaughters, Martille Norton of Maine, NY and Kensey Nohle of Lisle, NY and one great grandson Trent Norton of Maine, NY.Mrs. Kern was born on July...

Joseph Foley

Joseph Foley

May 23, 2017

Joseph "Joe" P. Foley, 57, of Saranac Lake died unexpectedly at home on May 23, 2017.Joe was born in Saranac Lake on March 25, 1960. His love of good food, lovingly prepared, as a chef in Florida and Lake Placid gave him great joy. An avid reader, astute student of life and fan of Rock n' Roll he loved to...

Kevin Meade

Kevin Meade

May 20, 2017

Kevin B. Meade, age 54, of 14 Kiwassa Road, Saranac Lake, died Saturday, May 20, 2017 at the University Of Vermont Medical Center.Born in Saranac Lake, New York on January 26, 1963, he was the son of Joseph and Carol (Blair) Meade.Kevin had worked as a self-employed a mason for many years. He enjoyed camping, fishing, crabbing and poker.He is...

Howard Coombs

Howard Coombs

May 19, 2017

Howard Coombs, 84, passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2017 at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.He was born in Barachois, Gaspe, Quebec on September 26, 1932 to Edith (Thompson) and Herman Coombs.He spent his childhood growing up with his family on the Gaspe Peninsula. He later moved to Montreal with his parents. In 1950 he began working in the...

Carolyn Hickok

Carolyn Hickok

May 18, 2017

Carolyn R. Hickok, age 85, of Fish Creek Ponds, died Thursday, May 18, 2017 at AMC-Mercy Health Care Center in Tupper Lake.Born in Utica, New York on May 03, 1932, she was the daughter of Claude and Lorraine (Rogers) Clark. She married Robert Hickok on May 5, 1953 at the Bloomingdale Methodist Church. He predeceased August 20, 2001.She was self-employed...

Evelyn Camelo

Evelyn Camelo

May 18, 2017

Evelyn M. Camelo, age 84, of 53 Pontiac Street, Saranac Lake, died Thursday, May 18, 2017 at Elderwood of Uihlein in Lake Placid.Born in Tupper Lake, New York on March 21, 1933, she was the daughter of John and Dorothy (Walsh) Peer. She married Francis Camelo on September 14, 1957 in St. Bernard's Church.Evelyn attended and graduated from Saranac Lake...

Shirley Claremont

Shirley Claremont

May 14, 2017

Shirley (Parker) Claremont, age79 passed away unexpectedly Sunday, May 14, in her Gabriels home.Shirley was born in Saranac Lake, NY March 5, 1938, the daughter of the late Harold and Helen Parker. She graduated from the Saranac Lake High School. Not long after high school, she was employed with the New York Telephone Company in Saranac Lake. She married Albert...

Steven Kolnsberg

Steven Kolnsberg

May 7, 2017

Steve Kolnsberg, 60, died unexpectedly on Sunday, May 7th, 2017 at his home in Rainbow Lake, NY.Born in Queens, New York, he was the son of Henry and Barbara Kolnsberg, and nephew of Joanna Grane all of Winter Haven, FL.He graduated from Suffield High School, Suffield, CT and attended the University of Connecticut at Storrs. He became a puppeteer while...

Shirley Woodruff

Shirley Woodruff

May 6, 2017

Shirley Teresa Woodruff, age 80, of Bloomingdale, died Saturday, May 06, 2017 at Elderwood of Uihlein in Lake Placid.Born in Saranac Lake, New York on July 12, 1936, she was the daughter of Timothy and Mildred (O'Niell) Howard. Shirley, married Gerald Woodruff on July 19, 1958 in St. Paul's Church, Bloomingdale. He predeceased her on June 25, 2007.Shirley was a...

Annie Nelly Murphy

Annie Nelly Murphy

May 5, 2017

Annie Nelly Gabrielle Eugénie Deleury Murphy, age 85, of 212 County Route 55, Saranac Lake, died Friday, May 05, 2017.Born in Joué-les-Tours, France on May 16, 1931, she was the daughter of Paul and Blanche-Aymée (Rousseau) Deleury. Annie was raised in France and learned the millinery trade from her mother. In the 1950’s, she worked in London and was the...

Audrey Personius

Audrey Personius

Apr 28, 2017

Audrey Ann Brown Personius, 87, of Lake Placid, NY, died Friday April 28, 2017 at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake, NY.Born July 27, 1929, in Malone, NY, she was the daughter of Vernon and Elsie (LaFleur) Brown. She married Merl R. Personius of Millport, NY on September 11, 1981 at the Methodist Church in Liverpool, NY. He predeceased...

Thomas Monroe

Thomas Monroe

Apr 27, 2017

Thomas R. Monroe, 78, currently of Sackets Harbor, NY and longtime resident of Saranac Lake, NY, died peacefully on Thursday, April 27, 2017, at Samaritan Hospital in Watertown NY surrounded by his family.Born in Portville NY on March 8, 1939, he was the son of Mr. Richard C. and Theresa Monroe (Warren). Tom grew up in Portville in Southern Cattaraugus...

Barbara  Hyde

Barbara Hyde

Apr 25, 2017

Barbara T. Hyde, daughter of Frederick and Helen Tousley, died at her home Tuesday April 25th on Lake Kiwassa surrounded by her loving family. A lifelong resident of Saranac Lake Barb traces her roots back to one the first settlers, Pliney Miller.Born November 16, 1924, Barb attended and graduated Saranac Lake High School in 1942 continuing her education at Middlebury...

The Rev. William Small

The Rev. William Small

Apr 23, 2017

The Reverend Canon William D. Small, 82, passed away on April 23, 2017 at Adirondack Medical Center, a Priest of the Episcopal Church, survived by his wife, Darleen Ellen Small, his son, W. David Small and Cecilia T. Small of Maynard, MA by his daughter Rebecca Small Kellogg and Steven S. Kellogg of Dexter, NY and his daughter Joan Small...

Helen Rock

Helen Rock

Apr 16, 2017

Helen E. Rock, age 89, of Saranac Lake, died Sunday, April 16, 2017 at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.Born in Malone, New York on April 11, 1928, she was the daughter of Wilbur and Theresa (Sussey) Gonyea. Helen married Clarence Rock in Saranac Lake in 1975. He predeceased her in 1993.Hlen worked at the Saranac Lake General Hospital...