Obituaries

James Cooney

James Cooney

Feb 23, 2010

LONG LAKE-James Terrance Cooney, 79, of Long Lake died Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at the United Helpers Nursing Home in Ogdensburg as a result of Alzheimer's disease. Jim was born in Brooklyn to James and Beatrice (Casey) Cooney on August 4, 1930. He was raised and schooled in Queens, after which he served in the U.S. Marine corps for two...

Ann Umber

Ann Umber

Feb 22, 2010

Ann H. Umber, age 75, formerly of 3-5 Riverside Drive, Saranac Lake and Greenwood Apartments in Lake Placid died Monday, February 22, 2010 at AMC-Uihlein where she had been a resident since 2007.Born in Saranac Lake, New York on September 08, 1934, she was the daughter of George and Marion (Paye) Umber.Ann worked in various capacities at the Cedar Post,...

Charles Brumley

Charles Brumley

Feb 20, 2010

Charles “Chuck” Knox Brumley, one of the Baltimore Road Runners’ Club’s earliest members, died of a heart attack on February 20, 2010. At the time of his death, Chuck was 70 years old. A graduate of McDonogh School when it was still a quasi-military institution (the mind reels at the incongruity of free-spirited Chuck in a military context), he went...

Linda Naone

Linda Naone

Feb 20, 2010

Linda passed away on Saturday February 20th 2010 at Mercy Health Care Center in Tupper Lake NY, due to complications from Alzheimer's Disease, she was 69.Born March 6th 1940 to Charles and Bertha (Hodge) Laramee, she was the youngest of 8 children. She graduated in June 1957 from Tupper Lake High School, she was her class Valedictorian and was the...

Veronica Blanton

Veronica Blanton

Feb 16, 2010

Veronica “Ronnie” Blanton, 88, died peacefully February 16, 2010 at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Patrick and Darlene Donnelly. She lost her battle to pulmonary fibrosis but never lost her positive attitude.Born September 12, 1921 in Staten Island, NY she was the daughter of Ethel Taylor Fox and Reuben Fox. She graduated from McKee Career and Technical High...

Beldon Soucy

Beldon Soucy

Feb 15, 2010

TUPPER LAKE- Beldon Wayne Soucy,65, of Tupper Lake died Monday, February 15, 2010 at Uihlein Mercy Center in Lake Placid. Born on June 3, 1944 in Tupper Lake, he was the son of Beldon A. and Thrya (Brickey) Soucy. Wayne graduated from Tupper High class of 1962. He enjoyed playing sports as young man, then watching as he got older....

Robert Rossing

Robert Rossing

Feb 7, 2010

TUPPER LAKE- Robert T. Rossing, 88, of Tupper Lake, died Sunday, February 7, 2010 at his home on Underwood Road. Born on November 22, 1921 in Hartford, CT, he was the son of Albert and Beatrice (Lamoy) Rossing. Mr. Rossing married the former Marion Maloney on March 15, 1947. She pre-deceased him on June 20, 2008. Mr. Rossing was a...

Peter Welsh

Peter Welsh

Feb 3, 2010

Peter Corbett Welsh, 1926- 2010Peter Corbett Welsh, historian, author and museum director, died on February 3, 2010 at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake, New York. Mr. Welsh was born in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1926 and was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He was educated at the Landon School, Mount Union College,...

Brian Dukett

Brian Dukett

Feb 1, 2010

Brian E. Dukett, 53, of Tupper Lake, died unexpectedly, Monday February 1, 2010 at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake. Born on February 22, 1956 in Tupper Lake, he was the son of Earl and Shirley (Desmarais) Dukett. Brian was a graduate of Tupper High and a veteran of the U.S. Navy. On July 11, 1981 he married Therese...

Marvin Begor

Marvin Begor

Jan 31, 2010

Marvin C. Begor, age 71, of 353 Swinyer Road, Vermontville, NY, died Sunday, January 31, 2010 at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.Born in Saranac Lake, New York on June 01, 1938, he was the son of Leander and Minnie (Patnode) Begor. He married Marsha N. Nobles August 8, 1971.Marvin was a resident of the area for most of his...

Ruth Parent

Ruth Parent

Jan 30, 2010

RUTH PARENT, 81, of Tupper Lake, died Saturday, January 30, 2010 at AMC Mercy Center where she had resided since February, 2006. Born December 24, 1928 in Tupper Lake, she was the only child of Leon and Levina (Luman) Pickering. Ruth a lifelong resident of Tupper Lake attended local schools and married Hubert Parent on August 25, 1947. They were...

Isabellea Amell

Isabellea Amell

Jan 30, 2010

Isabellea "Izzy" M. Amell, age 96, formerly of 48 Margaret Street, Saranac Lake, NY died Saturday, January 30, 2010 at Meadow Brook Nursing Home in Plattsburgh where she had been a resident since September 2008Born in Vermontville, New York on May 22, 1913, she was the daughter of Allen and Lorena (Skiff) Fletcher. She married Clarence Amell on April 2,...

Donna Barkley

Donna Barkley

Jan 29, 2010

Donna M. Barkley, 66, of Tupper Lake passed away at her home on Friday January 29, 2010 after a brief battle with cancer. Born on November 25, 1943 in Albany, she was the daughter of Murlin and Doris (Clark) Barkley. Donna was raised and educated in Whitesboro, NY and graduated in 1961. She went on to Faxton Hospital school of...

Adele Mikesell

Adele Mikesell

Jan 26, 2010

Adele Mikesell born June 17, 1931 in Tupper Lake to the late Alfred and Fadwa Khechen Aseel, passed away Tuesday, January 26, 2010 shortly after her admission to the Uihlein Mercy Nursing Home in Lake Placid. Prior to Uihlein, she resided at Keene Valley Neighborhood House. She made and treasured many good friendships during the ten years she lived there....

Winfred Benoit

Winfred Benoit

Jan 25, 2010

Winfred L. Benoit, 93, of Tupper Lake, passed away Monday, January 25, 2010 at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake surrounded by family. He was born December 3, 1916 in Owls Head, NY, the son of Harrison and Alice (Benware) Benoit. Mr. Benoit graduated from Franklin Academy in Malone in 1934 and from Central City Business Institute, Syracuse in...

Daniel Hathaway

Daniel Hathaway

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...

Yesman Joseph

Yesman Joseph

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.

Margaret Fortune

Margaret Fortune

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,...

Phyllis Collette

Phyllis Collette

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...

Cora Cray

Cora Cray

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...