Obituaries

Jan 29, 2009

OBITUARYTUPPER LAKE- Jane LaVigne, 90, of Tupper Lake, died Thursday, January 29, 2009 at the AMC Mercy Center where she had resided since April 2005. Born on August 10, 1918 in Staten Island, she was the daughter of John and Frances (Pinkus) Topka. On January 25, 1943 she married Rene LaVigne. They moved to Tupper Lake in 1944. Mrs. LaVigne...

Jan 27, 2009

Thomas J. Stanley, age 78, of 3954 State Route 30, Saranac Lake, died Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at Fletcher Allen Health Care Center in Burlington, VT.Born in Jamaica, Queens, New York on August 11, 1930, he was the son of Joseph and Johanna (Curtin) Stanley. He married Annette Schweitzer on October 6, 1963 in St. Elizabeth Church Far Hills, NJ.Graduating...

Jan 24, 2009

Ruemell Johnson, age 60, of 14 Kiwassa Road, Saranac Lake, NY died Saturday, January 24, 2009 at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.Born in Sumter, South Carolina on January 30, 1948, she was the daughter of Willie and Rosa Lee (Horton) Gadsden. She was raised by her adoptive parents Durant and Hatti McFadden. She married Robert Johnson on June 16,...

Jan 23, 2009

OBITUARYTUPPER LAKE- Richard Wallace, 58, of Piercefield, died unexpectedly, Friday January 23, 2009 in an automobile accident on the Tupper-Saranac Highway. Born on August, 3, 1950 in Queens, NY. He was the son of Leonard and Margaret (Bogert) Wallace. Richard was raised in NYC and relocated to Piercefield in 1985. For six years, he served with the New York National...

Jan 21, 2009

TUPPER LAKE- Evelyn P. Theberge, 90, of Tupper Lake, died Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at AMC Mercy Center where she had resided since August 2005. Born on December11, 1918 in Tupper Lake, she was the daughter of Frank and Elizabeth (Cayes) Peet. On December 5, 1938 she married Gerard Theberge, he pre-deceased her in 2005. Mrs. Theberge is survived by...

Jan 20, 2009

Robert "Rob" Byno, III, age 29, of 67 Split Rock Road, Saranac Lake, died Tuesday, January 20, 2009.Born in West Islip, Long Island, on November 19, 1979, he was the son of Robert and Michele (DeCarr) Byno, Jr.Rob currently had worked in the family business, Split Rock Refrigeration with his father for many years. He also had been working on...

Jan 18, 2009

Jan 16, 2009

LONG LAKE- Betty J. Ketcham, 76, of Long Lake and most recently Greenville, South Carolina, died Friday, January 16, 2009 at the Rolling Green Village Health Care Facility in Greenville. Born on April 3, 1932 in Stanley, NY, she was the daughter of James and Helen (Pulver) Hutchinson. On November 26, 1949 she married Vance (Sam) Ketcham. They moved to...

Jan 13, 2009

Louise M. Bellaire of Saranac Lake, NY died peacefully at home on January 13th. She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on December 28, 1913, and was the daughter of William and Fanny (Brown) Merkel.Mrs. Bellaire graduated from Duke University and went to work for Scudder, Stevens and Clark, a New York investment firm. She relocated to Portland, Oregon to assist...

Jan 11, 2009

Joyce Hadynski, age 73 of Gabriels, NY passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, January 11, 2009.Born in Gabriels, New York on January 10, 1936, she was the daughter of George and Helen (Gonyea) Fountain. She married Thomas Hadynski on March 5, 1960 at the Church of the Assumption in Gabriels.Joyce was a kind, loving and devoted wife, mother,...

Jan 10, 2009

Virginia Cayen, age 84, of 60 Church Street, Saranac Lake, NY died Saturday, January 10, 2009 at the AMC-Uihlein Mercy Center in Lake Placid where she had been a resident since December 2, 2008.Born in Potsdam, New York on May 21, 1924, she was the daughter of Edward and Helen (Clukey) Gonyeau. She married Edward Cayen on June 21, 1941...

Jan 9, 2009

Clara Kilner, age 92, of 7 Keene Street, Saranac Lake, New York died Friday, January 09, 2009 at AMC-Uihlein Mercy Center in Lake Placid where she had been a resident since May.Born in Lake Placid, New York on April 16, 1916, she was the daughter of Edwin and Sarah (Lancto) Smith. She married Herbert Kilner in Saranac Lake in 1934....

Jan 8, 2009

Word has been received of the death of George B. Button, age 64, of 14 Kiwassa Road, Saranac Lake, NY who died Thursday, January 08, 2009 at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.Born in Courtland, New York on October 06, 1944, he was the son of George and Pauli Button, Sr...Funeral arrangements are in care of the Fortune-Keough Funeral Home...

Jan 6, 2009

Roger J. Sullivan, 89, of Tupper Lake and more recently Avon, Indiana died Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at St. Francis Hospital in Beech Grove, IN. Born September 27, 1919 in Chicopee Falls, Mass, he was the son of John and Alice (Roy) Sullivan. On April 28, 1945, he married the former Catherine Granfield in Springfield, MA. Mr. Sullivan graduated from...

Dec 23, 2008

Arnold Fromme, age 83, of 138 Tebutt Road, Rainbow Lake, NY died Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at his home.Born in Brooklyn, New York on December 21, 1925, he was the son of Samuel and Jeannette (Friedlander) Fromme. He married Catherine Thomasian in New York City, NY in 1958. She predeceased him on December 27, 1993.Mr. Fromme graduated from Julliard and...

Dec 23, 2008

Louise Bryant, age 84, of 235 Park Ave., Saranac Lake, NY died Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Syracuse, New York.Born in Mineville, New York on July 31, 1924, she was the daughter of William and Mary (Kimball) Mazinsky. She married Charles Bryant in 1941 at St. Peter and Paul’s Church in Mineville. He predeceased her on...

Dec 16, 2008

TUPPER LAKE- Theodore F. Staves, 72, of River Road, Tupper Lake, died Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at CVPH in Plattsburgh. Born January 25, 1936 in Old Forge, he was the son of Theodore and Mary (McDonnald) Staves. A graduate of Tupper Lake High School, Ted was an electrician with Local IBEW for 48 years. He retired in 1998. Ted was...

Dec 11, 2008

Robert E. Boon, age 61, of 657 State Route 3, Saranac Lake, died Thursday, December 11, 2008 at his home following a short illness.Born in Saranac Lake, New York on April 26, 1947 he was the son of Herbert and Lina (Marzano) Boon.He was a veteran of the United States Navy serving during the Vietnam Era and was awarded the...

Dec 9, 2008

Joseph William Keith, age 83, of 8168 State Route 3, Vermontville, NY died Tuesday, December 09, 2008 at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.Born in Vermontville, New York on March 15, 1925, he was the son of Elmore and Mary (Dyer) Keith. He married Emma Lee Goff November 24, 1955 in St. Paul's Church Bloomingdale. She predeceased him on March...

Dec 8, 2008

TUPPER LAKE- Margarette LaMoy, 90, of Tupper Lake, passed away, Monday, December 8, 2008 at the home of her daughter’s Patty where she had resided since September. Born on July 13, 1918 in Norfolk, NY, she was the daughter of Pearley and Charlotte (Quigley) Leonard. She was a graduate of Tupper Lake High class of 1937. On October 12, 1939,...