Shelly Tracy, age 72, of Lake Clear, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026 from a rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disease. She was attended by her husband Kevin Hepfer. Shelly was born on May 7, 1953, in Cortland, New York, the daughter of Anna White Tracy and Alfred David ...

Karen Marie Delaney, who was known for her love of family, community and the Adirondacks, died peacefully Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, at her home in Lake Placid overlooking the mountains. Karen (nee Heinlen) was born on April 25, 1956, in Germany, while her father served as a dentist in the U.S. ...

William (Will) Davis Lehman, born Feb. 2, 1983 in New Iberia, Louisiana, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025 in Eugene, Oregon from aggressive asymptomatic colon cancer. Will spent his final months and days surrounded and supported by his parents Dale and Gail Lehman, brother ...

August R. Simpson, age 100, of Bloomingdale, died on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026 at Elderwood of Uihlein surrounded by his loving family. “Augie” was born on June 8, 1925, in Brooklyn, the son of Mayroe D. Simpson and Bertha (Brickman) Simpson. He married Ilean Tuthill (Royal and Irene ...

Joseph Patrick Hackett passed away peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026 surrounded by family due to Lewy Body Dementia. Joe Hackett’s story began in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1956, as the middle child of five, raised by his father Paul “Butch” Hackett, a World War II veteran and ...

Jane was born on June 8, 1952, in Saranac Lake. She was the second child of nine born to Bernard and Isabel McCormick. Although Jane was always a “tom-boy”, she had a huge heart and was a very kind and loving soul. She spent years taking care of her younger siblings while Mom and Dad ...