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Obituaries

Jean M. Martin

Jean “Jeannie” M. Martin, 69, passed away peacefully after a long, debilitating illness on May 10, 2024. Born on March 18, 1955, in Saranac Lake, she was the daughter of Fred and Loretta Martin. Jean graduated in 1973 from Saranac Lake High School and attended SUNY New Paltz and ...

Bonnie Jane Staves

Bonnie Jane Staves, 56, of Earleville, Maryland, passed away peacefully on June 8, 2024, surrounded by family. Born on Jan. 24, 1968, in Sheridan, Wyoming, she was the daughter of Timothy and Patricia Bourke. Bonnie will be remembered for having an unyielding drive and a nurturing soul. ...

Marlene Vespa

Marlene Vespa passed away gently in her sleep Sunday, June 9, 2024. Marlene (Godin) was born in Alburgh, Vermont on Feb. 22, 1933. She spent her early years studying at Burlington High School and skiing at Stowe with her friends. Her love for the mountains and her fondness of the cold, ...

Shirley ‘Shooky’ Walsh

Shirley “Shooky” MacMillan Walsh, born on a farm in Nova Scotia, Canada, in September 1937, peacefully passed away on June 5, 2024 in Richmond, Virginia surrounded by her daughters and granddaughters. Predeceased by her parents Murray and Treva MacMillan, brother Donald and sisters ...

Burial: Don O. Smith

Graveside services have been set for Don O. Smith, age 87, of Saranac Lake, who died Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 at the Mercy Living Center in Tupper Lake. Funeral arrangements are in care of the Fortune-Keough Funeral Home in Saranac Lake. A graveside service with military and fire department ...

Burial: Rita F. Madden

Funeral services have been set for Rita F. Sageman Madden, of Saranac Lake, who died peacefully on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023 at her daughters home in Merritt Island, Florida, with her daughters by her side. Arrangements are in care of the Fortune-Keough Funeral Home in Saranac Lake. A Mass of ...