Edna Mae Call-Salisbury
Edna Mae Call-Salisbury, 79, died June 6, 2025, surrounded by family and love at her home in Bloomingdale. Edna is known for her soft spoken, gentle and loving demeanor, her love for a Fourth of July parade and hanging out with her grandkids and great-grandkids. She loved all the friends she made throughout her life.
Edna was born July 5, 1945 in Cornwall to Charles Call and Shirley Ann O’Dell. She was married to the love of her life Edwin George Salisbury who died in 1976. She had seven children. In her early years she worked many waitressing jobs. She was a mechanic on tractor trailers and drove them as well. She migrated South to North Carolina where she remarried. She loved the southern hospitality and especially the heat.
Edna was the eldest of 10 children. She was predeceased by her husband Edwin George Salisbury, parents Shirley and Charles Call, brother David Call, sisters Beverly Leon and Charlotte Lawrence, sons David and Randolph Salisbury, and great-grandchildren Cheyenne Wilson and Katherine Mae Schulte.
She is survived by her brother Charles Christopher Call; sisters Sharon Aubin, Theresa Corrow, Deborah Baucom, Susan Corrow McCarthy, Julie Corrow and Mary Lawrence; daughters Melissa Mitchell, Tonia Lee McKethan, Mildred Kirkpatrick, Racheal Alvarado; son John Michael Call and adopted son Michael Isbitts; grandchildren Joseph Baucom, Stacey Klimek, Gary Klimek, Megan Schulte, David Salisbury Jr., CJ McKethan, Lyssa McKethan, Kenzie McKethan, Jacelyn McKethan, Stacy McDuffie, Sasha Call, Kiah Call, Mary Whitlatch and Kenneth Kirkpatrick; great-grandkids, Joey Schulte, Emma Schulte, Ember Schulte, Michael Schulte, Thomas Heckman, Michael Squilla, Stacey Squilla, DeSaunte McKethan, Jahmya McKethan, Omari Miller, Marzell McKethan, Zavyon McKethan, Joseph Kirkpatrick, Michael Wilson, Jacob Wilson, Stormy Stevens, Adalynn Whitlatch, Phoenix Whitlatch and Serenity Kirkpatrick.
And most importantly, she is survived by her beloved furry friend Lil Bit who she loved with every fiber in her body.
Funeral arrangements are in care of the Fortune-Keough Funeral Home in Saranac Lake. A graveside burial services will take place at noon on Saturday, July 12 at St. Matthews Cemetery in Black Brook.
A special thank you to all the staff at Saranac Lake AMC, High Peaks Hospice, Fortune-Keough Funeral Home and everyone from the Kingdom Hall for the amazing care and love with our beloved grandmother.