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Obituaries

Lisa Derosia Drabick

Lisa Derosia Drabick, 60, peacefully passed away on Sept. 11, 2023, at her home on Cottonwood Way in Lake Placid. Born on April 28, 1963, in Saranac Lake, she was the daughter of Janice and James Derosia. Lisa attended Tupper Lake High School and worked at Mercy Health Center in Tupper ...

John Sheldrake

John (Pete) Sheldrake, 80, passed away in Palm Coast, Florida, on Sept. 6, 2023, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Pete was born on July 15, 1943, to Gladys (Kelly) and Ray Sheldrake. He married Maris Bombard on Nov. 11, 1960 in Lake Placid, New York. He loved NACAR, golf and coffee ...

Barbara Lynn O’Neil

Barbara Lynn O’Neil 54, of Boca Raton, Florida passed away, on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023 at Boca Raton Regional Hospital of a Hemorrhagic Stroke. She was born on Aug. 27, 1969 in Rahway, New Jersey. Barbara attended Westminster Academy in Fort Lauderdale and graduated from Cardinal Gibbons ...

Mark P. Bickford

Mark P. Bickford, 67 passed away on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023 peacefully at his home. He was born in Lake Placid, New York on July 10, 1956 to Preston Bickford and Esther (Beane) Bickford. Mark attended Lake Placid High School and graduated in 1974. Upon graduation he worked for Fagen Plumbing ...

Micheyl J. Willette

Sad news from the Bloomingdale Willette Family. We lost a brother, dad, grandpappy, uncle and friend on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023. Micheyl J. Willette (Mitch) has been in our family since 1951 when he was born to Addie and Paul Willette. A quiet (sometimes), resolute family man, much beloved ...

Mary B. Hotaling

Mary B. Hotaling passed away surrounded by her family at her home in Saranac Lake, in the Adirondack Mountains, on Sept. 1, 2023. She is predeceased by her mother and father Evelyn and Charles Baumgart and her brother Thomas (“Tom”) Baumgart. Mary is survived by her husband of 57 ...