Favor Ray Smith, of Pawleys Island, South Carolina and Lake Placid, passed away peacefully on July 30, 2025. Favor was born in Lake Placid on April 6, 1939, graduated from Lake Placid High School in 1957 and served in the United States Army from 1961 to 1963 as a tank commander. A full ...

Rolf August Schulte, 87, passed away peacefully at the home he built with his own hands in Lake Placid, surrounded by the mountains, forests and family he loved. Born on April 6, 1938, in Meschede, Germany, Rolf grew up in the village of Wenholthausen. At the age of 16, he entered into an ...

Walter James Ryan, 94, Fort Myers, Florida and Tinton Falls, New Jersey, passed away peacefully on July 28, 2025 at River View Hospital, Red Bank, New Jersey. Mr. Ryan was born in Saranac Lake, graduated from Saranac Lake High School in 1949 and Paul Smith’s College in 1951. He joined the ...

Gene Joseph Gengel, known affectionately as “Geniekins” by his family, took his final road trip on Thursday, July 24, 2025, passing away peacefully at home surrounded by his favorite people. He was born on March 19, 1942, in Utica and spent the next 83 years squeezing as much adventure, ...

Linda L. (Thayer) Borden, 83, of Lake Placid, passed away Thursday, July 31, 2025 at Elderwood of Uihlein at Lake Placid under the watchful eyes and compassionate care of her Elderwood family. Linda was the daughter of George E. Thayer and Genevieve M. (LaDuke) Thayer and the widow of Louis A. ...

Nancy Jane (Hoagland) Steidl, of South Burlington, Vermont and former resident of Greenwich, Connecticut and Rainbow Lake, New York, passed away peacefully at the age of 89 on Thursday, July 24, 2025. Nancy was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut on May 30, 1936, the daughter of Cecil Normand ...