Rita Riley Littlefield completed her life on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, at the age of 101. She passed peacefully at her home at 192 Raquette River Drive in Tupper Lake where she raised her family and lived for 70 years. Rita was a true Irish personality — spunky, witty and obviously ...

Al Pozzi, age 81, of Saranac Lake, died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, at the Albany Medical Center in Albany following a brief illness. Born in Saranac Lake on Feb. 11, 1944, he was the son of Albert and Bertha (Seney) Pozzi. Al grew up in Saranac Lake, where he attended and graduated from St. ...

June Frances Manning, 78, of Lake Placid, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. She was a cherished wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, whose presence will be deeply missed. June was born on June 18, 1947 to Maurice and Florence Nash in ...

Leslie Joanne Day, 63, passed away peacefully on Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, at the UVM Medical Center in Burlington, Vermont, after a long and determined battle with breast cancer. Born on Dec. 14, 1961, in Lake Placid, New York, to Alice (Sears) Day and Thomas G. Day II, Leslie carried the ...

Melvin LaVair passed away Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, at the Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in North Carolina. Born Nov. 3, 1943, in St. Regis Falls, Melvin was a beloved son of Ida (St. Germaine) and Alfred LaVair. Melvin served in the United States Army in Vietnam from 1965 to 1967. He ...

George Pappastavrou, a critically acclaimed concert pianist, known for his recording of the Ives “Concord” Sonata, passed away on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. Born in 1930, he was a first-generation American of Greek descent and a Professor of Music at Syracuse University. He grew up in ...