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Obituaries

Helen Besaw

Helen Besaw, age 84, of Tupper Lake, died Monday, March 10, 2025 at 12:45 a.m. at Mercy Living Center, in Tupper Lake surrounded by her Pastor and several good friends. On Tuesday, March 4, a group of Helen’s lady friends gathered in her room at Mercy living Center to celebrate her 84th ...

David (Dave) Perry

David (Dave) Perry, age 90, passed away Monday, March 3, 2025. He lived on Upper Saranac Lake and in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. He was born in Coeymans, New York to Albert and Regina Perry. Dave served in the Army for two years, was a soils engineer for New York State Department of ...

Thomas John Buckley

Thomas John Buckley passed away peacefully under the devoted care of his family and The Alice Center in Malone on Monday, March 3, 2025. Tom was born in Inman (Duane) on June 3, 1939, the son of George H. and Margaret H. (Hogan) Buckley. He graduated from Saranac Lake High School in 1956 ...

Brenda Murphy Stringer

Brenda “Ada” Murphy Stringer, a beloved mom, friend, athlete and public servant, passed away in her Florida home on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025 at the age of 68. She will be deeply missed by all who knew her. From her childhood in Saranac Lake, Brenda possessed an infectious spirit that ...

Michael Paul Poirier

Michael Paul Poirier, 46, of Tupper Lake, passed away on Sunday, March 2, 2025 in Burlington, Vermont. Michael was born on Jan. 15, 1979 to Beverly (Wood) Bombard and Paul Emile Poirier. He attended Tupper Lake High School and graduated in 1999. After graduation, Michael moved to Saranac ...

Harold Thomas ‘Tom’ Canning

Harold Thomas (Tom) Canning died on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, just nine days short of his 66th birthday in DeBary, Florida. Tom was the son of Ingeborg Canning (ne Mayrle) and Donald Canning, and was born on March 1, 1959 in a U.S. Army hospital in Augsburg, Germany. His family moved to the ...