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January 14, 2012
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Obituaries Ira Herbert “Herb” Potter Jr., 96 June 13, 1915 - Jan. 7, 2012 ELIZABETHTOWN — Ira Herbert “Herb” Potter Jr., 96, died peacefully in his sleep Satur day, January 7, 2012, at the Horace Nye Nursing Home in Elizabethtown. He was born June 13, 1915, the son of Ira H. and Mary (Cauraugh) Potter Sr . in Boston, Mass. Herb was married to the late Etta L. (White) Potter of W estport, for 66 years. He gr ew up in Lake Placid, where his family had several pharmacies in the 1920’s and early 30’s. Herb graduated fr om Lake Placid High School in 1934 and from the New York State Ranger School at Wanakena in 1941, where he was class president. Herb received an Associate Degree in Forestry from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse, N.Y. in 1974 and holds an Associate in Science Degree from Cayuga Community College in 1981. He began his working career as an assistant education advisor in the Civilian Conservation Corp from 1934-1937. He worked as a surveyor and timber c ruiser f or t he U .S. F orest S ervice f rom 1937-1940 in Maryland, New York State, and West Virginia. In April 1942, Herb was employed as an electronics technician with the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Long Lines Div ision, where he worked for 35 years. Over the years, he was a known as an expert “trouble shooter” in Binghamton, Rochester , Syracuse, New York City, Buffalo and Boston. Highlights of his career included many technical projects including re-writing testing and training manuals for long distance cables, building radar and communication networks for the U.S. Air Force on the DEW Line in theAleutian Islands, Alaska in 1958-1959 and maintaining radar and microwave communications equipment with Europe at the Andover Earth Station in Maine for the Telestar pr oject, America’s first communication satellite which was launched 1962. He brought up his family in Newark, NewYork State and retired in Elizabethtown, in 1977. During his r etirement years, he was an emergency medical technician on the ElizabethtownLewis R escue S quad 1 975-1985 a nd w as a p ast master of the Wadhams Grange of the Ord er of Patrons of Husbandry. Herb was an advisor for the local council for the Office For The Aging and former deacon at the United Church of Christ.
Herb was a life member of the F&AM Lodge 83, Newark, where he was high priest. in 1955. He also was a member of the F&AM Lodge 602, Elizabethtown. He r eceived a Dedicated Service Award in 1988. He was a longtime ham radio operator with the low-call letters W2TDD. He got his ham radio license in 1939. He was the liaison between the Essex County ham radio operators and the New York State Emergency Management System. Herb had many outdoor hobbies and enjoyed many days relaxing with family and friends at his camp on Lincoln Pond. He is survived by one son, Ronald “R.J.” Potter and his partner Dr . Alice W right of Milton, Vt.; one daughter, Nancy Lee and her husband Robert Dobbs of V ictoria, British Columbia; two grandchildren, C urran D obbs o f V ictoria, B ritish C olumbia and Ananda Dobbs Umar and her husband Bobbie of Toronto, Ontario; and two great grandchildren, Nyal and Ryah Umar. A memorial service will be held at the United Church of Christ in Elizabethtown, to be announced later in April. Memorial donations may be made to the Keene Valley Neighbor hood House, P.O. Box 46, Keene Valley, N.Y. 12943. W.M. Marvin’s Sons, Inc. of Elizabethtown is in charge of arrangements. To send online condolences, please visit www.wmmarvins.com.
Frances Ann Thew Tryon, 72 March 25, 1939 - Jan. 5, 2012 ELIZABETHTOWN — Frances Ann Thew Tryon, 72, passed away after a brief illness Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, at the Elizabethtown Community Hospital, Elizabethtown. Born in Lake Placid on Mar ch 25, 1939, Frannie, as she was known to family and friends, was the daughter of the late Francis and Marion (Brittell) Thew. Frannie gr ew up in Lake Placid, graduated from La ke Placid Cen tral School, and attended Plattsburgh State College. In June 1959, she married Newman Durand Tryon in Lake Placid; they lived in California, Wales, and New Jersey before moving to Elizabethtown shortly after Newman's retirement from AT&T Bell Laboratories in 1990. After raising three children, Frannie began doing cr oss-stitching and quilting and over the years, cr eated many beautiful samplers, embr oideries and quilts, both cloth and cr ocheted. She would por e over catalogs, selecting her patterns and colors with great care, creating what are now exquisite family heirlooms. She made up tiny pillows with funny or serious quotes, making her own patterns of stitching intertwined with flowers; at Christmas, she cr oss stitched tr ee ornaments f or f amily a nd f riends, o ften f eaturing a
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whimsical cat or dog. Frannie also had a keen inter est in the Thew and Brittell family genealogy and was a valued contributor to the privately published "Our Thew Family Heritage," by Diana Bastian and Linda Carver. As a M ayflower d escendant o f W illiam Brewster, she was an avid reader of early colonial American history and the Revolutionary W ar, as well as the history of England, liking both factual history as well as historical fiction. During the fall and winter months, Frannie faithfully fed the wild bir ds, ensuring each feeder was always full; with the beginning of spring, she looked forward to the blooming of theAdirondack w ildflowers. B ut i t w as t he c oming o f t he hummingbirds she most eagerly anticipated; by early May, she had her feeders out and r eady to go, welcoming the males first, followed several weeks later by their female mates. All summer , there was a veritable colony living ar ound the house and the camp, and sitting onthe porch, one could hear the constant humming of their wings. Through to the fall, she nurtur ed and tended to her flock, cr eating another generation to r eturn the following year, as they will again next spring. She is survived by her husband, Newman Tryon of Elizabethtown; sister , Stella Eliza Gill of Gwynn Oak, Mary.; daughter, Ann Marie Tryon of Troy, and her daughters, Savannah and Kimberly Bower of Wilmington, N.C.; and two sons, James Andrew and his son, T revor of Chase Mills, and Dana Francis and his wife, Zhihui Bian of East Greenwich, R.I.; her br other's wife, lola Thew Collinson of Lewis; and her sister Nancy's husband, John Lawrence. In addition, Frannie is survived by 25 nieces and nephews; and numer ous great-nieces and nephews. Although her dear Trixie, the family dog, passed a year ago, her beloved Wally, the cat, survives. In addition to her par ents, Frannie is pr edeceased by her br other, Spencer Fr ederick Thew; and sisters, Elizabeth Marion McDonald, Nancy Margaret Lawrence, Fern Agnes O'Shea, and Mary Jane White. Frannie's favorite quote was "In family she was rich beyond measur e," but it was Frannie who provided the richness; she was a gentle, caring woman and her family and friends were truly blessed to have known her. Calling hours were held from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday , Jan. 9, at Marvin's Funeral Home, 7521 Court St., Elizabethtown, NY 12932. A burial service will be held at a later date in the Elizabethtown River Side Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations in Frances' memory may be made to the FitzPatrick Cancer Center at CVPH Medical Center in Plattsburgh. For online condolences, please visit www.wmmarvins.com.
Victor E. Perry, 90 Dec. 30, 1921 - Jan. 5, 2012 SARANAC LAKE — Victor E. Perry, 90, formerly of Willsboro, presently residing at Saranac Village at Will Rogers in Saranac Lake, died after a short illness at the Adirondack Medical Center on Jan. 5, 2012. He was born in Saranac, Dec. 30, 1921, the son of Edward Joseph and Sadie Theresa ( Gonyea) Perry. He joined the US Army in 1943 and served his country honorably until 1965 when he retired from the US Air Force as a Major. During his military career he'd been stationed in New Mexico, Cuba, Florida, Guam, California, Alaska, South Dakota, Illinois, Nebraska and Iowa, wher e he mainly flew B18's and B39's. After retiring from the Air Force, he opened a Flying Service and the Sioux Air Ambulance Service in Sioux City, Iowa, which he ran for 24 years. During his military and civilian car eers he acquir ed mor e than 30,000 flying hours. He was also a 55-plus year member of the K of C # 7461, a member of the BPOE, Keeseville # 2072, a member of the VFW, Keeseville # 125 and a 65-plus year member of the American Legion. Mr Perry is survived by a sister Rita Sherkota of Plattsburgh, step childr en James Br unett fof Chateguay, Thomas G. Br unett of Plattsburgh, Betty Ann Becker of Rochester and Janice Kraft of Kennesaw, Ga. He was predeceased by his first wife and daughter Mary Ann Perry; his second wife, Bertha A. (Monette) Perry in 2006, two brothers; Bernard Perry and George Perry; and a sister, Lila Perry. At his request there will be no public calling hours. A Funeral Mass at St. Philip's Chur ch and burial in Calvary Cemetery in Willsboro will take place at a time to be announced at a later date. Huestis Funeral Home, Willsboro has been entrusted with arrangements.
Kanze to speak at Will Rogers SARANAC LAKE — On Satur day, Jan. 14, at 7:30 p.m., Ed Kanze will pr esent a slide show based on his book “The World of John Burroughs.” Through photos, quotations and narratives, Ed will celebrate the literary critic from 1837 to 1921. Burroughs was the first best-selling nature writer and one of the gr eat authors of his time. His fame and penetrating pr ose br ought him numerous friends, among them Theodor e Roosevelt, John Muir, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford. This program is open to the public.
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