Published:12/29/02

Plattsburgh — Helen Marie Bechard of Chazy, N.Y., awoke to God early Saturday morning on Dec. 28, 2002.

Helen was born in Saint Michelle Canada on July 1, 1917, the first daughter of Leopold and Eleanor Coupal.

Helen married Arthur Bechard of Champlain on Aug. 5, 1939. They had been married for over 63 years.

Over the years, Helen held many jobs and positions, which included cook, antique dealer, as well as nurses aid for Physicians Hospital. However, her most important and successful position was that of wife and mother. Her business sense, pride, wit and perpetual optimism resulted in the triumphant raising of five boys and three girls.

To Helen, her family represented more than what money or material things could begin to compete with. Her endeavor in life was to do what she could so that all her children would be happy. Like her husband Arthur, she was inclusive. At every dinner or on every vacation, Helen would be delighted to have all her family and their friends be included. To Helen, this was Love.

Helen was predeceased by her sister Raymonde and her brother Edmore.

Her husband Arthur and her eight children, who include David, Roy, Michael, Diane, Linda, Judy, Terry and Ricky, survive her. This of course includes many daughters-in-law, sons-in-law, partners and many grandchildren and great-grand-children.

Her Love, her smile and her heart will be missed by many.

There will be no calling hours.

A memorial service will be held at the Assemblies of God Church at 164 Prospect Ave in Plattsburgh, N.Y., on Monday, Dec. 30, 2002, at 11 a.m. A luncheon will follow this service.

At Helen's and the family's request, donations in lieu of flowers can be made to the Assemblies of God Church at the above address or the Chazy Fire Department, Chazy, NY 12921.

Saratoga Springs — Charles M. Sullivan, of 376 Caroline St., Saratoga Springs, died Friday, Dec. 27, 2002, at his home following a lengthy illness. He was 86.

He was born on Aug. 24,1916, in Keeseville, N.Y., the son of John D. and Sarah (Cronin) Sullivan.

On Nov. 1, 1946, he married Evelyn Morgan.

He was a 1940 graduate of Cornell University, with a bachelors of science in economics.

During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a navigation instructor.

After returning from the war, he started a lumber business with his brothers in Peru, N.Y. His career in lumbering in the Adirondacks spanned over 50 years and for the past 30 years he was president of Lyons & Sullivan, Inc., in Lake Luzerne. He was a member of the National Hardwood Lumber Association and the Northeastern Loggers Association.

For several years, he owned the International Harvester Farm Machinery Dealership in Plattsburgh, N.Y.

Mr. Sullivan was a communicant of St. Clement's Church in Saratoga Springs and was a member of the Albany American Legion.

Three brothers, William, Francis, and Jack Sullivan, all died before him.

Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Evelyn M. Sullivan of Saratoga, Springs; a son, Gary C. "Pete" Sullivan and his companion Lou Ann Argento of Saratoga Springs; two daughters, Patricia A. Sullivan and her husband Gordon Mac Donald of Marysville, Wash., and Nancy S. Thompson and her husband Michael of Port Kent; a brother, Michael J. Sullivan and his wife Barbara of Peru; three sisters, Margaret Buckley of Framingham, Mass., Mary Neyenhouse and her husband John of Plattsburgh and Rita Sullivan of Plattsburgh; four grandchildren, Kimberly Bruno and her husband Joseph of Fairfield, Conn., Adam Sullivan of Boston, Mass., Sarah Sullivan of Saratoga Springs and Scott Wirth and his wife Kelli of West Yarmouth, Mass.; four great-grandchildren, Natalie and Thomas Bruno and Adam and Ryan Wirth; several nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.

A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 30, 2002, at St. Clement's Church, 231 Lake Ave, Saratoga Springs. The Rite of Committal will be held in the spring at St. Augustine's Cemetery in Peru, N.Y.

Calling hours will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. today, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2002, at the Our Lady's Chapel at St. Clement’s Church.

Memorial donations may be made to The Community Hospice of Saratoga, 179 Lawrence St., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866.

Arrangements are by Simone Funeral Home, Inc., 105 Lake Ave, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Ellenburg Center — Norman J. Tourville, 76, of Ellenburg Center, died Friday, Dec. 27, 2002, at his residence surrounded by his loving family.

He was born in Ellenburg Center on Nov. 29, 1926, the son of Eugene and Lucy (Nichols) Tourville.

He was a farmer for most of his life and worked for 19 years at Harris Graphics and also for the Town of Ellenburg for many years.

He was a communicant of St. Edmund's Church and was a member of the Ellenburg Knights of Columbus and the Ellenburg Center Fire Department.

He was "Mr. Fix it" for everyone in the neighborhood. He was an avid bowler, fisherman and hunter. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather.

He is survived by his wife, Frances (Trombley) Tourville of Ellenburg Center; three sons and daughters-in-law, James and Susan Tourville of Ellenburg Center, Allen and Lori Tourville of Ellenburg Center, Jerry and Connie Tourville of Ellenburg Center; two daughters and sons-in-law, Audrey and Robert Rabideau of Mooers, Pat and Jim Neverett of Chazy; two brothers and two sisters-in-law, Raymond and Hilda Lagasse of Ellenburg, Lester Tourville of Hamburg, Rita Tourville of Plattsburgh; four sisters, Leona Dupuis of Ellenburg, Doritha Fisher of Chateaugay Lake and Lakeland, Fla., Jeannette Van Slyke of Hilton, N.Y., Ada Zangari of Reseda, Calif.; 15 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Three brothers, Earl, Carl and Leo Tourville and a sister, Evangeline Whalen, died earlier.

Calling hours will be held on Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the E.F. Drown Funeral Service in Ellenburg Depot. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday from St. Edmund's Church in Ellenburg. Interment will be in the parish cemetery in the spring.

Memorial donations may be made to the Ellenburg Center Fire Department or Hospice of the North Country.

Orpha Marion Deyo, 91, of Branch Street, Malone, N.Y., died Saturday morning, Dec. 28, 2002, at the Alice Hyde Medical Center, where she had been admitted on Dec. 27, 2002.

She was born in Malone, June 23, 1911, the daughter of the late John and Exilda (Perrier) Chenial.

Calling hours will be Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Bruso-Desnoyers Funeral Home in Malone. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Notre Dame Church in Malone. Burial will be in Notre Dame Cemetery in the spring.

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