Published: 10/01/03

Mooers Forks — Mildred "Millie" (Boyea) Pickering, 79, of DuPrey Road, Mooers Forks, passed away on Tuesday, Sept.. 30, 2003, at CVPH Medical Center in Plattsburgh.

She was born on July 7, 1924, in Ellenburg, daughter of the late Gladys Cook and Fred Boyea.

Millie married Clayton Pickering, Aug. 31, 1942, and had two sons, Lawrence of Clinton Comers and Leonard of Millerton.

Millie was a member of St. Edmond’s and St. Anne’s Church, she belonged to the Good Fellowship Club in Mooers. She worked as a special food service worker at Plattsburgh College and then at Plattsburgh Air Force Base, where she retired from.

She is survived by a great-granddaughter, Kaitlyn Pickering; two sisters, Ethel Dupree and Alice DeCoste; a brother, Irving Boyea; 26 nieces; and 23 nephews.

She was predeceased by her mother and father, Gladys and Fred Boyea; her husband, Clayton Pickering; her sons, Lawrence and Leonard Pickering; two sisters, Ella Secore and Hazel LaClair; three brothers, Wesley, Ezra and Gerald Boyea.

A graveside funeral service will be held Friday, Oct. 3, 2003, at 11 a.m. in St. Edmond’s Cemetery in Ellenburg Depot.

Arrangements with Brown Funeral Home in Plattsburgh.

Mooers — Thelma C. St. Andrew, 67, died Monday, Sept. 29, 2003, at the CVPH Medical Center in Plattsburgh.

She was born in Mooers on Oct. 7, 1935, the daughter of Ernest and Violet (Manor) Tetreault.

Thelma was the first to give of herself to help anyone in need, instead of thinking of herself.

Survivors include her mother, Violet Tetreault of Mooers; two sons, Richard St. Andrew Jr. of Mooers and Michael St. Andrew of Champlain; three daughters, Rose Smith of Plattsburgh, Lisa St. Andrew of Mooers and Penny St. Andrew of Champlain; three sisters, Bernice and Leonard Forette, Patricia and Donn LaPlant and Barbara Chapman, all of Mooers; five grandchildren, Colby and Amber St. Andrew and Jessica, Eric and Crystal Smith; and several nieces and nephews.

Her father, Ernest, died in 1977.

Calling hours will be Wednesday morning, Oct. 1, 2003 from 9 to 10 a.m. at the E.F. Drown Funeral Service in Mooers. A Mass of Christian burial will follow at 10 a.m. from St. Ann’s Church in Mooers Forks. Burial will follow in the parish cemetery.

MOOERS — Ruth R. Moore, 74, of Champlain, passed away peacefully Sunday, Sept. 28, 2003, at the home of her daughter surrounded by her family.

She was born in Feb. 1, 1929, in Altona, the daughter of Austin and Ruby Guay.

She was an avid Bingo player and a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars ladies auxiliary in Mooers.

Her husband, Owen Moore, who passed away in 1985; two brothers, Larry and Austin Jr.; and four sisters, Elsie Guay, Vera Guerin, Vivian Rogers and Erma Guerin, predecease her.

Survivors include one son, Michael O. and Robin Moore of Champlain; six daughters, Theda and Max Doser of Chazy, Brenda Moore and her companion Joseph Colello of Albany, Judy Moore and her companion Dana Helms of Rochester, Theresa and James Myers of Cohoes, Marlene and Daniel Timmons of Mooers and Alena Moore and her companion Dale Brown of West Chazy; 22 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; two great-grandchildren on the way; her very special best friend, Shirley Burl, formerly of Champlain; four sisters, Bertha Guerin of Ellenburg, Marjorie Brileya of New Mexico, Dorothy and Richard Guerin of Ellenburg and Rita and Lance Collins of Sandy Creek; two sisters-in-law, Loretta Ero-Guay and Roseanne Bond of Mooers; three brothers-in-law, Arvil Moore of Mooers, Marvin Moore and his wife Carol of Plattsburgh and Teddy Moore of Chazy; and several nieces and nephews.

Calling hours were Monday, Sept. 29, 2003, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Clark Funeral Home in Champlain. A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated at 11 a.m. Tuesday, at St. Mary’s Church in Champlain. Rev. Jay Seymour, Pastor, celebrated the Mass. The pallbearers were her grandsons Jared Doser, Tony Lewis, Ron Carney, Robert Carney, Daniel Timmons Jr., Lee Sample, Mike Church, and Michael Kenneally. Tony Lewis read scripture readings. Jacy Robare, Relissa Lefave and Jim Sorrell, shared poems. Her sisters and her grandchildren, Tracy, Trena, D.J. and Samantha, also shared poems. The organist was Leo Bushey. The vocalist was Jim Sorrell. Burial followed in St. Mary’s Cemetery where Rev. Jay Seymour recited committal prayers.

Willsboro — The Reverend Thomas Cleland Winn of Willsboro, N.Y., passed away after a long illness on Sept. 29, 2003.

He was born in Kangai, Korea, on March 10, 1920, son of George H. and Blanche (Essick) Winn.

Tom came to the United States in 1936 and graduated from Asbury College, he received a Masters of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Masters degree in Education from SUNY at Albany.

His family has been connected with the Presbyterian Church and their missionary work in the far east for five generations.

Tom served as minister in Westfield, N.J., and in Rhinebeck, N.Y. Later he served as Chaplain in the Hill School in Pottstown, Pa. He also was a guidance counselor and science teacher at the Milne School in Albany, N.Y., and in career placement at SUNY Albany. As a talented young artist, age 12, he was the first non-Asian admitted to the Imperial Art Exhibit in Seoul, Korea. In his youth, Tom loved hiking and outdoor activities. During his adult years he introduced his family to the excitement of downhill skiing and adventures in the west. His love for the Adirondacks and the Lake Champlain area brought him back where he continued his love of gardening, storytelling and jokes.

He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Florence (Grubb) Winn of Willsboro, N.Y.; his daughter, Laurie Adams and her husband Mike of Milton, Vt.; his daughter, Carol Blakeley and her husband Rick of Wickenburg, Ariz.; and seven grandchildren, Elizabeth, Sarah, Phoebe, Tim, Jane, Ben and Daniel; and 13 great-grandchildren. His sister, Julia McPheeters of Willsboro, N.Y.; his sister-in-law, Marcia Winn; and several nieces and nephews, also survive him.

A service will be held at the Essex Community Church, Essex, N.Y., at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2003.

In lieu of flowers our father’s sincere wish was for friends to "do something nice for someone". If that includes a contribution, please make it payable to High Peaks Hospice, Box 195, Mineville, N.Y. 12956. They have been incredibly kind.

PORT HENRY, NY — Julia A. Kozma, 87, of the Forge Hollow Road, Port Henry, died Monday, Sept. 29, 2003, at the CVPH Medical Center, Plattsburgh, N.Y.

She was born at Witherbee, N.Y., on Feb. 7, 1916, the daughter of James and Julia (Fiotik) Hagey.

Julia was a life long resident of the town of Moriah.

She is survived by her daughters, Margaret and Richard Nadeau of Ticonderoga and Jean and Charles Putnam of Port Henry; her son, Stephen Kozma of Port Henry; her sisters, Margaret Hagey of Elizabethtown and Helen Pereau of Port Henry; her brother, Joseph Hagey of Witherbee; five grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband, Stephen Kozma, on Dec. 26, 2001.

Calling hours will be held Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2003, at the Harland Funeral Home, Port Henry.

A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Thursday, Oct. 2, 2003, at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Church, Port Henry. Monsignor John McAvoy officiating. Burial will follow in the Union Cemetery, Moriah, N.Y.

Memorial donations may be made to the Town of Moriah Ambulance Squad.

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