Published: 4/26/04

PLATTSBURGH — Frederic E. Mooers, 97, of 2 Mason Drive, died early Thursday morning, March 25, 2004, at Meadowbrook Health Care Facility.

Frederic was born in Coopersville, N.Y., on July 14, 1906, the son of Frederic D. and Effie Eddy Mooers.

He graduated from Chazy Central Rural School in June 1924, and graduated from Albany Business College in September 1926. Frederic was employed by A.H. Marshall & Company in Plattsburgh from then until 1958, when the company closed. Following that, he was employed by Champlain Valley Hospital and the Physicians Hospital (CVPH) in Plattsburgh until he retired in 1974.

Survivors include a nephew, Robert Hyde and his wife, Carolyn, of West Boylston, Mass.; a niece, Anne Mooers Doherty and her husband, Philip, of Burlington, Vt.; and a grand-niece, Margaret Gannon, and her husband, Michael, of Cumberland Head, N.Y.

Frederic was predeceased by his wife of 74 years, Doris E. Mooers; by his brothers, Carl and Stanley, and by his sister, Lillian (Mooers) Hyde.

He will be particularly missed by his close friends of 52 years, Philip and Shirley Gordon. The Gordons were more than friends of Frederic and his wife, Doris, particularly in their later years when they were constant companions and supporters. For this, the family is extremely grateful.

Frederic had many interests. He was an accomplished musician who played both violin and piano. He was a member of both the Plattsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Clinton Community College Orchestra. He was a member of the Clinton County Historical Society and a contributor of much historical information to this group.

Frederic enjoyed the outdoors and was both an avid bird-watcher and, in his early years, a fly fisherman.

He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Plattsburgh.

A memorial service will be held in the church on Thursday, April 29, at 2 p.m. Interment will be in Riverview Cemetery, Chazy, N.Y.

The R. W. Walker Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Donations in Frederic’s memory may be made to the First Presbyterian Church (of Plattsburgh) Memorial Fund.

SILVER BAY — Rosemary Agnes (Hopkins) Carney, 87, of Carney Lane, passed away Saturday, April 24, 2004, at the Moses-Ludington Hospital of Ticonderoga.

Born in Ticonderoga on Dec. 25, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Agnes (McCormick) Hopkins.

Mrs. Carney was a lifelong resident of Ticonderoga and Silver Bay. She was a graduate of Ticonderoga High School, Class of 1935.

She was a communicant of St. Mary’s Catholic Church of Ticonderoga.

She married Franklin E. Carney on June 3, 1940.

Mrs. Carney and her husband have owned and operated the Snug Harbor Motel of Silver Bay since 1950. Prior to that, she was a sales clerk at J.J. Newberry’s Department Store of Ticonderoga.

Survivors include her husband, Franklin E. Carney; three daughters, Patricia Bartlett and her husband, Gillette, of Ticonderoga, Margaret Chamberlain and her husband, Harold, of Keithville, La., and Pamela Bresett and her husband, Bud, of Port Henry; a brother-in-law, Jack Carney of Glens Falls; and two sisters-in-law, Bess Hopkins of Ticonderoga and Joyce Carney of Clifton Park. She is also survived by 14 grandchildren, many great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.

Relatives and friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Wilcox & Regan Funeral Home, 11 Algonkin St., Ticonderoga.

A memorial Mass will be celebrated 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church of Ticonderoga. The Rev. William G. Muench, pastor, will officiate.

Interment will follow at the family plot of the Valley View Cemetery of Ticonderoga.

ELIZABETHTOWN — Wesley C. Hurley, 97, of Elizabethtown died Friday, April 23, 2004, in Elizabethtown. He was born Aug. 30, 1906 in Lewis, the son of Charles and Margaret (MacDougal) Hurley.

He married Josephine Neumaier Nov. 21, 1925, and they were married for more than 77 years. He was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd, and worked many years as a heavy-equipment operator for the New York State Department of Transportation.

He is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Marcella and Steve Denton of Elizabethtown; one son, Rodney Hurley of Plattsburgh; his grandchildren and their spouses, Tammy and Robert Sawyer of Bunnell, Fla., Anita and Stephen Hall of Keene Valley, Stephen and Suzanne Denton of Elizabethtown, Randy Hurley, Greg and Linda Hurley of Plattsburgh, Sherri and William Flock of Tipp City, Ohio, Karin and Mark Brinkman of West Palm Beach, Fla., Linda and Tom Dobowski of Liverpool, Patrick Hurley of Jamesville, Christine and Marc Mero of Rouses Point, Sandra and Rick Perry of Plattsburgh; as well as 16 great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. His wife; parents; one son, Lawrence Hurley; two sisters, Mable MacDougal and Gladys McCoy; one brother, Roy Hurley; and two infant granddaughters, Jolene and Janene Denton, died before him.

Calling hours will be held from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at W. M. Marvins Sons funeral home in Elizabethtown. A funeral service will be held 10 a.m. Thursday at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Elizabethtown, burial will follow in Riverside Cemetery. Donations in Wesley’s memory may be made to the Church of the Good Shepherd in Elizabethtown or to the Keene Valley Neighborhood House.

GLORIA C. BROOKS, 81, of North Street, Lyon Mountain, died Sunday, April 25, 2004, at CVPH Medical Center in Plattsburgh.

Arrangements are with the Chateaugay Funeral Home and will be announced in Tuesday’s newspaper.

EARL WARREN of Wilmington died Friday, April 23, 2004, at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.

A funeral service will be conducted at the Church of the Nazarene in Wilmington at 2 p.m. Saturday.

Committal services for Earl and his wife, Helen, who died Jan. 28, 2004, will be held at the family plot in Haselton Cemetery, Wilmington, immediately following the funeral service.

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