Published: 8/30/05

Newberry, S.C. — Jenna Michelle Cripe, 17, of Newberry, died Friday, Aug. 19, 2005.

Born in Elkhart, Ind., she was a daughter of Keith Cripe and Deanna Seymour Womack.

She was a senior at Newberry High School, an honor roll student, a member of Young Life, president of the Newberry Chapter of Future Business Leaders of America, district vice president of the South Carolina Future Business Leaders of America, a member of the Beta Club and a student trainer for the Newberry High School Football Team. She was also the National Beta Club Winner in Oratory.

Surviving, in addition to her mother of Newberry and her father of Indiana, are brothers, Darrin and Cameron; a sister, Katelyn; and her maternal grandparents, Ron and June Seymour of Newberry, S.C., formerly of Plattsburgh, N.Y.

Memorials may be made to the Riverside Zoo, 500 Wildlife Parkway, Columbia, SC 29210, where she recently served an apprenticeship.

mooers — Elizabeth M. Duquette, 91, of Mooers, died Monday, Aug. 31, 2005, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Theresa and Ed Bosley.

She was born in Detroit, Mich., April 1, 1914, the daughter of John and Julia (Schwartz) Stegner.

She was employed as an operator at the Champlain Telephone Company in Mooers for several years. She also operated a greenhouse and assisted her husband Lucien with the family farm. She was a member of St. Joseph’s Church in Mooers and enjoyed flowers and gardening.

She is survived by two sons and a daughter-in-law, Delor Duquette and his companion Eugena of Mooers and Lucien Jr. and Betty Duquette of Zephyrhills, Fla.; five daughters and sons-in-law, Loretta and Norbert Genereax of Toronto, Ontario, Rita and Louis Latour of Zephyrhills, Fla., Rose and Donald Colgan of Mooers Forks, Theresa and Ed Bosley of Mooers and Bernadette and Lionel DeCoste of Mooers; 23 grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren; great-great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.

Her husband, Lucien J. Duquette Sr. died in 1977; and a son, Robert died in 1957. A brother, David; and two sisters, Virginia and Ruth, also died earlier.

Calling hours will be held on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the E.F. Drown Funeral Service in Mooers. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 1 p.m. Wednesday from St. Joseph’s Church in Mooers. Interment will follow in the parish cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Hospice of the North Country.

ALBANY — William G. Whyman, 51, of Greenway North, Albany, died Sunday, Aug. 28, 2005, in Newcomb, N.Y.

Born in Plattsburgh, N.Y., on Dec. 15, 1953, he was the son of William and Edna (Furnia) Whyman.

William was a 1975 graduate of Plattsburgh State College. He was a veteran of the Navy, serving from 1975 until 1979.

Following the service he worked for several years in the commissary at several prisons. Later he was employed in the utility regulation department for New York State in Albany, N.Y., for many years. His favorite hobby was working on cars.

He is survived by his mother, Edna Whyman of Standish, N.Y.; six brothers and sisters, Donna Eads of Atlanta, Ind., Robert Whyman of Henniker, N.H., Carolyn Furnia of Standish, N.Y., Michael Whyman of Standish, N.Y., Kevin Whyman of Plattsburgh, N.Y., and Elaine Peralta of Standish, N.Y.; several nieces and nephews; and two close friends, Richard Garrow and Dick Rabideau.

He was preceded in death by his father, William Whyman; his niece, Sara Pekrul; and his stepfather, Robert Koschak.

No services are planned.

Friends wishing to remember William may make memorial contributions to St. Michael’s Church in Standish, NY 12952.

Arrangements were with the Fortune-Keough Funeral Home in Saranac Lake.

TICONDEROGA — Doris Jeanette Price, 83, of Price Road, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2005, at the Moses-Ludington Hospital of Ticonderoga.

Born in Syracuse, Oct. 29, 1921, she was the daughter of the late John R. and Bertha Mae (Graves) Benson.

She was a graduate of the Crouse Irving Hospital School of Nursing in Syracuse and was an enlisted U.S. Army-Air Corp nurse during World War II.

She married Francis W. Price Sr., on July 7, 1945. Her husband passed away in 1998.

Mrs. Price was a member of the former First Congregational Church of Ticonderoga and the Essex County Grange.

She was employed as an operating room nurse at the Moses-Ludington Hospital of Ticonderoga for many years.

She raised two children and worked with her family on the Price Farm on Hague Road until her death.

Mrs. Price loved to watch the birds at her feeders, enjoyed the company of all those who came to visit and especially loved putting her feet in the ocean on a hot day. She also enjoyed playing scrabble with her sisters.

Survivors include one daughter, Susan J. Valaitis and her husband Victor of Ballston Spa; one son, Francis W. Price Jr. and his wife Patty of Ticondeorga; two sisters, Marian Mereweather of Saratoga Springs and Jean Brou of Slidell, La.; one sister-in-law, Eva Benson, wife of her deceased brother, John of Pensacola, Fla.; five grandchildren, Jennifer Martin and her husband Kevin of Pennsylvania, Brian Price and his wife Tracy of Ticonderoga, Erica Harrington and her husband Stephen of Connecticut, John Valaitis and his wife Jennifer of Virginia and Scott Price of Plattsburgh; and five great-grandchildren, Ryan, McKenzie and Molly Price, Ethan Harrington and Amanda Martin. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews.

Relatives and friends may call Tuesday from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Wilcox & Regan Funeral Home, 11 Algonkin Street, Ticonderoga. A funeral service will take place on Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the funeral home. The Rev. Mr. Elliott A. Shaw, will officiate. Interment will follow at the family plot of the Valley View Cemetery of Ticonderoga.

Contributions in her memory may be made to the Essex County Office for the Aging Meals on Wheels Program, Elizabethtown, NY 12932.

DELTONA — Roland Lattrelle, 48, of West Wellington Drive, son of Raymond and June Lattrelle, a master mechanic at Browning Service Center, died Thursday, Aug. 18, 2005, while at work.

Mr. Lattrelle was born in Plattsburgh, N.Y., and moved to this area in 1977 from Keeseville, N.Y.

He enjoyed NASCAR, working on cars and his home.

Survivors include his companion of 10 years, Wendy Bray; two stepdaughters, Shayanne and Rianne, both of Deltona; a brother, Raymond of Louisville, Ky.; and two sisters, Wanda Lorenz of Saucier, Miss., and Donna Decker of Plattsburgh, N.Y.

Roland was laid to rest in Deland, Fla., along side his mother.

A Mass will be said on Sept. 23, at 8 a.m. at Our Lady Victory Academy Church in honor of his memory.

SHIRLEY (FORTIER) SCHWARTZ, 84, formerly of Ravena, died, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2005, at her home in Freehold.

Shirley was born in Lyon Mountain, N.Y., on Aug. 1, 1921, to the late Henry and Ida Fortier.

A funeral Mass was held 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, at St. Patrick’s Church, Ravena. There was no calling hours. Burial took place at St. Bernard’s Cemetery in Lyon Mountain on Friday, Aug. 26. Funeral arrangements were made under the direction of the Babcock Funeral Home, Ravena.