Published: 9/2/05

Saranac Lake — Rita Duquette Hadjo, age 85, of 121 Main St., Saranac Lake, died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005, at her home.

Born in Saranac Lake, N.Y., on July 17, 1920, she was the daughter of William and Catherine (LeBeau) Duquette.

Mrs. Hadjo had been a life-long resident of Saranac Lake and had been employed as a bookkeeper for Saranac Lake Electric, Ryan Electric and Robare & Sons, retiring in the early 1980s. She had been a volunteer at St. Bernard's School, enjoyed playing cards, crossword puzzles, reading, tending her flowers and tomato plants, feeding her birds and spending time with her family, especially her great-grandchildren.

She is survived by her daughter, Gail Rogers Rice of Saranac Lake; two granddaughters, Suzanne Rice and her husband Clyde Baker and their son, Samuel Alex Baker of Saranac Lake and Barbara Rice and her husband Chad McCarthy and their son, Cal McCarthy Rice of Saranac Lake; two sisters, Eleanor Vitullo and her husband Camillo of Burlington, N.J., and Shirley McGill and her husband Howard of Lake Clear; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Alex L. Hadjo, on Feb. 16, 1984; her father, William Duquette; her mother, Catherine LeBeau Duquette; her brother William Duquette and her brother John Duquette.

Calling hours will take place at the Fortune-Keough Funeral Home on Friday, Sept. 2, 2005, from 4 to 7 p.m. A Bible vigil will be held at 5 p.m. Friday. A Mass of Christian burial will take place Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. Bernard’s Church, with Father Jeffrey Hubbard officiating. Burial will follow at St. Bernard’s Cemetery in Saranac Lake. Following the burial, a reception will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Hotel Saranac.

Friends wishing to remember Mrs. Hadjo may make memorial contributions to Saranac Lake Ecumenical Food Pantry, the Tri Lakes Humane Society or the NCCC Foundation in care of the funeral home.

Gary Eugene Frederick, 55, of Miner Farm Road, Chazy, died on Aug. 25, 2005, at his home, as the result of a fire.

He was born in Olean, N.Y., on March 1, 1950, son of Arthur Richard and Louise Glendora (Smith) Frederick.

A graveside service will be held on Friday at 1 p.m. in St. Peter's Cemetery in Plattsburgh.

Arrangements with Brown Funeral Home in Plattsburgh.

Dawn W. Seeley, 44, of 33 Dupra Way, Constable, N.Y., died Aug. 31, 2005, at the Massena Memorial Hospital, as a result of an automobile accident in Hogansburg, N.Y.

She was born in Malone, N.Y., March 28, 1961, the daughter of Gary and Luva (Reome) Reynolds Sr.

Calling hours will be Saturday from noon until 2 p.m. at the Bruso-Desnoyers Funeral Home in Malone. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. John Koletas officiating. Burial will be in the Morningside Cemetery in Malone.