09/27/2005

Richard E. Caron

PLATTSBURGH -- Richard (Pat) E. Caron, of Cross Road, Plattsburgh, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, at the CVPH Medical Center in Plattsburgh, N.Y.

He enjoyed the outdoors and fishing. He was a body and fenderman for 30 years.

He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Dora Elaine (Lawliss) Caron; 10 children, Richard and Debbie Caron of Plattsburgh, Herbert Caron of Plattsburgh, Cynthia Normandin and companion Jeff Loucks of Cottage Grove, Tenn., Deborah and Carlton Frenya of Keeseville, N.Y., Maynard and Lynn Caron of Plattsburgh, Kenneth Caron of Cottage Grove, Tenn., Jacqueline and Douglas Wilkins of Peru, Robert and Mary Caron of Plattsburgh, Susan Sears of Plattsburgh and Catherine and Roger Ouimette of Champlain, N.Y.; two nephews, Raymond and Sandra Desso of Peru, N.Y., and Thomas Desso of Connecticut; 22 grandchildren; and 28 great-grandchildren.

He was predeceased by his mother and father; and a sister, Ruth Desso.

Calling hours will be held at the Brown Funeral Home on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2005, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Funeral services will follow, burial will be in St. Peter's Cemetery.

Arrangements are by Brown Funeral Home.

Monique C. Bibeau

PLATTSBURGH -- Monique C. Bibeau, 71, of Oak Street, Plattsburgh, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, at CVPH Medical Center in Plattsburgh.

She was born in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada, on July 9, 1934, daughter of the late Virgil and Corrine Lavoie.

Monique was a member of Our Lady of Victory Church in Plattsburgh, she enjoyed the outdoors and working in her flowers. She was a devoted mother, grandmother and great grandmother.

Monique is survived by three sons, Michael Bibeau of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Roger Bibeau and his fiancée Kelly Aubin of Plattsburgh and Robert Bibeau and his wife Kristy of Plattsburgh; a daughter and son-in-law, Lynda and Dale Desrocher of Plattsburgh; three sisters and two brothers-in-law, Giselle Mortin of Drummondville, Quebec, Stella and Gilbert Carron of Drummondville, Quebec, and Pierette and Lionel Chaput of Longuiel, Quebec; 12 grandchildren, Monica Wise, Chastity Crouse, Samantha Bibeau, Sienna Bibeau, Trevor Bibeau, Kirsten Bibeau, Alexander Bibeau, Bailey Barcomb, Ricki Aubin, Channing Barcomb, Joseph Barcomb and Bridgett Stone; seven great-grandchildren, Cheyenne Bibeau, David Wise, Noel McGee, Matthew McGee, George Williams, Kaine Griffin and Alivia Crouse; and several nieces and nephews.

Monique was predeceased by her mother and father; her son, Daniel Bibeau; and a granddaughter, Careyann Bibeau.

Calling hours will be Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2005, from 6 to 8 p.m. and Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005, from 9 to 10:45 a.m. at Brown Funeral Home in Plattsburgh. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005, at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of Victory Church in Plattsburgh. Burial will follow in St. Peter's Cemetery in Plattsburgh.

Donations in her memory may be made to the family.

Ross B. Webb

PLATTSBURGH -- Ross B. Webb, 90, died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2005, at his home.

He was born in Perrys Mills on Oct. 1, 1914, the son of Frank and Rachel (Bateman) Webb.

Ross married Greta Hoy on Feb. 24, 1940, at the Methodist Parsonage in Champlain. Greta died on March 28, 2003.

He worked for many years for Georgia-Pacific where he was a supervisor.

Survivors include two sisters-in-law, Dolores Hoy of Plattsburgh and Mary L. Hoy of Morrisonville; and several nieces and nephews.

He predeceased by four brothers, Arthur, Ashel, Harley and Harvey; and one sister, Doris Kaufman.

A graveside service will be held on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005, at 1 p.m. in Glenwood Cemetery in Champlain, N.Y., Rev. Steve Loan of the Three Steeples Methodist Church will be conducting the service. Following the services, a reception will be held downstairs at Guma's Restaurant in West Chazy for all family and friends.

Arrangements are with the R.W. Walker Funeral Home in Plattsburgh.

In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to your favorite charity.

Reginald F. Merrill

LYON MOUNTAIN -- Reginald F. Merrill, 80, of Mountaintop Housing, Lyon Mountain died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, at his home.

Born in Malone, N.Y., on June 25, 1925, he was the son of Clare and Eva (Furness) Merrill. They predeceased him.

Mr. Merrill is survived by a brother, Elliot Merrill of Plattsburgh, N.Y.; and several cousins.

Mr. Merrill graduated from Lyon Mountain High School with the class of 1943. After working several odd jobs, he enlisted in the U.S. Army on April 2, 1946, and was honorably discharged Oct. 10, 1947. After returning home, he was employed by a local contractor for several years. He began taking care of camps on Chateaugay Lake for many years. At the same time, he was involved in boat building. He became a eucharistic minister in 1975 and became ordained as a deacon on Oct. 4, 1980, in the first group of deacons to exist in the Ogdensburg diocese, retiring Aug. 31, 1988. He was also employed by Lyon Mountain Correctional Facility for a number of years.

Mr. Merrill was a communicant of St. Bernards Church, Lyon Mountain.

He was a life member of the Nature Conservancy, a third degree member of the Knights of Columbus Holy Family Council of Lyon Mountain and a former member of Bishop Wadhams Council of Knights of Columbus. Reg was very fond of music and was a member of the Merry Mels.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2005 in St. Bernard's Church with Monsignor Robert L. Lawler from the Diocese of Ogdensburg officiating. Burial will take place at St. Bernard's Cemetery.

Donations in his memory may be made to Lyon Mountain Rescue Squad.

Arrangements are through the Chateaugay Funeral Home.

Judith Galamian

ELIZABETHTOWN -- Born in Norfolk, Va., in 1908, Judith Johnson Galamian was the wife of violin pedagogue, Ivan Galamian and co-founder of the Meadowmount School of Music.

She died at the Elizabethtown Hospital on Sept. 15, 2005, at Elizabethtown, N.Y.

Judith and her husband Ivan Galamian met in 1940 at the Adirondack summer home of New York City businessman and philanthropist Ed Lee Campe in Elizabethtown, N.Y. They were married in 1941 in New York City by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale and bought the Meadowmount farm located in Westport, N.Y., in 1944.

To three generations of world famous classical musical artists, Mrs. G., as she is known, was the driving force behind the Meadowmount School of Music. After her husband's death in 1981, she continued to run the school with the assistance of the Society of Strings, which her husband founded. "I'm no musician, just a simple country girl from Virginia." Mrs. G. often explained, "My husband was the Boss." But to hundreds of local people, both teens and adults who spent their summers cooking and cleaning at the music school, Mrs. G. was the boss. During the winter months Ivan Galamian taught violin at Juilliard and the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, as well as teaching at their apartment on West 73rd Street in New York City. Their apartment parlor was lined with photos of the students such as Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Jaime Laredo, Michael Rabin, Kyung Wha Chung, Arnold Steinhardt and Joshua Bell, to name but a few musical stars that he trained for over 40. Judith and Ivan Galamian's ashes will be interred at a ceremony near the Meadowmount Concert Hall next summer.

At her request there will not be a service but donation in her memory can be sent to the Meadowmount Memorial Scholarship Fund, 1424 County Route 10, Westport, NY 12993.

Joyce Elma McGibbon White

MALONE -- Joyce Elma McGibbon White, 79, of Malone, died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005, at theVal Haven Home for Adults where she had resided since last November.

Born in Westville, N.Y., June 22, 1926, she was the daughter of Walter and Bernice Spencer McGibbon.

She attended local schools and graduated from Franklin Academy in 1944.

On June 11, 1966, she was united in marriage to Harry E. White of Hogansburg, N.Y., at the Presbyterian Church in Westville, N.Y., by Rev. Robert Symonds.

The Whites made their home in Woodstock, Conn. Mrs. White worked as a secretary in the engineering department at Pratt and Whitney Aircraft in East Hartford, from 1953 until her retirement in 1983. She returned to Malone in 1985.

She was a member of the First Congregational Church of Malone, Women of the Moose, Malone and the Malone Adult Center.

Survivors include brothers and sisters-in-law, Robert and Donnamae McGibbon of Malone and Lyle and Audrey McGibbon of Trout River; sisters and brother-in-law, Janet and Robert Smellie of Trout River and Leah Brooks of Athlestan, Quebec.

Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Harry E. White on April 10, 1985, in Putnam Conn.; and her brother, Arthur McGibbon in 1974; sister-in-law, Ethel McGibbon; and brother-in-law, Thomas Brooks.

Memorial contributions in her memory may be made to the First Congregational Church of Malone, The Malone Adult Center or Hospice of the North Country.

Calling hours will be Wednesday from the Spaulding Funeral Home at 11:30 a.m. to the time of services at 1:30 p.m at the First Congregational Church in Malone. Interment will follow in the Briggs Street Cemetery, Westville.

Arrangements are through the Spaulding Funeral Home of Malone.

Deaths: 

WILMA M. KENNEDY, 87, formerly of Peru, died Monday, Sept. 26, 2005, at Meadowbrook Nursing Home, Plattsburgh, N.Y.

Arrangements are through Chateaugay Funeral Home and will be announced at a later date.