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Obituary – (Unknown newspaper, via “Dust Down A Country Road” genealogy prepared by mdpat, online at Ancestry.com):

Leslie Prashaw

Leslie Prashaw, 58, Rt. 2, Dover, Ohio, former resident of Richville, died Wednesday, Sept. 4, 1985 at the Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio following a lengthy illness.

He was employed by the Longyear Co., at Minneapolis, Minn., until illness forced his retirement in 1981. Prior to that he worked as a transport truck driver for the Gouverneur Trucking Co. for 27 years.

He was born in Carthage, son of the late Robert and Leta Daily (sic) Prashaw.

He is survived by his wife, Josephine Brunet, whom he married March 9, 1963; a daughter, Mrs. Robert (Sheila) Eggmann of Salt Lake City, Utah, two brothers, Albert Prashaw, Zephyrhill, Fla., and Reginald Prashaw, Phoenix, Ariz., two granddaughters, several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by one grandson, one brother and two sisters.

He was a member of the Dover VFW, Dover Eagles, Dover Army/Navy Garrison, American Veterans of Dover, and was a Navy Veteran who served in World War II.

The funeral was Saturday, Sept. 7, at 11 a.m. at Toldand Herzig Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Richardson officiating. Burial was in Dover Burial Park.

Obituary – Watertown Daily News, Watertown, New York; Friday, 6 SEP 1985, page 16 (Genealogybank.com):

Mrs. Clara Patterson Dies at Age 51

ANTWERP – Mrs. Clara Patterson, 51, Spicer Road, wife of Frederick Patterson, died Thursday at 5:45 p.m. in Gouverneur Edward John Noble Hospital, where she had been a patient for three weeks.

The funeral will be on Monday at 10 a.m. in Sacred Heart Church, Edwards, with Rev. Charles Richard, pastor, and Rev. Peter Berg, pastor of St. Michael’s Church, officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Edwards.

Calling hours at the French Funeral Home, Edwards, are Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. There will be a rosary recitation Sunday at 8 p.m.

Surviving, in addition to her husband, are her mother, Mrs. Cecilia Janack, Rochester; four sons, Michael and Frederick, Jr., Milton, Vt., William, Chaumont, and Wells, at home; three daughters, Rita, Corleen and Memory, all at home; three grandchildren; a brother, Albert Janack, Rochester, and five sisters, Vera Porter, Gouverneur, and Violet White, Mary Lohmaier, Vicky Lohmaier and Doris Hake, all of Rochester. A son, Mathew (sic), died Sept. 10, 1981.

Born at Newton Falls, July 19, 1934, daughter of Albert and Cecilia Moote Janack, she attended schools in Newton Falls and Rochester and was married to Frederick Patterson on Aug. 21, 1952 in Gouverneur.

The couple lived in Rochester until moving to Antwerp 20 years ago.

Mrs. Patterson was a member of St. Michael’s Church, where she had taught religion classes.

Obituary – Watertown Daily Times, Watertown, New York; Saturday, 27 MAY 1978, page 9 (Genealogybank.com):

Mrs. Bernist Lashua, 59, Dies

STAR LAKE – Mrs. Beulah C. Lashua, 59, Star Lake, wife of Bernist W. Lashua, died Friday night in the Clifton-Fine Hospital where she had been a patient for two weeks.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday in St. Hubert’s Church with Rev. James Ruddy, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Oswegatchie Cemetery.

Calling hours at the family home will be Sunday afternoon and evening with a rosary service at 7:30 p.m.

Besides her husband, Mrs. Lashua is survived by six sons, Wendell, Dannemora, Ronald, Star Lake, Leroy, Spencerport, Harl, Cranberry Lake, Elwin, Newton Falls, and Ricky, Star Lake; a daughter, Mrs. Lawrence (Belva) Riley, Star Lake; two brothers, Richard Sawyer, Gouverneur, and Cecil Sawyer, Spragueville; a sister, Mrs. Glenn (Lottie) Gillette, Spragueville, and 15 grandchildren.

She was born in St. Regis Falls on Sept. 18, 1918, a daughter of Douglas and Mildred Ball Sawyer. She was educated in the Hermon Schools. On Sept. 18, 1936, she married Bernist Lashua.

She had lived in Star Lake most of her life.