Carroll Lucille Dixon Carroll Lucille Dixon was born on April 27, 1922, in Detroit, Michigan, to parents Clara (Lell) and Lawrence Dick. She moved with her family to Dumont, New Jersey, in 1932 where she attended school and graduated from Dumont High School in 1940. There she met Lincoln Dixon of Dumont. Carroll worked in New York City for Harper & Row until she married Lincoln in 1945. In 1956, the young couple and their three daughters moved to the Saranac Lake area. They bought the farm outside of Bloomingdale, where the family raised Black Angus cattle, a few milk cows and several horses. Carroll went from city girl to farm wife overnight. She taught herself how to make butter and cheese, and preserved all the vegetables from her husband’s large and abundant gardens. She enjoyed gardening and kept beautiful flower beds around the home. She became a Brownie Girl Scout leader while her daughters were young.
May 8, 2021 Patricia Ann Knapp, age 84, of Saranac Lake, died Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at Mercy Living Center in Tupper Lake. Born in Lake Clear on Oct. 6, 1936, she was the daughter of Franklin and Ethel (Donaldson) Powers. Patricia married James P. Knapp on Saturday, July 10, 1954, at the Presbyterian Church in Lake Clear. Patricia was a lifelong resident. She was a dedicated wife and mother, and loved to read, cook, knit and crochet. Her whoopie pies were always a family favorite. Jim and Pat spent their 66 years together camping, snowmobiling and traveling, spending many winter months in Florida. She is survived by her husband James of Saranac Lake; two sons, Paul (Sharron) Knapp of Lake Clear and Richard (Maria) Knapp of Liverpool; and one daughter, Brenda (Lee) Daunais of Saranac Lake; 10 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by two sisters, Gertrude Lintner and Ruth Clark, and two brothers, Donald and Robert.
/PRNewswire/ Saranac Waterfront Lodge, the only full-service waterfront property on Lake Flower in the village of Saranac Lake, officially opened its doors.
Apr 27, 2021 Florine “Peggy” Eisele, age 98, entered the Lord’s kingdom at the Vermont Veterans Home surrounded by her family on April 13, 2021. She was born to Julian and Lena “Dixie” (Ward) Smith in Norfolk, Virginia. The family moved to Peekskill. After college in New York City and the beginning of World War II, she answered the call to service and joined the U.S. Navy. In 1942, Peggy attended the Naval War College in Rhode Island and went on to serve as a cryptographer stationed at Pearl Harbor, for which she was awarded a commendation for her service with the U.S. Naval Communications Intelligence Organization. Peggy was always proud of her military service.
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St. Bernardâs School students look at an Acts of Mercy wall mural they made, now in display at St. Bernardâs Church throughout the Lenten season.
(Provided photo â Sylvia Hough, St. Bernardâs School) St. Bernard’s School patiently teaches that love means to emphasize the way of life wherein service to others, in all degrees of need, is how we act in love toward one another. It is not enough to simply be kind, because we must also be generous with our time, and willing to sacrifice some part of our own comfort to increase another person’s well-being.