Oscar Rascoe

Oscar Rascoe

Press-Republican

Thursday, October 22, 1981

LYON MOUNTAIN- Oscar Rascoe, 59, died Wednesday

morning at the CVPH Medical Center after a long illness.

  He was born Aug. 31, 1922 in Saranac, the son of

George and Roseanna (Goddeau) Rascoe.

  He was a member of the the Lyon Mountain Council,

Knights Of Columbus. He worked 22 years for Republic

Steel Corp. in Lyon Mountain and 12 years for the State

Department of Transportation.

  He leaves his wife, Marie T. (LeClair) Rascoe; three sons,

William R. Rascoe of Chazy Lake, Roger A. Rascoe of Walkill

and David J. Rascoe of the US Navy; three daughters,

Gloria M. Trombley of Ellenburg, Carolyn F. LaFountain of Altona

and Joanne M. Rascoe of Walden; four brothers, Frederick, Edgar,

Elmore,and Frank Rascoe all of Saranac; five sisters, Mable

Drolette of Saranac, Josephine Collins of Redford, Laura Smart

of Clayburg, Eva LaFountain of Standish and Theresa Ormsbee

of Greenville, Tenn.; and eight grandchildren.

  Calling hours will be at St. Bernard’s Convent in Lyon Mountain

from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today.

  Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Bernard’s

Church in Lyon Mountain.

  Burial will be in the parish cemetery.

  Arrangements are by the Drown Funeral Home in Ellenburg Depot.

Guy Rascoe

Press-Republican — Saturday August 25,1979

Guy Rascoe

SARANAC — Guy Rascoe. 78,
dtod Thursday evening at the
Meadowbrook Nursing Home.
He was born June 9, 1901 in
Saranac, the son of George and
RoMnna (Goddeau) Rascoe.
He was a farmer and machine
operator for the town of Saranac
before his retirement. His wife, the
former Anna Reyell, died in Jan.
of 1973.
He is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Curtis (Rose) Plumadore of
Saranac; four sons, Joseph of
Champlain, Richard, Clarence and
Irvin, all of Saranac; five sisters,
Mrs. Mable Drollette of Saranac,
Mrs. Josephine Collins of Redford,
Mrs. Eva LaFountain of Standish,
Mrs. Bernard (Laura) Smart of
Saranac and Mrs. Joseph
(Theresa) Ormsbee of Greenfield,
Tenn.; five brothers, Fred, Edgar
and Elmore, all of Saranac, Oscar
of Lyon Mountain and Francis of
Saranac; 15 grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren.
Calling hours are from 2 to 4 and
7 to 9 p.m. today and Sunday at the
O’Neill-Redden-Drown Funeral
Home in Plattsburgh.
Funeral services will be held at
10 a.m. Monday at the Assumption
of Mary Church in Redford.
Burial will be in Assumption
Cemetery in Redford.

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Press Republican—Tuesday, August 28, 1979

Guy Rascoe

REDFORD — Funeral services
for Guy Rascoe, 78, who died
Thursday evening at t h e
Meadowbrook Nursing Home were
held at 10 a.m. Monday at Assumption
of Mary Church in Redford.
The Rev. Francis Kearns
celebrated the mass.
Bearers were Donny. Eric, Dale,
Ronnie and Mike Rascoe and Curtis
Plumadore Jr.
Burial was in Assumption
Cemetery

Theresa M Rasco

Press Republican
February 16, 2007

Theresa Margaret Ormsbee
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Theresa Margaret Ormsbee, age 78, daughter of Rosanna and George Rasco and the wife of the late Joseph Franklin Ormsbee, passed away Feb. 13, 2007, at her home. She was formerly a longtime resident of Baileyton and a homemaker. She grew up in Saranac, N.Y., and was a member of Assumption of Mary Catholic Church, where she served as president of the Altar Society. Locally, she was a member of Notre Dame Catholic Church, where she served on the Altar Society. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

Theresa was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Franklin Ormsbee; a granddaughter, Faith Anne DeFazio; a grandson, Jedediah Ormsbee; her brothers and sisters, all from New York: Guy Rasco, Josephine Collins, Eva LaFountian, Elmore Rasco, Edgar Rasco, Francis Rasco, Oscar Rasco, Clifford Rasco, Mabel Drollette and Fredrick Rasco.

She is survived by her children and their spouses: Sarah Ormsbee Burger of Greeneville, Howard Ormsbee of Greeneville, Herman Ormsbee of Georgia, Rachael and Joey DeFazio of New York, Harold Ormsbee of Massachusetts, Harvey and Kathy Ormsbee of Greeneville, Ivan and Sarah Ormsbee of Hawaii, Mark and Chris Ormsbee of Greeneville and Philip Ormsbee of West Virginia; her grandchildren: Theresa Slemp of Greeneville, Joanie Guynup of Greeneville, Sarah Jean Chapman of Greeneville, Scott Gregg of Greeneville, Joseph Ormsbee of Greeneville, Thomas Ormsbee, currently serving in the military, Dustin Matthew Ormsbee of Greeneville, Jeremiah Ormsbee of Greeneville, Erina Ormsbee of Georgia, Shad Ormsbee of Georgia, Carmen DeFazio Henry of New York, Rosanna DeFazio Carbone of New York, Trishna Goodsell of Idaho, Misty Ogert of Massachusetts, Callie Foster of Massachusetts, Julie Feree of Greeneville, Brooke Pelfey of Texas, Rebecca Ormsbee of Greeneville, David Ormsbee of New York, Brooke Beal, Heather Beal of Illinois and Heidi Beal of Greeneville, Amber Conrad currently serving in the military, Kortney Hill of Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Lindsay Ormsbee, currently serving in the military, Morgan Ormsbee, Hannah Ormsbee and Franklin Ormsbee, all of West Virginia; and also survived by 29 great-grandchildren; a sister, Laura Smart of New York; and many nieces and nephews.

The funeral service will be held on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007, at 10 a.m. at Notre Dame Catholic Church with Father John Appiah, Father William Casey and Father Charlie Burton officiating. Interment will follow at Zion Cemetery in Baileyton.

Pallbearers will be her sons and grandsons.

Honorary pallbearers will be Ladies of the Council of Catholic Women; her special friends: Kat Wright and Josephine Pinckard; special nieces and nephews: Rose Plumadore, Mark and Gerry Rasco, Rosanna Pellitier and Elvis Rasco.

The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Notre Dame Catholic Church.

Condolences may be sent to the Ormsbee family at http://www.doughty-stevens.com.

Laura Rasco

Press Republican
February 17, 2007

Laura Smart
CLAYBURG, N.Y. — Laura Smart, 89, of Clayburg, died Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007, at the CVPH Medical Center in Plattsburgh.

She was born in Saranac on March 19, 1917, the daughter of George and Roseanna (Goddeau) Rasco.

She was employed as a cook for many years at Mount Assumption Institute. She was a member of the Church of the Assumption in Redford where she was also a member of the Altar Rosary Society and Union of Prayer. She enjoyed cooking, gardening and sewing.

She is survived by three sons and a daughter-in-law, Lawrence Smart, Donald and Tami Smart and Wayne Smart, all of Saranac; four daughters and three sons-in-law, Anne and Jon Brousseau of Saranac, Louise and Russ Tedford of Cadyville, Judy and Norman Taylor of Saranac; Miss Pauline Smart of West Chazy; 15 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Her husband, Leo Bernard Smart, died in 1994. A brother, Francis Rasco; and three sisters, Josephine Collins, Eva LaFountain and Theresa Ormsbee, also died earlier.

Calling hours will be held on Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the O’Neill-Redden-Drown Funeral Home, 94 Court St., in Plattsburgh. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday from the Church of the Assumption in Redford. Interment will be in the parish cemetery in the spring.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the family.

Mabel Rasco

Press Republican MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1987

Mabel Drollette

SARANAC – Mrs. Mabel
Drollette, 83, died Saturday,
March 21, 1987, at the CVPH
Medical Center.
She was born Nov. 3, 1903, in
Standish, the daughter of
George and Rosanna (Goddeau)
Rasco.
Her husband, James Mose
Drollette, died on June 13,1954.
Survivors include eight
daughters , Mrs. Bernard
(Marie) Lashway of Standish,
Mrs. Prosper (Veronica) Barber
of Cadyville, Rita Drollette of
Saranac, Mrs. Gerald (Rosalie)
Magoon of Saranac, Mrs. Carl
(Shirley) Bruce of Saranac,
Mrs. Paul (Joan) St. Cyr of
Schenectady, Linda Drolette of
Saranac and Mrs. Bobby (Eliza)
Castine of Chazy: three sons
Edward and Gerald Drolette
both of Saranac and Charles
Drolette of Rochester; three
brothers, Edgar Rasco of
Plattsburgh Elmore Rasco of
Saranac and Frank Raaco. at”
Cadyville ; four sisters,
Josephine Collins of Redford,
Mrs. Bernard (Laura) Smart of
Saranac, Eva LaFountain of
Standish and Theresa Ormabee
of Greeneville, Tenn.; 26 grandchildren;
eight great-grandchildren;.
and several nieces and
nephews.
Calling hours will be held
from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. today at
the O’Neill-Redden-Drown
Funeral Home in Dannemora.
Funeral services will be held
at 11 a.m. today at St. Joseph’s
Church in Dannemora.
Burial will be in the parish
cemetery at a later date.

Elmore E. Rasco

Press Republican
SATURDAY,
March 18, 1989

Elmore E. Rasco
SARANAC Elmore E.
Rasco, 69. of Route 3, died Friday,
March 17. 1989. at CVPI1
Medical Center
He was born in Saranac on
Sept. 18, 1919. the son of
George and Rosanna (Goddeau)
Rasco.
Mr. Rasco was a member of
the Church of the Assumption of
Mary in Redford, the American
Legion Sorrell-Woodward Post
1623 of Lyon Mountain and Alcoholics
Anonymous in Redford
He served in the U.S. Army
during World War II and retired
in 1964 with 23 years of service
He was a custodian at Saranac
Central School from 1945 until
retiring in 1977
Survivors include his wife, the
former Raffaella Randeggar: two
sons, Klvis and Kllmorr Nick
Rasco, both of Saranac; two
daughters. Mrs Charles fRosan
na) Morse of Pawling and Trena
Rasco of Peru, two brothers.
Kdgar Fiasco of Plattsburgh and
Frank Fiasco of Saranac. four
sisters, Josephine Collins ol
Redford. Fva LuFountain ol
Standish, Mrs Bernard (Laura
Smart of Saranac and Theresa
Ormsbv of Greenville. Tenn ,
two grandchildren. Serina and
Shawn Morse, several nieces and
nephews
Calling hour’- will be held
Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m at the H W Walker Funeral
Home
A funeral service will be held
on Monday at noon at the
Church of the Assumption of
.Mary in Redford Spring burial
will be in the parish cemelerv
Memorial donations may
made to the American Cancer
Society

Gordon E. Rasco

Press Republican Jan 2006

Gordon E. Rasco
POMONA, N.Y. ? Gordon E. “Slim” Rasco, 55, of Pomona, N.Y. died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006, at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y., after a long illness.

He was born on May 1, 1950, the son of Shirley Lobdell Rasco and the late Edgar Rasco.

Gordon was born and raised in Saranac, N.Y., and attended Saranac Central School. After he finished school, he became a masonry apprentice to the well-known mason, Orey Gadway. Over the years Gordon built many beautiful fireplaces, each one a true work of art and a labor of love.

In 1967, he moved to Spring Valley, N.Y., where he began his career at Letchworth State Hospital where he worked with the developmentally disabled. He retired on May 1, 2005, after 38 years of dedicated service.

At a very early age, Gordy acquired a passion for country music. Uncle Jack (Whitey Keese) gave him his first guitar and taught him how to play. Gordy became “SLIM.” He played country music with the Green Mountain Boys for over 20 years. His own band, Slim Rasco and the Swinging Doors, were together for over 20 years. He made quest appearances with many bands, but his best music was played around the kitchen table with family and friends. As his love for country music grew, so did his extended family.

Gordy was an avid hunter and fisherman. He loved hunting on his property in Black Brook where he built his dream retirement log cabin. He also spent many hours fishing with his dad and brother in their favorite fishing spots on the True Brook Road.

Gordy lived every aspect of his life with passion. He represented the true meaning of being a “true friend” to many, many people.

Although Gordy lived downstate for many years, he enjoyed “riding the old Northway” home.

He was a member of the American Legion Post 1600 in Pomona where he joyfully tended bar, cooked for special events and played music.

Survivors include his daughter, Jennifer Rasco and her fiancÃ’ David Goldberg of Philadelphia, Pa.; his mother, Shirley Rasco and her significant other of many years, Bernard Hayes of Cadyville; four sisters, Nancy Abrahamson of Ohio, Brenda Bouchard of Morrisonville, N.Y., Kathleen Dowd of Portsmouth, N.H. and Mary Frenyea and her husband Leeward of Cadyville, N.Y.; a brother, Richard “Rick” Rasco and his significant other Karrie Hathaway of Morrisonville, NY; 11 nieces and nephews; and seven great-nieces and nephews; and a wealth of family and friends.

He was predeceased by his father, Edgar Rasco, on July 8, 1989.

Calling hours will be Friday, Jan. 13, 2006, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the O’Neill-Redden-Drown Funeral Home in Plattsburgh.

A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Saturday at 10 a.m. from the Church of the Assumption in Redford, N.Y.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Strong Memorial Hospital, Liver Transplant Program, Rochester, NY 14642.

Edgar E. Rosco

Press Repbulican
MONDAY,
JULY 10, 1989

Edgar E. Rosco
PLATTSBURGH – Edgar E.
Rasco, 78, of Plattsburgh, died
Saturday, July 8, 1989, at
CVPH Medical Center.
He was born in Saranac on
April 3. 1911, the son of George
and Roseanna (Goddeau) Rasco.
Survivors include two sons,
Gordon Rasco of Theills, N.Y.,
and Richard Rasco of Redford;
four daughters, Mrs. Stephen
(Nancy) Argilan of Peru, Mrs.
Claude (Brenda) Bouchard of
West Plattsburgh, Mrs. John
(Kathleen) Dowd of Port Smith,
N.H., and Mrs. Leeward (Mary)
Frenyea of Altona; a brother,
Frank Rasco of Cadyville; four
sisters, Josephine Collins of
Redford, Eva LaFountain of
Standish, Threase Ormsby of
Tennessee and Laura Smart of
Clayburg; 11 grandchildren; and
his former wife of 30 years,
Shirley Rasco of Cadyville.
Calling hours will be held today
from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
at O’Neill-Redden-Drown
Funeral Home in Plattsburgh.
A funeral service will be held
at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Assumption
of Mary Church in Redford.
Burial will follow in the parish
cemetery.

Blaise A Rasco

Press Republican
Published: 07/27/03

Blaise A. Rasco
Saranac ? Blaise A. Rasco, 61, of Silver Lake Road, died Friday, July 25, 2003, at the CVPH Medical Center.

He was born in Saranac on Dec. 28, 1937, the son of Frederick and Yvonne (Sidney) Rasco.

Blaise was a member of the Church of the Assumption in Redford. Blaise worked many different trades; he was a pruner for the apple orchards, millworker, truck driver, carpenter and most recently, a stone mason.

Survivors include one son, Shawn Rasco of Boston; two daughters, Lorraine Rasco of Plattsburgh and Debbie Matzger of Champlain; five brothers, Mark of Plattsburgh, Marshall of Saranac, Timothy of Keene, Thomas of Saranac and Paul of Cadyville; three sisters, Eleanor of Rhinebeck, Judy of Cadyville and Mae of Saranac; six grandchildren, Austin, Kolby, Brittany, Tasha, Brandon, Ciara and Jayden.

Calling hours will be Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the R.W. Walker Funeral Home in Plattsburgh. A Mass of Christian burial will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at the Church of Assumption in Redford. Burial will follow in the parish cemetery.

Donations may be made to the Assumption of Mary School.

Frederick J. Rasco

Press-Republican—Tuesday, May 20,1986

Frederick J. Rasco
SARANAC — Frederick J.
Rasco. 77, of Saranac, died
Monday. May 19, 1986, at his residence
on the Silver Lake Road.
He was born Nov. 27. 1908, in
Saranac, the son of George and
Rosanna (Goddeau) Rasco
Mr. Rasco was formerly head
custodian at Saranac Central
School. He was an honorary
member of the Dannemora
Knights of Columbus.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Yvonne Sidney; six sons,
Mark of Plattsburgh, Marshall
of West Chazy. Blaise of
Saranac, Timothy of Keene,
Thomas of Milton, Vt., and Paul
of Cadyville; three daughters,
Mrs. Patrick (Eleanor) Leggett
of RhinebecE^ MnT David
(Judy) Carter of Dannemora,
Miss Mae Rasco of Danbury,
Conn.; three brothers, Edgar,
Elmore and Frank Rasco, all of
Saranac; five sisters, Mrs.
Mabel Drollette of Saranac,
Mrs. Joseph Collins of Redford,
Mrs. Eva LaFountain of Standish.
Mrs. Bernard (Laura)
Smart of High Banks and Mrs.
Theresa Ormsbee of Greenville,
Tenn.; 34 grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren.
Calling hours will be from 2 to
4 p.m. today at the O’Neill-
Redden-Drown Funeral Home in
Plattsburgh.
A funeral service will be held
at 10 a.m., Wednesday, at the
Church of the Assumption in
Redford.
Burial will be in Assumption
Cemetery, Redford