This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: annecady Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.saintlawrence/16217.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Here is the obit for his sister Rose from the Watertown Daily Times. She died about 5 years ago: ROSE D. TRESIDDER - RETIRED SALESCLERK Watertown Daily Times (NY) - August 20, 2002 Rose D. Tresidder, 67, of 2185 County Route 27, died Monday at Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center, Ogdensburg. Mrs. Tresidder retired in 1996 as a salesclerk at Ames Department Store, Canton, after 20 years. Previously she worked at McCarthy's Restaurant and Britts Department Store, both in Canton. Since her retirement, she had been a bus monitor for Edwards-Knox Central School. Born Aug. 23, 1934, in Canton, daughter of Wade and Rachel Dafoe James , she attended Canton and Pyrites schools. She married Ernest Tresidder II on March 7, 1953, in Hermon with the Rev. Robert Taylor, pastor of the Hermon Baptist Church, officiating. Mr. Tresidder, a crane operator for Chet Bisnett Inc., Potsdam, died Dec. 31, 1981. Mrs. Tresidder was a member of Canton Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1231 Auxiliary and volunteered as a driver for the St. Lawrence County Community Development Program. Surviving are two sons and their wives, Ernest III and Amy, Oswego, and Joseph and Sue, Degrasse, and six grandchildren. A son, James Michael, and four brothers, Melvin, Boyden, Guy and Doug James, died before her. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at O'Leary Funeral Home, Canton, with the Rev. William G. Hart, pastor of Degrasse United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Hermon Cemetery. Calling hours will be 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Donations may be made to the American Cancer Society. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.