This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MisterMitton Surnames: Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.shawano/16288/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Watertown Daily Times (NY) - June 9, 2008 Deceased Name: JOHN J. RILEY A funeral Mass for John J. "Jack" Riley, 77, of 29 Lincoln Drive, will be said at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Alphonsus Church. Burial will be in St. Alphonsus Cemetery. Mr. Riley died Saturday at Adirondack Medical Center, Saranac Lake. Calling hours will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Stuart-Fortune-Keough Funeral Home, where an American Legion service will be held this evening. He worked with his mother and stepfather, Mary "Grandma" and Amos Robillard, at the Miss Tupper Diner. In the early 1960s he took over the box-style diner, which became well-known in the Adirondacks. In 1975 he leased the Tupper Lake Country Club, which he called the 19th Hole & Lounge, for the summers. In the winters he leased the bar and concession stand at the Big Tupper Ski Area and introduced the self-service salad bar. He then was head cook for 10 years for the state Department of Correctional Services at Bare Hill Correctional Facility, Malone. >From 1961 through 1964 he was American Legion Franklin County commander. He also was a member of the Tupper Lake Honor Guard and enjoyed hunting, fishing, cards, betting on horses, reading, watching movies and casino gambling. He was known for his good humor. Born Sept. 21, 1930, at Saranac Lake, son of John C. and Mary E. Cote Riley, he married Theresa Trombley on Oct. 7, 1950, at Holy Name Church, Faust. He joined the Army in May 1951 and served until 1957, when he was honorably discharged. Surviving besides his wife are a son and his wife, Michael and Rose Marie, Malone; three daughters and their husbands, Lynn and William Casey, Glens Falls, Mary T. and Lee Kohn, Bonduel, Wis., and Cynthia and Scot Dukett, Tupper Lake; a sister, Mary Jane Kennedy, Tupper Lake; nine grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Donations may be made to the American Lung Association. Watertown Daily Times (NY) Date: June 9, 2008 Edition: Both Page: B4 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.