OBITUARIES 2020

Kienon Jace LaFrance, age 25, passed away on January 4, 2020. Son of James J. and Charlotte Christina (Weir) LaFrance.

Agnes Mary Cook “Owesokon” age 101, passed away on January 10, 2020. Daughter of the late Thomas and Louise (Stuart) Jock.

Priscilla A. Herne, age 84, passed away on January 12, 2020. Daughter of the late Anabel Billings.

Dennis I. Binan, age 49, passed away on January 19, 2020. Son of Jerry E. and Diane (Clemo) Binan. Married to Sandra Loran Binan.

Sandra M. Jock, age 71, passed away on January 23, 2020. Daughter of the late George and Ethel (Doig) Smillie.

Larry J. White, age 81, passed away on January 31, 2020. Son of the late Thomas & Mae (McComber) White.

Annie McDonald, age 93, passed away on February 11, 2020. Daughter of the late Paul & Katie Caldwell.

Audrey Johnson Diabo, age 59, passed away on February 11, 2020. Daughter of Irene (Sawatis) Johnson and the late Frank Johnson.

Martha Conners (Raymond), age 73, passed away on February 15, 2020. Daughter of the late Leo and Mary Martha (Fleetman ) Morrow.

Maryjane Lazare (Charles), age 57, passed away on February 12, 2020. Daughter of Catherine Leta (Russell) and the late Charles “Gordon” Collette.

Grace, I Frazier, age 96, passed away on February 19, 2020. Daughter of the late James and Cordelia (Tom) Perry.

Marjorie Lazore, age 77, passed away on March 4, 2020. Daughter of the late Joseph and Charlotte (Mitchell) Diabo.

Leo Lawrence Delormier, age 79, passed away on March 16, 2020. Son of the late Angus Delormier and Monica (Thompson) Delormier.

Alexander J. Roundpoint, age 65, passed away on March 20, 2020. Son of Shirley Roundpoint and the late John Nolan.

Catherine “Kateri” “Lady Bird” Phillips-Johnson, age 77. Passed away on March 25, 2020. Daughter of the late John and Agnes (Sunday) Phillips.

Jay Benedict, age 58, passed away on March 30, 2020. Son of Charles (Buster) and Pat Benedict.

Lois A. Thomas, age 80, passed away on April 7, 2020. Daughter of the late Henry and Catherine(Casey) White.

Christopher L. Sharrow “Tehonerahtathe”, age 46, passed away on April 16,2020. Son of Marilyn and Gabriel Sharrow.

Ronald C. White, age 76, passed away on April 16, 2020. Son of the late Charles and Beatrice V. (Brant) White.

Helen Amy Cook Lazore, age 62, passed away on April 17, 2020. Daughter of the late William and Freda (Hoh) Cook.

Taylor Aaron Karonhiata:se John,age 31, passed away on May 22, 2020. Son of Alicia Cook and Steven John.

Yvonne M. “Karenhiennehtah” Chubb, age 87. Passed away on May 13,2020. Daughter of the late Joseph & Charlotte (LaFrance) Skeeters.

Landon W. Cook, age 17, passed away on May 14, 2020. Son of Joe & Shawna Cook.

Leslie “Little Man” Barnes, age 71, passed away on May 19. Son of the late William and Margaret (Arquette) Barnes.

Michael White, age 78, passed away on May 16, 2020. Son of the late Jonas and Genevieve (Leaf) White.

Isabel J. Francis, “Katsi Tsiah”, age 95, passed away on May 29, 2020. Daughter of the late Tom and Christie (Smith) Thomas.

Noah David “Kionatakwente” Point, age 46, passed away on May 24, 2020. Son of Nanci Ransom (Thompson), stepson of Cecil Ransom and son of the late Robert Michael Point.

Lucy Roundpoint, age 66, passed away on May 31, 2020. Daughter of the late Abraham and Elizabeth “Betty” (Ransom) Swamp

Joseph “Herbie” Bush Kanerahto’hare, age 76, passed away on June 1, 2020. Son of the late Louise (Terrance) and Louis Bush.

Russell L. Terrance “Kanenho”, age 37, passed away on June 3, 2020. Son of Sandra (Montour) Terrance and the late James Terrance Sr.

Justin Stewart “Tehoriwathe” Altman, age 32, passed away on June 4, 4040. Son of Marty and Jean (Thompson) Altman.

Corleen “Kwaroniotani” Jackson, age 48, passed away on June 7, 2020. Daughter of the late Elwin (Jo-Jo) Jackson and Doreen (Bero) Delormier.

Kenneth R. Arquette, age 65, passed away on June 14, 2020. Son of the late Henry J. and Beatrice A. (Thompson) Arquette.

Abraham Leo Francis “Saronia”, age 56, passed away on June 19. Son of the late Theodore and Julia (Lazore) Francis.

Edna Marie Cooke, age 84, passed away on June 1, 2020. Daughter of the late Thomas and Agnes (Jock) Lazore.

Marjorie King, age 90, passed away on June 29, 2020. Daughter of the late Lawrence and Christie (Jacobs) Francis.

Mary Joyce Gaspe, age 74, passed away on June 26, 2020. Daughter of the late Joseph Thomas and Nancy (David) Gaspe.

Louis A. Jacobs “Luigi”, age 62, passed away on July 1, 2020. Son of the late Donald and Bernice (Sunday) Jacobs.

Veronica A. Smoke, age 61, passed away on July 1, 2020. Daughter of the late Alex and Rita (Lazore) Smoke.

Catherine K. Herne, age 67. Passed away on 7/6/20. Daughter of the late Charlotte (Jacobs) Herne and Richard Lamberston.

Larry J. Rourke, age 71, passed away on July 13, 2020. Son of the late Barney & Viola Rourke.

Michael J. Herne, age 78, passed away on July 18. Son of the late Jacob “Jake” and Lillian (Jacobs) Herne.

Gloria Tarbell Fogden, age 89, passed away on July 18, 2020. Daughter of the late Jake Herne & Mary Tarbell.

Anna Mary Dyer, age 92, passed away on July 23, 2020.

Steven B. Cook, “Satawenoten”, age 64, passed away on July 22, 2020. Son of the late Harvey and Cecelia Cook.

Marc Clair Sakaronhiokawe McDonald, age 73, passes away on June 24. 2020. Son of the late Reva and Andrew McDonlad Sr. Spent 8 years living with his Aunt Harriet Herne as a child.

Angus A. Adams Jr., age 48, passed away on August 13, 2020. Son of Veronica (King) and the late Angus Adams

Laura E. Lantry (Jock), age 87, daughter of the late James and Mary Noreault Burditt. Mother to the late Jimmy John and Scott Jock.

Rita Benedict, age 63, passed away on August 23, 2020. Daughter of the late David James Benedict and Theresa Leaf and chosen father Henry Smoke.

Mary Marie Johnson, age 76, passed away on August 28, 2020. Daughter of the late Joseph and Charlotte Mitchell Diabo.

Robert B. Boots “Karkwiranoron”, age 59, passed away on August 30, 2020. Son of the late Jonas and Pauline (White) Boots.

Melissa J. Papineau, age 43, passed away on August 31, 2020. Daughter of Timothy Papineau and Carol Bero.

Randall Abraham Michael “Ram” Thompson, age 35, passed away on September 2, 2020. Son of Tara and Randall (Randy) Thompson.

Mitchell Paul Angus, age 73, passed away on September 7, 2020. Son of the late Josephine & Frank Angus.

Richard A. Terrance, age 77, passed away on September 16, 2020. Son of the late Beeman and Rose (Jacobs) Terrance.

Kenneth A. McElwain, age 88, passed away on September 27, 2020. Son of the late Herbert and Emma (Dineen) McElwain. Married to Audrey C. Jock McElwain

Donald “Bill” Campbell, age 76, passed away on September 23, 2020. Son of the late Hobert Campell and Maude May Russell. Father to Stacey (John) White of Akwesasne

Velma J. “Kanatison” Sharrow, age 67, passed away on October 8, 2020. Daughter of the late Andrew and Lena Tarbell Sharrow.

Colby B. Herne, age 38, passed away on September 6, 2020. Son of Belson and Theresa (DeCote) Herne.

Shirley L. Jacobs, age 79, passed away on October 25, 2020. Daughter of the late Alexander & Harriet Jacobs.

Audrey I Ransom, age 80 passed away on November 8, 2020. Daughter of the late William G. and Minnie (Skidders) Oakes.

Mary Richardson, age 90, passed away on November 30, 2020. Friend of Kanatsiohareke community and long time supporter there and of the Akwesasne Freedom School.

Morley “Jay” Albert Clause Jr., of Tuscarora, son of the late Morley and Hazel (Printup) Clause Sr.

Abraham C. Lazore, age 41, passed away on Dec. 5, 2020. Son of Mary (White) Lazore and the late Ronald James Lazore.

Noah M. King, age 45, passed away on December 5, 2020. Son of Simon King and the late Christina King.

Shawna Sylvester, age 33, passed away on December 5, 2020. Daughter of Thomas and Annabelle (Trombley) Sylvester.

One day we will remember how lucky we were to have known their love, with wonder, not grief.  Elizabeth Postle