Elizabeth Smith Miner
Born: June 18, 1923
Died: September 2, 1995
Married: Gordon Miner Sr. (July 12, 1939)
Children: Jacqueline "Jackie" Martin, Colleen Harvey, James E. Miner, Donald Miner, Gordon Miner Jr., Robert G. Miner
Elizabeth "Betty" Smith Miner
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, September 5, 1995
Elizabeth “Betty” Miner, 72, of Saranac Lake, died Saturday, Sept. 2, 1995 at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.
Born June 18, 1923 in Lyon Mountain, she was the daughter of Edward and Sarah (Lancto) Smith. She married Gordon Miner Sr. July 12, 1939 at St. Bernard’s Church in Saranac Lake.
Mrs. Miner had been a Saranac Lake resident since she was 8 years old.
She was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Women’s Auxiliary and was an avid bingo player. She was a communicant of St. Bernard’s Church.
Survivors include her husband, of Saranac Lake; two daughters, Jacqueline Martin and Colleen Harvey, both of Saranac Lake; four sons, James of Vermontville, Donald of Coopersburg, Penn., Gordon Jr. of Hamilton, and Robert of Tupper Lake; 23 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; two sisters, Loretta Bombard of Tupper Lake and Clara Kilner of Saranac Lake; and several nieces and nephews.
A brother, George Smith, and a sister, Arlene Durett, died before her.
There will be no calling hours. A memorial Mass is set for 11:15 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 6 at St. Bernard’s Church in Saranac Lake. Interment will take place in St. Bernard’s Cemetery at the convenience of the family.
The Fortune-Keough Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Memorial donations may be made to the American Lung Association, the American Heart Association, or the Saranac Lake Volunteer Fire Department Rescue Squad in care of the funeral home.