Fred Passino
Born: October 31, 1890
Died: August 4, 1966
Married: Josephine LaFountain
Children: Ruth Ayers Roy, Frederick Passino
Fred Passino
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, August 5, 1966
Fred Passino
Fred Passino, a resident of this area for 50 years, died yesterday afternoon at Saranac Lake General Hospital at the age of 75. His home was on Pine Street.
Mr. Passino was born Oct. 31, 1890 in Keeseville, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Passino. He was married in 1918 in Saranac Lake, to Josephine La Fountain, who survives him.
He started one of the first trucking businesses in Saranac Lake, using horse and wagons. He was also proprietor of a grocery store in the Murphy Biock where the fire house addition now is. Later Mr. Passino was employed as a chef in some of the leading hotels and restaurants of the area.
Survivors besides his wife, are: a daughter, Mrs. Stanley Ayers of Saranac Lake; a son, Frederick of Potsdam; two granddaughters, Mrs. Gail Cassavaugh and Miss Michelle Passino; a grandson, Thomas Passino; four great-grandchildren; three brothers, Richard of Keeseville, Merton of Keeseville, and Edgar of Florida; and three sisters, Mrs. David Haley of Plattsburgh, Mrs. Cora Robideau of Cadyville, and Mrs. Agnes Kline of Burlington, Vt.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m. at the Keough and Son Funeral Home. A Rosary Service will be held at 8 p.m. Sunday. A Funeral Mass will be offered for the repose of his soul at 9 a.m. Monday at St. Bernard’s Church. Burial will be in St. Bernard’s Cemetery in the family plot.