Loretta Smith Stevens Bombard
Born: November 6, 1914
Died: November 2, 2002
Married: Edwin Stevens (May 6, 1932), Lloyd James Bombard (July 8, 1972)
Children: Roy Stevens, Paul Stevens, Naoma Lanthier, Joan Shurtleff, Dianna Perry, Clara Lanthier, Barbara St. Louis, Donna Bandy
Loretta Smith Stevens Bombard
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, November 4, 2002
Loretta Stevens Bombard
Loretta Stevens Bombard, 87, of Tupper Lake, died Saturday, Nov. 2, 2002 at Mercy Healthcare Center where she had resided since January 1998.
Born Nov. 6, 1914 in Lyon Mountain, she was the daughter of Edward and Sarah (Langto) Smith. She was raised in Lyon Mountain and married Edwin Stevens on May 6, 1932. He died December 1964.
On July 8, 1972, she married Lloyd James Bombard. He died in 1992.
Mrs. Bombard was a homemaker all her life, raising her eight children in Saranac Lake. She enjoyed spending time with family.
Survivors include two sons: Roy and his wife Grace Stevens, and Paul and his wife Noreen Stevens, all of Sebastian, Fla,; six daughters: Naoma and her husband John Lanthier of Tupper Lake, Joan and her husband Ken Shurtleff of Denver, Colo., Dianna and her husband Don Perry of Saranac Lake, Clara and her husband George Lanthier of Tupper Lake, Barbara St. Louis of Tupper Lake and Donna Bandy of Saranac Lake; 32 grandchildren; 57 great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren; a sister, Clara Kilmer of Saranac Lake; and several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her two husbands; her brother, George Smith; two sisters: Arlene Durette and Elizabeth (Betty) Miner; and one great-granddaughter, Rebecca Jo Hughes.
Calling hours will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Fortune-Keough-Rennell Funeral Home in Tupper Lake. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will follow in St. Bernard’s Cemetery in Saranac Lake. Those wishing to make memorial contributions are asked to consider the Humane Society, in care of the funeral home.