Oliver Duprea

Born: 1852

Died: 1920

Married: Mary Martin

Oliver Duprea may be the same person as "Oliver Duprey" of Saranac Lake who is listed in Essex County's Honor Roll of those serving in the World War of 1917-18.

Adirondack Daily Enterprise, December 2, 1959

Ollie E. Duprea Dies At Age 74

Ollie E. Duprea, 74, died in Utica yesterday morning. He had been ill for one year.

Born, in Goldsmith, on August 25, 1885 he was the son of Oliver and Sarah Smith Duprea.

Mr. Duprea attended Saranac Lake Schools. He was a carpenter and contractor by trade and built many of he larger camps and homes on Upper Saranac and St. Regis Lakes. He moved to Plattsburgh in 1938 where he continued in the construction business. He went to Pine Camp in Watertown in 1940 and in 1954 moved to Poughkeepsie where he operated a convalescent home.. In 1957 he retired and moved to Utica.

Survivors include his wife, the former Mary Martin, whom he married in Gabriels on August 10 1910; one daughter, Lt. Cmdr Kathryn Duprea of Bethesda, Md. who is stationed at the Naval Hospital there; one son, Raymond, of Utica; a brother, Frank, of Gabriels; and one grandson.

The body is reposing at Keough and Sons Funeral Home where there will be a funeral service at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon with the Rev. W. B. MacCready officiating. Interment will be in Gabriels Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home during the hours of 2:00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. to- night and tomorrow night.