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[[File:Maud%20Liscomb.jpeg|right|]][[File:Maud%20Liscomb.jpeg|right|thumb||Maude Liscomb.<br>|Historic Saranac Lake Collection, 2022.88. Gift of Janet Swentusky.]]'''Born: '''April 4, 1887

'''Died: '''February 15, 1955

'''Married: '''Fred Conrad

'''Maude Liscomb  '''(sometimes Maud) was a [[Nurses|nurse]] who lived at [[47%20Bloomingdale%20Avenue|47 Bloomingdale Ave]]. in Saranac Lake. She graduated from [[Saranac%20Lake%20High%20School|Saranac Lake High School]] in 1905. She was also a patient and friend of Dr. [[Francis%20B.%20Trudeau|Francis B. Trudeau]]. She may have had tuberculosis. After World War I, she married [[Fred%20C.%20Conrad|Fred C. Conrad]], who eventually served as Mayor and held several other political positions.

In 2018, her great niece made a donation to [[Historic%20Saranac%20Lake|Historic Saranac Lake]] of letters that Dr. [[Francis%20Berger%20Trudeau|Francis B. Trudeau]] wrote to Miss Liscomb while he was in service during WWI, serving at a military base in the U.S. He always spelled her name "Maud."
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''Plattsburgh Press-Republican,'' February 18

'''Mrs. Maude Conrad'''

JAY—Mrs. Maude Conrad, a native of Jay, wife of Franklin County Treasurer Fred C. Conrad, died at <span> her home at Saranac Lake on Tuesday.

Funeral services were held Thursday at the Fortune funeral home there. Burial was in [[St.%20John's%20Cemetery%20in%20Paul%20Smiths|St. John of the Wilderness cemetery]] at Saranac Lake.

Mrs. Conrad, nee Maude Liscomb was born in Jay, a daughter of John and Jennie (Sweeney) Liscomb. She was a registered nurse, having graduated from Utica General Hospital. For many years she was an office secretary for Dr. [[Edward%20Welles|Edward S. Wells]]. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.

Besides her husband she is survived by two brothers Leon B. Liscomb of North Hollywood Calif., and [[Charles%20A.%20Liscomb|Charles A. Liscomb]] of Saranac Lake; also one sister, Mrs. [[Mary%20Walker|Mary Walker]], Saranac Lake.