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[[File:Patricia%20Turner-300DPI.jpg|right|thumb||Patricia Turner]]'''Born:''' June 25, 1939, in Saranac Lake

'''Died:''' June 4, 2009, in Saranac Lake

'''Married:''' [[Frank%20Turner|Frank Turner]] on May 4, 1964, in Old [[St.%20Bernard%27s%20Church|St. Bernard's Church]]

'''Children:''' Eric Turner and Tim Turner

'''Patricia (Pam) Ann Mary Turner''' was the daughter of [[Harry%20Passino|Harry]] and Marion (Richards) Passino. Her first job when in high school was at the [[Blue%20Gentian|Blue Gentian]] restaurant across the street from the Hotel Saranac. Her first job out of nursing school was a scrub [[Nurses|nurse]] at the old [[Saranac%20Lake%20General%20Hospital|Saranac Lake General Hospital]] for Dr. [[Carl%20Merkel|Carl Merkel]] and Dr. [[Warriner%20Woodruff|Warriner Woodruff]]; and sometimes for dentist Dr. [[Edward%20Mulflur|Edward Mulflur]]. After working in the operating room she went to [[Sunmount|Sunmount]] V. A. Hospital and stayed on when New York State took it over for approximately 14 years. Then she moved to Naples, Fla., where she worked as a psychiatric nurse at Naples Community Hospital. She moved back to Saranac Lake in 1982 when she went to work at the [[Adirondack%20Correctional%20Facility|Adirondack Correctional Facility]] as a Nurse II. After two other positions in Staten Island and Albany, Pam retired in June 1999. With her husband she operated [[Turner%27s%20Cottages|Turner's Cottages]] at 4854 State Rte. 3 for 35 years. She worked to bring the [[Aldi%27s|Aldi's]] grocery store to Saranac lake.

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