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'''Born: '''<span style="">August 1, 1928

'''Died: '''<span style="">June 19, 2000

'''Married: '''<span style="">Margaret Theresa Blackner

'''Children: '''<span style="">Kevin Ransom, Stephanie Ransom

'''Stephen F. Ransom''' was a [[https://localwiki.org/hsl/World_War_II_veteran|World War II veteran]] and a [[Korean%20War%20veteran|Korean War veteran]].  H<span style="">e was a son of Stephen Francis and Frances L. (Plumley) Ransom.
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''Adirondack Daily Enterprise'', June 21, 2000

'''Stephen Francis Ransom Jr. '''

SARANAC LAKE. - Stephen Francis Ransom Jr., 71, of [[18%20Ampersand%20Avenue|18 Ampersand Ave.]], Saranac Lake, died Monday, June 19, 2000 at the [[Adirondack%20Medical%20Center|Adirondack Medical Center]] in Saranac Lake.

Born Aug. 1, 1928, in Saranac Lake, he was a son of Stephen Francis and Frances L. (Plumley) Ransom.

He was a lifelong resident of the Bloomingdale-Saranac Lake area. Mr. Ransom was a Navy Veteran of both World War II and the Korean War. He was employed by [[Branch%20and%20Callanan|Branch and Callanan]] as a carpenter for 35 years, retiring in 1991. He had been a 40-year member of the Carpenters Union, Local 1042. He was member of the [[Veterans%20of%20Foreign%20Wars|Veterans of Foreign Wars]] in Saranac Lake. He was also a member of the [[fish%20and%20game%20club|fish and game club]] and was a former member of the [[Bloomingdale%20Volunteer%20Fire%20Department|Bloomingdale Volunteer Fire Department]]. He. was a communicant of [[St.%20Bernard's%20Church|St. Bernard's Church]] and enjoyed woodworking, fishing, hunting, trapping, cooking, and spending time with his family.

Survivors, include his wife, the former Margaret Theresa Blackner, whom he married on Oct. 1, 1966; one son, Kevin Ransom and his wife Lori of Gabriels; a daughter, Stephanie Ransom of Lake Placid and her fiance Jeremy Colby; three sisters, Penny Wood of Pittsburgh, Ida Ransom of North Grosvenordale, Conn. and Susan Zadroga of Winchendon, Mass, and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a sister, Erika Duso.

Calling hours, will be held, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday at the [[Fortune-Keough%20Funeral%20Home|Fortune-Keough Funeral Home]] in Saranac Lake. A Bible Vigil will be held at .8 p.m.  on Thursday, and veterans services will be held at 7:45 p.m. on Thursday.

A Mass of Christian Burial Will be held at 11:15 a.m. Friday, at St. Bernard's Church, Saranac Lake with Rev. [[Timothy%20Soucy|Timothy Soucy]] officiating. Interment will follow in [[Union%20Cemetery|Union Cemetery]], [[Vermontville|Vermontville]].

Memorial contributions may be made to any charity.

 

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