Bertha Pozzi
Born: June 30, 1908
Died: April 14, 1998
Married: Albert Pozzi (1930)
Children: Albert Pozzi Jr., John, Mary Koza
Bertha R. Seney Pozzi
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, April 15, 1998
Bertha R. Pozzi
SARANAC LAKE — Bertha R. Pozzi, 89, of 34 Petrova Ave., Saranac Lake died Tuesday, April 14, 1998 at the Uihlein Mercy Center in Lake Placid, where she had been a resident since March of 1993.
Born on June 30, 1908 in Saranac, she was the daughter of Edward and Adeline (Sidney) Seney.
She married Albert L. Pozzi in Saranac Lake in 1930.
Mrs. Pozzi was a lifelong resident of Saranac Lake and attended and graduated from Saranac Lake High School and later from Potsdam Normal School. She was employed by the Saranac Lake Central School District for 37 years as an elementary school teacher and later was also principal of the River Street School.
She was a member of the Catholic Daughters of America Court, St. Bernard’s. She was one of the first lectors and Eucharistic ministers at St. Bernard’s Church. After retiring from the public school district she taught CCD classes and tutored at St. Bernard’s School. Mrs. Pozzi was a member of the Saranac Lake Golf Club.
She was predeceased by her husband on June 17, 1976.
Survivors include: two sons, Albert of Guilderland and John of Saranac Lake; and one daughter, Mary Koza of Champlain.
Calling hours will be held from 11:30 a.m. to noon Thursday at the Uihlein Mercy Center Chapel. Funeral arrangements are in care of the Fortune-Keough Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian burial will immediately follow at noon at the Uihlein Mercy Center Chapel with the Rev. Patrick O’Reilly officiating. Burial will follow in the St. Bernard’s Cemetery in Saranac Lake.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Uihlein Mercy Center, St. Bernard’s School, or the Carmelite Monastery in care of the Fortune-Keough Funeral Home.