Violetta Sophia Seeger

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]]Born: December 7, 1885 in Lancaster, Erie, New York to Frederick Christian Seeger and Marguerite Ann Gries

Died: September 10, 1917 at home

Married: July 18,  1905 in Lancaster, Erie Co., New York to Frederick Joseph Wood of Attica, Wyoming County, New York

Children: July 23, 1906, Marguerite Elizabeth; May 31, 1908, Donald Frederick; January 3, 1911, Allen Robert; September 2 1914, Frederick Joseph Jr

Violetta Sophia Seeger was diagnosed with tuberculosis and was admitted to the Wilson Cottage on  July 9, 1916. She also stayed at 29 Lake Street. She returned home on Easter Sunday, April 8, 1917, and died there on September 10, 1917.

Information provided by her granddaughters, Lynne, Judi, and Sally. Although their grandmother died before they were born, the sisters knew about her connection to Saranac Lake. They visited the Historic Saranac Lake museum in the summer of 2016.