Edna Somers, 94
Dan McClelland
Former long time Tupper Lake resident Edna Somers passed away peacefully in Newport News, Virginia on July 26 at age 94.
Edna was born October 26, 1925 in Tupper Lake, the third child of Napoleon and Mary Paiement. She graduated from Holy Ghost Academy and married Mert Somers in 1947.
Edna was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother generously sharing her baking and needlecraft talents with her family. After retiring, Edna and Mert spent their later years in Florida and then Virginia.
She is preceded in death by her husband Mert, her parents, sisters Isabel Pingio and Simone Martin and brothers Eugene and Arthur Paiement. Edna is survived by her sister Cheryl Gallagher and three children; Patricia of Newport News Virginia, Michael and his wife Paula of Valrico, FL and John and his wife Beth of Keuka Lake, N.Y., five grandchildren and many great grand-children.
A service will be held in Tupper Lake later this summer.