Cecile Jarvis
Dan McClelland
Cecile Jarvis passed away peacefully on August 28, 2024 at the Alice Center in Malone, N.Y. where she had been residing over the last few years.
She was born Cecile Agnes LaLumiere on April 13, 1929 in Tupper Lake, to proud parents Damien Alexander LaLumiere and Eugenie Marie Nadon LaLumiere.
Cecile attended both elementary and high school in Tupper Lake as well as local community college. She worked in a variety of capacities throughout her life, both here and in New York City. She was involved with religious education and assisted the Tupper Lake School system.
During her life, Cecile provided transcription and translation services as she was fluent in French. She often told stories of her role as "Mother Goose" at Santa's workshop. Later in life, Cecile worked as a volunteer with Mercy Care for the Adirondacks.
Cecile was an avid reader and fostered her love of writing throughout her involvement with the Tupper Lake Writer's Group for many years. She loved nature and saw beauty in the small things that many of us take for granted. These things were often the subject of her many poems. Cecile loved God and embraced her Catholic faith here at St. Alphonsus and Holy Name of Jesus Parish throughout her life.
Cecile married her beloved husband Norman Jarvis on October 28, 1953 and they made their home here in Tupper Lake. Cecile was predeceased by her loving husband Norman, who died in 2006; parents Damien and Eugenie LaLumiere, an older sister Marguerite who blessed this world for 11 months, Tupper Lake cousin Fluerette Rolley, brothers-in-law Howard Jarvis and Lester (Kay) Jarvis, sister-in-law Betty Jarvis, niece Jane Carter and great-niece Hannah Baker.
Cecile leaves behind sisters-in-law Shirley Foltz of Kennesaw, Georgia, Phyllis Jarvis of New Hartford, NY, Yulah Jarvis of Clark Mills, NY, brother-in-law Marshall Jarvis and his wife Mary of Conway, S.C., as well as many nieces and nephews.
Cecile also leaves behind family in Canada. She shared many stories of visits to Cornwall as a child and young woman. Adventures on her uncle's farm with cousins such as Bea Nadon and others were spoken of often. She will be dearly missed by her niece, Lisa Jones and her husband Dennis.
Calling hours will be from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at St. Alphonsus. Holy Name of Jesus Church on Wednesday, September 4, 2024 with a Funeral Mass to follow at 11a.m.
Many thanks to the staff at the Alice Center in Malone for their care and kindness. Donations in Cecile's memory can be made directly to St. Alphonsus and Holy Name of Jesus Parish, the Goff Nelson Memorial Library or the Alice Center in Malone, N.Y.