March 27, 2008  

CAPE VINCENT, N.Y.  —  Edna L. O’Brien, 84, of 4251 County Route 12E, died March 26, at home under the care of her family and Hospice on Jefferson County. 

A graveside service will be held noon Saturday, May 24, St. Vincent of Paul cemetery, Cape Vincent, with Deacon Robert Ruddy officiating. 

Arrangements are with Cleveland Funeral Home, Cape Vincent.

Born May 21, 1923, in Watertown, the daughter of Carlton and Jennie Lysle Radley, she graduated from Cape Vincent High School.  

She married Gordon O’Brien on Sept. 21, 1942, at St. Vincent of Paul, Cape Vincent. He died Feb. 2, 2000. 

Mrs. O'Brien worked as a homemaker and on the family farm.  She was an avid reader and gardener. 

Surviving are three sons and their wives, Stanley and Margo O’Brien, Goose Creek, S.C., Wayne and Cathy O’Brien, Las Vegas, Nev., and Daniel and Ellen O’Brien, Cape Vincent; three daughters and a son-in-law, Sandra Payne, Cape Vincent, Brenda and Ray Blanchfield, Latham, and Wanda Merchant, Cape Vincent; two sisters, Marion Doctear and Genevieve Milligan, both of Cape Vincent; 11 grandchildren, 8 great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.  

Besides her husband three brothers, Harold, Ralph, and Lionel Radley, and a sister, Dorothy Wilder, all died before her. 

A funeral service was held 5 p.m. Saturday, March 29, at the Becker-Cleveland Funeral Home, Chaumont with Deacon Robert Ruddy officiating. Burial will be in the spring in St. Vincent of Paul Cemetery, Cape Vincent. Calling hours were held Saturday, March 29, at the Becker-Cleveland Funeral Home, Chaumont.  

Donations in her memory maybe given to Hospice of Jefferson County, or the Cape Vincent Ambulance Fund.

Information provided by Cleveland Funeral Home and Newzjunky.com, Watertown