November 1, 2009      

WATERTOWN, N.Y.  —  The funeral for Carol M. Kelley, 70, of Franklin Street, will be 11 a.m. Thursday at the Reed & Benoit Funeral Home with Rev. Steven Murray, pastor of Holy Family Church officiating.  Burial will follow in Glenwood Cemetery. Calling hours are 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.  

Mrs. Kelley died Saturday at the Highland Hospital in Rochester where she had been a patient since Oct. 8.

Born April 12, 1939, in Chaumont, a daughter of Thomas and Arloine Taylor Bourgouin, she graduated in 1957 from Immaculate Heart Academy as salutatorian.  

She worked at Car Freshener for eight years and was a nurse’s aide at Mercy of Northern New York for 17 years retiring in 2004.  

She was an avid reader.

Surviving are her husband of 51 years, Robert, Sr., Watertown; three sons and a daughter-in-law, Robert Jr. and Nancy, Weedsport, David and Christopher, both of Florida; a daughter-in-law, Cathy Taylor, Black River; six grandchildren, three great grandchildren; two brothers and a sister-in-law, Victor and Loretta Bourgouin, Rochester, and James Richmire, Pamelia; many nieces and nephews.  

A sister, Catherine Calhoun, and a brother, Richard Bourgouin, died before her.

Contributions may be made to the Weedsport Library, 2795 E. Brutus St., Weedsport, NY  13166.

Online condolences may be made at www.reedbenoit.com.
 
 

Information provided by Reed & Benoit Funeral Home and Newzjunky, Watertown, N.Y.