November 6, 2009  

CLAYTON, N.Y.  —  Elsie M. Garnsey, 79, County Route 4, Clayton, passed away Friday morning, Nov. 6, at the home of Robert and Jackie Garnsey.

The funeral service will be held noon Thursday, Nov. 12, at Cummings Funeral Service, Inc., 320 John St., Clayton, with Rev. Arthur LaBaff, pastor of St. Mary's Church, officiating. Burial will be at the family's convenience in Grindstone Island Cemetery.

Born March 25, 1930, in Stafford Springs, Conn., the daughter of Frank and Rose Barvenik Kasacek, she attended school in Stafford Springs, and then the family resided in Storrs, Conn.

She married Robert L. Garnsey on Jan. 30, 1953. The couple moved to Clayton in 1966. Mr. Garnsey died Nov. 15, 1970. She lived on Grindstone Island until 1991.

Mrs. Garnsey was a homemaker. While in Conn., she worked for Electromotive as an assembler of transistor radio parts, and while on Grindstone Island, she did housekeeping for several families.

She grew up Catholic and had attended Grindstone Island Methodist Church. 

She enjoyed knitting, crocheting, gardening, cooking, and baking.

Surviving are her son and his wife, Robert L. and Jacqueline S. Garnsey, Clayton; three grandchildren; a brother and his wife, Ed and Jan Kasacek, Willimantic, Conn. and Fla.; a sister-in-law, Magdel Brown, Grindstone Island; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. 

A grandson died before her.

Donations may be made in her name to the Grindstone Island Methodist Church.

Information provided by Cummings Funeral Service and Newzjunky.com, Watertown