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- Times Telegram, December 17, 2018
AnnaMae M. Purdy (1922 ? 2018)
LOWVILLE/HERKIMER - AnnaMae M. Purdy, 96, formerly of Brookside Circle, Lowville and Middleville Road, Herkimer, passed away Friday morning, December 14, 2018 at Lewis County Residential Health Care Facility.
AnnaMae was born on January 27, 1922, in West Turin, a daughter of the late John and Mae Bassett Mathis. She graduated from Turin High School and Utica State Hospital School of Nursing, with affiliation with Monisonia General Hospital in the Bronx. On January 1, 1957, she married Kenneth Purdy at the Turin Methodist Church. On January 27, 1977, she retired from Marcy Psychiatric Center as lead Registered Nurse.
She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Herkimer and Little Falls. She was also a former member of the senior citizens of the town of Herkimer, where she was very active.
She is survived by two sisters and a brother, Elizabeth "Helen" Archer, of Lowville, Mildred Hemak, of Georgia and Frederick Mathis, of Boonville; a sister-in-law, Mary Mathis, of Constableville; as well as many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by her loving husband of 52 years, Kenneth, who passed away on August 20, 2009; three brothers and two sisters-in-law, Earl and Edna Mathis, Harry and Arlene Mathis and Raymond Mathis; a sister and three brothers-in-law, Clara and Joseph Vrubel, Robert Archer and Edward Hemak; and a sister-in-law, Mary Mathis.
In keeping with AnnaMae's wishes, her family has gathered privately at Iseneker Funeral Home, Inc., Lowville. Burial will be, in the spring, in Mohawk Cemetery in Herkimer.
Condolences may be shared with the family at www.isenekerfuneralhome.com.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1922 - 2018 (96 years)