POTSDAM -- Former Potsdam mayor Paul Claffey has died in Laytonsville, Md. Claffey died July 16. He was 90 years old. Claffey was born in Ogdensburg Jan. 2, 1921, and grew up in Norwood. In the 1980s …
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POTSDAM -- Former Potsdam mayor Paul Claffey has died in Laytonsville, Md.
Claffey died July 16. He was 90 years old.
Claffey was born in Ogdensburg Jan. 2, 1921, and grew up in Norwood.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Claffey served in Potsdam village government, as a trustee and as mayor.
He was husband to Margaret C. Claffey, and father of Theresa Trimble and her husband Bruce of Laytonsville, Mary Pat Bow and her husband Clark of Dandridge, Tenn., Tim Claffey and his wife Birgitta Koskinen of Bedminster, N.J., and Kevin Claffey and his wife Jan of Frisco, Tex. He is also survived by nine grandchildren and by his sisters, Ellen Claffey of Norwood, and Jane Claffey of Plattsburgh.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 12:30 p.m. July 20 at St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church,
917 Montrose Rd., Rockville, Md.
Burial will be in All Souls Cemetery, Germantown, Md.
Arrangements are with Robert A. Pumphrey Funeral Home, Rockville.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to St. Elizabeth School, 917 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852.