Funeral services for Mary Woods, age 94, of Ogdensburg, will be held on Thursday, October 28, 2010 at Notre Dame Church at 10:00 a.m. with Rev. F. James Shurtleff officiating. Mrs. Woods passed away on October 25, 2010 at Highland Nursing Home, Massena.

Mrs. Woods is survived by two brothers, Joseph Sorel of Ogdensburg and Frank Sharpe of Mount Hope, Canada; and a special niece, Linda Ferris and her husband David of Ogdensburg.

Mr. David M. Roy, age 58, of Potsdam, passed away suddenly on October 26, 2010 at the Fletcher-Allen Medical Center in Burlington, Vermont. There will be no calling hours or funeral service.

Arrangements are with the Garner Funeral Home in Potsdam. Condolences online can be sent to www.garnerfh.com. Contributions in his memory can be made to either the Potsdam or West Potsdam Volunteer Rescue Squads or to the Potsdam Humane Society.

Mrs. Ellene M. Herne, 85, of 87 Rooseveltown Road, passed away on Tuesday afternoon, October 26, 2010 at Massena Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient since October 2nd.

Ellene was born April 26, 1925 at the family homestead in Akwesasne, the daughter of Alexander and Rena David White. She attended schools Mohawk School and schools in Hogansburg and Massena. She went to beauty school in New York City. On December 9, 1964, she married Paul R. Herne in Bombay with Justice Jerome Brockway, officiating.

Graveside services for 41 year old Darren J. Chase, 11 West Main Street, Brasher Falls, and formerly of Franklin, NC, will be held Friday at 11 a.m. in the Blake Cemetery at Joe Indian with Rev. Msgr. Robert Aucoin presiding. Calling hours will be held Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at the Buck Funeral Home in Colton. Mr. Chase passed away Tuesday evening, Oct. 26 at his home.

Mrs. Jeanne L. Serviss, 83, of 5 Belmont Ave, passed away Tuesday evening, October 26, 2010 at Massena Memorial Hospital, she had been in failing health for the past few years.

Jeanne was born May 20, 1937 in Massena, the daughter of Joseph H. and Helen “Nellie” Gardner Dupuis. She attended schools in Helena and Sacred Heart School. She graduated from Massena High School in 1944. She married Kenneth H. Serviss on August 31, 1946 at Sacred Heart Rectory with Rev. Bernard Kellogg, officiating.

Long time history professor at SUNY Potsdam Robert (Bob) Lincoln Briggs, 90, died at his home on Oct. 8, 2010 of complications from a seven year long battle against Parkinson's disease. Wonderful caregivers and the caring staff of Hospice and Palliative Care allowed him to be at home.

He was born in Lakewood, Ohio October 23, 1919 to Bert A. and Nettie (Buechler)

Briggs. His education included an AB from Denison University in 1943, an AM from the University of New Mexico in 1945, and a PhD from the University of Chicago in 1962.