COPENHAGEN, N.Y. — Nancy E. LaBarge, 63, of State Route 12, died Wednesday, Oct. 22, at home under the care of her family and Lewis County Hospice.
Born Sept. 26, 1945, in Lowell, Mass., to Rev. Carl F. and Irene Jacobs, she graduated from Knox-Memorial High School in Russell, as class salutatorian. She also graduated from the House of Good Samaritan Nursing School in 1966, and was a registered nurse.
She married James L. Simmons on April 20, 1968. He died in February 1971. She later married Thomas B. LaBarge on Sept. 18, 1976, at the St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Copenhagen.
Mrs. LaBarge was employed at the House of Good Samaritan until 1988. She was later employed as a nursing supervisor for the Lewis County Residential Health Care Facility until her retirement in 2004.
Surviving are three daughters and their husbands, Laurie and Anthony Stoffel, Beaver Falls; Karen and Matthew Mullin, Adams, and Amy and Matthew Rennie, Watertown; three grandchildren, Hannah and Kaitlyn Mullin, Adams, and Brandon Rennie, Lowville; two sisters; Flora and her husband Stephen VanCour, Bowdoinham, Maine, Carol Jacobs, Copenhagen; two brothers, Earle Jacobs, Ogdensburg, and Carl and his wife Bonnie Jacobs, Copenhagen; a foster sister, Barbara Dyer, Copenhagen; a mother-in-law, Elizabeth LaBarge, Copenhagen; and several nieces and nephews.
A sister-in-law, Judy Jacobs, died before her.
She was a member of the Champion Second Methodist Church. S
he enjoyed spending time with family, Tole Painting, Gardening, Knitting, Reading, watching QVC, and Relay for Life.
The funeral will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Bossuot-Lundy Funeral Home Inc., Copenhagen, with Rev. Linda J. Harris, pastor of the Second United Methodist Church, Champion, and Rev. Joyce M. Woodcock, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, Watertown, co-officiating. Calling hours will be held 1 to 3 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, and from 10 a.m. until time of the service on Saturday. Burial will take place after the funeral at the Hillside Cemetery, Champion. A luncheon will be served following the burial at the Copenhagen Fire Hall.
Donations in her memory can be made to Gals & Pals Relay for life team to benefit the American Cancer Society, c/o Laurie Stoffel, P.O. Box 156, Beaver Falls, NY 13305, and Friends of Lewis County Hospice, Lewis County Hospice, P.O. Box 266, Lowville, NY 13367, Second United Methodist Church Champion, c/o Sue Emerson, 10986 County Route 47, Carthage, NY13619, and the Activities Department of Lewis County Residential Health Care Facility, Lowville, NY 13367.