pEllen M. Fish, 89, longtime resident of Adams, died Monday morning October 3, 2016 at the home of her granddaughter Kelly Charlton, Heuvelton, where she had lived since July 2015. There will be a memorial service 11:00 am Saturday at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Adams, with Rev. Jerry Wichelns officiating. Burial will follow in the Rural Cemetery, Adams. An hour of visitation beginning at 10:00 am will precede the service. Arrangements are with the Piddock Funeral Home, Adams. /ppBorn December 21, 1926 in Adams, NY, daughter of Earl H. and Violet (Smith) Timmerman, she graduated from Adams High School. Following graduation she trained in the Cadet Nurse Corps WWII at Mercy Hospital, Watertown, obtaining her LPN license./ppShe married Robert H. Fish of Pierrepont Manor on January 30, 1946. The couple lived on the Wilder Road in Pierrepont Manor, where they owned and operated the family farm. Following the death of her husband on December 25, 1979, she later moved to Adams. /ppShe worked at the former Jefferson County Sanitarium in Watertown for eight years, and then at the Madonna Home from 1963-1985. /ppSurviving is a son, Jorge Fish, SC; one grandson Wayne (Tessa) Latham, Jr., Ogdensburg; two granddaughters, Kelly (Samuel) Charlton, Heuvelton, Kimberly (Brian) Epprecht, Corning; two step grandsons, John Cobb, CA, Kevin Cobb, NC; eleven great grandchildren, five great great grandchildren; a son in law, Wayne Latham, Sr., Morristown and a daughter in law, Marilyn Fish, FL./ppShe is predeceased by a daughter Mary Ellen Latham who died in 1997 and a granddaughter Erin Fish./ppShe was a member of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church and the Red Hat Momma’s./ppEllen loved to play cards and enjoyed board games, reading, knitting and crocheting. /ppShe celebrated a wonderful childhood and lived a good life. Ellen was an angel to all and will be remembered for the loving care she gave to so many./ppContributions in her memory may be made to the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 40 East Church Street, Adams, NY 13605./ppCondolences may be made at www.piddockfuneralhome.com/p
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