pGouverneur - Roger R. Kanitz, 69, passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at his home./ppThere are no funeral services and arrangements are with the Green Funeral Home, Gouverneur./ppRoger was born in Bloomington, Indiana on December 17, 1946, the son of Charles and Deloris Terborg Kanitz./ppHis family moved to New York where he attended school and eventually entered the United States Navy, serving from 1966 to 1970./ppHe married Anne W. Plantz on March 13, 1971 in Philadelphia, NY./ppRoger worked at TYCO International in Watertown for 30 years until retiring. He also worked at Northland Motor Technologies in Watertown for 6 years and more recently was an electronics repairman for Scooter Wetmore at Scooter’s Sales and Service in Gouverneur./ppHe enjoyed his work in electronics, listening to rock and roll of the 60’s and 70’s, and playing his guitar, having played in a band years ago, R.K. and the Casuals./ppRoger is survived by his wife Anne, two daughters Tennille and Jason Price of Apex, NC, Katie Kanitz of Gouverneur, a grandson Lucas Price, a sister Binnie Birney of Grimes, Iowa, nieces and nephews including David McGuire of Indiana whom he was very close to and his buddy Korki. He is predeceased by his parents and four siblings Bruce, Charles, Jeanie, and Vivian./p
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