Helen I. Liddle

Eagle Bay - Miss Helen I. Liddle, 92, a former resident of State Route 28, passed away on Sunday, July 12, 2009, at Sunset Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Boonville where she had lived since December of 2001. A native and lifelong resident of Eagle Bay, Helen was born on December 12, 1916 to Orr and Pearle Giles Liddle. She attended grade school at Minnowbrook until 1926, then Union School in Old Forge, and graduated from the Town of Webb High School. For many years Helen spent her summers working in the Adirondack Mountains as a hostess at the Higby Club in Big Moose and the Mohawk Hotel in Eagle Bay. During the winter she was employed at the Coquina Resort in Ormond Beach, FL. She was also employed by Eagle Bay Villas as a housekeeper and chambermaid. For several years Miss Liddle was a poll worker for the Eagle Bay District of the Town of Webb Board of Elections. Miss Liddle is survived by nieces and nephews, John and Betty Liddle of Indian Lake, Lola Spring of Corinth, Judy and James Ellison of Auburn, Patricia and Ronald Bellinger of Boonville, David and Marlene Pritchard of Boonville, and Jane Chowns of Schwenksville, PA; and several grandnieces and grandnephews. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by two sisters, Jessie May Liddle and Elizabeth Liddle Pritchard, and a brother, Ernest Hugh Liddle. Her funeral will be Wednesday, July 15 at 8 p.m. at the Trainor Funeral Home, Inc., 143 Schuyler Street in Boonville. Visitation will be Wednesday 4-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be at the convenience of the family in Riverview Cemetery in Old Forge. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Helen's name to the Boonville Fire Co., P.O. Box 64, Boonville, NY 13309 or the Eagle Bay Fire Co., State Route 28, Eagle Bay, NY 13331.