- 1950 Ellenburg, Clinton, NY:  Mabel Peets 47 cafeteria worker/Ellensburg Central School, widowed mother Lena Peets 68.

WWI registration records:  Louis Peets; Clinton, NY; born 22 Aug 1873; Mrs. Louis Peets; medium height, medium build, blue eyes and black hair.

Obituary:  Chateaugay Record (NY), Friday, 21 August 1942:  Louis Peets, a highly respected citizen of Ellenburg Center, died at the Physicans hospital in Plattsburgh, Thursday, August 13th at 5 a.m. at the age of 67.  Due to impaired health he moved from his farm to the village two years ago where he had a host of friends who will miss seeing him about town.  Tuesday evening he became critically ill, was rushed to the hospital where Dr. McDowell performed an emergency operation on Wednesday morning.  He grew rapidly worse until the end came Thursday morning.  Besides his wife, he leaves one daughter, Mabel, and four sons, Henry, Jean and Floyd all of Ellenburg Center, and Donald of Buffalo, one sister, Mrs. Nettie Senecal, and two brothers, John of Ellenburg Center and Samuel of Keene, N.H., and several grand-children.  Mr. Peets was greatly devoted to his home and family.  His many friends sympathize with them in their bereavement.  The funeral was held at St. Edmund's church, Saturday at 10 a. m., Rev. O. A. Boyer officiating at the requiem high mass.  Burial was in the Ellenburg cemetery.  The pall bearers were: Edmund and William Patnode, George Lioyd, John Blow, George Dumont and Philip Robare.

Tombstone Inscription, St. Edmund's Cemetery, Ellenburg, NY:  PEETS / Father / Louis / 1874 - 1942  //  Lena Senecal / his wife / 1883 - 1957
 

Notes for Rosalia Lena Senecal:

Obituary:  Plattsburgh Press Republican (NY), Monday 21 January 1957:  Ellenburg Center - Mrs. Lena Peets, 74, died at her home here after a long illness.  She is survived by her daughter, Miss Mabel Peets of Ellenburg Center; four sons, Floyd and Eugene of Ellenburg Center, Henry of Chateaugay and Donald of Bombay; one sister, Mrs. Albert Robare of Ellenburg Center; one brother, William Senecal of Spokane, Wash.  Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 10 a.m. at St. Edmund's Church in Ellenburg.  The body will be placed in the vault to await burial later.  The body is at the residence.

Obituaries for the children:

Mabel L. Peets:  Plattsburgh Press Republican (NY), Sunday, 23 October 1988:  Ellenburg Depot - Mabel L. Peets, 87, died Friday, Oct. 21, 1988, at Cedar Hedge Nursing Home.  She was born July 30, 1901, in Ellenburg, the daughter of Louis and Lena (Senical) Peets.  She worked as a cook at Ellenburg Central School and later at Rockefeller Center.  She was a charter member of St. Edmund's Catholic Daughters of America.  Survivors include four brothers, Floyd of Ellenburg and Henry, Eugene and Donald, all of Plattsburgh, and several nieces and nephews.  Calling hours will be held today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the E.F. Drown Funeral Home in Ellenburg.  Members of Catholic Daughters of America will meet at the funeral home today at 8:30 p.m.  Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. in St. Edmund's Church in Ellenburg.  Burial will follow in the parish cemetery.
 

Floyd Joseph Peets:  Plattsburg Press Republican (NY), Tuesday, 12 March 1996: Ellenburg Center - Floyd J. Peets, 91, died Saturday, March 9, 1996, at his home.  Born in Ellenburg Center April 19, 1904, he was the son of Louis and Lena (Senecal) Peets.  He was a member of St. Edmund's Church in Ellenburg and was the oldest member of the Ellenburg 3rd Degree Knights of Columbus.  He was a farmer all of his life.  He was a member of Agway and a delegate for Dairylea Cooperative.  He was a former Town of Ellenburg councilman and one of the founding members of the Ellenburg Center Fire Department.  Survivors include his wife, the former Regina Fisher; three sons, Gerald Peets and Lester Peets, both of Ellenburg Center and Leonard Peets of Lakeland, Fla.; a daughter and son-in-law, Shirley and Paul Kelly of Westville; two brothers, Henry Peets and Donald Peets, both of Plattsburgh; nine grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.  A brother, Eugene Peets, and a sister, Mabel Peets, and his first wife, Delia Peets, died before him.  Calling hours were held at E.F. Drown Funeral Service Monday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.  A Mass of Christian burial will be held 11 a.m. today at St. Edmund's Church.  Spring burial will be in the parish cemetery.  Donations may be made to Hospice of the North Country.

Henry Harold Peets:  Plattsburgh Press Republican (NY), Monday, 29 April 1996:  Plattsburgh - Henry H. Peets, 88, of Prospect Avenue, died Sunday, April 28, 1996, at the Meadowbrook Nursing Home.  He was born in Ellenburg Center Jan. 22, 1908, the son of Louis and Lena (Senscal) Peets.  He had been a self-employed dairy farmer in Ellenburg most of his life.  He was a member of St. Peter's Church.  He is survived by his wife, the former Myra Blow Peets of Plattsburgh; a daughter, Evelyn Mesic of Plattsburgh; a brother and two sisters-in-law, Regina Peets of Ellenburg Center, and Donald and Avah Peets of West Plattsburgh; a granddaughter, Karen Bigelow of Morrisonville; a great-granddaughter, Emily Bigelow; and several nieces and nephews.  Two brothers, Eugene and Floyd Peets, a sister, Mabel Peets, and a son-in-law, Miles Mesic, all died before him.  Calling hours will be Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. from the Brown Funeral Home in Plattsburgh.  A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Wednesday at 11 a.m. from St. Peter's Church in Plattsburgh.  Burial will be in St. Peter's Cemetery.

William Eugene Peets:  Plattsburgh Press Republican (NY), Sunday, 7 November 1993:  PLATTSBURGH - Eugene W. Peets, 81, died Saturday, Nov. 6, 1993 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H.  He was born Feb. 6, 1912, in Ellenburg, the son of Louis and Lena (Senecal) Peets.  Survivors include two daughters, Beverly Peets of Plattsburgh and Mrs. Roger (Joan) Schmidt of Smyrna, Del.; three brothers, Floyd Peets of Ellenburg Center and Henry Peets and Donald Peets of Plattsburgh; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.  His wife, Mildred Peets, died in 1979, and a sister, Mabel Peets, also died earlier.  Calling hours will be held Monday from 2 to 4 p.m, and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the O'Neill-Redden-Drown Funeral Home in Plattsburgh.  A vigil service will be held Tuesday evening.  A Mass of Christian burial will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter's Church.  Burial will be in the parish cemetery.  Memorial donations may be made to the Heart Fund.

Tombstone Inscription, St. Peter's Cemetery, Plattsburgh, NY:  PEETS / Mildred / wife / 1912 - 1979 / Eugene / husband / 1912 - 1993 / Beverly / daughter / 1934 - (blank)

Donald G. Peets:  Press Republican (NY), 17 February 2013:  Plattsburgh - Donald G. Peets, 94, formerly of Beekman Towers, West Plattsburgh and Ellenburg Center, died on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, with his family by his side, under the care of Hospice of the North Country.  He was born in Ellenburg Center on Sept. 10, 1918, the son of Lewis and Lena (Senecal) Peets.  Donald married the love of his life, Avah Lloyd on March 30, 1937, at St. Edmund's Church in Ellenburg.  Together they owned and operated a dairy farm in Ellenburg Center until retiring in 1980.  Donald also worked for Agway for 14 years.  He was an honorary member of the Knights of Columbus in Ellenburg and a charter member of the Ellenburg Center Fire Dept.  Donald was predeceased by his wife, a son, Gary Peets; a sister, Mabel Peets; and three brothers, Floyd, Henry and Eugene.  He is survived by three children, Larry Peets and his wife Maureen of Plattsburgh, Phyllis Duval of Morrisonville and Diane Peets of Dallas, Texas; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews also survive him.  Calling hours will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 18, at the Brown Funeral Home in Plattsburgh.  A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 19, at St. Peter's Church in Plattsburgh.  Burial will be later in the year in St. Edmund's Cemetery in Ellenburg.  Donations in Donald's memory may be made to Hospice of the North Country.  Arrangements are entrusted to the Brown Funeral Home, Plattsburgh, New York.

Tombstone Inscription, St. Edmund's Cemetery, Ellenburg, NY:  PEETS / Donald / 1918 - 2013  //  Avah / Lloyd / 1920 - 2006

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