Rhada Doris LACLAIR

ELLENBURG CENTER -- Rhada Doris Magoon, 79, of 1831 Bradley Pond Road, Ellenburg Center, died Sunday, Dec. 11, 2005, at Alice Hyde Medical Center in Malone.She was born in Ellenburg Center on July 19, 1926, the daughter of the late Peter D. and Mary "Mamie" J. (Doody) LaClair.She attended local Ellenburg schools. She was a loving homemaker and helped support her husband on his dairy farm for many years. She married Claude W. Magoon on April 26, 1943, at St. Edmund's Church in Ellenburg. He predeceased her on March 7, 1980.She was a communicant of St. Edmund's Church and a member of the Catholic Daughters Court Little Rose 1300.Rhada enjoyed cooking, canning, gardening and spending time with her family.She is survived by a daughter, Rosemary J. Trombley of Ellenburg Center; three sons and daughters-in-law, Rolland C. and Dale Ann Magoon, Stephen P. and Sandra Magoon and Miles K. and Diane Magoon, all of Ellenburg Center; two sisters, Mrs. James (Eleanor) Gaffney of Winter Gardens, Fla., and Mrs. Lewis (Hilda) Duffina of Norfolk, N.Y.; 21 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.Rhada was predeceased by her parents, Peter and Mary; her husband, Claude; two daughters, Linda M. Sansone and Mary Jane Magoon; a son, James W. Magoon; two grandchildren, Lona and Jamie Magoon; seven brothers, Irving, Norman, Howard, Austin, Eugene, John Eldon and Bernard LaClair; and two sisters, Muriel LaClair and Della Trombley.Calling hours will be held on Tuesday from 2 to 7 p.m. at the E.F. Drown Funeral Service in Ellenburg Depot. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Wednesday from St. Edmund's Church in Ellenburg with Rev. John Looby, pastor celebrating. Interment will be in the parish cemetery in the spring.Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Edmund's Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund.