Iris May SAYER

Iris May Sayer Cote, 88, 37 Riverside Drive, Canton, died on December 12, 2005 at her home. The funeral will be December 15, 2005, at the First Presbyterian Church of Canton.Funeral services will be on Thursday, December 15, 2005, at 11:00 AM at the First Presbyterian Church of Canton, with Rev. Michael P. Catanzaro officiating. There will not be any calling hours at the funeral home. Surviving are her daughters, Barbara Johnson of Honeoye, NY and Claudine Smith and husband Michael, DVM of Potsdam; two brothers, Robert and Wendell Sayer; one daughter-in-law, Katy Cote of Penfield, NY; 13 grandchildren, Christopher, Scott and Dale Cote and Diane Nacci, Eric, Curt and David Johnson, Guy and Tadd Mitchell and Stephanie Westbrooke; Claudett Rekedal, Pauline Roche and Travis Phillips; 26 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Norman Cote, Sr. ;a son, Norman Cote, Jr. and a daughter, JoAnn Mitchell. She also had two brothers, Burton and Ronald Bill Sayer die in WWII. Born June 3, 1917, in Brier Hill, NY, she was a daughter of the late Frank B. and Claudia May Weatherup Sayer. She was a graduate of Brier Hill High School. While living in Brier Hill she was business manager for the family dairy farm from 1963 - 75. After the farm was sold she and her father purchased the Brier Hill Laundromat. Mrs. Cote married Norman Louis Cote on November 2, 1946 in Rochester, NY. While in the Rochester area she worked for KODAK. Prior to moving to Canton four years ago she lived in the Centennial Terrace in Ogdensburg and prior to that she owned a home in Brier Hill. She was a past member of the Brier Hill Firemans Auxillary. She also actively sewed and and liked knitting x-mas stockings and other gifts for family and friends.