Mary Lou 'Blodgett' Chellis

Mary Lou Nadeau Chellis, 76, of Long Lake, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of November 9, 2013.

Born in Tupper Lake on July 18, 1937, she was the daughter of Kendrick and Dorothy (Lalonde) Blodgett. Mary Lou attended Tupper Lake and Long Lake schools. Employed as a Developmental Aide at Sunmount, she was, for 15 years, also a member of the Tupper Lake Rescue Squad. She later served on the Long Lake Rescue Squad for several years and was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She loved to travel and she loved life to the fullest.

Mary Lou is survived by her husband of 14 years, Mark Chellis, her brother Douglas and her sister-in-law Patricia Blodgett, 11 children: Judith and Gordon Duval, Brian and Bobbi Nadeau, Wayne Nadeau and Mary LaVigne, Roderick and Shelly Nadeau, Valerie Nadeau, Deborah and William Goldsborough, Cynthia and John Sawaya, Daniel and Maryanne Patnode, Ann and Thomas Lester, Jane and Shayne St Louis, and Barbara Loewen. She is further survived by 29 grandchildren and 27 great grand- children, one niece, Annice Smith and a nephew, Kendrick Blodgett. Mary Lou was pre-deceased by her first husband Albert Nadeau, companion Walter Krehl and grandson Daniel Nadeau.

Calling hours will be held at the Stuart- Fortune- Keough Funeral Home on Friday, November 15 from noon to 2:00 p.m. Services at the funeral home will begin at two and she will be interred at the St Alphonsus Cemetery. Gathering will follow at the VFW. Memorial Donations in Mary Lou's Memory may be made to the Tupper Lake or Long Lake Rescue Squad in care of the funeral home. "To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die."