Patricia Ann 'Pam' Mary Turner Obituary (1939

Patricia (Pam) Ann Mary Turner, age 69, of 4854 State Route 3, Saranac Lake, died Thursday, June 04, 2009 at her home.Born in Saranac Lake, New York on June 25, 1939, she was the daughter of Harry and Marion (Richards) Passino. She married Frank Turner on May 4, 1964 in Old St. Bernard's Church. Her first job out of Nursing School was a Scrub Nurse at the Old Saranac Lake General Hospital for Dr. Carl Merkel and Dr. Warner Woodruff; sometimes for Dentist Edward Mulflur. Her first job while in High School was at the "Blue Gention" Restaurant across the street from the Hotel Saranac. After working in the operating room she went to Sunmount V.A. Hospital and stayed on when New York State took it over for approximately fourteen years. Then she moved to Naples, Florida where she worked as a Psychiatric Nurse at Naples Community Hospital. She moved back to Saranac Lake in 1982 when she went to work at the Adirondack Correctional Facility as a Nurse II. After several years at Adirondack, Pam took a Nursing Administrator Position at Arthurkill Correctional Facility in Staten Island, NY. In 1992 she was promoted to Central Office in Albany for Corrections as Nurse Administrator of the Infection Control Unit. They were responsible for the infection control and programs in all Correctional Facilities State wide. Pam retired in June 1999.With her husband she has operated Turner's Cottages for 35 year. She was a past member of the Fifth Quarter Club and Ladies of the Elks. One of her proudest accomplishments was laying the ground work with a realtor from Rochester, NY to bring a "Aldis" Grocery Store to Saranac Lake. She liked to travel with her family to Elks conventions, Prudential conventions and vacations in Florida. She is survived by her husband Frank Turner of Saranac Lake, NY, two sons Eric Turner of Saranac Lake, NY, and Tim Turner and his wife Tricia of Whitestone Queens, NY, one sister Janet Collier and her husband William of Saranac Lake, and her three nephews Bill, Craig and Richie Collier. She was preceded in death by her father, mother and her nephew Jamie Collier. Funeral arrangements are in care of the Fortune-Keough Funeral Home in Saranac Lake. Pam's family will receive friends from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM on Monday June 8, 2009 at St. Bernard's Church. A Mass of Christian Burial will immediately follow at 12:00 PM at the church with Rev. Paul Kelly officiating. Burial will take place in St. Bernard's Cemetery. Friends wishing to remember Patricia "Pam" Turner may make memorial contributions to High Peaks Hospice in care of the funeral home. Family and friends can also share their memories and sign the online guestbook at fortunekeoughfuneralhome.com.