Funeral services for James E. Garlough will be held Monday, August 5, 2019 at 4:00pm at Garner Funeral Home with Lee Sweeney officiating. Calling hours will be held from 2:00pm until the time of service, and burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery in Parishville. James passed away early Tuesday morning (July 30, 2019) at Massena Memorial Hospital with his family by his side.
He is survived by his wife Thelma, a son Eldon (Lucy) Garlough of Florida; daughters Glenda (Randy) LaWall of Nunda, Debby (John) Duffy of Florida, Lesa (Michael) Wilson of North Carolina, Jean (David) Holst of Glenmont, and Kay (James) Richards of Lisbon; step children Larry (Cathy) Sawyer of Gouverneur, Bryan O’Shea of Potsdam, Ryan O’Shea of Fort Drum, Sandra Mitchell of Oxbow, Pansy (Ralph) Higgins of Gouverneur, Penny (Duane) Slate of Oxbow, 14 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren, step grandchildren and step great grandchildren, and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was predeceased by a son James Garlough in 2010 and a daughter Jan Delosh in 2015.
Jim was born October 27, 1927, in Parishville, NY by the late Glenn and Violet (Skiff) Garlough. He attended and graduated from Parishville-Hopkinton Central School. He began a 25 year career as a bus driver and also worked for the family farm in Parishville. He married Virginia Rood in April 1953. After her passing in 1989, he continued to work at the family farm, then married Melva Sawyer in Decmeber 1990. He sold the family farm after decades of owning and operating in the 1990s and after Melva’s passing in 2010 he once again found love with Thelma Butterfield and they married on August 18, 2013 in Parishville, NY.
James enjoyed woodworking, making cabinets and furniture for his grandchildren, tending to his vegetable and flower gardens, cooking and baking bread and apple pies, playing cards, listening to classic country music, especially Johnny Cash, travelling with friends, and loved his cockapoo Cassie. He enjoyed being a lifelong member of the Masonic Amber Lodge #395 in Parishville, and was known as a good provider, hardworking, strong-willed, with a funny sense of humor and only grew better with age. Condolences and fond memories can be made online at www.garnerfh.com.
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