Chloe Ann R. O'Neil

Chloe Ann Rene Tehon was born in Watseka, Illinois in 1943 to Stephen Whittier Tehon and Betty Irene Albright. She shared her father’s keen intellect and compassion and her mother’s tenacity and forthrightness. She married John G. A. O’Neil in April of 1966 at Sacred Heart Church in Cicero, New York. Chloe Ann earned both a bachelors and master’s degree from SUNY Potsdam and taught for decades in the Parishville-Hopkinton Central School. The former New York State Assemblywoman and teacher was a volunteer at Canton-Potsdam Hospital, served on the SUNY Canton College Council and College Foundation Board, and was an active community member and civic leader in St. Lawrence County and across the North Country. She is fondly remembered for her strong advocacy, endless dedication to helping others, creativity, and support for North Country artists. Her quilt-making talents have filled our homes with joy and will continue to keep us warm.

Affectionately known as “MomO” by her family and close friends, Chloe Ann is survived by her two children, Beth Ann Rice (Stephen Lavigne), of West Stockholm New York and John A. Stephen O’Neil (Meganne Ross) of Oak Ridge, Tennessee and seven grandchildren: Krisha Ann Elizabeth Rice, Keeley Johanna Rice, Kaleb John “Teddy” Rice, John Ross O’Neil, David Whittier O’Neil, Kathleen Margaret O’Neil, and Hannah Louise O’Neil. Chloe Ann is also survived by her sisters Susan Hane, Rebecca Tehon, Penelope O’Brien, and Candace L. Ardizzone, sister-in-law Myrna E. O’Neil of Ogdensburg, and several nieces and nephews. Chloe Ann was preceded in death by the love of her life, former New York State Assemblyman John G. A. O’Neil, her parents Betty and Stephen Tehon, and sister-in-law, Sr. Janice O’Neil.

Friends will be received at the Garner Funeral Home from 2-7:00 pm on Monday, November 19. Funeral services will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church In Potsdam at 11:00 am on Tuesday, November 20. In lieu of flowers, donations are encouraged to the John G. A. and Chloe Ann R. O’Neil Endowment at the SUNY Canton College Foundation.