Marion “Mary” Jean Hunter, age 89, passed away on January 3, 2024 at North Country Rehabilitation and Nursing in Massena.
Calling hours for Mary will be at French Family Funeral Home in Star Lake on Friday, January 12, 2024 from 2:00 – 3:30 pm. with her funeral service following at 3:30 p.m. After the service there will be a reception held at the Cranberry Lake Fire Hall. A graveside service at Cranberry Lake Cemetery will be at a later date. Condolences may be shared online at www.frenchfuneralhomes.com.
Marion was born on August 3, 1934 in Gouverneur, NY to the late Charles Melvin and Fern Luella (Wood) Kingsbury. She graduated from Gouverneur Central School in 1953. On May 3, 1953, Mary married Harry Marcus Hunter in Gouverneur. Harry passed away on April 25, 2000.
Marion worked as a court clerk for the Town of Clifton for 38 years. She had also worked at Sheards Store in Cranberry Lake as a cashier, the Cranberry Lake Library, the Stone Manor and was a house cleaner for several people. She was a member of the Star Lake Senior Citizens and Cranberry Lake Auxiliary, where she was a former Vice President and President. She was an assistant for the 4-H, girl scouts and cub scouts and she herself was a former girl scout. She enjoyed collecting frog figurines and was known as Froggie. She also enjoyed sewing, fishing, dancing, playing bingo, going to the casino, listening to blue grass music, embroidering, watching television, gardening, canning and was known for making her applesauce for the auxiliary.
Surviving are two daughters and their husbands, Jeanie S. Hunter-Allen and Mike Allen of Boulder, CO and Julie A. and Robert LaTray of Star Lake; three sons, Mark A. Hunter of Ithaca, NY, Mitchell C. Hunter of Florida and Jason C. and Pauline Hunter of Swedesboro, NJ; seven grandchildren, Jason, Mary, Donald, Makayla, Aaron, Kathleen, and Ian, and seven great grandchildren, Adelyn, Quinn, Jack, Gabriel, Crofton, William, and Cecilia.
She was predeceased by her husband, Harry M. Hunter, a daughter, Mary Jean Hunter, and two brothers, Robert M. Kingsbury and Richard C. Kingsbury.
Donations may be made in Marion’s memory to the Cranberry Lake Fire and Rescue, PO Box 549 Cranberry Lake NY 12927.