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James Ward Carey

James Ward Carey

Male 1915 - 1994  (78 years)


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  • Name James Ward Carey 
    Birth 17 Jul 1915  Lacona, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death May 1994 
    Person ID I47377  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father James Ward Carey 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mae Kiesinger,   b. 24 Apr 1881, Parish, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1945, Pulaski, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F9155  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • SANDY CREEK RESIDENT JAMES W. CAREY DIES

      Watertown Daily Times (NY) - May 21, 1994

      James Ward Carey, 78, of 8141 Salisbury St., died at 7:15 a.m. Friday at Samaritan Medical Center, Watertown, where he had been a patient one day.

      The funeral will be at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Summerville Funeral Home with the Rev. Lorraine Zimmerman, pastor of Sandy Creek United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.

      There will be no calling hours. Contributions may be made to Sandy Creek United Methodist Church or to Oswego County Hospice in care of H. Douglas Barclay Courthouse, Pulaski, N.Y. 13142.

      Surviving are his wife, Betty N., a daughter, Mrs. Manley (Patricia) Thomas, Red Wing, Minn.; a son, Patrick Michael Carey, Sandy Pond; three grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Stanley (Minnie) Bennett, Roanoke, Va.; and several nieces and nephews.

      A sister, Mildred Kennedy, and three brothers, Durwood, Francis and Rex Carey, died before him.

      Born July 17, 1915, in Lacona, son of James and Mae Kiesinger Carey, he graduated from Pulaski Academy and Central School in 1936 and married Betty N. Edgett of Sandy Creek March 21, 1942, in Sandy Creek.

      Mr. Carey lived in Pulaski for 20 years prior to moving to Sandy Creek in 1965.

      He was a meat cutter for stores in Pulaski and Sandy Creek and was a custodian at Sandy Creek Central School. He retired in 1977.

      Mr. Carey was an Army veteran of World War II, serving from 1944 to 1946.

      He was a former member of the Ringgold Volunteer Fire Department in Pulaski and a member and past commander of Robert Edwards American Legion Post 358, Pulaski.