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- ARTHUR G. GAYNE - RETIRED ARMY OFFICER
Watertown Daily Times (NY) - December 8, 1997Browse Issues
The funeral for Retired Lt. Col. Arthur G. Gayne, 93, will be at the family's convenience. Burial with military honors will be in Black River Cemetery.
Col. Gayne, 26989 Black River Road, died Saturday morning at Samaritan Medical Center, where he had been a patient since Nov. 30.
Calling hours are 7 to 9 p.m. today at Reed & Benoit Funeral Home.
Col. Gayne served in the Army for 30 years. During World War II, he served with the 11th Armored Mounted Cavalry. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1952 and retired in 1956.
He was a member of the Black Horse Armored Cavalry Division.
Born April 21, 1904, in Gouverneur, son of Floyd A. and Louise Staie Gayne, he was educated in Carthage area schools.
He married Margaret P. Wesendunk on April 7, 1934, at Hollister, Calif. She died Nov. 7, 1973. He married Patricia A. Lambert in January 1976 in Watertown.
Surviving besides his wife are three stepdaughters, Margaret A. Chambers, Fort Myers, Fla., and Jean C. Belmont and Mrs. Donald (Katherine E.) Dudek, both of Penfield; a brother, Vernon, Dunedin, Fla.; a sister, Margaret VanAlstyne, Watertown, eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Donations may be made to Black River Volunteer Ambulance Squad.
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