KENNETH W. POTTER

Services for former Westvale resident Kenneth W. Potter Jr., 25, who died Monday at St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center, Ogdensburg, will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Summerville Funeral Home, Sandy Creek. Burial will be in Maple Wood Cemetery, Mannsville.

Calling hours will be 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home, 8192 Harwood Drive.

A native of Syracuse, Mr. Potter moved to Texas with his family in 1978 and returned to Westvale last fall.

Mr. Potter was a 1982 [sic] graduate of R.L. Turner High School, Carrollton, Texas.

Surviving are his parents, Kenneth and Peggy Taylor Potter; three sisters, Michele Robertson of Syracuse, Debra Georges of Colony, Texas, and Peggy Sue Potter of Carrollton ; three brothers, Mark of Dallas, Texas, and David and Scott, both of Carrollton ; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Beley of Mannsville; a niece; three nephews; and several aunts and uncles.

Post-Standard, The (Syracuse, NY) - Thursday, June 2, 1988
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

KENNETH POTTER, 25, FOUND DEAD AT HOSPITAL

Kenneth W. Potter Jr., 25, of 21 Hampton Lane, Fairport, formerly of Westvale, was found dead Monday in his bed at the St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center, Ogdensburg, where he had been admitted Oct. 19, 1987. An autopsy is being performed by St. Lawrence County Coroner Dr. Hugh Frame.

The funeral will be 11 a.m. Friday at the Summerville Funeral Home, Sandy Creek, with Rev. James Carr, pastor of the Mannsville United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery, Mannsville.

Calling hours will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Potter Sr., Fairport; three sisters, Mrs. Richard (Michele) Robertson, Syracuse, Mrs. Khininia (Debra) Georges, Colony, Texas, and Peggy Sue Potter, Carrollton , Texas; three brothers, Mark Patrick, Dallas, Texas, and David G. and Scott E., both of Carrollton ; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Veley, Mannsville; a niece, three nephews and several aunts and uncles.

Born in Syracuse Jan. 23, 1963, a son of Kenneth W. and G. Margaret Peggy'' Taylor Potter, he attended grammar school in Westvale, where he lived for 15 years. His family later moved to Carrollton , where they lived for 10 years. He was graduated in 1982 from R.L. Turner High School, Carrollton . The family returned to this area a short time ago.

POTTER - In the St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center, Ogdensburg, May 30, 1988, Kenneth W. Potter Jr., 25, of 21 Hampton Lane, Fairport, formerly of Westvale. Funeral will be 11 a.m. Friday at the Summerville Funeral Home, Sandy Creek. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery, Mannsville.
 

Watertown Daily Times (NY) - June 1, 1988
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams