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ellenmaroun — 2008-12-06 14:40:27Z

My husband's family is Lebanese from Tupper Lake NY. There is a cousin who has done an extensive family tree and has a website about the lebanese in Tupper Lake. the whole family was just in Tupper Lake for a funeral. The newspaper article is below. If you are interested in more information on your family, please contact me and I will attempt to reach the cousin.

ellen_maroun@yahoo.com

Nora B. (Maroun) Akiki
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TUPPER LAKE - Nora Bernadette (Maroun) Akiki, 76, of Tupper Lake, died at Fletcher Allen Health Care on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 after a courageous battle with cancer.

Born in Tupper Lake on March 16, 1932, daughter of Said and Makeey (Btaiche) Maroun, she graduated in 1950 from Tupper Lake High School and received her bachelor of arts degree from Potsdam State College in 1954 and subsequently her master's degree from SUNY Potsdam. She started her teaching career in the Nedrow school system before joining the Tupper Lake school system from 1956 to 1992.

In 1958, while traveling to Lebanon to visit family, she met and married Kozhaya Shekrallah Akiki on Nov. 25, 1958 at St. Ephrem's Church, in Kfardebian, Lebanon. The couple returned to Tupper Lake where they made their home.

She was a past president of the Tupper Lake Teachers Association, past president of the Mercy Hospital Auxiliary, and a volunteer with Meals on Wheels. Her Catholic faith was a major part of her life, and as a member of Holy Name Parish, she was a member of the Holy Name Altar and Rosary Society, taking special pride in altar floral arrangements, earning her the nickname of "Holy Name Flower Girl." She also served as a lector and eucharistic minister to the sick. Her interests included amateur radio, where she was licensed with the callsign KA2USX, and playing the piano at home, which she took up as an adult.

Nora is survived by her husband of 50 years, Kozhaya Akiki; three sons and their families: Gregory and Carole Akiki and their children Nicole, Christine and Leah of Williston, Vt., Geoffrey and Maria Akiki and their children Stephen and Andrew of Colchester, Vt. and Michael (Fram) and Jeanine Akiki and their children Samer and Maya of San Diego, Calif.; and several nephews, nieces and cousins, both here and in Lebanon.

She was predeceased by three sisters: Elizabeth Maroun Sakr, Carimi Maroun and Julia Maroun; and one brother, Emmanuel "Mandy" Maroun.

Calling hours will be held from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24 at the Stuart-Fortune-Keough Funeral Home, 24 Cliff Ave., Tupper Lake. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25 at Holy Name Church, 114 Main St., Tupper Lake.

Online condolences can be sent at www.fortunekeoughfuneralhome.com/Tupper_Lake_144975.html.

Memorial gifts may be sent in Nora's name to High Peaks Hospice and Palliative Care, P.O. Box 840, Saranac Lake, NY 12983 or at www.highpeakshospice.com/makeadonation.htm.

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2000-08-31 06:14:21Z

I am looking for info to help me start reseraching my Lebanese family
History. the feller I am looking for info on was my grandpappy
who lived in tupper lake New York. He owned first a grocery store
than a resturant any info would be apprecated
Please give me a buzz at the above email

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