(September 9, 1917-July 12, 2000)

COLTON--Funeral services for Martin J. Clohosey, 82, of 33 Gulf Road, Colton, will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick's Church, Colton, with the Rev. John Kennehan presiding. Burial will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Colton.

 Friends may call Thursday from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. at the Buck Funeral Home, Colton.

 Mr. Clohosey died Wednesday morning (July 12, 2000) at Hepburn Medical Center in Ogdensburg, where he had been a patient since July 5.

 He is survived by one son, James, Colton; two daughters, Sarah (Collins), Hermon, and Mary Jane (Harvey), Jamaica, West Indies; six grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

 Mr. Clohosey was predeceased by three sisters: Elizabeth Duncan, Katherine Sullivan and Mary (Molly) Robson.

 He was born Sept. 9, 1917 in Pierrepont, son of James and Catherine Roach Clohosey. He married Loretta F. Marden on Sept. 13, 1941 at St. Patrick's Rectory with Rev. Francis Connors officiating.

 He was retired from the St. Lawrence County Highway Department after 37 years as a heavy equipment operator. He served as a board member for the Colton-Pierrepont Central School (1856-1998), of which he served as president for 10 years. He was a life member and past chief of the Colton Fire Department.

 He served four years in the army during World War II and received eight battle stars for North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, Southern France and Germany. He was in the first vehicle to land on the beach near Licata for the invasion of Sicily.

 He was a communicant of St. Patrick's Church, a church trusteee and director of St. Patrick's Cemetery in Colton.

 Donations may be made to the Colton Rescue Squad.

(During the 1950's part of the St. Lawrence County Highway Department was located in a garage on Bernard Avenue, Norwood, and Marty worked out of that building. Anytime he was asked by the various Village of Norwood highway superintendents to help out, he was only too willing to run the grader over some of the streets in the village to scrape the ice from them, or whatever else was asked of him. My father, Fred B. Morgan, was one of those highway superintendents, and I always remember him commenting on what a fine person Marty was, and I also can remember waving to Marty as he was going down the streets removing ice with his grader. CBM).

(Taken from the Thursday, July 13, 2000 edition of the Daily Courier-Observer, page 7)