(November 2, 1927-June 15, 2003)

PARISHVILLE--Riva V. Ferguson, 75, Parishville, died Sunday in Canton-Potsdam Hospital, Potsdam.

 Mrs. Ferguson was an administrative secretary at Clarkson University, Potsdam, for several years and previously was a secretary at Ames Department Store and served on the St. Lawrence County Board of Elections.

She was a former member of Parishville Fire Department Auxiliary and St. Michael’s Altar and Rosary Society. She enjoyed doing crafts, knitting and crocheting.

 Born Nov. 2, 1927, in Malone, daughter of Clarence and Eva Mitchell Vivlamore, she graduated from Norwood High School.

 She married Charles Ferguson on May 9, 1947.

 Surviving besides her husband are two sons and a daughter-in-law, Ronald and Louise, and Richard, all of Parishville; a daughter and her husband, Mary and Raymond Parker, Hopkinton; two brothers, Richard Vivlamore, Ilion, and John Vivlamore, Florida; three sisters, Rachael Cummings, Lake Placid, Beatrice Hyde, Rochester, and Betty Chinard, Arizona; 10 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

A daughter, Ann Norman, died in April 1979. A brother, Robert Vivlamore, also died before her.

The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Michael’s Church with the Rev. Howard J. Venette officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.

Calling hours are this afternoon and evening at Seymour Funeral Home, Potsdam.

Donations may be made to Parishville Rescue Squad.

(From the Tuesday, June 17, 2003 edition of the Watertown Daily Times, page D7).