Betty DoyleBorn: November 17, 1922
Died: March 23, 2020
Married: Edward J. Doyle, Jr.
Children: James Doyle, Patrick Doyle, Donna Doyle, Meagan Brown, Kelley Doyle, Timothy Doyle
Elizabeth Dupree Doyle was a daughter of Syriac and Etta (McGrain) Dupree
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, March 25, 2020
Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Doyle
Elizabeth “Betty” Jean Doyle, age 97, of Plattsburgh and formerly of Saranac Lake, died of stroke Monday, March 23, 2020 at C.V.P.H Medical Center in Plattsburgh.
Born in Saranac Lake on 1922, she was the daughter of Syriac and Etta (McGrain) Dupree. Betty married Edward James “Eddie” Doyle, Jr. on Thursday, May 11, 1944 at St. Bernard’s Church in Saranac Lake. After Saranac Lake HS, she graduated from Canton ATC. Betty, a devout Catholic, was a member of the 3rd Order of the Franciscans.
Betty loved working in her yard, building and rebuilding stone fireplaces and flower beds. One of her cherished activities was house painting and she would completely paint the exterior and interior of her house, including furniture, clothes and even the family car. For every season and all holidays, Betty completely decorated the house inside and out. She loved garage and yard sales and was very creative in remaking things she bought from these sales.
Besides being a busy homemaker, Betty loved her work in the food services group for the Saranac Lake School District. She developed lasting friendships with her co-workers over those 20 years and is remembered by the students for how she decorated the cafeteria for games and holidays. A very social person, Betty loved parties and entertaining others. She and her husband Eddie loved to dance anything, especially the Big Band Era, the Jitterbug and Rock and Roll. She, like her brothers and sisters, was a great storyteller and all looked forward to the many Dupree/Doyle Family Reunions that occurred from 1976-2018.
She is survived by her sons: James (Terri) Doyle of Bellevue, Washington, and Patrick (Christina Loren) Doyle of Plattsburgh, her daughters: Donna Doyle of Burlington, New York, Meagan (Doug) Brown of Post Falls, Idaho, Kelley Doyle of Oneonta, New York, and daughter-in-law, Robin (Tim) Doyle of Saranac Lake, as well as nine grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Betty was preceded in death by her husband Edward, her son Timothy Doyle, her daughter Shannon Doyle and her father and mother Syraic and Etta (McGrain) Dupree. Betty was also preceded in death by six brothers: Bernard, William, Donald “Ducker,” Paul, Raymond “Tuffy” and Robert Dupree; and four sisters: Eileen Wood, Leona Dupree, Marie, Fogarty, and Muriel “Babs” Anson.
Funeral arrangements are in care of the Fortune-Keough Funeral Home, 20 Church Street, Saranac Lake, NY 12983. Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, private family services will take place at the convenience of the family and a public service will take place at a date to be announced. Burial will be at the St. Bernard’s Cemetery in the spring.
Family and friends wishing to remember Elizabeth “Betty” Jean Doyle may make memorial contributions to Saranac Lake Volunteer Fire Dept. or St. Bernard’s School, both in care of the funeral home. Family and friends can also share their memories and sign the online guestbook at fortunekeoughfuneralhome.com.
Lake Placid News, May 19, 1944
Doyle-Dupree
At a nuptial mass at 9 a. m. Thursday in St. Bernard's church, Saranac Lake, Miss Elizabeth Jean Dupree, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Syriac Dupree of Saranac Lake, become the bride of Pfc. Edward J. Doyle, Jr., USA, son of Edward J. Doyle of Lake Placid and the late Mrs. Doyle.
Rev. Clarence A. Kitts performed the ceremony. The bride was given in marriage by her father. Miss Jane Morgan played the wedding music.
Miss Muriel Dupree, the bride's sister, was maid of honor, Pfc. Frederick Fortune of Lake Placid, and Camp Hale, Colo., was best man.
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Mrs. Doyle was graduated from the Saranac Lake high school in 1939 and from the School of Dietetics at St. Lawrence university last May. Since that time she has been employed in Buffalo and Denver, Colo.
Pfc. Doyle is a graduate of the Lake Placid Central High School, class of 1940. He entered the army Feb. 4, 1943 and is stationed at Camp Hale, Colo., as an instructor in the ski troops.
