Born: October 10, 1913
Died: March 10, 2004
Married: apparently never married
Children:
John D. “Jack” McMasters operated the McMaster Farm in Lake Clear that his grandfather, William McMaster started.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, March 12, 2004
John D. McMaster
SARANAC LAKE - John D. “Jack” McMaster, 90, of 198 McMaster Road, Lake Clear, died Wednesday, March 10, 2004 at his home where he was born.
Born in Lake Clear on Oct. 10, 1913, he was the son of Joseph and Cora (Rawlins) McMaster.
A life-long resident of the area, Jack attended and graduated from Saranac Lake Central schools. He then went on to Canton ATC and graduated in 1934. His parents owned and operated the McMaster Dairy Farm, which Jack continued to operate until he retired in 1980. He was a lifetime member of the Brighton and Harrietstown Grange and enjoyed hunting in his younger days.
Jack is survived by his sister, Esther McDonald of Saranac Lake; two nephews: Richard McDonald and his wife Donna of Saranac Lake and John McDonald and his wife Wanda of Fort Collins, Colo, and their children: Jeffrey McDonald of Fort Benning, Ga. and Ashley McDonald of Fort Collins, Colo.; five cousins: Eleanor Leavitt of Saranac Lake, Anna Dickson, Dorothy Warden, Marion Mower and Patricia McCreery, all of Ontario, Canada.
He was predeceased by his parents and his brother-in-law, Thomas McDonald.
Visitation will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 13 at the Fortune-Keough Funeral Home in Saranac Lake. A funeral service will follow at 3 p.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. Linda Mclntyre, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be held in May at the Harrietstown Cemetery in Saranac Lake.
Friends wishing to remember Jack may make memorial contributions to the Saranac Lake Volunteer Fire Department Rescue Squad or the First United Methodist Church in care of the funeral, home.
