Born: September 22, 1876
Died: October 19, 1946
Married: Mae Florence Hawley
Children: Latham Strong
Dr. Rae L. Strong was a Bloomingdale doctor and a World War I veteran. He also served as mayor of Bloomingdale for several terms.
Essex County Republican, October 25, 1946
Dr. Rae L. Strong
Dr. Rae L. Strong, practicing physician at Saranac Lake and Bloomingdale for 23 years, dropped dead from a heart attack in the Saranac Lake Elks club, Saranac Lake, at 3 p. m. Friday. He was a veteran of World War I and an active member of the Elks and Legion.
The physician was playing cards with friends in the club when he was stricken. Dr. William A. Wardner and Dr. Charles C. Trembley were summoned but when they reached the club Dr. Strong was dead.
He was born in Lansingburg, Sept. 22, 1876, the son of Col. and Mrs. Latham Strong. He received his education in the schools of that section and was graduated from the Buffalo Medical college in 1899.
In 1923, he married the former Miss Mae Florence Hawley of White Plains who survives. After returning from World War I, in which he served as a lieutenant in the Medical Corps, Dr. Strong and his wife came to Bloomingdale, where he opened practice. He also had an Office in Saranac Lake village for many years.
The body was taken to Troy for funeral and burial. Other survivors are his son, Latham Strong, and two granddaughters, of Haverhill, Mass.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, July 27, 1984
Bloomingdale
Mrs. Dorothy L. Williamson and her husband and one of their sons of Amesbury, Mass. stopped in here Wednesday evening and visited with a few people who recalled her grandfather, Dr. Rae L. Strong, who served this area as physician for many years, and also was mayor of the village for several terms.
Her last visit was when she was about ten — remembered the Clarks who lived next door. For those who don't know about Dr. Strong who often went on night calls far out in to the. back woods regardless of weather, he lived in the house now known as McKenty's next to the Methodist Church.
