Dewey A., Harriet (Brown), & Gertrude (McNulty) Dysinger
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✞LOCKPORT JOURNAL-MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1926.- D. A. DYSINGER, FORMER NIAGARA COUNTY MAN, DEAD AT SARANAC LAKE - Word has been received here of the recent death at Saranac Lake, of Dewey A. Dysinger, a one-time resident of Lockport and a brother of Mrs. Samuel Gilbert of Newfane. Mr. Dysinger was born in the nearby town of Royalton, October 13, 1868, and was the son of George and Anna M. Dysinger. He received his education in the old Lockport Union school. Twenty years ago he took up his residence at Saranac Lake, where he was an active member of the Odd Fellows' lodge. He was a building contractor by trade. For the past two years he had suffered from heart disease and it was to this malady that he finally succumbed. Besides his wife, Mr. Dysinger is survived by five children, Mrs. Emily (sic) Wall of Grand Arlen (sic), Mrs. George H. McComb of Buffalo, Marguerite, Elliott and Stanford at home; six sisters, Mrs. David L. Miller, Evanston, Ill., Mrs. Henford Lerorhe (sic) of Charlotte, Mich., Mrs. Homer Sprague of Holley, Mrs. Samuel Gilbert of Newfane, and the Misses Sarah and Marguerite Dysinger of Albion. Mich., and two brothers, Warren Dysinger of Auburn, and George Dysinger of Ionea, Mich.
*** Lockport Daily Journal, 1 July 1887 - W. Elwin Disinger and his cousin Dewey Dysinger received preliminary certificates for passing the prestigious NY State Regents exams in 1887. Both W. Elwin and Dewey had attended the Lockport Union (High) School in the city when it was unusual for rural district school children to go past the eighth grade. At the time this was likely close to a college degree. In 1908 W. Elwin ran for the First Niagara (County) District School Commissioner. His brother C. Franklin also attended Lockport Union School and taught school for the First Niagara District. So the Disingers valued education when it wasn't widely accepted particularly in rural areas.
✞LOCKPORT DAILY JOURNAL Wednesday April 18, 1905 - Mrs. Harriet B. Dysinger, The remains of the late Mrs. Harriet B. Dysinger arrived this morning at 10:20 from Saranac Lake and taken to the home of her brother, G. O. Brown, No. 40 Vine street. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Brock. The bearers were C. Burdick, C. H. Burdick, Joshua Burdick and F. B. Warwick. Interment was in Cold Springs cemetery.
*** (Enterprise, April 18, 1980) HAPPY 100th! — Mrs. M. Gertrude Dysinger, who has made her home at 8 East Pine St. since 1911, marked her 100th birthday on Sunday. Joining in her centennial celebration were her three children and daughter-in-law. From left to right, they are Mary and Elliot Dysinger, Stanford Dysinger and Mrs. John Reich. Mrs. Dysinger wanted Jason, her first great-grandchild, at her party too, so she held his photo in her lap. There will be more about one of the oldest local residents in the April 26 Weekender section to be distributed with The Adirondack Daily Enterprise Friday.
✞Adirondack Daily Enterprise, October 24, 1980 - Marguerite G. Dysinger, Saranac Lake's oldest living resident at 100, died Thursday, October 23, at the General Hospital of Saranac Lake. Mrs. Dysinger was born Dec. 13, 1880 [sic] in Hudson Falls, the daughter of Henry and Marguerite McNulty. The family moved to Saranac Lake in 1888. Mrs. Dysinger attended the original Saranac Lake school on Main Street, at the present site of The Saranac. After school, she accepted employment with a new company involved in a radical innovation of theme - the telephone. She worked as an operator for the Mountain Telephone company for many years.
Mrs. Dysinger had operated a rooming and boarding cottage at 8 Pine Street for many years, retiring in 1945. The house remained her home until the time of her death. Mrs. Dysinger celebrated her 100th birthday this spring and was featured in a story in the Weekender edition of the Daily Enterprise. At that time she said she kept up with news of the village by listening to the news broadcasts and conversations with friends. At the time she said, "So many changes I've seen and most of them for the better, but I was distressed several years ago when there was talk of tearing down The Berkeley. That's a fine old place. A real landmark." Her husband, Dewey, with whom she had run the cottage, died in 1925.
Survivors include two sons, F. Elliot Dysinger in Los Altos, Calif., Marguerite Dysinger and A. Stanford of Saranac Lake, with whom she made her home. A daughter, Mrs. John (Marguerite) Reich of Rockville, Md., four grandchildren, and one great grandson also survive.
There will be no calling hours at the Fortune Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday at 9:30 a.m., at St. Bernard's Church, with Rev. C. J. McAvoy, officiating. Interment will be in Pine Ridge Cemetery. Friends wishing to remember Mrs. Dysinger are asked to make donations to the Saranac Lake Rescue Squad or their favorite charity.
Dysinger Cottage, 8 East Pine St./23 Forest Hill Avenue
The Dysinger Cottage was one of several Saranac Lake cure cottages that employed platform tents for cure patients. Mrs. Gertrude Dysinger operated her house as a rooming and boarding cottage for many years, retiring in 1945. The house remained her home until the time of her death. When she celebrated her 100th birthday in April 1980, she was featured in a story in the Weekender edition of the Daily Enterprise.
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