WILTON — Elizabeth E. Lockwood of Wilton Commons in Gansevoort, passed away peacefully at Saratoga Hospital on September 9. She was 88 years old.
Born on March 23, 1926 in Watertown, she was the daughter of the late William Pfister and Leah Scholett Pfister.
Mrs. Lockwood married her husband, Stanley, December 24, 1942. She and her husband raised their four children in the Watertown and Alexandria Bay area of New York. Upon his retirement they would winter in Florida and summer in Alexandria Bay. They later moved to the Saratoga Springs area 11 years ago.
Elizabeth was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary. She and her husband would make and send care packages to the soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. She would crotchet baby blankets and sweater sets for anyone she knew that was having a baby. Elizabeth was a member of the Chapel of St. Therese in Gansevoort. She was active within her church. She was also involved in many activities at Wilton Commons.
She is predeceased by her husband Stanley K. Lockwood who passed on December 15, 2008, a sister Mary Rolland and her husband Ken and a sister in-law Edna Pfister.
Survivors include two sons Stanley R. Lockwood and his wife Janet of Hudson, FL, and Gary W. Lockwood and his wife Sara of Cape Vincent NY, two daughters Diana L. Calhoun and her husband Ronald of Saratoga Springs, NY and Nancy Lockwood of Quincy, MA, two brothers Donald Pfister of Hudson, FL, and Russell Pfister and his wife Sue of Alexandria Bay, NY, three sisters, Caroline Kernehan and her husband Robert of Plessis, NY, Sharon Senecal and her husband Bernie of Hudson Fl, and Arlene Pfister of Alexandria Bay, NY, 13 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Funeral services will be held at 1 pm at The Chapel of St. Therese in Gansevoort, NY on Saturday September 13, 2014 and there will be a memorial service at the United Methodist Church in Cape Vincent, NY to be announced at a later date. Burial will be with her husband at Alexandria Bay Catholic Cemetery.
Donations can be made to Breast Cancer Research, 60 East 56th St, 8th Floor, NY, NY 10022, “In Memory of Elizabeth Lockwood”.
