June Aleda (Blackwood) Veitch

SARATOGA SPRINGS — June Aleda (Blackwood) Veitch died on Thursday, October 27, 2016 at Wesley Health Care Center in Saratoga Springs. She was 92 years old. The daughter of the late Orel and Mary (Cherry) Blackwood, she was born on June 1, 1924 in Saratoga Springs and married Donald L. Veitch, also of Saratoga Springs, on June 12, 1947. She is predeceased by her husband, who died on Sept. 1, 2007. Upon graduation from Saratoga Springs High School in 1942, June was employed at Saratoga Vichy, Burnham’s Laundry, and served as a plane-spotter during World War II. June took pride in her work as a homemaker and the mother of five. Survivors include her five children, Michael (Gail) Veitch, JoAnn (George) Berrigan, Carol (Otis) Groff, Thomas K. (Colleen) Veitch, and John Veitch as well as 11 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild. June’s life was celebrated with a Mass of Christian Burial on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016 in the historic Church of St. Peter, 241 Broadway in Saratoga Springs, by the Rev. Thomas H. Chevalier, pastor. Relatives and friends remembered her prior to her Mass in the church. Burial followed in St. Peter’s Cemetery. Her family thanks the Wesley Health Care Center and especially the resident staff on the second floor at Victoria. Those wishing to remember June in a special way are asked to contribute in her name to the Wesley Health Care Center, 131 Lawrence Street, Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866, or to AIM Services, Inc., 4227 Route 50, Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866 Arrangements are under the direction of the William J. Burke and Sons/Bussing and Cunniff Funeral Homes of 628 North Broadway in Saratoga Springs. Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com.