Elizabeth C. Riordan

March 30, 2008

Elizabeth C. Riordan, 93, of Fox Rd., Town of Pamelia, and widow of Robert F. Riordan, Sr., died Saturday afternoon at the Samaritan Keep Nursing Home following a brief illness.

Mrs. Riordan taught elementary education in rural schools in Moira, Bigelow and Perch Lake. She later substitute taught in many local districts to include, Watertown, Brownville, Evans Mills and Philadelphia retiring in 1974.

She was born in Irvington, NJ, July 10, 1914, a daughter of Henry and Matilda Barkman Curtis. She moved to Brushton, NY with her family at age 7. She graduated from Brushton High School in 1931 and from Potsdam Normal School in 1936.

She married Robert F. Riordan, March 27, 1937 at the Stone Mills Methodist Parsonage with Rev. William Fuller officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Riordan lived in Antwerp, Evans Mills, Richmond VT and Cincinnatus before purchasing their current home on the Fox Rd. in 1946. Mr. Riordan, a retired plant manager for the Borden Research Facility in Syracuse, died August 16, 2007 at their home.

Mrs. Riordan was a member of the Evans Mills United Methodist Church. A life member of the Pisgah Lodge# 164, Evans Mills, Order of the Eastern Star, and the Perch River Home Bureau. She enjoyed traveling, cooking, entertaining, sewing, reading, doing crossword puzzles, playing cards and spending time at the family camp on Bob’s Lake in Ontario, CA.

She is survived by 2 sons and a daughter-in-law, Robert Jr., Watertown, David and Karen, Adams. A daughter and son-in-law, Carolyn and Charles Covell, Calcium. 6 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a son-in-law, Roger W. Taylor, 3 sisters, Eunice Van Ess, Ruth Winters and Esther Earle, and a brother Henry Curtis, Jr.

The funeral will be Wednesday 11am at the Evans Mills United Methodist Church with Rev. Penni Farrington officiating. Burial will be later in the spring at the Parrish Road Cemetery, Town of Pamelia. Calling hours are Tuesday from 2p – 4pm and 7p – 9pm at the Reed & Benoit Funeral Home, Watertown. Contributions may be made to the Evans Mills United Methodist Church.