Mrs. Eunice Sweet Vaugh Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Eunice (Sweet) Vaugh, 94, resident of Burke, NY, passed away October 28, 2012, at the Franklin County Nursing Home, Malone, NY. She was born on May 3, 1918, in Chateaugay, NY, the daughter of the late James W. and Elizabeth (MacMillan) Sweet. Eunice, christened Mary Eunice Angeline Sweet, was descended from Daniel Sweet, one of the first settlers of Herdman, Quebec, and his son, Henry Sweet, who, in 1948, was one of the original purchasers and developers of land between the Shee Woods Road and the Canadian Border, Chateaugay, NY. That land today is part of an area referred to locally as Earlville. Eunice graduated from Chateaugay High School, Class of 1935. That fall she entered Plattsburgh Normal (now known as SUNY at Plattsburgh, NY) and graduated in the Class of 1938. She taught in Scotia, NY, for three years. She substitute taught in the Malone/Burke/Chateaugay area for several years. On August 16, 1941, in Chateaugay, she married Kenneth J. Vaugh and they farmed in North Burke for the next 27 years. In 1970, Eunice opened her antiques business, Euinque's, which she operated for the next 30 years. She also operated part of her business out of the Market Barn, Malone, NY. Kenneth and Eunice were avid horsemen and, as such, were attendees of horseshows and trailrides in Northern NY and Quebec. They were charter members of the Franklin Trail Riders, Malone, NY. Her husband died in January 2002. Her brother, Dr. J.D. Sweet predeceased her, in 1988, in Chateaugay, NY, and her sister, Dorothy Stokes, in 1989, in St. Albans, Vermont. Eunice is survived by her two sons and daughters-in-law, Jim and Pattie Vaugh, Wilmington, North Carolina, and Lynn and Cheryl Vaugh, Ogdensburg, NY; 3 grandsons, Ian (Kelly) Vaugh, Wilmington, NC, Jesse (Jill) Vaugh, Alexandria, Virginia and Nick Vaugh, Ogdensburg, NY; one granddaughter, Michelle (Michael) Ramsdell, Ogdensburg, NY; 8 great-grandchildren, Michael Bateman, Nicoli and Ella Ramsdell, Jaiden, Keegan, Ashlyn, Brooklyn, and Emery Jayne Vaugh; and one niece, Donna Degrechie, St. Albans, Vermont. Calling hours will be held at the Chateaugay Funeral Home on Friday, November 2 from 9 to 11 am. A Graveside service will follow at 11:30 am in the North Burke Cemetery in the family lot.

Mrs. Eunice Sweet Vaugh

May 3, 1918 - October 28, 2012