Jan 27, 2021 Mae Elizabeth Lashway, age 96, formerly of Saranac Lake and currently of the Champlain Valley Senior Living Community in Willsboro, died Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, at Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh due to complications of COVID-19. Born in Saranac Lake on April 6, 1924, she was the daughter of George and Inez (Laggett) Baker. Mae married Arthur F. Lashway Jr. on Monday, Jan. 7, 1946, in Saranac Lake. He predeceased her on June 21, 1983. Mae had been a lifelong resident of Saranac Lake and had been employed as a secretary for the New York State Department of Health for many years. Prior to that she was employed with Adirondack Bank. She was a dedicated volunteer at the Saranac Lake Free Library for 30 years and continued to be an avid reader till the end.