Joanne M. Urban, 84, of Watertown By Submitted by funeral home | April 7, 2021 at 4:21 PM EDT - Updated April 7 at 4:21 PM
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - Joanne M. Urban, 84, Watertown, widow of John Urban, passed away Friday April 2nd, 2021 at the Samaritan Keep Home where she had resided since February of 2020.
A memorial mass will be held at a day and time to be announced in the Summer of 2021. Arrangements are with the Reed & Benoit Funeral Home.
Joanne is survived by two brothers Jon Grant, Brownville and Joseph Grant, Florida; many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband John Urban and her parents James and Rose Grant Sr..
Something to think about.
Early in 2020, at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, a virtually unknown group of cancel culture activists petitioned the Watertown School Board to eliminate the Indian as Watertown High School mascot for reasons unknown to most Native Americans.
Their action was a bolt out of the blue and most students took it with a grain of salt.Â
The students and many of their parents didnât complain, and little effort was made to explain the reason or ask the students what they thought of the change.
After employing their favorite weapon, the secretive and sneaky Zoom meetings where the audience is screened by the originators, it was decided to ax the Indian, despite more than 1,000 petition signers who wanted to put smoke on the cancel culture fire.
Jefferson Co. Dairy Parade returns this summer
Jefferson Co. Dairy Parade returns this summer By 7 News Staff | April 3, 2021 at 4:43 PM EDT - Updated April 3 at 8:18 PM
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) -Bring on the tractors! The Jefferson County Dairy Parade is back this year after a cancellation last year due to the pandemic.
Jefferson County Agricultural Co-ordinator Jay Matteson says the parade will be Friday, June 4th at 7 PM starting at Watertown High School.
The theme this year: “This milk is for you!”
The idea is to thank first responders who have worked so hard through the pandemic.
The parade will have dairy princesses, fire trucks, and hopefully, they say, marching bands.
WATERTOWN â In this, the second Easter of the COVID-19 pandemic, the little campfires of hope have helped to pull us through the difficult times.
On Richards Drive in Watertown, a woman and her church ministry have enlightened the lives of dozens of people the past year through a simple task.
Gail C. Butterfieldâs higher calling involves a Trinity Episcopal Church mission of phoning parishioners on their birthdays and wedding anniversaries to wish them well, as well as to talk about anything else that may come up.
She is, Trinity pastor Rev. Molly Payne-Hardin said, âHope incarnate.â
âGailâs work â person-to-person connection â is at the heart of Easter Sundayâs message,â the Rev. Payne-Hardin said. âBecause God became the person of Christ, died and was resurrected, weâre now able person-to-person to offer that everlasting hope and abiding love to all people. And havenât we all really missed that person-to-person co
WATERTOWN â In this, the second Easter of the COVID-19 pandemic, the little campfires of hope have helped to pull us through the difficult times.
On Richards Drive in Watertown, a woman and her church ministry have enlightened the lives of dozens of people the past year through a simple task.
Gail C. Butterfieldâs higher calling involves a Trinity Episcopal Church mission of phoning parishioners on their birthdays and wedding anniversaries to wish them well, as well as to talk about anything else that may come up.
She is, Trinity pastor Rev. Molly Payne-Hardin said, âHope incarnate.â
âGailâs work â person-to-person connection â is at the heart of Easter Sundayâs message,â the Rev. Payne-Hardin said. âBecause God became the person of Christ, died and was resurrected, weâre now able person-to-person to offer that everlasting hope and abiding love to all people. And havenât we all really missed that person-to-person co