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Marie Gengenbach
Keeseville — Mrs. Marie Gengenbach, 87, of Keeseville, N.Y., passed away Saturday, Jan. 15, 2005. She was cared for by her loving son, Daniel C. Gengenbach, at 170 Ausable Street, Keeseville, N.Y., until five months ago, when she then received excellent supportive care from Evergreen Valley Nursing Home in Plattsburgh, N.Y. Prior to living with her son, she resided at Apple Valley Senior Housing in Peru, N.Y., for 11 years.
She was born in Yonkers, N.Y., on Aug. 30, 1917, the youngest daughter of seven children, to Daniel and Julia (Dzamba) Ridzik.
As a young woman, Marie worked as a seamstress for Bloomingdale's, Sak's 5th Avenue and at a bakery in Yonkers, while she provided care for her father. During World War II, she was a sales clerk in Texas. She married Charles Edward Gengenbach II on Sept. 13, 1946. They resided at 137 16th Street, Verplanck, N.Y., for many years.
During that time she provided homecare for her mother and also worked briefly as a cook at Hendrick Hudson High School in Montrose, N.Y. Marie and her husband, Ed, moved to the North Country in 1982 to be near her son and his family. During her mother-in-law and her husband's illnesses, she provided loving care at home. She will mostly be remembered as a skilled homemaker, excellent cook and loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
Marie was a long standing member of St. Augustine's Church in Peru and later at St. John the Baptist Church of Keeseville. She was a supporter of St. Augustine's School and many other charitable causes. She also was a member of Dottie and the Golden Notes and the Golden Apple Club. She enjoyed many afternoons in the gazebo with the ladies of Apple Valley.
Marie was predeceased by her husband Ed; her son, Charles Edward Gengenbach III; her parents; one brother and his wife, Johnny and Anne Ridzik; two sisters and their husbands, Anna and Rudy Krueger and Helen and Leslie Chontos; and one brother-in-law, Anthony Zanzerella.
She is survived by one son, Dan; one sister and two brothers, Julia Zanzerella, Emil Ridzik and Steve Ridzik and his wife Nancy, all of Florida; three grandchildren, Dodd Gengenbach and his wife Paige of Memphis, Tenn., Colleen LeClair and her husband Mike of Keeseville, N.Y., and Daniel M. Gengenbach of Plattsburgh, N.Y.; three great-grandchildren, Brooks, Joe and Megan; two former daughters-in-law, Donna Gengenbach and Sharon Carey and her daughter Erika Kelsey; a unique relationship with her nephews, Jeffrey Strang and Chip Ridzik; and many other special nieces and nephews.
Calling hours will be held on Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Edward F. Carter Funeral Home at 170 Kings Ferry Road in Montrose, N.Y.
Funeral services will be on Thursday morning at St. Patrick's Church in Verplanck, N.Y., with Christian burial following in St. Patrick's Cemetery.
A memorial service will be held at St. John the Baptist Church in Keeseville, N.Y., on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005, at 10 a.m.
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