SHERBURNE – Memorial services have been set for Dr. Clayton M. Steward, 95, State District Health Officer in Saranac Lake, from 1948 to 1972, passed away at his home on Feb. 15, 2007 on Kiwassa Lake Road where he and his wife had made their residence for many years.
Dr. Steward was born in Norwich on July 25, 1911, the son of Milton and Mertie (Frink) Steward.
He attended Norwich Schools and graduated from Bucknell University in 1935. He received his Doctor of Medicine in 1939 from Syracuse University. After a two-year internship at Fordham Hospital in New York City, he entered the United States Army, serving for three years as a battalion surgeon of the 753rd Tank Bttalion in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and France.
Returning from military service, he joined the New York State Department of Health, taking Post Graduate work at Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. Dr. Steward was named Assistant Director of Health in Binghamton, serving in that position for seven months. He was then assigned to the Saranac Lake District as District Health Officer providing health services to Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, and St. Lawrence Counties.
Dr. Steward is survived by his nephew, David E. Steward and his wife, Joyce, of Sherburne; great nephew, Brian D. Steward, his wife Ellen, and their children Athena and Marion of Denver, Colo.; a great niece, Kelly S. Steward of Vestal. He is also survived by great nephews, Mark Steward, and Kenneth and wife, Stephanie Steward, Keith and wife, Roberta Steward, all of Riverside, Calif.; Gregg and wife, Bobbie Steward of San Clemente, Calif. and great-niece Laurie and husband, Tim Cypher of Concord, Calif.
He was predeceased by his wife, Dr. Dorothy Stevens Steward, MD, in 1997; a brother Wesley D. Steward in 1982; a nephew Lawrence Seward and a great-nephew, Eric M. Steward.
Funeral arrangements are in care of the Fortune-Keough Funeral Home, 20 Church Street, Saranac Lake, 12983. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 PM on Tuesday, at the funeral home with Pastor Fr. Alexander Stringer of Wells, Vt. officiating. Private interment services will take place in the Mount Hope Cemetery, Norwich.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Saranac Lake Volunteer Fire Department Rescue Squad or the Saranac Lake Free Library in care of the funeral home.