BIGELOW – The funeral service for Clifford E. Hendricks, 95, Canton, and formerly of Bigelow, will be held Friday, July 23, 2010, at 3 p.m., at the Green Funeral Home, Hermon, with Rev. William Hart, pastor of the Hermon United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will follow in Hermon Cemetery.
Calling hours are prior to the funeral service from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Mr. Hendricks died Sunday, July 18, 2010, at Spicer’s Adult Home, Canton.
Born on August 26, 1914, in Hermon, he was the son of Claude and Florence (Phillips) Hendricks.
He married Lila Woods on August 26, 1941, in Gouverneur with H.L. Crockett officiating. Mrs. Hendricks died on October 7, 1999.
Clifford and Lila owned and operated a dairy farm in Marshville from 1949 until 1974 when the couple moved to Bigelow. Clifford lived the past three years at Spicer’s Adult Home which is operated by his nephew and his wife Larry and Donna Spicer. He had also worked at the cheese plants in Morley and at Redrock in DeKalb.
Mr. Hendricks enjoyed fishing, tinkering, and spending time at the family camp near Eel Weir. He had been a fifty-year member of the Free and Accepted Masons Wildwood Lodge #0477, Edwards.
He is survived by his daughter Sharon and Paul Billings, of Edwards; a daughter-in-law, Dianne Hendricks, of Bigelow; 10 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren; a sister, Audrey Garlough, of Canton; and many nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his wife Lila; a son Eugene Hendricks; three brothers, Percy, Millard, and Ray Hendricks; three sisters, Elva Simmons, Avis Spicer, and Doris Rupert; and a grandson, Brian Billings.
Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of St. Lawrence Valley or the American Cancer Society.