January 9, 2012 

CAPE VINCENT, N.Y.  —  Justine M. Baskey, 100, formerly of Cape Vincent, died Sunday, Jan. 8, at Quality Care Residential Home in Goose Creek, South Carolina.   

Born Feb. 11, 1911, in Cape Vincent, the daughter of Truman and Gertrud Humphrey Moore, she graduated from Cape Vincent Schools.  

She married Henry N. Baskey on Nov. 18, 1936, in Cape Vincent. Mr. Baskey passed away Oct. 10, 1988. 

Mrs. Baskey was a long time employee of summer families starting with the Phinney Family at Beechwood, then with the J.L. Johnston Family at Stone House, and then with the Andrew McNally Family on Wellesley Island, until her retirement. 

Surviving are a daughter and her husband, Margo and Stanley O’Brien, Goose Creek, S.C.; two grandchildren, Stanley Jr., and his Wife, Kristen, and Lori Anne O’Brien; two great-grandchildren, Stanley III and Evan O’Brien; two nieces and three nephews; several cousins.

A brother, Richard Moore, a sister, Ruth Reynolds, a sister-in-law, Eleanor Baskey, and a brother-in-law, Cecil Baskey, all died before her. 

Calling hours will be held 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, at Cleveland Funeral Home, Cape Vincent. A funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at the United Church of Cape Vincent with Rev. Mark Pierce officiating. Burial will follow in Riverside Cemetery, Cape Vincent.  

A reception will be held after the burial at Aubrey’s Restaurant, Cape Vincent.

Memorial donations may be made to the United Church of Cape Vincent, P.O. Box 593, Cape Vincent, NY 13618, Riverside Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 376, Cape Vincent, NY 13618 or The Cape Vincent Fire Department and Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 609, Cape Vincent, NY 13618.  

Information provided by Cleveland Funeral Home, Inc. and Newzjunky.com, Watertown