April 23, 2008  

PORT LEYDEN, N.Y.  —  Edward Bert McDougall, 77, of Kelpytown Road, died Wednesday morning, April 23, at Faxton-St. Lukes Hospital, Utica. 

The funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday, April 26, at Lowville Baptist Church with Rev. Everett Reed, Pastor, officiating. Burial with Military Honors will be Wildwood Cemetery, Lyons Falls.  Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, April 24, at Iseneker Funeral Home, Inc., 5702 Waters Road, Lowville.     

Born Dec. 25, 1930, in Lyonsdale, a son of the late Raymond and Anna Sweeney McDougall, he attended rural school. 

He served in the Marines during the Korean War, where he received the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal with two stars, and the United Nations Service Medal.  While attending school and after his military service, he worked in the woods for local logging companies.  

He married Betty Belle Burr on April 30, 1955, at Port Leyden Congregational Church with Rev. Buhl officiating.  

Mr. McDougall worked for Pettibone Eastern Sales Division of Utica as a mechanic and later as parts manager until 1982 when he became the proprietor of McDougall’s Northland Parts and Service, selling heavy woods equipment parts and also operating an excavating and construction business.   

Mr. McDougall was a member of Lowville Baptist Church.  

He enjoyed fishing, hunting, camping, boating, mechanic work and making maple syrup.  

He was an avid New York Yankees baseball fan. He enjoyed spending time with his children and grandchildren.

Surviving are his wife of 53 years, Betty; a daughter and her husband, Gail and James Middleton, Phoenix, N.Y.; a daughter and her husband, Valorie and Kenneth Newvine, Star, N.C.; a son and his wife, Franklyn and Darlene McDougall, Lowville; a daughter, Susan Gaffney, Chittenango, N.Y.; a daughter and her husband; Patricia and William Aganier, Port Leyden, N.Y.; a son and his wife, Timothy and Maureen McDougall, Silverton, S.C.; a daughter, Kathleen Hubley of Southborough, Mass.; a daughter and her husband, Nancy and Walter Wielechowski, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.; a daughter and her husband, Janette and Jacobus VanderBaan, Port Leyden; a daughter and her husband, Jennifer and Derek Lane, Lowville; four brothers and their wives, John and Joyce McDougall, William and Jeanne McDougall, Elwood and Phyllis McDougall, and Wayne and Vicki McDougall; three sisters and a brother-in-law, Delia Brooks; Betty Jean Fox; Ellen and Jerry Fuller; 20 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.  

Information provided by Iseneker Funeral Home, Inc. of Lowville and Newzjunky, Watertown, N.Y.