January 2, 2011  

LOWVILLE, N.Y.  —  Theresa F. Birchenough, 82, of the Bardo Road, passed away Saturday evening, Jan. 1, with her family at her side. 

A funeral Mass will be said 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 5, at St. Peter’s Catholic Church with Rev. Christopher Carrara, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Lowville Rural Cemetery. There are no calling hours. Arrangements are with the Sundquist Funeral Home.

Born March 1, 1928, in Dadville, N.Y., a daughter of Henry J. and Frances B. Becker Bush, she graduated in 1946 from Lowville Free Academy. 

She married Maurice Garnet Birchenough on Sept. 30, 1950, in St. Peter’s Catholic Church, New Bremen, with Rev. Sixtus O’Connor, officiating. The couple observed their 60th wedding anniversary in September 2010. 

Theresa was a member of St. Peters’ Catholic Church in Lowville and its Altar and Rosary Society, where she enjoyed helping at various church functions.  

Mrs. Birchenough was a dedicated mother and homemaker raising her twelve children and caring for her grandchildren and great grandchildren. For a short time, she worked at the Dadville Tree Nursery.  

Along with spending time with her extended family, Theresa enjoyed knitting, quilting, crocheting and helping others

Surviving besides her husband are nine sons and three daughters, Stephen and Marjorie, Turin, James and Pamela, Mexico, N.Y., Neil and Emma, Lowville, Mark and Linda, Castorland, Wayne and Kathy, New Bremen, Howard and Paula, Oregon, Ohio, Philip and Juli, Lowville, Donald and Tammi, Lowville, and Roy and Diane, Lowville; three daughters, Ann and Douglas Wolff, Croghan, Amy and Donald Kraeger, Lowville, and Colonel Helen K. Birchenough, Arlington, Va.; four brothers, Robert Bush, Martinsburg, Lawrence Bush, Watertown, Clement and Bernard Bush, Lowville; two sisters, Christine Thoma, Castorland and Clara Matulewicz, Lowville; 26 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildrenl; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.  

A grandson, Jacob Birchenough, two sisters, Margaret Tabolt and Marie Walters, and a daughter-in-law, Karen Johnson Birchenough, all died before her.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Mrs. Birchenough’s name. 

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