Nellie Staves passes away in Tupper Lake, age 92

A friend in Tupper Lake rang me today to say that Nellie Staves has passed away. She was a long-time leader in the local property rights and sportsman movement.

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise has a nice preliminary write-up on their website this afternoon.

According to the newspaper, Staves first moved to Long Lake in 1949 to work as a cook at a logging camp at Whitney Park.

The Tupper Lake Free Press ran an article honoring staves on her 90th birthday a couple of years ago.

Staves was head of the fish and game club for Franklin County, led the Adirondack Conservation Council, and was a volunteer at the Wild Center.

Her passing follows closely on the death of Fran Betters, the outdoorsman and guide from Wilmington who was honored last weekend.

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