Linda C Delbel

Plattsburgh Linda C. DelBel Plattsburgh -- Linda C. DelBel, 93, formerly of 27 Broad Street, died peacefully at Meadowbrook Healthcare Facility on November 14, 2008. She was born near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario on December 31, 1914, the daughter of Guerino (George) DelBel and Maria (Ossello) DelBel. After her father's death in a mining accident in 1922, the family moved to Plattsburgh where she attended Our Lady of Victory Academy and then the Plattsburgh State Normal School. Upon graduation from college, Miss DelBel embarked on a lengthy teaching career, beginning in one-room school houses in Vermontville and Gabriels, and then the junior high schools of Watervliet and Amityville. She taught for several years in the Plattsburgh Catholic schools after retiring from the New York State Public School System and then embarked on a new career as a health care assistant. Miss DelBel was predeceased by her brother Dr. Nello Delbel, who died in 2000. She is survived by her brother Elsio and his wife Edith of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, her sister in law Mary Delbel of Auburn and her nieces and nephews: Linda J. Ivanits and her husband Laszlo, Father James Delbel, Moreen Austin, and Jeffrey P. Delbel. A Mass of Christian burial will be held at St. John's Church in Plattsburgh on Monday, November 24 at 11:00 a.m. There will be no public calling hours. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. John's Church, 7 Margaret Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901. Arrangements have been entrusted to Brown Funeral Home, Inc., 29 Broad Street, Plattsburgh. Online condolences and memorial candles may be lit at www.brownfuneralhomeinc.com.