Born: April 13, 1880 [Pine Ridge records]
Died: October 23, 1980
Married: Dewey Dysinger
Children: F. Elliot Dysinger, A. Stanford, Mrs. Marguerite Reich.
Marguerite Gertrude McNulty Dysinger was still living in the Dysinger Cottage on East Pine Street at the time of her 100th birthday, recorded in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise. In the late 1970s, at least one cure chair could still be seen on the veranda.
(Enterprise, April 18, 1980)
HAPPY 100th! — Mrs. M. Gertrude Dysinger, who has made her home at 8 East Pine St. since 1911, marked her 100th birthday on Sunday. Joining in her centennial celebration were her three children and daughter-in-law. From left to right, they are Mary and Elliot Dysinger, Stanford Dysinger and Mrs. John Reich. Mrs. Dysinger wanted Jason, her first great-grandchild, at her party too, so she held his photo in her lap. There will be more about one of the oldest local residents in the April 26 Weekender section to be distributed with The Adirondack Daily Enterprise Friday.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, October 24, 1980
Marguerite G. Dysinger, Saranac Lake's oldest living resident at 100, died Thursday, October 23, at the General Hospital of Saranac Lake. Mrs. Dysinger was born Dec. 13, 1880 [sic] in Hudson Falls, the daughter of Henry and Marguerite McNulty. The family moved to Saranac Lake in 1888. Mrs. Dysinger attended the original Saranac Lake school on Main Street, at the present site of The Saranac. After school, she accepted employment with a new company involved in a radical innovation of theme - the telephone. She worked as an operator for the Mountain Telephone company for many years.
Mrs. Dysinger had operated a rooming and boarding cottage at 8 Pine Street for many years, retiring in 1945. The house remained her home until the time of her death. Mrs. Dysinger celebrated her 100th birthday this spring and was featured in a story in the Weekender edition of the Daily Enterprise. At that time she said she kept up with news of the village by listening to the news broadcasts and conversations with friends. At the time she said, "So many changes I've seen and most of them for the better, but I was distressed several years ago when there was talk of tearing down The Berkeley. That's a fine old place. A real landmark." Her husband, Dewey, with whom she had run the cottage, died in 1925.
Survivors include two sons, F. Elliot Dysinger in Los Altos, Calif., Marguerite Dysinger and A. Stanford of Saranac Lake, with whom she made her home. A daughter, Mrs. John (Marguerite) Reich of Rockville, Md., four grandchildren, and one great grandson also survive.
There will be no calling hours at the Fortune Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday at 9:30 a.m., at St. Bernard's Church, with Rev. C. J. McAvoy, officiating. Interment will be in Pine Ridge Cemetery. Friends wishing to remember Mrs. Dysinger are asked to make donations to the Saranac Lake Rescue Squad or their favorite charity.
