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H GLENS FALLS – Kaye (Ross) Salmonson, 70, of Bluebird Road, passed away at her home, surrounded by her loving family and friends, on Friday, May 8, 2015, after a short illness.
Born on November 15, 1944 in Whitehall, she was the daughter of Marguerite (Saunders) Ross and the late Robert Ross, Sr.
Kaye was a graduate of Whitehall High School and then continued her education at the School of Cosmetology in Albany. She worked as a hairdresser in Ticonderoga for many years.
On July of 1970, Kaye married Perry Salmonson in Whitehall. After the marriage, her husband built a home in South Glens Falls and added a parlor in the basement so she could do hair at home and also take care of her children. Kaye also worked at Barber’s Market formerly in South Glens Falls and finally ended her working career at Angio Dynamics in Queensbury. Every month she enjoyed meeting her friends from Angio for catching up on their lives.
She enjoyed knitting and crocheting afghans, hats and scarves for family and friends. Kaye also used her creativity and made several afghans for the South High Marathon Dance. In the last 15 years, Kaye took up painting and was known to paint on just about anything. Some of her creations were on birdhouses, mailboxes and dishes. She was a very generous person and gave away many of her beautiful paintings. For the past six years, Kaye along with her brother, Edward, devoted herself fulltime to the loving care of her mother, Marguerite, in Whitehall.
Besides her father, Kaye was predeceased by her son, Lloyd Salmonson, and her brother, Donald Ross.
Survivors include her daughter, Carla Salmonson of Gansevoort; her ex-husband and good friend, Perry Salmonson of Gansevoort; her mother, Marguerite Ross; her two brothers, Edward Ross of Whitehall and Robert Ross and his wife, Sandra of Milford, Delaware; as well as several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Friends may call on Wednesday, from 5 to 7 p.m., and on Thursday, from 11 to 12 p.m., at the Carleton Funeral Home, Inc., 68 Main Street, in Hudson Falls.
The Funeral Service will be conducted Thursday, at 12 (Noon), following the calling hours, at the funeral home, with The Reverend Paul Dufford, officiating.
The burial will follow at Southside Cemetery in the town of Moreau.
Memorial donations in memory of Kaye may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.