AKWESASNE – “Kaneratahawi” Elizabeth Betty Lazore Moroughan, 82, passed away on March 30, 2017, after a lengthy battle with Parkinson’s Disease. She was a resident of the Tsiionkwanonhso:te Long-Term Care Home in Akwesasne since 2016.

Elizabeth was born June 5, 1934 on Yellow Island in Akwesasne, the daughter of the late Catherine Arquette and Frank Lazore. She attended Mohawk School and Bombay High School. She married the late Frank Jacobs in 1953 at the St. Regis Catholic Church in Akwesasne. The marriage ended in divorce in 1974. She married Emerton Moroughan in 1975 at the Carthage United Methodist Church in Carthage. He predeceased her in 1996.

From a young age, Elizabeth was always employed and she worked hard throughout her entire life. She retired in 1990 from the Greenbriar Nursing Home in Carthage and continued to work part time in private health care for many more years. Elizabeth loved to travel. She enjoyed playing Bingo, quilting, and tending her vegetable and flower gardens.

She was a life member of VFW Post 7227 and served as President of the Ladies Auxiliary for four years. She was also a life member of American Legion Post 789 and a member of the Elks Lodge 1762. She was an active volunteer in veterans’ service organizations for over thirty years.

Elizabeth is survived by five children; Rowena (George) General, Jennifer (late William) Francis, Erwin (Joanne) Jacobs, Ronald Jacobs, all residents of Akwesasne and Eldred Jacobs (Sharon) of Massena. She is also survived by many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews and by one sister Dorothy (Michael) Maher of Lancaster, NY.

In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by two brothers Andrew Lazore, and William Lazore; and three sisters, Eleanor Lazore Fowler, Mary Lazore Myers, and Helen Sunday Jock.

As per Elizabeth’s wishes, there will be no visitation. Services were with the Kanienkehaka Kaianerehkowa Kanonsesneh; with Loran Thompson, Francis Boots and Minnie Garrow conducting the death ceremony. Elizabeth will be cremated and burial will be held in Pierce Cemetery, Fort Drum, where her ashes will be buried with her late husband.

Thank you to the hard-working and very-patient caregivers at Tsiionkwanonhso:te. In lieu of flowers or gifts, donations may be made to the Tsiionkwanonhso:te Activities Fund, 70 Kahwenoke Apartments Road, Akwesasne, Ontario, K6H 5R7.