Obituary: Tammi J. Birchenough,
58, Lowville
Published: February 17, 2023
By: Provided by Sundquist
Funeral Home
Tammi J. Birchenough
LOWVILLE, NY – Tammi J. Birchenough, 58, died at her home on Thursday, February 16, 2023.
Tammi was born on
May 10, 1964 in Lowville the daughter of Lawrence
and Glendyne J. (Garito)
Jantzi. She graduated from Lowville Academy
and Central School, attended SUNY Oswego, and
graduated with an associate degree from JCC.
She married Donald G. Birchenough on August 20, 1988
at St. Peter’s Catholic Church with Msgr. Bernard E. Christman
officiating. She was currently working as a case manager for Transitional
Living Services of NNY in Lowville.
She is survived
by her husband, Donald, their three children, Matthew M. (Amy) Birchenough; Joseph D. Birchenough;
and Emily J. Birchenough; her three
grandchildren, Alexis J., Madilyn T., and Wyatt D. Birchenough;
her father, Lawrence Jantzi, her mother, Glendyne (Mark) Hanno; her brother Larry Brian (Mary) Jantzi; her sister, Angelia L. (Thomas) Murphy; her
nieces and nephew, Abby, Dayne, Sarah, Erin, and Molly; and her Birchenough and Garito families.
Tammi is
predeceased by her maternal grandparents, Joseph F. and Gwendolyn E. Garito, and her step-father,
Robert L. Reynolds.
She was a
communicant of St. Peter’s Catholic Church, a Eucharistic Minister, she cooked for
the priests and she helped anyway she could at the rectory or church. Tammi
was an exempt member of Lowville Fire Department Auxiliary. She loved
spending time with her grandkids and family, enjoyed barbecues at camp on
the Independence
River, and her Labrador retrievers. She Loved her Buffalo Bills, Go Bills!!
A funeral Mass
will be said on Monday, February 20th at 11:00 A.M. at St. Peter’s Catholic Church
with Rev. Douglas A. Decker, Pastor and Rev. Christopher Looby, Pastor of St. Mary's Church of Ticonderoga
concelebrating. Spring burial will be in Lowville Rural
Cemetery. Calling
hours will not be observed. Family and friends are invited to a luncheon at
the Lowville Fire Hall following the Mass.
Memorials in
Tammi’s name may be made to: Lewis County Humane Society, P.O. Box 682, Lowville,
NY 13367;
St. Jude, Memorial Giving, 501
St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105;
or Lowville Fire Department, P.O.
Box 81, Lowville, NY 13367,
and St. Peter’s Catholic Church, 5457
Shady Avenue, Lowville, NY 13367
On-line
condolence of sympathy may be made to: www.sundquistfh.com
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