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Obituary: Floyd A. Campany,
87, Black River
Published: December 19, 2023
By: Provided by Iseneker
Funeral Home
Floyd A. Campany
 BLACK RIVER- Floyd A. Campany, 87, of Miser Road, passed away unexpectedly at
his home on Sunday evening, December 17, 2023.
A calling hour
will be from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 22, 2023 at Iseneker Funeral Home,
Inc., Lowville with a funeral service following at 11:00 a.m. at the
funeral home with Rev. Todd E. Thibault, Pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic
Church, Copenhagen officiating. Burial with Military Honors will be in Martinsburg
Cemetery. A luncheon at Rutland Fire
Hall will immediately follow the burial, all are welcome. Any food donations may be brought
directly to the fire hall on Friday morning. Contributions may be made in memory of
Floyd A. Campany to NNY Community Foundation,
Douglas & Helen Murray Agricultural Scholarship, 120 Washington Street,
Watertown, NY 13601 or Rutland Volunteer Fire Department,
28502 NY-126, Watertown, NY 13601.
Floyd is survived
by his beloved wife of 62 years, Gloria; Three children, Koreen (Neil)
Freeman of Black River, Pamela Snyder of Quakertown, PA, F. Anthony Campany Jr. (Betsy) of Morganton, NC; six
grandchildren, Whitney (Tyler) Elliott, Hayden (Carlie) Freeman, Samantha
(Tyler) Lang, Nicholas Snyder, Lauren Campany and
her fiancé Michael, Alyssa Campany; six
great-grandchildren, Makayla, Kaiden, Rowan, Asher, Clara and Violet; his
dear friends, Peggy and Lynn Murray, who he thought of as family; a sister,
Esther Branche of Watertown; several nieces, nephews and cousins. He is predeceased by a
great-granddaughter, Keagan Elliott; five brothers, Clarence W. Campany, Harland G. Campany,
Bernard Campany, Glenn S. Campany,
Robert C. Campany; and two sisters, Marion R.
Sylvester; and Charlene Campany, who died shortly
after birth.
Floyd was born on
February 10, 1936 at home in the Town of Denmark,
NY, a son of the late George H. and Almina Laribee Campany. He graduated from Lowville Academy in
1953 and attended Cornell University.
Floyd enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, serving from
1954-1958. Upon his return home, he
operated the family farm on East Road, Town of Denmark and worked for
Francis Nichols at his saw mill in Deer
River. On February 11, 1961, he
married Gloria Leviker at St. Mary’s Catholic
Church, Copenhagen with Rev. Bernard Desnoyers officiating. He then went to school in Memphis, TN to
be a Hardwood Lumber Inspector.
Floyd worked for Deer River Lumber Company as a Lumber Inspector for
22 years. He later worked for
Champion International for 14 ˝ years until his retirement in 1998.
He enjoyed
gardening and spending time in the woods.
Most of all, he enjoyed spending time with his family, especially
his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Condolences may
be made online at www.isenekerfuneralhome.com
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