CAPE VINCENT — Nellie G. Barr, 77, of 475 Bay St., died Monday at River Hospital, Alexandria Bay.

Mrs. Barr was a cook for a number of Cape Vincent restaurants and the cafeteria at Cape Vincent Elementary School. She also was bookkeeper for Cape Vincent Adult Home.

Born Dec. 25, 1930, in Dexter, daughter of Emory W. and Christine VanAlstine Timerman, she graduated from Dexter schools.

She married Arthur M. Barr on June 26, 1949. He died Sept. 23, 1993.

She was a member of John C. Londraville American Legion Post 832 Auxiliary and Cape Vincent Fire Department Auxiliary, past chairwoman of crafters for the French Festival and Cape Vincent Citizen of the Year in 1978.

Surviving are a son, Edgar, Cape Vincent; three daughters and their husbands, Esther and Danny Coolage, North Carolina, Christine and Michael Cantwell, Clayton, and Jeannine and Ronald Player, Cape Vincent; a brother, Gordon Timerman, Dexter; a stepbrother, Earl Cox, Cape Vincent; a stepsister, Shirley Gushlaw, Clayton; five grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

A daughter, Jacqueline Barr, died before her.

The funeral will be at the family's convenience. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. Arrangements are with Cleveland Funeral Home.

Donations may be made to Cape Vincent Ambulance Fund or American Cancer Society.