OGDENSBURG, N.Y. — Jo Ann Scoons, who was smart and motivated, died peacefully on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, at St. Joseph’s Home in Ogdensburg, New York. She was 86.
Born Oct. 2, 1939, in Albany, she was the daughter of the late Ralph Scoons and Dorothy (née Hotaling) Scoons.
Stephen William Freihofer worked in the family business, the Freihofer Baking Company, until it was sold at which point he fulfilled his dream of buying a motor home and taking his family on many trips.
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