QUEENSBURY – Brenda Lee (Granger) VanDoran, 55, of Queensbury, went home to be with her husband Jim, on August 9, 2016, at the Glens Falls Hospital.
Born on November 23, 1960, in Glens Falls, she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Dorothy (Palmer) Granger. Brenda was a graduate of Hudson Falls High school.
She was united in marriage to Jim VanDoran on December 31, 2005, in the Glens Falls Hospital.
Brenda was employed by Boston Scientific in Queenbury. She was a talented cake decorator, and she would volunteer to make people different cakes for many occasions. Brenda then took her decorating skills and started worked for the Hannaford Bakery on Broad Street. She attended Living Waters Church of God. Brenda also volunteered her time doing mailings for cancer and diabetes charities. She loved to donate and support law enforcement. Brenda enjoyed karaoke, online bingo, crocheting, cooking, crafts, her dogs, camping and sitting around the campfires. She loved to laugh and never complained throughout her illness. Above all, her children were her life to which she set an amazing example to them with a “never give up” attitude. People who knew her can say throughout the loss of her husband and her illness she stayed a positive example for her loved ones.
Besides her parents, Brenda was predeceased by her husband, Jim VanDoran; and her two brothers, Burton Granger, and Stanley Granger.
Survivors include her three children: Daniel Ryan VanDoran of Queensbury, Amber Jane VanDoran and her companion, Nick Palmateer of Queensbury, and Jimmy Burton VanDoran of Queensbury; her sisters: Barbara Bradshaw and her husband, Charles of Malta, Wendy Warner of West Palm Beach, FL, and Kathy Wright and her husband, Keith of South Glens Falls; her special brother and sister in law, Pat and Ronnie Burch of Queensbury; and her nieces and nephews: Charles Bradshaw, Jr. and his wife, Lisa of Corinth, Melissa Shiffert of South Glens Falls, Steven Warner and his wife, Susan of West Palm Beach, FL, Ryan Warner of Queensbury, Leslie Mahr and her husband, Ray of Ballston Sap, Katrina Putney of South Glens Falls, Kristen Wright of South Glens Falls, and Laurie Granger of Vermont.
Friends may call on Friday, August 12, 2016 from 11 to 1 pm, at the Carleton Funeral Home, Inc., 68 Main Street in Hudson Falls.
Funeral services will follow at 1 p.m. at the funeral home.
Burial will follow at Union Cemetery in the town of Fort Edward.
Memorial donations be sent in Brenda’s name to the Glens Falls Renal Dialysis Center, 3 Broad Street Plz, Glens Falls, NY 12801; or the Susan G. Komen Cancer Fund at P. O. Box 650309 Dallas, TX 75265-0309.
To family and close friends, so sorry for your loss. Remembering all the fun times we had as kids on Elizabeth Street. She is with the angels now and will be your advocate in Heaven. Listen close. She will be there.
Thanks Janine.
Wendy and Kathy I am so sorry to hear about Brenda. My thoughts and prayers are with your family. When it is appropriate for you, if you Wendy would like to contact me. My number is 423 525 3701. I am also in Flordia. Godspeed
Thank you we appreciate that.
I met Brenda, just this past April, at Glens Falls Hospital. She and my mom were “roomies”. She was a very nice person, and I was very setback when I read this in the paper. Please offer my condolences to her family. My mom is saddened as well, as Brenda was such a young person. She passes along her sympathy too.