MARY DEMERCHANT.(CAPITAL REGION)

BALLSTON LAKE -- Mary Frances McCloskey DeMerchant, 50, of Denkers Drive died at Ellis Hospital after a long illness. Born in LaCrosse, WI; daughter of Beverly J. Erickson McCloskey and the late John McCloskey. Raised in Bangor, ME, attended schools there and moved to Newington, CT and married Robert W. DeMerchant on November 19, 1966. Mary had worked four years, until her illness last year, for Sysco Foods in Clifton Park as a cashier. She was a member of Legion Post 1450 Auxillary in Halfmoon. She leaves behind her husband, Bob; mother Beverly; daughter Lisa S. DeMerchant of Clifton Park; two sons, Sean D. DeMerchant of Mechanicville, and Eric J. DeMerchant of Ballston …