MASSENA –Mr. Michael J. Francia, Jr., 80, of 38 Washington Street, passed away early Monday morning, September 17, 2012 at Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, where he had been a patient since Thursday. There will be no calling hours. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday 3:00 PM at St. Mary’s Catholic Church with Rev. Scott D. Fobare, celebrating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Massena.Memorial contributions may be made in his memory to Hospice of St. Lawrence Valley.

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