Kahnawà:ke’s Connie McArdle has passed

A local, familiar name is no longer with us. Kahnawà:ke’s Connie McArdle has passed. McArdle survived a liver transplant using a pig’s organ in 1994 and lived to the age of 86, died on March 10^th. McArdle’s mother Annie Montour was from Kahnawake, where she remained active in the community in the years before and after her procedure. She served on the Kateri Memorial Hospital Foundation board and worked for decades at the Eastern Door newspaper, almost from its inception.