Obituaries
Wayne A. Czajka
Oct 5, 2020
Port Leyden - Wayne A. Czajka, 71, longtime resident of Port Leyden passed away on October 5, 2020 after a long battle with cancer. Wayne was born on September 24, 1949 in Utica, a son of Samuel A. and Genevieve White Czajka. A life resident, Wayne grew up in Port Leyden, receiving his education and graduating from Port Leyden...
Nancy O'Leary
Oct 4, 2020
Taberg - Nancy Nemo O'Leary, 64, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, October 4, 2020. Nancy was born on September 21, 1956 in Rome, a daughter of Frank and Cora Beckley Nemo. She received her education at Adirondack Central School. Nancy was very family oriented and besides her own children, she helped raise several of her nieces and nephews, especially...
Thaddeus B. Egnaczyk
Oct 3, 2020
Thaddeus B. ("Ted") Egnaczyk, 95, formerly of 114 Carol Ave Boonville, NY, passed away peacefully on October 3, 2020 at Bethany Gardens Skilled Living Center in Rome, NY where he had been residing for the last 2 years. For over 70 years Ted was a self-made, independent businessman with interests throughout central New York. He was born on September...
Colleen A. Bedore
Oct 3, 2020
Boonville - Colleen A. Bedore, 68, a lifelong resident of Boonville, passed away on Saturday, October 3, 2020 at St. Joseph's Hospital, Syracuse, while surrounded by her loving family. Colleen was born on August 7, 1952 at the Sunset Maternity Home, Constableville a daughter of the late Leo F. and Jean Grenier Murphy. She grew up in Boonville, where...
Lili H. Krakowski
Sep 21, 2020
Constableville - Lili H. Krakowski, 90, widow of Mordehai, passed away unexpectedly on September 21, 2020 at home. Lili was born in Berlin, Germany on July 24, 1930, a daughter of Menko Max and Sophie Prins Hirsch. At the age of eight, together with her family she moved to New York City to escape the Hitler regime. Lili completed...
Donna M. Craw
Sep 18, 2020
Boonville- Donna M. (Altrock) Craw, 48, passed away at her residence on Friday, September 18, 2020. Donna was born in New Hartford, on June 24, 1972, a daughter of Edward G. and Nancy M. Wood Altrock. She grew up on Newton St. Forestport and attended Forestport Elementary School, graduating from Adirondack High School, Boonville, with the Class of 1990....
Cary Ann Croniser
Sep 12, 2020
Boonville- Cary Ann Croniser, 42, of East Ava Road, passed away suddenly on Saturday, September 12, 2020. Cary Ann was born in Lowville, on November 12, 1977, a daughter of Raymond A. and Barbara J. Gardner Kohl. She grew up in Port Leyden, where she attended elementary school, before completing her high school education at South Lewis Senior High...
Gloria A. Babbitt
Sep 11, 2020
Carthage - Gloria A. Babbitt, 87, formerly of Fort Covington, NY, passed away suddenly on September 11, 2020 at Carthage Area Hospital. Gloria was born on January 17, 1933 in Fort Covington, a daughter of Sam and Lois Morey Mainville. She grew up in Fort Covington, where she attended Salmon River Central School. Following her education she was married...
Virginia W. Mascitelli
Sep 4, 2020
Boonville- Virginia W. Mascitelli, 93, a native and lifelong resident of Boonville, passed away at home, on Friday, September 4, 2020, while surrounded by her loving family and feline companion, Babe. Virginia was born on July 13, 1927, a daughter of William T. and Mamie Warren Williams. She graduated from Boonville Central School, with the Class of 1944 and...
Veronica Lynn Sappah
Sep 3, 2020
Boonville- Veronica Lynn Sappah passed away in her sleep at her residence on September 3, 2020. She was born on June 27, 1969, in Westwood, New Jersey. She spent the first few months of her life in Gulfport, Mississippi, where her father was stationed at the Sea Bee base. She survived the devastation of Hurricane Camille at the tender...
Joanne M. Williams
Sep 3, 2020
Glenfield - JoAnne M. (Baslow) Williams, 50, of Greig Road, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020 at Lewis County General Hospital, Lowville. JoAnne was born on January 5, 1970 in Lowville a daughter of Richard O. and Joan M. Kornatowski Baslow. She grew up in Port Leyden and received her education at Port Leyden Central School. For a...
Peter M. Hance
Sep 1, 2020
Boonville - Peter M. Hance, 62, of East Schuyler St., passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, September 1, 2020. Peter was born in Herkimer on August 1, 1958 a son of James and Marion VanDenburg Hance. Shortly thereafter his family moved to the Boonville area, where Peter has since lived. He graduated from Adirondack Central School with the Class of...
William G. Macintyre, Jr.
Aug 28, 2020
William "Bill" MacIntyre passed away on Friday, August 28, 2020 in the home he built in Inlet, NY. Bill was born on December 24, 1962, in Staten Island, where he was raised. He spent his career in the five boroughs working on various construction projects, specializing in structural concrete. In 1995, he broke ground on the house in Inlet...
Duane Charles York
Aug 26, 2020
Duane "Tod" Charles York, 78 of Turin, NY, passed away at home on August 26, 2020 while surrounded by the loving care of his family. Duane was born on March 29, 1942 in Lowville, a son of Lee and Marion York. He was raised on the family farm in Turin and graduated from General Martin in 1960. After graduation...
Joan A. Podkowka
Aug 26, 2020
Hawkinsville- Joan A. (Griffith) Podkowka, 70, of Williams Road, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, August 26, 2020, at Rome Memorial Hospital. A native and life resident of Hawkinsville, Joan was born on the Wengert Road, on December 10, 1949, a daughter of George M. and Bernice LaQuay Griffith. She graduated from Adirondack Central School, Boonville, with the Class of...
John H. Hall
Aug 25, 2020
Lyons Falls- John H. Hall, 79, of Lyonsdale Road, a former longtime resident of Rugg Road, Town of Leyden and husband of Gloria, passed away at his residence, on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, while surrounded by the loving care of his family and hospice. John was born on February 7, 1941, in the Town of Leyden, a son of...
Randy William Kapfer
Aug 22, 2020
Port Leyden- Randy William Kapfer, 67, a longtime resident of Moose River Road, passed away on Saturday August 22, 2020, at The Abraham House of Rome, after a brief illness. Randy was born in Lowville on February 25, 1953, a son of William M. and Emma Lou Leffingwell Kapfer. He grew up in Turin, where he graduated from South...
Milton J. Williamson
Aug 19, 2020
Constableville- Milton J. Williamson, 86, of West St. passed away at his residence on Wednesday, August 19, 2020. Milton was born in on July 28, 1934, a son of Alvah and Gladys Capron Williamson. He grew up on Jackson Hill, near Boonville and received his early education at the Dunn Brook Rural School, before completing his education at Boonville...
Ronald F. Bartelotte
Aug 18, 2020
Boonville- Ronald F. Bartelotte, 60, passed away suddenly at his residence of natural causes on Tuesday, August 18, 2020. Ron was born on November 6, 1959, in Constableville, a son of Forrest and Marilyn Grems Bartelotte. He grew up on Woodgate Drive, in Boonville and graduated from Adirondack Central School, with the Class of 1977. He attended one year...
Helen E. Tucciarone
Aug 17, 2020
Osceola- Helen E. Tucciarone, 95, formerly of Deerheart Road, passed away on Monday, August 17, 2020, at Sunset Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Boonville. Helen was born in Syracuse, on August 17, 1925 and grew up in Osceola, where she received her education. Later she lived in Syracuse and Bridgeport for many years before residing with her daughter and son...