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Rita J. Todd

Rita J. Todd

Mar 6, 2015

Lyons Falls- Rita J. Todd, 74, of Rumble Road, wife of Keith F. passed away on Friday, March 6, 2015, at Sunset Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Boonville, after a long illness. She was born in Granville, NY (Washington County) on May 23, 1940, a daughter of Ernest and Laura Johnson Hurley. Rita grew up in the Granville area, attending...

Bernice I. Levan

Bernice I. Levan

Mar 3, 2015

Boonville- Bernice I. LeVan, 95, of a resident of Feeder St. since 1998, passed away at Rome Memorial Hospital, on Tuesday, March 3, 2015, after a brief illness. She was born in Webster, NY, on August 13, 1919, a daughter of John V. and Julia P. Herbst Schneider. Bernice grew jup in Rochester, where she graduated from East High...

Frances M. Murphy

Frances M. Murphy

Mar 2, 2015

Oriskany- Frances M. Murphy 89, of Cider St. passed away on Monday, March 2, 2015. She was born in Dorchester, New Brunswick on January 3, 1926 to Fredrick Miller and Annie (Shannon) Miller. Frances was educated and graduated from Dorchester High School. After graduation she joined the Canadian Women's Army Corp. during WWII. She served in Vancouver as a...

Marjorie M. Peling Donahue

Marjorie M. Peling Donahue

Mar 1, 2015

Marjorie passed away peacefully on March 1st at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Maureen and Daniel O'Brien in Sandston, VA. She was born on October 2, 1933 to Marjorie and Ralph Peling in Lyons Falls, NY. She attended Lyons Falls School and was known for her athletic and artistic abilities, as well as being a prankster. She...

Stacy Lynn Moran

Stacy Lynn Moran

Feb 19, 2015

Port Leyden- Stacy Lynn (Hutchins) Moran, 39, of Moose River Road, wife of Jason, passed away while surrounded by the loving care of her husband and family on Thursday, February 19, 2015, at St. Luke's Memorial Hospital, New Hartford, after an illness of two years. She was born in Lowville, on May 19, 1975, a daughter of Katrina Hutchins....

Paula B. Boor Lynch

Paula B. Boor Lynch

Feb 16, 2015

White Lake - Paula B. Boor Lynch, 74, passed away on February 16, 2015, after residing at Sunset Nursing Home since August 2013 in a long and courageous battle against the neurological disorder known as progressive supranuclear palsy, or PSP. She was surrounded by her two loving daughters. Paula was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey on November 17, 1940...

Francis James 'Jim' Dolan

Francis James 'Jim' Dolan

Feb 14, 2015

Boonville- Francis James Dolan, 83, affectionately known as Jim, husband of Rosemary, passed away on Saturday, February 14, 2015, at his residence while under the loving care of his wife, family and hospice. He was born in New Bremen, on September 30, 1931. Jim grew up in Boonville, where he received his education. At age 16 he began employment...

Gordon K. Shaver

Gordon K. Shaver

Feb 9, 2015

Port Leyden- Gordon K. Shaver, 72, of Rt. 12, passed away on Monday, February 9, 2015, at Rome Memorial Hospital, after a brief illness. He was born in Constableville, on June 20, 1942, a son of Kenneth and Dorothy V. Lallier Shaver. Gordon grew up in Port Leyden, where he received his education, graduating from Port Leyden Central School...

Fred W. Blakeslee

Fred W. Blakeslee

Feb 8, 2015

Utica- Fred W. Blakeslee, 88, of Acacia Village, devoted husband of Jane, and former resident of Holland Patent and Pine Bush, NY, passed away on Sunday, February 8, 2015, at the Masonic Care Community, after a short illness. He was born in Hamden, Connecticut on July 23, 1926 to George E. and Susie M. Wheeler Blakeslee and attended school...

Evelyn D. Axtell

Evelyn D. Axtell

Feb 7, 2015

Port Leyden- Mrs. Evelyn D. (Wood) Axtell, 96, a longtime resident of North Pearl St., widow of Harold D., passed away at her residence, while under the loving care of her family and Lewis County Hospice, on Saturday, February 7, 2015. She was born in Mohawk, NY, on October 14, 1918, a daughter of Jay and Bertha Chrisman Wood....

Sophia R. Riegler

Sophia R. Riegler

Feb 7, 2015

West Branch - Sophia R. (Kaido) Riegler, 92, of State Route 26, West Branch, passed away on February 7, 2015 at Bethany Gardens, Rome, where she had been a resident since August 6, 2012. She was born in West Leyden, on November 20, 1922, the daughter of the late Thomas and Pauline Melifski Kaido and was raised in West...

Rita S. Markham

Rita S. Markham

Jan 25, 2015

Port Leyden- Rita Schoff Markham, 90, a longtime resident of West Road, Constableville, and later West Road, Turin, and more recently a resident of Whitton Place Apartments, Port Leyden, widow of Robert, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 25, 2015, at St. Joseph's Hospital, Syracuse, after a short illness, surrounded by family. She was born in West Leyden on...

Gordon Traxel

Gordon Traxel

Jan 19, 2015

Ava- Gordon Traxel, 96, of Traxel Road, a native and life resident of the Town of Ava, passed away on Sunday, January 18, 2015, at Sunset Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Boonville. He was born on December 18, 1918, on the Traxel Farm, a son of Daniel and Lucy Wood Traxel. He graduated from West Leyden High School with the...

Dorothy Beatrice Lee

Dorothy Beatrice Lee

Jan 16, 2015

Port Leyden- Dorothy Beatrice Lee, 79, formerly of Thomas Road, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, January 16, 2015, at Lewis Country Residential Health Care Facility, Lowville, after a long illness. Dorothy was born at home on the Norton Road, Town of Leyden, on March 8, 1935, a daughter of Alfred G. and Isabel L. (Olney)...

Doreen M. Carpenter

Doreen M. Carpenter

Jan 14, 2015

Boonville - Doreen M. Carpenter, 93, formerly of James Street, Boonville, passed away on Wednesday, January 14, 2015, at Sunset Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Boonville where she had resided since October 7, 2010. Born on July 20, 1921 in Ft. William, Ontario, Canada to William C. and Mabel M. (Salmon) Jackson, her family relocated in 1926 to Cherry...

Hazel L. Thayer

Hazel L. Thayer

Jan 11, 2015

Boonville- Hazel (Lamb) Thayer, 101, widow of Ivan "Pat" Thayer, a former resident of West Main St. Turin, passed away on Sunday, January 11, 2015, at Sunset Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Boonville, where she had resided since 2006. She was born in Bradford, Pennsylvania, on April 19, 1913, a daughter of Archie and Grace Chase Lamb, Sr. She grew...

Aase R. Eikevik

Aase R. Eikevik

Jan 8, 2015

Aase Eikevik, 85, a former resident of 119 Sunrise Blvd. N, of Rome, NY past away from natural causes at Sunset Nursing Home, Friday evening, January 9, 2015 with her family at her side. Aase had resided at Sunset Nursing Home for the past two years. Native to the capital city of Oslo, Norway, she was born March 20,...

Jon A. Gerstner

Jon A. Gerstner

Jan 6, 2015

Boonville- Jon A. Gerstner, 74, of Ann St. a native and former resident of Utica, passed away on Tuesday, January 6, 2015, at St. Luke's Memorial Hospital, New Hartford, after a brief illness. He was born on February 20, 1940, a son of William and Sandra Zelnio Gerstner. Jon was educated in Utica, where he graduated from St. Francis...

Malcolm V. Murphy

Malcolm V. Murphy

Jan 2, 2015

Oriskany - Malcolm V. Murphy, 89, of Cider St. affectionately known as "Mac", passed away after a battle with cancer on Friday, January 2, 2015. He was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia on October 5, 1925 to Herbert and Emma (Clarke) Murphy. During WWII "Mac" joined the Canadian Army where he was a scout and radio operator for a...

Mary Lenart

Mary Lenart

Dec 31, 2014

West Carthage- Mary (Coscomb) Lenart, 86, widow of Tadeusz, and former resident of West Side Terrace Adult Home, Madison St., West Carthage, passed away on Wednesday, December 31, 2014, at Lewis Co. Extended Care Facility, Lowville, where she had resided since April 2010. She was born in Forestport, on June 22, 1928, a daughter of Perley and Anna Becker...

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