Obituaries
Kenneth B. Van Luven
Sep 4, 2009
Boonville - Kenneth B. Van Luven, 85, of Main Street passed away on September 4, 2009 at the Sunset Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Van Luven was born August 13, 1924, a son of Kenneth and Mary (Peters) Van Luven. He attended Syracuse schools and following graduation from high school joined the U.S. Navy. Kenneth served in the Atlantic...
Donald K. Fleury
Sep 3, 2009
Forestport - Donald K. Fleury, 75, of East River Street, formerly of Utica, and affectionately known as "Freddie", passed away on Wednesday, September 3, 2009, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica. A native of Utica, Donald was born on January 6, 1934, a son of Leo and Emma Horton Fleury. Donald live in Utica until moving with his...
Clara Jean 'Duckey' Buckley
Aug 29, 2009
Palm Harbor, FL and Boonville, NY - Clara Jean Buckley, 74, a summer resident of Main Street, Boonville, and a winter resident of Palm Harbor, FL, passed away on Saturday, August 29, 2009 at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare in New Hartford. Affectionately known as "Ducky" by her relatives and friends, she was born in New Bremen on June 18, 1935...
Morris J. Ingersoll
Aug 24, 2009
Holland Patent - Morris J. Ingersoll, 77, passed away on Monday, August 24, 2009, at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare in New Hartford. For several years he had resided on Camroden Road in the town of Western. Born December 10, 1931 in Rome to Wallace and Mary (Martin) Ingersoll, Morris attended Holland Patent schools. In May of 1952 Morris entered the...
Carol G. Allen
Aug 18, 2009
Rome - Carol G. Allen, 62, of Turin Road passed away on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at Rome Memorial Hospital. For several years she had resided at the Turin Road IRA in Rome. Carol was born in Lowville on May 19, 1947 to Harold C. and Jane B. Gould Allen. She grew up in the town of Turin. Carol...
Francis J. Mokrzycki
Aug 14, 2009
Boonville - Francis J. Mokrzycki, 93, of East Ava Road passed away on August 14, 2009 at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare in New Hartford. Francis was born in Toronto, Canada, on August 14, 1916 to Matthew and Aniela Kniaz Mokrzycki. His family came to the United States in 1917 and settled on a farm on the Gleasman Road in the...
Joyce E. Leaf
Aug 14, 2009
Utica - Joyce Elaine Olin Youngs Leaf, 73, of Catherine Street and formerly of Port Leyden and Deansboro, passed away on Friday, August 14, 2009 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica. Mrs. Leaf was born in the town of Western on September 20, 1935 to Millard and Rose Morrison Olin. She attended school in Waterville, and was employed...
Harold A. Glouse
Aug 14, 2009
Boonville - Harold A. Glouse, Sr., 87, of Woodgate Drive and formerly of West Road, Constableville, passed away on Friday, August 14, 2009 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica. Mr Glouse was born on January 6, 1922 at the Glouse family farm on the Mackey Road to John and Harriett Johnson Glouse. He grew up in the Constableville...
Thelma B. Gleasman
Aug 9, 2009
Las Cruces, NM - Thelma (Barringer) Gleasman, 98, formerly of Clinton and Boonville, passed away on Sunday, August 9, 2009 at Mesilla Valley Hospice in Las Cruces. Mrs. Gleasman was born in Ava on September 24, 1910 to Seymour W. and Etta (Tuttle) Barringer. She spent her youth in the Flint Town area of Ava, attending a one-room school...
Sharon K. Breen
Aug 8, 2009
Boonville - Sharon K. Breen, 68, of Erwin Street passed away on Saturday, August 8, 2009 at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare in New Hartford after a short illness. She was born in Port Leyden on December 14, 1940 to Dennis and Mary Dean Quinn. Sharon grew up in Port Leyden and attended Port Leyden High School. For many years she...
Andrew T. Kraeger
Aug 6, 2009
Constableville - Andrew T. Kraeger, 23, of State Route 26, passed away on Thursday, August 6, 2009. Andrew was born in Rome on October, 3, 1985, to Thomas A. and Rhonda L. Farr Kraeger. He grew up on the Kraeger homestead farm on Route 26, attended Constableville Elementary School and graduated in 2004 from South Lewis Senior High School....
Doris M. Bourgeois
Aug 3, 2009
Boonville - Doris M. Bourgeois, formerly of Lovers Lane, passed away on Monday, August 3, 2009 at the Sunset Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Boonville where she had resided since September of 2007. After her husband passed away she moved from Boonville to the Albany area to live closer to her daughters. Mrs. Bourgeois was born on June 30,...
Virginia E. Morey
Aug 2, 2009
Floyd - Virginia E. Morey, 84, of Camroden Road passed away on Sunday, August 2, 2009, at the Siegenthaler Center in New Hartford after a long illness. Virginia was born in Canastota on April 19, 1925 to Paul and Katherine Popple Uhlig. She grew up in the Oneida area and received her education at Oneida and Holland Patent schools....
Arlene R. Mathis
Jul 31, 2009
Boonville - Arlene R. Mathis, 79, a resident of Summit Street since 1962, passed away on Friday, July 31, 2009, at Lewis County Extended Care Facility in Lowville after a brief illness. She was born in Penacook, NH, on December 3, 1929 to Chester and Dorella Bernier Perkins. Arlene grew up in Penacook and attended local schools. In 1948...
Ward G. Tarasek
Jul 26, 2009
Turin - Ward G. Tarasek, 58, of State Route 26, passed away after a short illness on Sunday, July 26, 2009, at Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse. Mr. Tarasek was born in Lowville on January 3, 1951, to Raymond and Charlotte Loucks Tarasek. He grew up in Glenfield and graduated from South Lewis Senior High School in 1969 and...
Jere E. Casler
Jul 25, 2009
Boonville - Jere E. Casler, 68, of South Street, and formerly of North Lake Road, Forestport, passed away on Saturday, July 25, 2009 at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare in New Hartford. He was born in Little Falls on November 25, 1940 to Silas and Leona Turpin Casler. Jere grew up in Jordanville and graduated from Owen D. Young High School...
Rory Michael Anthony Young
Jul 20, 2009
Boonville - Rory Michael Anthony Young, 16, passed away on Monday, July 20, 2009, in Boonville. He was born in Rome, on October 6, 1992, a son of LeRoy Thompson and Jill Young. Rory was a student at Adirondack Senior High School where he enjoyed playing football. He had attended Boonville Alliance Church. He found much joy in joking...
Carol M. Leffingwell
Jul 19, 2009
Boonville - Mrs. Carol M. (Andrews) Leffingwell, 67, of Fenton Terrace, passed away on Sunday, July 19, 2009 at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, where she had been a patient since July 9, 2009. A native of Boonville, she was born on December 20, 1941 to Frederick and Marion Gantner Andrews. Carol graduated from Boonville Central School with the...
Lester C. Bush
Jul 13, 2009
Lyons Falls - Lester C. Bush, 75, passed away on Monday, July 13, 2009, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica after a brief illness. Prior to retirement, Lester had been employed as a driver at Walsh Trucking Company in Massena, and more recently as a mechanic at Penske Trucking Company in Castorland. In addition to his wife, Shirley...
Ronald D. Nicholson
Jul 13, 2009
Boonville - Ronald Douglas Nicholson, Sr., 61, of Thornton Avenue, affectionately known as Oil Can, passed away suddenly on Monday, July 13, 2009 at Oneida Health Care Center as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Ronnie was born in Canastota on August 7, 1947, to Brady Brooke and Irene Agnes Wakely Nicholson. He attended local schools,...