Obituaries
Stanley Z. 'Stan' Pruckno
Jan 13, 2008
Stanley Z. Pruckno, 82, a long time resident of Belle Isle Place, and more recently of Kortenaer Village, South St., passed away on Sunday, January 13, 2008, at Sunset Nursing & Rehabilitation Center of Boonville, after a brief illness. Stanley was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on January 19, 1925, a son of Joseph and Katherine Yajecznik Pruckno. He moved...
Charles A. Lewis
Jan 11, 2008
Charles A. Lewis, 94, a former resident of North George St. Rome, and East Main St. Port Leyden, passed away on Friday, January 11, 2008, at Rome Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility, where he had resided since 2006. Mr. Lewis was born in Burlington, N.J. on July 13, 1913, a son of George and Mary Shinn Lewis. He graduated from...
Leonard F. '"Len"' Dillenbeck
Jan 10, 2008
Leonard F. "Len" Dillenbeck, 59, of Whittaker Road, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, January 10, 2008, at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Utica. Len was born February 19, 1949 in Utica. A son of Roy H. and Bertha M. Dillenbeck Kohler, he graduated from Holland Patent High School with the Class of 1966. During the Viet Nam War Len served in...
Douglas L. Charbonneau
Jan 9, 2008
Douglas Charbonneau, 86, a resident of Charles St. since 1946, the widower of Norma (Sattler) Charbonneau, passed away on Wednesday, January 9, 2008, at Sunset Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Boonville, where he had resided since March, 2005. Douglas was born in Boonville on June 26, 1921, a son of Louis and Vera Jenks Charbonneau. He grew up on his...
Ruth E. Campany
Jan 6, 2008
Ruth E. Campany, 79, of East Main Street, widow of Harold N. Campany, passed away Sunday, January 6, 2008, at Lewis County Extended Care Facility, Lowville, after a long illness. She was born May 18, 1928, a daughter of Asa and Jasmine Simser Egelston, in the Town of Lyonsdale, where she grew up and attended school. On May 17,...
Elizabeth '"Bette"' Baggeson
Jan 5, 2008
Elizabeth "Bette" Zimmer Murphy Baggeson, 80, wife of Russell, a former resident of Constableville, passed away on Saturday, January 5, 2008, at Baylor Medical Center, in Irving, Texas. Her death was attributed to a heart attack. Bette was born in the Town of Marcy, on December 22, 1927, a daughter of Sanford S. and Mary M. Croniser Zimmer. She...
Beatrice M. Kent
Jan 4, 2008
Beatrice "Bea" Millard Kent, 89, of Holmes Road, widow of Allison F. Kent, passed away Friday, January 4, 2008, at St. Elizabethï¿(TM)s Medical Center, Utica, after a short illness. She was born October 17, 1918 in Martinsburg, a daughter of Rutson J. and Emogene H. Petrie Millard. Bea grew up in northern New York, and on October 24, 1938...
Raymond D. Vollmar
Dec 21, 2007
Raymond D. Vollmar, 67, of Long Falls Towers, State St., a native and former resident of Port Leyden, passed away on Friday, December 21, 2007, at Samaritan Medical Center, Watertown, after a long illness. He was born on February 28, 1940, a son of Albert J. and Martha O'Brien Vollmar. He attended Port Leyden School, and during his youth...
Bruce H. Crofoot
Dec 20, 2007
Bruce H. Crofoot, 55, formerly of Constableville, passed away Thursday, December 20, 2007, at Hillcrest Medical Center, Tulsa, OK, from complications of pneumonia. Bruce was born May 19, 1952 in Lowville, a son of Gerald and Mary Baxter Crofoot. He grew up in Constableville and graduated from South Lewis High School with the Class of 1971. Bruce was employed...
Renee M. Croniser
Dec 18, 2007
Renee M. Croniser, 49, of State Rt. 12D, (Locust Grove,) passed away suddenly at her residence on Tuesday, December 18, 2007. Her death was attributed to a heart attack. Renee was born on April 29, 1958, a daughter of Robert E. and Irene S. "Sally" Kazek Croniser. She grew up on her parents farm in Locust Grove, and graduated...
Marjorie Bernice Swayzee
Dec 10, 2007
Marjorie Bernice (Sloan) Swayzee, age 82, died Dec 10, 2007 in Rome, NY after a lengthy illness. The third child of Clay and Mabel (Kelso) Sloan, Marjorie was born Feb 21, 1925 at the family farm two miles east of Eldon, Iowa. She attended Betterton Country School during her elementary years and then attended Eldon High School, graduating with...
Kip Andrew Brinkerhoff
Dec 5, 2007
Kip Andrew Brinkerhoff, 37, Cottage St a former resident of Boonville, and Remsen, passed away on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, at his residence. He was born in Lowville, on June 26, 1970, a son of the late Eri Wilbert and Luella Mary Weiler Brinkerhoff. He grew up in the Boonville area, and received his education at Adirondack Central School,...
Peter Sandvold
Nov 22, 2007
Peter Sandvold, 53, of Gosling Individual Residential Alternative Facility, North Post St., passed away at his home at the facility, while surrounded with the love of his many friends and caregivers on Thursday, November 22, 2007. He was born in Cooperstown, on September 20, 1954, a son of Halvor and Gertrude Sandvold. Peter greatly enjoyed horseback riding, and traveling...
Joseph Grenicko
Nov 20, 2007
Joseph "Joe" Grenicko, 79, of Crofoot Hill Road, passed away at his residence on Tuesday, November 20, 2007. He was born on February 29, 1928, in Jersey City, New Jersey, a son of John and Emily Strocka Grenicko. Shortly before his birth, his father died in a railroad accident, and as an infant, Joe moved with his mother and...
Daniel J. Williams
Nov 20, 2007
Daniel J. Williams, 65, of Bell Iles Place, husband of Jean, a former owner of Boonville Bowl-O-Rama, Inc., passed away on Wednesday, November 20, 2007 at St. Lukeï¿(TM)s Memorial Hospital, New Hartford, after a brief illness. A native and life long resident of Boonville, he was born on October 11, 1942, a son of George G. and Doris L....
Carlton Gruby
Oct 31, 2007
Carlton Gruby, Jr., 66, of South Street, passed away Wednesday, October 31, 2007, at Rome Memorial Hospital after a very short illness. Carl was born April 30, 1941, a son of Carlton and Catherine Perry Gruby, in Rome where he grew up and attended school. In 1958 he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in Germany until his...
Ruth M. Flint
Oct 22, 2007
Ruth M. Flint, 78, of Schuyler Street, wife of Wallace S. Flint, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, October 22, 2007, at St. Lukeï¿(TM)s Memorial Hospital, New Hartford. Ruth was born March 21, 1929, a daughter of Walter and Elzbeth Wode Hoffman, in Old Tappan, NJ, where she grew up and attended school. On July 20, 1963 she was united...
Irene E. Roberts
Oct 21, 2007
Irene E. Roberts, 63, of Bellingertown Road, a former resident of Welsh Bush Rd., Frankfort, wife of David R., passed away on Sunday, October 21, 2007, at St. Lukeï¿(TM)s Memorial Hospital, New Hartford, after a long illness. Irene was born in Utica, on January 23, 1944, a daughter of Jessie P. Haley. She grew up in Utica, where she...
Emerson J. Searl
Oct 11, 2007
Emerson J. Searl, 81, a resident of Thornton Ave. a former resident of Millers Woods Road, husband of Beatrice, passed away on Thursday, October 11, 2007, after a short illness. Emerson was born in Naumberg, on July 26, 1926, a son of Oral and Louise Belknap Searl. He grew up in Deer River where he attended school. Later his...
Mae Damuth King
Oct 9, 2007
Sharon Springs ï¿" Mae E. Damuth King, 70, of Staleyville Road, wife of George King, passed away on Tuesday, October 9, 2007, at her home. Mae was a proud twenty year survivor of cancer. She was born on September 14, 1937 in Turin, a daughter of Madge Jackson Damuth and the late Ralph H. Damuth of Boonville. Mae graduated...