Obituaries on this page are listed by issue date.
DECEMBER 21, 2011
Wesley M. Sawyer, 68, of Bouckville, died Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, at home.
Charles R. Slocum, 85, of Oriskany Falls, died Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011.
Grace L. Sterling, 86, of Hamilton, died Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011 at Community Memorial Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility in Hamilton.
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DECEMBER 14, 2011
Hedwig Eisenhut, 96, of Waterville, died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011 at Harding Nursing Home.
Dennis William Fox, 75, of Lake Worth, FL, died at home Dec. 8, 2011.
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DECEMBER 7, 2011
Carol Tryon, 82, a former resident of Deansboro, died Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011 in Norwood, Mass.
Thomas E. Wilson, 83, of Waterville, died Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Utica.
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NOVEMBER 30, 2011
Charlotte L. Kupris, 73, of West Edmeston, died Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011 at Harding Nursing home.
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NOVEMBER 23, 2011
Ruth Johnson, 84, of Brookfield, died at her home Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011.
Genevieve B. Morton, 89, a former Eaton resident, died at Crouse Community Center, Morrisville, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011.
Francis G. Stedman, 78, of New Hartford, died Nov. 1, 2011 at his home.
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NOVEMBER 16, 2011
Bonnie Brewer, 56, formerly of Waterville, died Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, at Chenango Memorial Hospital.
Lester Bretch, 88, a resident of Harding Nursing Home, formerly of Turin and Waterville, died Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011.
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NOVEMBER 9, 2011
Leon Cary, died Oct. 8, 2011 in Belmont, Mich.
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NOVEMBER 2, 2011
Leon Cary, died Oct. 8, 2011 in Belmont, Mich.
John E. Ellsworth Sr., of West Edmeston, 86, died at his home Tuesday Oct. 25
Timothy P. Fitzgerald, 62, of Waterville, died Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011 at Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare.
Ernest N. June III, 53, of Fabius, died Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011 at University Hospital, Syracuse.
K. June Richmond, of Waterville and New Hartford died Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 at Community Memorial Hospital.
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OCTOBER 26, 2011
Eugene P. Excell, 65, of Hubbardsville, died Monday, Oct. 17, 2011 at his home.
Ardiss Q. Shumway, of Hamilton, died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011 at Community Memorial Hospital, Hamilton.
Marvin F. Smith, 68, of Waterville, died Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare, New Hartford.
Charles R. Williams, 57, a lifelong resident of Deansboro, died Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center.
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OCTOBER 19, 2011
Winifred Ames, 81, of Ilion died Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2011.
Samuel L. Kitchen, 79, a longtime resident of Clinton and Vernon, died Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center.
Virginia Lowery, 91, of New Hartford, died at home Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011.
OCTOBER 12, 2011
Arnold T. Kelley, 72, of Florida, died Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, at his residence.
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OCTOBER 5, 2011
Michael Roger Brennan, 42, of Sauquoit, died Friday, Sept. 30, 2011 at Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare, New Hartford.
Steven M. Cook, 52, of New Smyrna Beach, Fla. died Sept. 20, 2011.
James E. Jordan, 68, of Madison, died Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011 at St. Luke’s Home, New Hartford.
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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
Violet Dobb Bonafield, 89, of Florida died Sept 15, 2011, at Still Water W in Lake City, Fla.
Lynn D. Browne, 71, of Waterville, died Thursday Sept. 15, 2011 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center.
Betty P. Kniffin, of Brookfield died Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011 at home, at the age of 83.
Katherine M. Paino, 71, of Waterville, died Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011, at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center.
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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
Dorothy C. Frost, 85, of Jordanville, died Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011 at home.
Fred J. Moon, 85, of Waterville, died Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011, at his home.
Grant W. Noller, 65, died Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011, at his home.
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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
Jacquelyn M. Darrow, 50, died Sunday, Sept. 4, 2001 at Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester.
Arthur F. Eastman, of Oriskany Falls, died at home Sunday Sept. 4, 2011.
James E. Jones, 84, of Hamilton, died Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011 at Harding Nursing Home.
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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
David G. Emerson, 70, of Waterville, formerly of Auburn, died Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare, New Hartford.
Kay M. Knutti, 76, a longtime resident of Deansboro, died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011 at Harding Nursing Home.
AUGUST 31, 2011
Stephen C. Burke, 52, of Utica, died Friday, Aug. 19, 2011, at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center.
Clayton I. Crandall, 89, of Brookfield, died Aug. 23, 2011 at his home in Brookfield.
Melody M. Gates, 61, of Waterville, died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011 at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare, New Hartford.
James A. Stiles, 43, of Sangerfield, died Friday, Aug. 19, 2011 at Community Memorial Hospital, Hamilton.
AUGUST 24, 2011
~No obituaries printed this week~
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AUGUST 17, 2011
Clifford F. Athorn, 86, of Waterville, died Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011 at Harding Nursing Home.
Carol E. Bugbee, daughter of Henry and Cora Chapman, died Aug. 7, 2011 at age 92.
Stuart V. Lewis, 89, of Saratoga Springs, died Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011.
Edward M. Loftus, 83, of Wayland, died Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011 at Park Ridge Healthcare Facility in Rochester.
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AUGUST 10, 2011
George C. Johnson, 70, of Waterville, died Saturday, July 30, 2011, at home.
Thomas K. Snyder, 84, formerly of Waterville, died Saturday, July 30, 2011 at the Katherine Luther Residential Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Clinton.
Marilyn P. Seeber, 75, of Virginia Beach, Va. died Aug. 2, 2011.
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AUGUST 3, 2011
Catherine M. Furner, 77, of Bacon St., Waterville, died Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Utica.
Linda J. Green, 57, of Brothertown Rd., Waterville, died Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Utica.
Robert J. Ford, Sr., 90, of Clinton, died Thursday, July 28, 2011 at the Harding Nursing Home in Waterville.
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JULY 27, 2011
Daniel T. “Dutch” Rockwell, 54, of Utica Road, Clinton, died Saturday, July 16, 2011 at the HPCI Siegenthaler Center following a long illness.
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JULY 20, 2011
Joan A. Clair, 70, of Oriskany Falls, died Monday, July 11, 2011 at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare, New Hartford.
Gerald J. Cutway, 56, of Hubbardsville, died Saturday, July 9, 2011 at Upstate University Hospital, Syracuse.
James E. Phister, 78, of Loretto, Pa., died June 25, 2011, at home.
Luellyn Pierson, died July 13, 2011.
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JULY 13, 2011
Patricia M. Haight, 76, of Clinton, died Sunday, July 3, 2011 at Rome Hospital.
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JULY 5, 2011
Allan E. Denny, of Nelson, Va., died June 26, 2011.
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JUNE 29, 2011
Clara Wyzina, 91, of Rome and recently a resident of the Eastern Star Home in Oriskany, died June 21, 2011.
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JUNE 22, 2011
Richard S. Woodman, 97, of Waterville, died Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at Harding Nursing Home.
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JUNE 15, 2011
Donald W. Livermore, 76, a life resident of Madison, died Monday, June 06, 2011, at his home.
Frederick Stetson, 82, of Lake Wales, FL, died June 4, 2011.
Michael R. White, 64, of Oriskany Falls, died Sunday, June 5, 2011 at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Utica.
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JUNE 8, 2011
~No obituaries printed this week~
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JUNE 1, 2011
Earle R. Ford, 69, of Waterville, died Thursday, May 26, 2011 at University Hospital in Syracuse.
Joan Towns Kelley, 82 of Waterville, died Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at the Masonic Care Community, Utica.
J. Robert Morris, of Vernon, died May 1, 2011 at the age of 103.
Ruth C. Palmer, 92, formerly of Brookfield and Sherburne, died Monday, May 23, 2011 at the Community Memorial Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility in Hamilton.
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MAY 25, 2011
~No obituaries printed this week~
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MAY 18, 2011
Jose (Joe) Bekerman, 74, of Brookfield, died in his home Sunday, May 8, 2011.
Alma Ames Clark, 87, of Madison, died at home May 9, 2011.
Bernard B. Drake, Jr., 70, of Brookfield, died at his home on Thursday, May 5, 2011.
Melvin C. Johnson, 71, of Columbus, died at his home May 11, 2011.
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MAY 11, 2011
James E. Dwyer, Jr., 66, of Deansboro, died Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare, New Hartford.
Catherine J. Harding, 98, of Waterville, died Monday May 2, 2011 at Harding Nursing Home.
Eloise M. Nourse, 85, of Waterville, died Monday, May 2, 2011 at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Utica.
Ralph I. Trumble, 66, of Bridgewater, died Monday, May 2, 2011 at Albany Medical Center.
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MAY 4, 2011
Mark G. Caraher, 57, of Marshall, died Thursday, April 28, 2011 at his residence.
William F. DeWitt, 81, of Utica, died Easter Sunday, April 24, 2011 at Sitrin Health Care Center.
Marileen L. Dornburgh, 77, of Waterville, died Monday, April 25, 2011 at Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare, New Hartford.
Donald D. Jackson, died April 16, 2011 with his family at his side.
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APRIL 27, 2011
Joan M. McLaughlin, 78, of Waterville, died Friday April 15, 2011 at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Utica.
Lawrence G. Pare, 87, formerly of Springfield, PA. and of Clinton, died Sunday, April 17, 2011 at Faxton-St. Luke's Medical Center, New Hartford.
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APRIL 20, 2011
Donald J. Cossette, Hon. Donald J. Cossette, 78, former mayor and trustee for the Village of Oriskany Falls, died Monday, April 11, 2011 at Community Memorial Hospital in Hamilton.
Raymond W. Morgan, 86, of Brookfield, died Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at his home.
Hazel N. Nodecker, 89, of Vernon Center, Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at Rome Memorial Hospital.
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APRIL 13, 2011
Rodney F. Jones, 55, of Otego, died Thursday, April 7, 2010 at home.
Azor E. Owens, 95, of Brookfield, died Saturday, April 2, 2011 at his home.
Grant Rauscher, 89, of Manlius, died March 25, 2011 at the Tidewell Hospice facility in Sarasota, Fla.
Dorothy Wolfanger, 85, of Wayland, died Monday, April 4, 2011 at Noyes Memorial Hospital in Dansville.
APRIL 6, 2011
William C. Beach Sr., 82, of Brookfield, died Sunday, March 27, 2011 at Community Memorial Hospital, Hamilton.
Nancy M. Frair, 72, of Waterville, formerly of Vernon and Sauquoit, died Thursday, March 24, 2011, at Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare in New Hartford.
Mary K. Klisicwecz, 100, formerly of Hubbardsville and Montville, NJ, died Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at Harding Nursing Home.
William Alex Young, 26, of Maryland, died Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD.
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MARCH 30, 2011
Wilma M. Bean, 81, of Knoxboro, died Saturday, March 26, 2011.
MARCH 23, 2011
Joseph R. Beha, 88, of Waterville, died March 19, 2011.
Margaret Hodges, 87, of Brookfield, died Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at her home.
MARCH 16, 2011
George D. Bracket III, 61, of Old Orchard Beach, ME, formerly of Waterville, died March 8, 2011 at the Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME.
Bernice Griffin, 86, of California, died Feb. 27, 2011.
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MARCH 9, 2011
Clint W. McNicholl, 92, of Hamilton, died Wednesday, March 2, 2011.
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MARCH 2, 2011
Norah M. Costello, 90, formerly of Madison and Waterville, died Friday, Feb. 25, 2011 at Community Memorial Hospital Extended Care Facility in Hamilton.
Elizabeth Kress, 80, of Sauquoit, died Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare.
Janice M. Lamb, 76, of Hubbardsville, died Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011 at her home.
Aversa Clark Mason, 88, died Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011 at the Harding Nursing Home.
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FEBRUARY 23, 2011
~No obituaries printed this week~
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FEBRUARY 16, 2011
Alma M. Buell, 95, of Oriskany Falls, died Friday, Feb. 4, 2011 at Harding Nursing Home.
Charlotte J. Rhoades, 84, of Hubbardsville and formerly of Syracuse, died Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011 at the Harding Nursing Home.
John Wheaton, 85, of Hubbardsville, formerly of Randallsville, died Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011 at Hamilton Manor Adult Home where he had been a resident since 2007.
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FEBRUARY 9, 2011
Donald E. Bensley, 86, of Sherburne, died Monday, Jan. 31, 2011 at the NYS Veterans’ Home, Oxford.
Debra Lee Dickson, 58, of Oriskany Falls, died at home Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011.
Wesley A. Lucas, 67, of Waterville, died in his home Friday Feb. 4, 2011.
Gordon H. Roberts, 88, of Waterville, died Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011 at The Pines at Utica.
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FEBRUARY 2, 2011
Richard C. Ford, 71, of Oriskany Falls, died Friday, Jan. 28, 2011.
Robert Lundt, 86, died Dec. 22, 2010 in Punta Gorda, Fla.
Frank A. Roberts, 56, of Hubbardsville, died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011 at Bassett Healthcare, Cooperstown.
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JANUARY 26, 2011
Agnes Alderman, 101, a longtime resident of Brookfield, died Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011 at Harding's Nursing Home.
Keith Francis Donovan, 74, of Hamilton, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011 at his Florida home.
Theresa M. Nelson, of West Winfield died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011.
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JANUARY 19, 2011
~No obituaries printed this week~
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JANUARY 12, 2011
Catherine J. Budlong, 89, a lifelong resident of Waterville, died Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011 at the Pines at Utica.
Pauline K. Camelo, 80, a resident of Oriskany Falls for over 50 years, died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011.
Emilie Davenport, 69, of Waterville, died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011 at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Hartford.
Helen Kennedy, died at Cayuga Medical Center, Ithaca, Nov. 24, 2010.
Maude D. Martin, 88, of Sangerfield, died Jan. 7, 2011 at Harding Nursing Home.
Donald F. Tice, 74, of Gulfport, Miss., died Dec. 19, 2010.
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JANUARY 5, 2011
Gloria (Flo) Buschor, 72, of Waterville, died Friday, Dec. 24, 2010 at Bassett Healthcare Center in Cooperstown.
Patricia Landy, of Montclair, NJ, died Dec. 20, 2010 after a long illness.
Rosemary Lewis, 82, of Oriskany Falls, died Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010 at Community Memorial Hospital in Hamilton.
Jane Martin, died at her home in Tucson, Ariz. Dec. 3, 2010.
Sedora E. Raub , 91, of Allentown, Pa., died Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010 in her home.
Lawrence Staelens, Jr., 79, of Madison, died Dec. 25, 2010 at Hamilton's Community Memorial Hospital.
Gilbert O. Welch, Jr., 61, of Waterville, died Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010.
Joan E. Wilson, 77, formerly of Madison Lake Estates, died at Hamilton's Community Memorial Hospital Dec. 21, 2010.
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