2024 Death Notices
Obituaries on this page are listed by issue date and are updated weekly.
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November 13, 2024
Wesley James Blakely, 85, died Nov. 1, 2024 while visiting his family in New York.
Steven Gronlund, 58, of Hubbardsville, died Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, at Wynn Hospital, Utica.
Jackson Tuff Hodge Jones, infant son of Elizabeth M. Hodge and Brandon R. Jones, became one of Heaven's little angels Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, and is now resting peacefully in the arms of God.
Charron F. Mosher, 79, of Waterville, died Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, at Crouse Hospital, Syracuse.
Lorene Rae Unger, 78, of Bouckville, formerly of Earlville, died Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 at her home.
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November 6, 2024
Pamela Jeanine Martin, 67, of Front Royal, VA, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital Friday, Oct. 4, 2024.
Valenta (Val) A. Misch died Oct. 28, 2024.
Gail C. Prentice, 77, of Waterville, died Friday, Oct. 25, 2024.
Robert C. Wright, 65, of Clark Mills, died Oct. 21, 2024.
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October 30, 2024
AnnaMarie DeStefano Gentile, 76, of New Hartford, died Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024.
Robert Hugh Graham, 72, of Gorton Lake Road, died Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024.
Eugene Hull, 69, died at his home in Bridgewater Thursday Oct 24, 2024.
Louise Kosmoski, 95, of West Winfield, died Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024 at the Waterville Residential Care Center.
Anna Neel, 88, of Waterville, formerly of Sherburne, died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024 at Waterville Residential & Care Center.
Philip J. Talento, 87, of Chadwicks, died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, at the Katherine Luther Residential Health Care and Rehab Center.
Amelia A. Wolicki, 80, of Eaton, died Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024.
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October 23, 2024
Leona (Ma) Burdick, 78, of Brookfield died Wednesday, Oct. 9 , 2024, at Wynn Hospital in Utica.
Bonnie Ames Buschmann died Oct. 12, 2024.
Robert E. Donahue, 78, of Sauquoit, died Monday, Oct. 14, 2024 at Wynn Hospital, Utica.
James A. Kellogg, 76, of North Brookfield, died at home Oct. 11, 2024.
Frederick Mosher, 78, of Clinton, died Oct. 16, 2024.
Keith Austin White of Brookfield died Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, in Community Memorial Hospital in Hamilton.
Steven M. ‘Woody’ Woodward, 59, of Deansboro, died Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at Wynn Hospital.
Gary E. Zalewski, Sr., 73, of Clinton and formerly of Clark Mills, died at home Oct. 14, 2024.
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October 16, 2024
Jean M. Buschor, 91, of Waterville, died Monday, Oct. 7, 2024 at her home.
In the early morning hours of September 27, 2024, Robert (Bob) Foote Lewis died in the home of his dear friends, under Hospice care.
Rachel Paddock, 72, died Sept. 18, 2024 in Cooperstown.
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October 9, 2024
Andrew J. Anguish, 87, of Utica, died Wednesday, Oct 2, 2024 at MVHS Rehab and Nursing Center.
Gertrude ‘Trudy’ Christeler of Clinton died Sept. 20, 2024 shortly after her 100th birthday.
Sherwood ‘Skip’ Enck, most recently of Clinton, died in Fredericksburg, VA Sept. 28, 2024.
Wallace A. Farrell, 87, of Brookfield, died Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024 at Wynn Hospital, Utica.
Christine N. Simmons, 75, of West Edmeston, died at Wynn Hospital Monday, Sept. 30, 2024.
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October 3, 2024
Mabel M. Bushee, 81, of Waterville, died Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024 at her home.
Brice Blake Eaton, 28, died at Oneida City Hospital Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024.
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William R. ‘Bill’ Howlett, 60, of Oriskany Falls died Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024 at his home.
Christopher A. Jones, 55, of Utica, died Sept. 25, 2024 after a short and very courageous battle with cancer.
Linda F. Lollman, 77, of Oriskany Falls, died at her home Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024.
Our little sister Anne Hutchison Johnson died at her home in Texas Sept. 19, 2024 at the age of 61.
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September 25, 2024
Sylvia L. Kabana, 88, of Brookfield, died Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, at Crouse Community Center, where she had been a resident for the past three years.
Henry R. Tepolt, 99, of Madison, died Sunday, September 8, 2024, at Crouse Hospital, Syracuse.
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September 18, 2024
Howard C. Ahders, 91, of New Hartford and formerly of Deansboro and East Islip, died at the Wynn Hosital.
John P. Paino, 89, of Waterville, died at his home Monday, Sept. 9, 2024.
September 11, 2024
Donald Lockwood, 71, of Cassville, died in the comfort of his own home Monday, Sept. 2, 2024.
Sue (Way) Olmstead, 84, of Deansboro, died Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024 at the Waterville Residential Care Center.
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September 4, 2024
Austin Eugene Furner, 26, of Caroline Beach, NC, died Aug. 19, 2024.
Robert S. Winfield, 80, of Waterville, died at home Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024.
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August 28, 2024
Patricia Burnezky, 90, of Hubbardsville, died Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024 at her home.
Patricia A. Oleksik, 71, of Waterville, died Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024 at Waterville Residential Care Center.
Beverly (Colman) Tallman died Friday, Aug. 16, 2024 in the comfort of her own home.
Richard F. Williams, 58, of Clayville, died Wednesday, Aug. 14,2024 at Wynn Hospital Utica after a long illness.
August 21, 2024
Freida L. Curtis, 83, of Brookfield, died in the comfort of her home Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024.
James D. ‘Jim’ Elliott, 80, of Rome, died Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024 at his home.
Sharon M. Genske, 73, of Madison, died Friday, Aug. 9, 2024 at Utica’s Abraham House under hospice care.
Sandra “Sandi” Gentile , 69, of Chadwicks, died Aug. 12, 2024 at the Abraham House Rome.
James P. Mazzatti, Jr, 56, of Utica, died July 12,2024 at home .
Ronnie Joe Wyman, 63, of North Brookfield, died Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024 at Katherine Luther Residential Health Care & Rehabilitation Home in Clinton.
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August 12, 2024
Mary Lou Cotton, 84, of Ballston Spa, died Saturday, July 27, 2024 at her residence.
Norman Edsel Tower, 98, of Waterville, died Friday, Aug. 2, 2024 at his home.
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August 7, 2024
Jason C. Harris, 40, of Oriskany Falls, died Sunday, July 28, 2024 at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester with his wife and his father by his side.
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July 31, 2024
Connie S. Lerch, 78, of Munnsville, died Sunday, July 21, 2024, in Albany Medical Center, where she had been a patient for the past three weeks, following a brief illness.
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July 24, 2024
Eric Bloomfield was born Jan. 2, 1946, in Germany. He died July 6, 2024 at Crouse Hospital in Syracuse.
Maryonna S. Carroccio, 70, of Morrisville, died at her home July 17, 2024.
Peter P. Doroshenko, 78, of Morrisville, died at his home Sunday, July 14, 2024.
Douglas W. Jones, 69, of Bouckville, died at Oneida Health.
Douglas Rockwell died Wednesday, July 10, 2024 at the Wynn Hospital in Utica.
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July 17, 2024
A Celebration of Life for Owen L. Ellsworth will be Saturday, July 27, 2024 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Beaver Creek Bar and Grill, Sangerfield.
Darrell Legacy, 88, a life area resident of Oriskany Falls, died in the early morning hours of Thursday, June 13, 2024 at the Waterville Residential Care Center.
David Michael Rice, 45, of Waterville, died July 7, 2024.
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July 10, 2024
Helen L. Alberding, 86, of Oriskany Falls, died Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at Wynn Hospital after a brief illness.
Judith E. Bentley died June 29, 2024 at her home at the age of 85.
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July 3, 2024
John M. Bacon, 89, of Whitesboro, died Thursday, June 27, 2024 at The Abraham House in Rome.
Clifford J. Foster, 83, of Mohawk, formerly of Hubbardsville, died Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at his home.
Nancy S. Graziadei, 85, of Clinton, died June 21, 2024 at the Siegenthaler Center.
Harris Lee Griffin Sr., 75, died Friday, June 21, 2024 after a final heroic four-week battle in the MICU at Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse.
Jesse C. Hafelin, 40, of North Brookfield, died due to a motorcycle accident Thursday, June 20, 2024.
Richard J. Mahoney, Sr., 89, died June 22, 2024 at the Presbyterian Home for CNY.
Penny L. O’Brien died June 22, 2024.
Henry G. Uhlig died Sunday, June 16, 2024 at home.
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June 26, 2024
Shirley Beth Day Fuller Bajgerowicz, 88, a former Oriskany Falls resident, and more recently of the Presbyterian Home, died Thursday, June 13, 2024, at Wynn Hospital.
Margaret Dowling died June 9, 2024.
Robert E. ‘Bob’ Evans, 88, of Oriskany Falls, died Sunday, June 16, 2024 at his home.
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June 19, 2024
Joan A. Benedict, 84, died June 11, 2024.
Michael G. Blinebry, 62, of Waterville, died Sunday, June 9 2024 at the Wynn Hospital, Utica.
Walter A. Fuller, 92, of Vernon, formerly of Hamilton, died in the early morning hours of Friday, June 7, 2024, at Crouse Community Center in Morrisville.
Charles Butler Rogers III, 59, affectionately known as ‘CB’, died June 8, 2024, after a brief illness.
Amy K. Smith, 34, of Oriskany Falls, died Saturday, June 8, 2024 at her home.
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June 12, 2024
Louise A. Dewey, 94, Clinton, died May 30, 2024 at Waterville Residential Care.
Alissa Marie Gardner, 36, of Clinton, died Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at Wynn Hospital.
Martha E. Gebo, 96, of Deansboro, died in her own home Thursday, May 30, 2024.
Joseph ‘Junior’ Kidd, 93, of Bouckville, died Thursday, May 30, 2024 at Community Memorial Hospital in Hamilton.
Carol Ann Pasiak Loomis, born March 6, 1952, died June 2, 2024.
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June 5, 2024
Ralph F. Conte, 83, died at home Saturday, May 25, 2024.
Jeremy G. Keith, 39, of Madison, died Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at his home.
John Kowansky of Clinton died on his 96th birthday, May 27, 2024.
The Celebration of Life for John D. Prior will be Saturday, June 8 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Jack’s house, 7388 Madison St., Waterville.
Florence G. Wyman, 101 of Clinton, formerly of North Brookfield and Rome, died Monday, May 27, 2024, at her home.
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May 29, 2024
Edward C. Bennett, 85, of Deansboro, died Saturday, May 11, 2024 at the Waterville Residential and Care Center.
Darcey Lynn Cross died in the early morning hours of Friday, May 17, 2024, in the loving care of her parents at their home.
Eugene Stanley Grzella, 76, of Clearwater, Florida, died May 10, 2024 the Bay Pines VA Hospice of St. Petersburg.
Kurt Schachtler, 88, of Waterville, died Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at Wynn Hospital, Utica.
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May 22, 2024
Amelia Sue Brown Baumgartner of Greece died May 16, 2024.
John (Jack) D. Prior, a beloved father and friend, died Sunday, May 12, 2024.
Rita Barbara Scarpa, 98, most recently of 99 Brookside Drive, Clinton, died Tuesday, May 14, in the Siegenthaler Center in New Hartford after a brief illness.
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May 15, 2024
Bruce E. Dapson, 90, died May 7, 2024, in Morristown, TN.
Patricia H. Fleming, 81, of Vernon Center, died Thursday, May 2, 2024, at her home.
Walter F. Jones, 81, of Waterville, died at home following a lengthy illness Friday, May 3, 2024.
David Moulton, born on April 16, 1947 in Sherrill, led a life filled with service, dedication, and kindness.
Mary E. Novak, 97, of New Hartford, formerly of Westmoreland, died Thursday, May 9, 2024.
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May 8, 2024
Ruth Simmerer Chapple, 86, of Clinton, died in her home Tuesday, April 30, 2024.
Betty June (Lewis) Russell died Saturday morning, April 6, 2024, at 98 years young.
Rita Kirley Robinson died April, 27, 2024 at her home in Melrose, Florida after a long battle with cancer.
Mark H. Spaziani, 67, of Clinton, died Monday, April 29, 2024 at his home.
Catharine Westlake died April 26, 2024, at Stamford Hospital in CT, shortly after turning 88.
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May 1, 2024
Jill Sisson, 76, beloved wife, sister, aunt and friend, died in her home April 13, 2024.
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April 24, 2024
Janith S. Burch, 93, of Brookfield, died April 17, 2024.
Mary Moriarity (Mori) Green, beloved wife of Andrew (Andy) Joseph Green, died Feb. 14, 2024 in Fairfax, Virginia.
Dorothy A. Harrington, 73, of New Hartford and formerly of Deansboro, died Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at the Abraham House in Rome.
Kathy A. Webb, 75, of Eaton died Monday, April 8, 2024, at the Abraham House.
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April 17, 2024
Christopher E. Coiro, 43, of Waterville, died Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at Wynn Hospital in Utica.
Helen Blaettler Roberts, 99, of Deansboro, died Aril 9, 2024, at The Eastern Star Home.
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April 10, 2024
Danny M. Jones, 77, of Bouckville, died Sunday, March 31, 2024 at St, Joseph’s Health Hospital, Syracuse.
Barbara J. Zweifel, 65, a lifelong resident of Waterville, died Wednesday, April 3, 2024.
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April 3, 2024
Ernest ‘Ernie’ J. Ward, 78, died March 24, 2024 at Wynn Hospital.
Arletta J. Wright, 98, of Waterville, died Saturday, March 23, 2024 at the Abraham House in Rome.
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March 27, 2024
Roger William Cresswell, Jr., 90, died March 16, 2024, at Wynn Hospital.
Jean M. Frink, 84, of Mohawk, died March 19, 2024.
Walter E. Kogut, 79, died March 20, 2024.
Derek P. Leinbach, 26, of Earlville, died as the result of a motorcycle accident Sunday, March 17, 2024.
Charles J. ‘Chuck’ Martyniuk, 66, of Westmoreland, died Sunday, March 17, 2024 at his home.
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March 20, 2024
Sandra Jean Alexander died March 5, 2024 after a courageous battle with cancer.
Barbara M. Clark, 91, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died Thursday, March 7, 2024 at Midcoast Hospital in Brunswick, Maine.
Vincent B. Colgan, 84, died March 9 in his home in Pittsford.
Karl R. Kress, 88, of Sangerfield, died Friday, March 8, 2024 at Community Memorial Hospital, Hamilton.
Ronald A. Timian, 77, of Waterville, died March 10, 2024 at his home.
Anne Eleanor Tuttle Tanner Guimar, 88, died Feb. 21, 2024 at Maple Lane Nursing Home in Orleans, VT after living for over 60 years in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.
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March 13, 2024
Theresa Rose Scalzo Brush, 78, died at home in Bridgewater (MA) Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024.
Sally Jean Lura, 77, of Hamilton, died March 4, 2024, at the Waterville Residential Center after a long and courageous struggle with Alzheimer’s disease.
Gladys Frances (Webb) Rogers, 95, died Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024.
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March 6, 2024
Wendy L. Burr, 68, of West Winfield, died Feb. 23, 2024.
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February 28, 2024
Dora ‘Joyce’ Brady, 85, of Rome, died Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024 at Rome Health.
Walter Raymond Ditch, of North Brookfield, known lovingly by all as Mike, died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024.
Wayne Robert Pierson, 76, died Feb. 19, 2024, while staying at the home of his brother.
Alton F. Plows Sr., 83, of Brookfield, died Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024 at Crouse Community Center.
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February 21, 2024
Vivienne G. McCoach, 94, of Hubbardsville, died Friday, Feb. 9, 2024 at Community Memorial Hospital, in Hamilton.
Carol T. Rehm, 82, died Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024, at the Presbyterian Home of CNY.
Shirley (Plows) Witchley of Vernon died at home Monday evening, Feb. 5, 2024.
February 14, 2024
Arthur W. Burrows, 89, of Yuba City, Ca. and formerly of Bridgewater and Waterville, died Jan. 7, 2024.
Rosemay Edick, 82, of Deansboro, died Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024 at Wynn Hospital, Utica.
Candace Lee (Davenport) King, 60, of Brookfield, died at her home Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024.
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February 7, 2024
Josephine Mae Ingalls died from natural causes Jan. 30, 2024 in her beloved home in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. She was 91 years old.
Douglas G. Jordan, 58, of Waterville, died Jan. 23, 2024, at the Wynn Hospital.
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January 31, 2024
Carol Ann (Fehrman) Cooper, 75, of Unadilla Forks died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown.
Kent S. Eggleston, 63, of Oriskany Falls, died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024 at his home.
Kenneth Neil Ingersoll, 86, died Jan. 22, 2024 after a brief illness.
Donald Paul Misch, 87, of Hubbardsville, died Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024 at Community Memorial Hospital in Hamilton.
Wendell Paul Wratten, Jr. 63, of Hubbardsville, died Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024 at Wynn Hospital, Utica.
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January 24, 2024
Joan M. Albert, Waterville, died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024.
Clarence H. ‘Peter’ Locke, Jr., 71, of Rome, formerly of Clinton, died Friday, Jan. 12, 2024 at his home.
Paul F. Walter, 82, of New Hartford, died Jan. 6, 2024 at the Waterville Residential Care Center.
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January 17, 2024
Melvin L. Durant of Waterville died Wednesday, January 10, 2024, at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Syracuse.
Owen Ellsworth, 72, of Brookfield, died Jan. 3, 2024 at Wynn Hospital in Utica.
Elizabeth (Betty) Synakowski, 100, of Fayetteville, died at home Dec. 19, 2023.
Margaret C. Walker, 100, of North Brookfield, died at the Charles T. Sitrin Healthcare Center in New Hartford Monday, Jan. 8, 2024.
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January 10, 2024
Janet E. Cackett, 84, of Clinton, died at her home early Saturday morning, Dec. 30, 2023.
Frances E. Maine Kwiatkowski, 88, died Dec. 22, 2023.
Rosemary S. Jones, 90, of Oriskany Falls, died Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023, at home.
Keith J. ‘Kiwi’ Rifenburg, 58, of Earlville, died at his home Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023 following a seven-year courageous battle against cancer.
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​January 3, 2024
Alan J. Daley, 36, of Hamilton, died Monday, Dec. 25, 2023 at Crouse Hospital in Syracuse.
Joyce C. Lloyd, 86, died Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, in the comfort of her own home.
Bobby Simonds, 43, of Waterville, died Dec. 12, 2023.
William J. ‘Bill’ Zieres, 67, of Deansboro, died at his home Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023.​
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