2025 Death Notices
Obituaries on this page are listed by issue date and are updated weekly.
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March 19, 2025
Garth Diehl died Feb. 28, 2025 at the age of 97.
Clara B. Gleason, 95, died Feb. 28, 2025.
Ann Nowakowski, 88, of Clinton, died Monday, Feb. 17, 2025.
April M. Reilly, 78, of Whitesboro, died Feb. 17, 2025 after tirelessly battling diabetes through her adult life.
Janet (Karas) Snizek, 88, died recently.
Mary Jean (Penner) York, 92, died March 6, 2025 at The Masonic Care Community where she had resided for the last two years.​
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March 12, 2025
Ronna Lou Paradis Browning, 61, of Hubbardsville, died Feb. 28, 2025 from respiratory failure due to the flu.
Marilyn Joan Crandall, 70, of Hamilton, died Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, at Oneida Health Hospital after a brief illness.
Dyann Lynn Curtis of Morrisville died Saturday, March1attheageof68aftera courageous battle with T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia a rare and aggressive form of leukemia.
On Monday, March 3, 2025, our beloved mother, Rita L. DeWitt of New Hartford, died at the age of 88.
James Burton Friers, 96, of Madison, died March 4, 2025 at his home.
Kristyne L. Marks, 62, of New Hartford, died Saturday, March 2, 2025, at the Wynn Hospital, Utica.
Valorie Evans Rathbone, beloved wife, cousin, mother, grandmother, great- grandmother, and cherished member of the Hamilton community, died March 2, 2025 at the age of 88.
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March 5, 2025
Robert R. Friers, 86, of Oriskany Falls, died Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025.
Cindy Lou Jones, 67, of Hamilton, died Feb. 25, 2025 at Crouse Community Center from complications of MRSA.
Barbara A. Schuck died Feb. 26, 2025 in Utica at 94 years old.
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February 26, 2025
Phillip Andrew ‘Phil’ Clark, 78, of Deerfield, died Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025 in his home.
Leah Ruth Smith Gaskins of Munnsville, 86, died peacefully at her home Friday, Feb. 14, 2025.
Robert B. King, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend, died at his home in Oriskany Falls Feb. 18, 2025, at the age of 85.
Douglas John Mariano born in Rome July 16, 1947 died peacefully Feb. 3, 2025 at Community Memorial Hospital in Hamilton.
Dennis H. Owens, 81, of Brookfield, died Feb. 17, 2025 at Waterville Residential Center following a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Raymond S. Savicki, 87, of Clinton, died Feb. 12, 2025 at the Masonic Care Community.
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February 19, 2025
John F. Carey, a dedicated and loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend who lived a fulfilling and rich life filled with love and laughter, died after a brief illness Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025.
Dr. Roger Moore, family physician, award-winning artist, humanitarian, musician, supporter of the arts, teacher, administrator, author, poet and activist, died at his home in the village of Clinton Feb. 11, 2025.
Judson L. Pendorf, 86, of Waterville, died Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025 at his home.
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February 12, 2025
Thomas W. Boone, 53, of Waterville, died Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, at Wynn Hospital.
Dorothy F. Huntley, 85, of Oneida, died Wednesday morning, Jan. 29, 2025, at the Wynn Hospital in Utica.
Norma Jane MacBain St. Clair died Feb. 1, 2025 at her home in Madison.
Lucinda L. ‘Cindy’ Savage, 87, of Waterville, died Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025 at her home.
May Washburn Schwartz died Jan. 31, 2025 at her home in Homosassa, Fla.
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February 5, 2025
Rosemary Hart Benson, 104, died Jan. 26, 2025 at her home on Cleveland Place, her residence since 1950.
Genevieve W. Cornelius died Jan. 26, 2025.
James A. Hughes, Esq. of Stuart, Florida, formerly of Clinton, died Jan. 21, 2025, at the age of 92.
Donald R. Kimball, 76, of Waterville, died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025 at Community Memorial Hospital, Hamilton.
Kaspar Von Matt, a cherished father, grandfather, and friend, died at his home Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025, at the age of 93.
Walter A. Zainchowski, 85, of Clinton, died Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025 at Wynn Hospital.
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January 29, 2025
Hugh T. Roberts, 47, of Bridgewater, died Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, at Albany Medical Center.
Eissa (D'Amico) Santalucia, 80, of Utica, died Jan. 9, 2025 at Albany Medical Center, where she was a patient, after a recent illness.
Tom Williams of Deansboro, a devoted husband, father, entrepreneur, and racing enthusiast, died Jan. 20, 2025 at the age of 84.
January 15, 2025
Samuel Frank Constantino, 53, of Clinton, finished his two-year journey with pancreatic cancer with grace, dignity, and awed anticipation for his reunion with God.
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January 8, 2025
Gilbert P. Condon, 87, of Audubon, PA., died Dec. 14, 2024.
Mary Carol (Mimi) Boden Fehlner, 78, of Clinton, died at home Dec. 23, surrounded by her family.
Dennis W. Ford, Fordy, 66, of Deansboro, died Dec. 30, 2024, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Syracuse, following a long illness.​​
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