West Winfield Star 2023 Death Notices
Obituaries on this page are listed by issue date and are updated weekly.
August 30, 2023
August 23, 2023
August 16, 2023
August 9, 2023
August 2, 2023
Patricia M. Barnum, 48, of West Winfield, died Monday, July 24, 2023 at the Siegenthaler Center in New Hartford.
Wendell E. Saunders, 88, died July 23, 2023.
July 26, 2023
Kurt E. ‘Skip’ Hecker, 76, or Oriskany Falls, died Friday, July 14, 2023 in Morrisville.
July 19, 2023
Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Casscells, 80, of West Winfield, died July 6, 2023 after a long illness.
July 12, 2023
Cynthia A. Cramer, also known affectionately as Cindy, died June 10, 2023 at the age of 65 in Cooperstown.
Vivian A. King, 81, of West Winfield, died Friday, June 30, 2023 at her home.
Elizabeth V.A. Ledda, 90, of West Winfield, died Friday, June 30, 2023 at her home.
Theresa S. “Tee” Mariotti of West Winfield died Sunday, July 2, 2023.
Gerald Robert Matteson, formerly of Bridgewater, died at the age of 95 Friday, June 30, 2023, at UNC Hospice in Pittsboro, NC.
July 5, 2023
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June 28, 2023
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June 21, 2023
Daisy Lee Cushman, 76, of Bridgewater, died in Cooperstown Tuesday, June 13, 2023.
David ‘Mike’ Pierce, 72, Richfield Springs, died Sunday June 4, 2023 in Albany Medical Center after a short illness.
June 14, 2023
Robert K. Oliver, 73, of West Winfield, died Thursday, June 1, 2023 at Waterville Residential Care Center.
Martha Vanderwey, 90, of Richfield Springs, died Saturday, June 3, 2023 at Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown.
June 7, 2023
James Samuel Andrecheck of South Columbia died May 24, 2023, at Valley Health Services nursing home in Herkimer at the age of 101.
Friedhelm Duevel, 82, of Richfield, Springs, died May 19, 2023, in Valley Health Services, Herkimer.
May 31, 2023
Joyce Louise (Price) Armstrong, 90, died in the early morning hours of Sunday, May 21, 2023 at the Waterville Residential Center, less than five and one-half hours after her husband, Robert (Bob) Willard Armstrong, 89, died in the evening hours of May 20, 2023 at the Mary Imogene Bassett Healthcare in Cooperstown.
May 24, 2023
Ronald Paul Hess, 82, died Monday May 15, 2023 in University Hospital, Syracuse after a brief illness.
Martha B. Pcola, 79, of New Hartford and formerly of Bridgewater, died Monday, April 24, 2023 at Waterville Residential Community.
Reba Y. Schlaepfer, 76, of Bridgewater, died Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare.
Enos L. Weaver of Jordanville was born Sept. 2, 1988 and died May 17,2023 at the age of 34 years, 8 months and 15 days.
May 17, 2023
Roy E. Fuller, 65, of Frankfort, died May 5, 2023.
Thomas L. Wilson, Sr., 86, of Richfield Springs, died Tuesday May 9, 2023 in his home.
May 10, 2023
Robert W. Dufloe, 95, of Richfield Springs, died at David and Michele Schoellig’s home Monday afternoon, Feb. 6, 2023.
Claude I. Perry, Sr., 76, of New Berlin, died Saturday, April 22, 2023 in his home.
May 3, 2023
Michael F. Higgins, 30, of Jordanville, died Saturday April 22, 2023.
Sherry Ostrander, 76, of Richfield Springs and formerly of West Winfield, died Monday April 24, 2023 at her daughter’s home in Richfield Springs.
April 26, 2023
Cheryl Lynn Hopkinson Lupinski, 61, died at Memorial Health University Medical Center Sunday, April 16, 2023.
April 19, 2023
Mary B. Callahan, 75, of Richfield Springs, died Thursday morning April 6, 2023 in her home.
April 12, 2023
Richard L. Beach, 76, of Leonardsville, died Saturday, April 1, 2023 at Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown.
Glenice Tuller Branigan, 80, of Richfield Springs, died Thursday, April 6, 2023 after a lengthy illness at home.
Joseph P. DiNigro Jr., 62, of West Winfield, died Sunday, April 2, 2023 at Faxton St. Luke’s Health Care in New Hartford.
Genevieve M. Smith ‘Genny’, 93, of Richfield Springs, died Wednesday morning, March 29, 2023 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Utica.
April 5, 2023
Paul A. Kidder of Columbia died the morning of March 24, 2023.
David C. Ostrander, 49, of Richfield Springs, known to every as Ferd, died March 26, 2023 in Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester.
Rita Gigliotti Liadka, 92, of New Hartford and a native of West Winfield, died March 8, 2023 at her home.
March 29, 2023
Georgianna L. Golden, 65, of Brookfield, died Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at the home of her sister, Jenny following a valiant two-year battle against cancer.
Esther M. Larkin died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023 at the Waterville Residential Care Center. She was 97 years old.
Jerry C. Tanney, 71, of Brookfield, died Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Syracuse, shortly after admission due to cardiac issues.
March 22, 2023
Dorothy Ann Ames, 88, of the Schuyler Lake, died Sunday, March 12, 2023 in Bassett Medical Center.
Daniel Lee Schoellig, 69, of West Burlington, died March 10, 2023.
March 15, 2023
Joyce L. Duncan, 63, of Richfield Springs died Thursday, March 9, 2023 in her home.
March 8, 2023
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March 1, 2023
Robert W. Dufloe, 95, of Richfield Springs, died at David and Michele Schoellig’s home Monday afternoon, Feb. 6, 2023.
Anna D. (Dyn) Hula, 86, of Richfield Springs, died Feb. 10, 2023 in the comfort of her daughter’s Richfield Springs home.
Constance (Domion) Nassar 89, of Richfield Springs, died in her home Monday, Feb. 20, 2023.
February 22, 2023
Lena Plows, 80, of Brookfield, died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023, at the home of her daughter, Sandra.
February 15, 2023
Lorraine M. Case, 64, of West Winfield, died Feb. 8, 2023.
Robert James Davis, 76, died of a heart attack at his home Jan. 12, 2023.
Josephine Yerdon, 88, of Richfield Springs, died Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, in Crouse Irving Hospital, Syracuse after a short illness
February 8, 2023
Carol H. Smith, 82, of Cassville, died Jan. 30, 2023.
February 1, 2023
John (Jack) R. Baylis, 82, of Cassville, died at the Siegenthaler Center Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023.
Donald M. Brown, 81, of Brookfield, died at home Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023.
Cordell Homer Dye, 71, of Kersey, Colorado, died Jan. 6, 2023 in Greeley, Colorado, after a long illness.
Janet B. Fikes, 86, of Burlington Flats, died Jan. 19, 2023 in Oneonta.
Connie Elizabeth Gregory, 74, of Garrattsville, died Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023 at her home after a lengthy battle with Pulmonary Fibrosis.
Barbara Hilda Heuser (Tanney) of Auburn, formerly of West Winfield, died Sept. 11, 2022.
January 25, 2023
E. Elmer Perkins, 86, of West Winfield, died Jan. 12, 2023.
Bette J. Maxson, 94, of Richfield Springs, died Friday, Jan. 13, 2023 in her home.
Meghan Elizabeth (Lum) Woodbeck, 39, died at her home Friday, Jan. 13, 2023.
January 18, 2023
Joseph A. Beratta, 87, of Utica, died Monday, Jan. 9, 2023 at St Elizabeth’s Medical Center.
Lisa L. Conklin, 60, of Richfield Springs, died Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.
Edward V. Edgar, 90, of Ilion, died Saurday, Jan. 7, 2023.
Timothy W. Hodge Sr., 59, affectionately known by all as Hodgie, of Oriskany Falls, died at his home following his courageous battle against cancer early Saturday morning Jan. 7, 2023.
January 11, 2023
A. George Eccleston, 71, of New Berlin, died Monday, Dec. 26, 2022, in Cooperstown.
Paul D. Ferguson, 80, of Litchfield, died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 at Bethany Gardens Skilled Nursing Center in Rome.
Larry A. Gifford, born Feb. 29, 1952, died at 5 in the morning at his daughter Victoria’s home Jan. 1, 2023.
January 4, 2023
Robert ‘Buzz’ Chapman, 63, of West Winfield, died Dec. 9, 2022, at Crouse Community Center in Morrisville.
Tracey Chapman, 59, of Dayton, OH and formerly of Bridgewater, died Sept. 11, 2022 at his home.
Earl J. David, a lifelong resident of Bridgewater, died at home Dec. 16, 2022.
Beverley (Slater) Harrigan of West Winfield died Dec. 18, 2022.
Arleigh Fikes, 87, of Burlington Flats, died Dec. 20, 2022 in Cooperstown.
Eileen L. Martin, 66, of Clinton, died peacefully with her husband by her side Dec. 20, 2022, after a courageous battle with cancer.
Russell E. Miller 92, of Unadilla Forks, died at his home Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022.
Sharon W. Sprague, 90, of West Winfield, died at home Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022.
Charles A. Wilcox Jr. 66, of Bridgewater, died at his home Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022.