2009 Death Notices
Obituaries on this page are listed by issue date.
DECEMBER 30, 2009
No edition printed.
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DECEMBER 23, 2009
George D. Brackett, Jr., 85, of Stockwell, died Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009 at Community Memorial Hospital in Hamilton.
Barbara J. Carpenter, 52, of Oriskany Falls, died Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009 at Bassett Healthcare, Cooperstown.
Joyce Dickenson, 72, of Morrisville, died Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009 at her home.
Virginia McIntyre, died Dec. 6, 2009 at her daughter’s home.
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DECEMBER 16, 2009
Robert Oehler, of Mt. Laurel, N.J. and Brookfield, died Dec. 6 at his New Jersey home.
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DECEMBER 9, 2009
Amanda Deetz, 26, of Deansboro, died Nov. 7, 2009 at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital.
Barbara M. Tice, 71, a 20-year resident of Quarryville, PA. and native of Waterville, died Monday, Nov. 30, 2009 at Hospice of Lancaster County, Mt. Joy, PA.
DECEMBER 2, 2009
Vail Fleischmann, 80, died Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009 at Harding Nursing Home.
NOVEMBER 25, 2009
Gene “Tony” Ford, 82, of Clinton, died Monday, Nov. 16, 2009.
Lester L. Harris Jr., 79, of Deansboro, died Friday, Nov. 13 at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Utica.
Leona Root, 96, of Waterville, died Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009 at Harding Nursing Home.
Pearl May Weidman, 84, of Brookfield, died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 at the New York State Veteran’s Home in Oxford.
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NOVEMBER 18, 2009
Carroll V. ‘Jake’ Dow, 80, of Madison, died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.
Barbara A. Hughes, 78, of Waterville, the matriarch of the Hughes family, died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.
Lucille R. Kennard, of Rome died Nov. 11, 2009 at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Utica.
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NOVEMBER 11, 2009
Dorothy M. Hayduke, of Madison died Thursday, Nov. 5, 1989 at her home.
Robert John Lewis, Jr., 71, of Oriskany Falls, died Monday, Nov. 2, 2009 at St. Luke’s Hospital.
Bernard VonDauber, 90, of Oriskany Falls, died Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in Morrisville.
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NOVEMBER 4, 2009
Clinton T. Bassett, 61, of Clinton, died Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center.
Adrean Ann Camp, 28, of Waterville, died Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009.
Elva S. Clair, 71, of Morrisville, died Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009.
Paul L. Davis, 78, of Leonardsville, died Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009.
John J. Green, 68, of Bay Village, OH, died Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 in Westlake, OH.
Donald M. Sigsbee, 74, of Madison, died Monday, Oct. 26, 2009.
Charles H. Tanner, 80, of Waterville, died Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 at Harding Nursing Home.
Gertrude A. Way, 87, of Madison, died Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, at Harding's Nursing Home.
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OCTOBER 28, 2009
Sally L. Faulkner, 63, of Taberg, died Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009 at Rome Memorial Hospital.
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OCTOBER 21, 2009
Richard L. Denison, 59, of Madison, died Monday, Oct. 12, 2009 at the Harding Nursing Home.
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OCTOBER 14, 2009
Clifford I. Tyzick, 92, of North Brookfield, died Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009 at Harding Nursing Home.
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OCTOBER 7, 2009
James W. Dowd, Sr., 98, a lifetime resident of the Knoxboro and Oriskany Falls area, died Wednesday, Sept. 30. 2009.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
Frances M. Butrym, of Waterville died Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009.
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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009
Thomas Hayduke, died Tuesday, Sept. 15 at his home.
Lynn E. Williams, died Friday, Sept. 18, 2009 at Community Memorial Hospital, Hamilton.
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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009
Elizabeth A. Bona, 70, of Utica, died Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009 at the Heritage Health Care Center.
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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009
Nathan C. Harter, 22, of Madison, died Friday, Aug. 28, 2009.
Ruth M. Rogers, 80, of Hubbardsville, died Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009.
Edward J. Ruane, 85, of Stockwell, died Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009 at Harding Nursing Home.
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
Alfred C. Eisenhut, 84, of Deansboro, died Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009.
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AUGUST 26, 2009
Forrest Cooper, Jr., 86, died Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009 at the Harding Nursing Home.
Dawanda Marriott, 70, of Waterville, died Monday, Aug. 17, 2009 at her home.
Linda Mae Tilbe, 62, of Waterville, died Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009 at Harding Nursing Home.
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AUGUST 19, 2009
Donna M. Green, 57, of Waterville, died Saturday Aug. 8, 2009 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center.
Barbara M. Reynolds, 69, of Waterville, died Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009 at Albany Medical Center.
Dorothy Young, 86, of Hamilton, died Monday, Aug. 10, 2009 at Community Memorial Hospital.
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AUGUST 12, 2009
Leon F. Hume, 88, died Friday, July 31, 2009 at Harding Nursing Home, Waterville.
Doris E. Sonia, 87, of Waterville, died Wednesday, Aug., 5, 2009 at Harding Nursing Home.
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AUGUST 5, 2009
-No obituaries published this week-
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JULY 29, 2009
Hazel O’Neil Ford, 89, of Waterville, died Monday, July 20, 2009.
Ronnieta Sue Kitchen, 40, from Clinton, died July 21, 2009 in Oahu, Hawaii.
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JULY 22, 2009
Gloria H. Brooke, 82, of Lee Center, died July 16, 2009 at home.
Norman Byrnes, of Clearwater, Fla., died Thursday, July 9,2009.
Katherine M. Miller, 88, died Friday, July 10, 2009 at Harding’s Nursing Home.
James B. Neidhart, 26, of Oriskany Falls, died Tuesday, July 14, 2009.
Elizabeth J. Russell, 106, of Oriskany Falls, died Thursday, July 9, 2009 at her residence.
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JULY 15, 2009
Pamela A. Camp, 52, died July 4, 2009 at Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown.
Bertha E. Lancuski, 90, of Oriskany Falls, died July 9, 2009 at the Siegenthaler Center.
Julia Tilbe, 79, of Norwich and formerly of North Brookfield, died July 6, 2009.
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JULY 8, 2009
Kelly Farmer, 24, of Syracuse, died June 24, 2009.
Robert J. Ford, Jr., 64, of Clinton, died Saturday, July 4, 2009.
Julia M. Taylor, 94, Bouckville, died Saturday, June 27, 2009, at Community Memorial Hospital.
Gertrude VonDauber, 88, of Morrisville, died Saturday, June 27, 2009.
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JULY 1, 2009
Randall Crandall, 48, of Stockport, Ohio died Monday, June 22, 2009.
Sonja N. Benedict, 67, died Sunday June 21, 2009 in Johnson City.
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JUNE 24, 2009
-No obituaries published this week-
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JUNE 17, 2009
Paul Brocker, 84, died June 4, 2009.
Kim L. Pesto Eddy, died at her home in Newark, Ohio Friday, June 5, 2009.
Gladys (Mary) Leveroni, 100, of Waterville, died Sunday, June 7, 2009, at her home.
George E. Turner, 73, of Madison, died Monday, June 8, 2009.
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JUNE 10, 2009
Clayton W. Boise, 73, of Oxford, died June 5, 2009 at the home of his son in Brookfield.
Harold (Buster) Davis, 80, of Waterville, died Monday, June 1, 2009, at the home of his daughter.
Andrew Pedersen, Jr., 90, of Brookfield, died at his home Tuesday, June 2, 2009.
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JUNE 3, 2009
Irene E. Ellis, 83, of Oriskany Falls, died Saturday, May 23, 2009.
Spencer J. McLaughlin, died Wednesday, May 27, 2009 in Norwich.
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MAY 27, 2009
Dennis J. Youngs, 49, of Columbus, Ga., died May 7, 2009.
Kathryn M. West, 76, of Deansboro, died Wednesday, May 20, 2009.
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MAY 20, 2009
Richard F. Bogan, 66, of Waterville, died Saturday, May 16, 2009 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center.
Neil E. Jeffers, 78, of Oriskany Falls, died Saturday, May 9, 2009 at St. Luke's Home.
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MAY 6, 2009
-No obituaries published this week-
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APRIL 29, 2009
Doreen Leverich, 76 of Venice, Fla. and formerly of Oriskany Falls, died.
Helen Lewis, 87, died at Liberty Commons Nursing Home in Salisbury, N.C. April 20, 2009.
Kermit G. Spooner, 85, of West Edmeston, died Friday, April 24, 2009.
Joel E. Witter, 71, of Leondards-ville, died Thursday, April 23, 2009.
APRIL 22, 2009
James L. Ferguson, 43, of Madison, died Saturday, April 11, 2009, at his home as a result of a house fire.
Jane A. Travis, 67, of Oriskany Falls, died Saturday, April 11, 2009.
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APRIL 15, 2009
Margaret R. Alberding, 78, of Waterville, died Sunday, March 29, 2009.
David E. Tallman, 58, of Oriskany Falls, died Tuesday, April 7, 2009.
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APRIL 8, 2009
Anna M. Tarbox, 78, of Waterville, died Sunday, March 29, 2009.
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APRIL 1, 2009
Richard C. Bartlett, 80, of Madison, died Monday, March 23, 2009.
Rhelda Gray Lapham, 93, a resident of Waterville, died Tuesday, March 24, 2009.
Charles R. Nolan, 55, of Westmoreland, died Saturday, March 21, 2009 at his home.
Ronald C. Pierce, 71, of Deansboro, died Friday, March 27, 2009 at his home.
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MARCH 25, 2009
Josephine Hotaling, 79, of New Berlin, died Tuesday, March 17.
Thomas M. Carney, 63, of Oneida, died at his home Thursday, March 5, 2009.
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MARCH 18, 2009
James E. Heath, Jr., 21, of Hubbardsville, died Sunday, March 8, 2009.
Eleanor A. Kinville, 79, of Hubbardsville, died Friday, March 6, 2009.
Earl W. Shauger, 84, formerly of Oriskany Falls and Forestport, died Monday, March 9, 2009.
Gertrude F. Sherman, of Madison, died Friday, March 6, 2009.
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MARCH 11, 2009
Harvey W. Brockley, 78, of Utica, died Tuesday, March 3, 2009.
Eileen J. Frost, 63, of Sauquoit, died Sunday, March 1, 2009, in Florida.
William M. Lancuski, 67, of Oriskany Falls, died Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009.
MARCH 4, 2009
Richard G. Northrop, 55, of Oriskany Falls, died Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009.
Rose A. Timian, 82, of Waterville, died Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009.
Christian Youngs, formerly of Waterville, died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009 at the age of 40.
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FEBRUARY 25, 2009
Mary (Manion) Boyd, died Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009.
Walter S. Buckoski, 88, of Oriskany Falls, died on Friday, Feb. 20, 2009.
John L. Tormey, 89, of Tormey Rd., Sauquoit, died on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009.
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FEBRUARY 18, 2009
Gail P. Bishop, 62, of Waterville, died Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009.
Richard E. Krol, 67, of Oriskany Falls, died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009.
Muriel J. MacBain, 84, of Madison, died Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009.
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FEBRUARY 11, 2009
Marjorie Gorton, 77, of Waterville, died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009.
Charles Johnson, 61, Sherburne, died Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009.
Mildred C. Miner, 85, of Oriskany Falls, died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009.
Sarah Schachtler, 76, of Waterville, died Friday, Feb. 6, 2009.
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FEBRUARY 4, 2009
-No obituaries published this week-
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JANUARY 28, 2009
Bruce Charles McLean, died Jan. 18, 2009.
Alma L. Smith, 85, formerly of the Town of Paris, died Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009.
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JANUARY 21, 2009
Janice N. Bennett, 75, of Madison, died Jan. 9, 2009.
William E. Fessenden, 92, of Waterville, died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009 at Harding Nursing Home.
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JANUARY 14, 2009
Rebecca S. Fleming, 42, of Hubbardsville, died Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009.
Homer A. Keith, 81, of Waterville, died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009.
Lucy M. Burch Lee, 86, a former Madison resident, died Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009.
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JANUARY 7, 2009
James William Cotter, 59, formerly of Deansboro, died Wednesday, Dec. 24.
Clifton R. Curtis, 90, of Hamilton, died Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008.
Raymond L. Hekiert, 83, a resident of Harding's Nursing Home, died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008.
Louis F. Mercier, Sr., who was born Dec. 26, 1935, in Oriskany Falls, died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008.
Karen A. Neidhart, 48, of Oriskany Falls, died Monday, Dec. 29, 2008.
Ruth M. Owens, 73, of Pittsfield, died at her home Dec. 22, 2008.
Donald A. Risley, 77, of Deansboro, died Monday, Dec. 22, 2008.
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