2023 Death Notices
Obituaries on this page are listed by issue date and are updated weekly.
November 29, 2023
Joan B. Ahders, 91, of New Hartford, and formerly of Deansboro and East Islip, died at the Presbyterian Home Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023.
Dean A. Wilcox, 71, of Brookfield, died Nov. 17, 2023 after a courageous battle with cancer.
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November 22, 2023
Elsie A. Bellows, 84, died Nov. 14, 2023, at Lutheran Care.
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November 15, 2023
Rose Marie Clair, 80, of Oriskany Falls, died Nov. 8 2023, following a brief illness.
Lorraine Joyce Frigault, 89, of Clinton, died at her home Monday, Nov. 6, 2023.
Gertrude A. Molampy, 97, died Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023 in the Grand, Utica.
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November 8, 2023
Margaret Ella Brouillette, 21, a lifelong Mohawk resident, died Tuesday morning, Oct. 24, 2023.
George P. Mair, 85, a lifelong resident of Clinton, died Monday, Oct. 30, 2023 at University Hospital in Syracuse.
Charlotte F. Pantola, 57, of Utica, died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023 at Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare, New Hartford.
Irene M. Schreppel, 98, died Oct. 27, 2023.
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November 1, 2023
Dorothy A. Backo, born in Upper Black Eddy, Pa. and raised in New Milford, Pa., died Saturday, Oct. 21 at the age of 71.
Stanley Richard (Dick) Bassett, 76, of Madison, died at home Friday, Oct. 20, 2023.
Timothy A. Chase, 55, of Canastota, died Oct. 21, 2023.
Janice L. Fudzinski, 73, of Brookfield, died at home on Sunday, Oct. 8.
Daniel E. Ghent, 63, of Madison, died Friday, Oct. 13, 2023 at Crouse Hospital.
Douglas (Doug) E. Kent, 66, of Bouckville, died Oct. 18, 2023 at Community Memorial Hospital following a long battle with COPD.
Susie Mead of Hubbardsville died Oct. 24, 2023 at Crouse Community Center.
Paul G. Schilling of Plymouth MA, formerly of North Attleboro, died Oct. 17, 2023.
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October 25, 2023
Bruce C. Coe, 88, of Clinton, died Oct. 13, 2023 in the arms of his loving wife and in the company of his grand-daughter as well as three members of his O.E.S. Family.
Edward Joseph Kurdziolek, 79, died Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023 at the Lutheran Home in Kirkland.
June Moore of Texas died at home Oct. 11, 2023.
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October 18, 2023
Elizabeth Jane ‘Betty’ Malhenzie Burleigh, Jan. 27, 1929 - June 19, 2023
Catherine ‘Cathy’ Ann Fragale, 86, of East Syracuse, formerly of Clinton, died Oct. 6, 2023.
Louise M. Lockwood, 73, of Oneida, died at her home Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023.
Barbara Anne (Cresswell) Markey died Oct. 8, 2023. She was a resident of the Kingsway Arms Nursing Center for the past several years.
Daniel F. Miller III, 44, of Brookfield, died at his home on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023.
Marianna Louise Noller, 78, of Brookfield, died with Hospice at the Abraham House, Utica, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023.
Andrew F. Snow, 42, of Fulton, formerly of Waterville, died Oct. 11, 2023, at St. Joseph’s Health Hospital, Syracuse, with his wife and parents by his side.
Mary Lou Thomas, 85, of Brookfield died Oct. 10, 2023.
Bonnie L. Urben, 68, died at the Waterville Residential Care Facility Friday, Sept. 29, 2023.
Denise A. Woodward, 57, died Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023 at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital.
Elizabeth ‘Betty’ L. Woodward, 86, of Deansboro, died Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, at Crouse Community Center in Morrisville.
Bernard J. Wolff, 93, a resident of the Presbyterian Home for CNY, formerly of Clinton, died Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023 at the home.
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October 11, 2023
Rev. Elizabeth Gillett, 78, of Hamilton died of cancer Sept. 20, 2023 at UHS Wilson Medical Center in Johnson City.
Theodore R. Johnson, 89, of Clinton, died Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023.
John E. Nester, Sr., always known as Jack, of Clinton, died Oct. 3, 2023, at the age of 87.
Sharleen M. Randall, 64, of Clark Mills, and formerly of West Winfield, died Sept. 30 at her home.
Myrna J. Talento, 70, of Chadwicks, died Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, at Faxton St. Luke’s Med Center.
Denise Lynn Tyo, 59, of Bridgewater, died Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023 after battling cancer.
Mellicent ‘Midge’ (Maine) Wratten, 89, of Waterville, died Monday, Oct. 2, 2023 at her home.
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October 4, 2023
Diane Margaret Fichthorn (Carey) died Aug. 30, 2023 after dealing with cancer for several years. She was 72 years old.
Shirley M. Gohringer, 96, of Clinton, died Monday, Sept. 25, 2023 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica.
Gary William Lewis died Sept. 18, 2023 in Paola, Kansas.
Terence M. ‘Terry’ Smith, 86, of Utica, died Friday, Sept. 22, 2023 at Oneida Healthcare’s Extended Care Facility.
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September 27, 2023
Annabelle F. ‘Anne’ (Geelen) Bloomquist, 92, of Waterville, and formerly of Clinton, died Sept. 14, 2023 at the Waterville Residential Care Center.
Francis R. DiGeorge, 91, of New Hartford, died Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023
Monica A. Hage, 92, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023 at Waterville Residential Care Center where she and her husband moved in September 2021.
Linda E. Hazelden, 83, of Waterville, died Sept. 18, 2023, after a life well-lived.
Gerard J. Heintz, 87, of Whitesboro, died Friday, Sept. 15, 2023 at Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare Center, New Hartford.
Paul T. Internicola, 60, of North Utica, formerly of New Hartford, died Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023 at his home.
Linda M. Swalgin, 73, of Waterville, died at home Sept. 13, 2023.
Patricia A. ‘Patty’ Wallace, 90, died Sept. 16, 2023 in her home.
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September 20, 2023
Ronald ‘Skip’ J. Foppes, 85, of Waterville, died Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023 at St. Luke’s Hospital.
Harry W. Goodson, Sr. of Deansboro died Sept. 12, 2023, at the age of 96.
Linda M. Swalgin, 73, of Waterville, died at home Sept. 13, 2023.
September 13, 2023
Alice S. (Way) Budlong, 91, of Waterville, died Aug. 12, 2023 at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Utica.
Douglas Clarence Henty, 64, life-long resident of Knoxboro, died at Oneida Heath’s Emergency Room following a medical episode Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023.
John (Joe) Klossner, Jr., 88, of Marcy, died Sept. 3, 2023, after a long illness.
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September 6, 2023
Alma M. ‘DeDe’ Brady, 91, of Clinton, died Thursday evening, Aug. 24, 2023 at Oneida Extended Care Facility.
Wanda S. Furness, 80, formerly of Oriskany Falls, died Aug. 26, 2023.
Joseph Anthony Lomanto, 93, of Clinton, born March 8, 1930, died in his home Aug. 25, 2023.
Raymond E. Washburn, 88, of Plainfield, died at his home Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023.
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August 30, 2023
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August 23, 2023
Paul T. Little, 76, of Clinton, died Aug. 8, 2023, after a brief illness.
Sylvia ‘Annie’ Turner, 85, of Waterville, formerly of Oriskany Falls, died Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023 in the comfort of her own home.
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August 16, 2023
Miriam L. Kivisalu, 75, a vivacious and joyful believer in Jesus with a contagious passion for life and a genuine love for others, died Aug. 5, 2023.
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August 9, 2023
Helen Kowansky, 92, of Clinton, died at home July 19, 2023.
Donald LeRoy "Toots" Winn, 80, of Augusta, died Friday, July 28, 2023, following a courageous fight against cancer, at Community Memorial Hospital.
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August 2, 2023
Sandra J. (Dennison) Geer died July 16, 2023 after a brief illness.
Katherine Ann Kemner, 86, of Keysville, VA, died in Cookeville TN, Sunday, July 16, 2023.
Mary Leach, a resident of LaJolla, California, and previously of Franklin Springs, died July 14, 2023 at the age of 98.
Edward Anthony Meelan died Tuesday, July 18, 2023.
July 26, 2023
Kurt E. ‘Skip’ Hecker, 76, or Oriskany Falls, died Friday, July 14, 2023 in Morrisville.
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July 19, 2023
Shirley Ruth (Potter) Coon, 87, of Clinton, died July 6, 2023.
Conner J. Jipson, 27, of Waterville and Sauquoit, died unexpectedly July 6, 2023 as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.
Howard W. ‘Bill’ Snyder, Jr., 72 of Madison, died unexpectedly July 6, 2023 at Community Memorial Hospital, Hamilton.
Martin Titsworth, 93, of Oriskany Falls and Arizona, died Feb. 8, 2023.
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July 12, 2023
Linda M. Bikowsky, 79, of Oriskany Falls, died Friday afternoon, June 30, 2023 in Cooperstown’s Bassett Medical Center.
Heaven gained two beautiful twin baby boys as angels. They were born June 27, 2023. Brice passed into Heaven on that same day. His twin brother, Junior, passed the next day June 28, 2023.
​Ralph Thomas Kloser died Dec. 17, 2022.
Irene Anabel Hansen Lew, 96, died at the Lutheran Home of Central New York July 5.
Gerald Robert Matteson, formerly of Bridgewater, died at the age of 95 Friday, June 30, 2023, at UNC Hospice in Pittsboro, NC.
Walter Phillip Wahl, 81, of Madison, died Saturday, June 24, 2023.
July 5, 2023
Rocelia M. Furner, 96, of Waterville, died June 20, 2023 at the Waterville Residential Center.
Eugene L. Rifenburg, 80, of Munnsville, died at his home June 22, 2023.
LeRoy Harold Tarbox Jr., 76, died Tuesday, June 20, 2023.
Donna L. Wilson, 66, of Chadwicks, died Thursday, June 22, 2023 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital after a short illness.
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June 28, 2023
Elizabeth Jane ‘Betty’ Malhenzie Burleigh, 94, died Monday, June 19, 2023.
Julie Elizabeth Rockholz, 42, of Tempe, Arizona, died unexpectedly March 14, 2023.
Dr. Jay G. Williams, of Preswick Glen in New Hartford, died June 21, 2023.
Robert Owen Williams died June 21, 2023 at the age of 81.
June 21, 2023
Vera Jane Barnes died at her home on the family farm June 6, 2023 at the age of 92.
Lori M. Chamberlain, 64, of Clinton, died after a long illness Saturday, June 10, 2023.
Daisy Lee Cushman, 76, of Bridgewater, died Cooperstown Tuesday, June 13, 2023.
Marcie F. Staring, 71, of Waterville, died June 11, 2023.
June 14, 2023
Daniel J. Beigel, 82, of Clinton, died Wednesday, June 7, 2023.
Penelope B. Mattis, 79, of Waterville, died May 31, 2023 at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Utica.
Robert K. Oliver, 73, of West Winfield, died Thursday, June 1, 2023 at Waterville Residential Care Center.
Linda L. Rashford Snyder, 70, of Hamilton, died Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at Hamilton Community Memorial Hospital.
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June 7, 2023
Robert ‘Bob’ Francis Hosey, 93, of Sauquoit, died Wednesday, May 31, 2023.
Lorena Jean (Schram) Zainchowski, 82, of Clinton, died Monday, May 29, 2023, at the Katherine Luther Home after a long illness.
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May 31, 2023
Frank H. Cresswell, 67, of Deansboro, died Friday, May 19, 2023 at St. Luke’s Faxton Hospital after a short illness.
Sylvenus S. “Bob” Kirkham, 92, of Oriskany Falls, died Monday, May 22, 2023 in his home.
Julie Ann (Suppe) Lopata, 75, of Clinton, died Sunday, May 21, 2023 at Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare Center, New Hartford.
Larry Warren Youngs, 71, of South Caroline, died May 19, 2023 at Brushy Creek Post Acute Rehab in Greer.
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May 24, 2023
James R. Calhoun, 90, of Bouckville, died Monday, May 15, 2023, at Community Memorial Hospital.
Mary L. Cook, 97, of Hubbardsville, died Thursday, May 11, 2023, at her home.
Col. Robert C. Hammerle, 91, died Thursday, May 11, 2023, in Boerne, Texas.
Genevieve M. Johnson, 90, of Bouckville, died Friday, April 28, 2023 at Community Memorial Hospital.
Christopher L. Rauscher, 71, of Manlius and formerly of Glens Falls, died at the Klinikum Nürnberg Süd, in Nürnberg, Germany Jan. 14, 2023 while vacationing in Europe.
Shirley Jean Strong, 88, of Deansbor, died Saturday, May 6, 2023 at her home after battling a two-year illness.
Ella Wootton, 84, of Oriskany Falls, died at St Luke’s Hospital after a short illness Friday, May 5, 2023.
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May 17, 2023
Karen R. Arthur, 79, of Rochester, died after a valiant 10-year battle with ovarian cancer.
Wayne David Brown, 73, of Homosassa, FL, died March 5, 2023.
Stanley A. Fisher, 71, of Hubbardsville, died Thursday, May 4, 2023.
Carl Fredrick Talbot of Oriskany Falls died Monday, May 8, 2023 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Utica.
Arthur Withington, 91, of Lander, Wyoming, died Feb. 19, 2023 in the comfort of his home.
Thomas L. Wilson, Sr., 86, of Richfield Springs, died Tuesday May 9, 2023 in his home.
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May 10, 2023
Francis G. Jordan, 77, lifelong resident of Oriskany Falls, died at his home Sunday, April 30, 2023.
Joneen Elizabeth Matthews, 72, of Clinton, died Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at Albany Medical Center.
Thomas K. Prouty, 81, husband of the late Eleanor Brown Prouty, died Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at Sitrin Healthcare Center, New Hartford.
​Bonnie Leigh Winfield, 76, of Waterville, died May 1, 2023 after a long and courageous battle with illness. She now takes her place in the Kingdom of our Lord.
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May 3, 2023
Sally Ann Bacon, 81, of Whitesboro, died Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at the Abraham House in Utica.
Sherry Ostrander, 76, of Richfield Springs and formerly of West Winfield, died Monday April 24, 2023 at her daughter’s home in Richfield Springss.
James D. Rivenburgh, Sr. (Jim, Big Jim, The Rock, Slim, Pugs) died March 11, 2023.
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April 26, 2023
Robert C. Piersma died April 11, 2023 at Community Memorial Hospital, Hamilton. He passed away six months after his wife, Pat, of 64 years died. His Parkinson’s disease took a toll on both of them.
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April 19, 2023
Gerald L. Chesebro, 81, of Brookfield, died March 28, 2023 at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Utica.
Kathleen Ellen Slate Kicinski, 67, of Kannapolis, previously of New York, died April 8, 2023.
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April 12, 2023
Jean M. Blair, 86, of Waterville, formerly of Oriskany Falls, died Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at the Waterville Residential Care Center.
Judith E. Forward, 74, of Bouckville, died at her lifelong home Sunday, April 2, 2023.
Richard A. ‘Sonny’ Olmstead, 82, died April 1, 2023.
Dean F. Williams, 52, of Hubbardsville, died Saturday, April 1, 2023 at Hamilton’s Community Memorial Hospital, following an apparent cardiac episode.
Suetta I. ‘Sue’ York, 92, of Hubbardsville, died Monday, April 3, 2023 at Community Memorial Hospital in Hamilton.
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April 5, 2023
Leo W. ‘Pepper Belouin of New Hartford died March 25, 2023.
William Patrick Bootie, 75, of North Brookfield, died at home March 25, 2023.
Patricia Carrier, 89, died March 28, 2023 in Homosassa, Florida.
Rita Gigliotti Liadka, 92, died March 8, 2023 at her home.
Robert C. Thomasch Sr., 92, of Vernon, died in his home Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023.
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March 29, 2023
George Edward Cowen, 67, died after a massive stroke March 12, 2023 at Osborn Medical Center.
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.
Gregory C. Jackson, 53, died March 23, 2023.
Esther M. Larkin died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023 at the Waterville Residential Care Center. She was 97 years old.
Wendy Jayne Wahl Lewis, 49, died Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at Faxton-St. Luke’s Medical Center.
Jacqueline (Jill) Heintz Niles, 80, died Tuesday, March 14, 2023.
Shirley M. Rice, ‘Nana, died Monday, March 6, 2023, at the age of 94.
Leo Francis Stockbridge, 70, of Franklin Springs, died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023.
Jerry C. Tanney, 71, of Brookfield, died Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Syracuse, shortly after admission due to cardiac issues.
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March 22, 2023
Barbara Ann Williams Cresswell, 83, died March 14, 2023 at The Pines at Utica Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, after bravely enduring Parkinson's disease for many years.
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March 15, 2023
John H. Techmanski, 89, of Clinton, husband of Jennie Barlow, died Feb. 19, 2023 in Orange Beach, AL.
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March 8, 2023
Lila Ann Moda, 88, died Feb. 28, 2023.
Michael A. Pryputniewicz, 80, of Waterville, died Feb. 24, 2023.
Margaret G. Way, 100, of Oriskany Falls, died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023 at her home.
Jean D. Wilmot, 89, of Oriskany Falls, died Feb. 28, 2023.
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March 1, 2023
John Bikowsky Sr., 85, of Madison, died at his home Feb. 17, 2023.
Aisling Carroll, grandchild of former Waterville mayor and WCS principal Paul Carroll, died Nov. 27, 2022 in Dublin, Ireland due to complications of a seizure.
Shadia Rhunda (Sayegh) Fuess, 57, died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, in Azle, Texas.
Richard Harvey, 75, died Friday, Feb. 10, 2023 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center after a brief illness.
Richard P. Lee, Sr., 81, died at home Feb. 19, 2023.
Michael L. Stuttard, 77, of Clinton, died Monday, Feb. 6, 2023 at the Folts Home in Herkimer after a brief illness.
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February 22, 2023
Charles (Chuck) Douglas Gray died Feb. 9, 2023 at his home in McLean, VA.
Lena Plows, 80, of Brookfield, died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023, at the home of her daughter, Sandra.
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February 15, 2023
Mary Lou Walter, 78, formerly of Waterville, died Jan. 23, 2023, at the Katherine Luther Home in Kirkland.
Lorraine D Zakrzewski, born Feb. 22, 1934 in Frankfort, 89, died Feb. 6 in her New Hartford home.
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February 8, 2023
JoAnne P. Ashforth, 68, of Waterville, died Feb. 1, 2023 at her home after battling colon cancer.
Gerald R. Hoff, 89, of Clinton and Florida, died Jan. 30, 2023 at the Masonic Care Community in Utica.
Olga Risley, 86, of Deansboro, died Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023 at Waterville Residential Care Center.
Carol H. Smith, 82, of Cassville, died Jan. 30, 2023.
Grace Stolarcyk, 90, a life resident of Oriskany Falls and more recently of The Meadows, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023.
Frances J. Zielinski, 77, of Clinton, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023 in the comfort of her home.
Stephen Joseph Vangura, 89, died Monday, Jan. 30, 2023 after a short illness.
Richard J. ‘Lock’ Worwa, 70, of Waterville, died at his home Jan. 29, 2023.
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February 1, 2023
Donald M. Brown, 81, of Brookfield, died at home Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023.
Eleanor Brennan Frost of Waterville died Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023 at the age of 88 after a long struggle with a number of tough medical challenges.
Mary Ellen O’Neill Dougherty, 57, died Jan. 26, 2023.
Kenneth A. Knapp, 93, of Hamilton, formerly of Oriskany Falls, died Jan. 21, 2023.
Robert D. Peckham, 91, of Madison, died at the Abraham House Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023.
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January 25, 2023
Frederick D. Eaton, husband of June Eaton, died Jan. 5, 2023 at St. Luke’s Hospital. As he wished there will be no calling hours.
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January 18, 2023
William ‘Bill’ Victor Abounader died Jan. 9, 2023 in Utica at the age of 69, after a courageous battle with diabetes.
Charles R. (Chuck) Gay, 84, of German Flatts, Mohawk and a former Herkimer resident, died Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, at the home of his son, Steven.
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.
Peyton Marie Ponton, 2, of Oriskany Falls, died Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023.
Ernest E. Randall, 92, of Clinton, died at home Jan. 6, 2023.
James Younes, 87, a resident of Waterville Residential Care Center, formerly of Waterville, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023 at the nursing home.
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January 11, 2023
Edward G. Hage, 90, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, died Dec. 26, 2022, at Waterville Residential Care Center, where he and wife have resided since September 2021.
Donald F. ‘Red’ Howe, 89, of Hubbardsville, died at his home Dec. 30, 2022.
Joseph (Joe) A. LaPointe, 62, died after a short battle with cancer Dec. 24, 2022 at his home in Sauquoit, where he resided with longtime girlfriend Amy Mathers.
Lamya M. (Shaheen) Stowens died Friday, Dec. 30, 2022.
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January 4, 2023
Karen Anne Ostinett, 67, of Clinton, died at home Dec. 27, 2022.
Ilene Langone of Waterville, born April 13, 1929 in Beverly, N.J., daughter of Michael and Marion Jannone, died Dec. 23, 2022 at the age of 93.
Marion E. Marris, 87, of Madison, died Monday, Dec. 19, 2022, following a lengthy illness at Upstate University Hospital.
Eileen L. Martin, 66, of Clinton, died peacefully with her husband by her side Dec. 20, 2022, after a courageous battle with cancer.
Russell T. Williams, 75, of New Hartford, died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022 at Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare Center in New Hartford.