2024 Death Notices

 Obituaries on this page are listed by issue date and are updated weekly.

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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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