2025 Death Notices
Obituaries on this page are listed by issue date and are updated weekly.
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Nov. 12, 2025
David ‘Kevin’ Bugbee, 72, of North Brookfield, died at his home Nov. 1, 2025.
Carolyn M. Clark of Sherburne died Oct. 31, 2025 at home on the road that she had lived on for most of her adult life, after a lengthy illness.
Michael P. Hynes, 76, died Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025 after a long battle against illness.
Christina Ann Ritzel, 50, of Leonardsville, died Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025 at her home.
Ronald P. Roback, 89, of Clinton, died Monday, Nov. 3, 2025 at the Wynn Hospital in Utica.
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Nov. 5, 2025
Services for David D. Garvey, Sr. are Sunday, Nov. 9 at 1 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 220 E. Fayette St., Downtown Syracuse at 1 p.m. with a reception to follow.
Carl Frank Harris, 90, of South Hamilton, died Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, at Community Memorial Hospital, Hamilton.
Jeanette Marie Lollman, 79, formerly of Knoxboro, and more recently of Murrells Inlet, SC, died at Trident Medical Center in Charleston, SC Friday, Oct. 24, 2025.
Audrey Kaye (Moyer) Parkhurst, daughter of Roger Ralph Moyer and Marilyn Frances Brown, was born in Utica July 24, 1951.
John ‘Jocko’ Shafer died Oct. 24, 2025.
Oct. 29, 2025
David J. Lemery, 63, of Waterville, died Monday, Oct. 20, 2025 at his home after a courageous battle with melanoma.
Lois M. Obrien, 82, of Sandston, Va. and formerly of Waterville, died Oct. 17, 2025 at Hanover Health Nursing Home of Mechanicsville, Va.
Ronald L. Paradis, 87, of Hubbardsville, died Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025.
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Oct. 22, 2025
Florence M. Burnett, 83, of Waterville, died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, at the Crouse Community Center, Morrisville.
Michael John Clough, 83, of Hamilton, died at Community Memorial Hospital, Hamilton, Sept. 12, 2025.
John ‘Jack’ T. Kane, 89, of Clinton, died Oct. 12, 2025, at Abraham House Rome.
Darrell C. Peckham died Oct. 12, 2025.
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Oct. 15, 2025
Laura M. Baldwin, 70, of Brookfield, died at home Oct. 6, 2025.
Eugene A. Klein, Sr., of New Berlin, born Oct. 9, 1945 in Watertown, died Oct. 9, 2025.
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Oct. 8, 2025
Carolyn Mary Lehman Henry, 87, formerly of Clinton and Lowville, died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025 at Iroquois Nursing Home in Jamesville.
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Oct. 1, 2025
Andrea Lynn W. Curtis, 84, of Waterville, died Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025 at Wynn Hospital, Utica.
Lucille Howard Kelly, 93, of Utica, formerly of Waterville, died Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, at The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Utica.
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Sept. 24, 2025
Helen M. Kruk, formerly of Clinton, died Sept. 12, 2025, at the age of 101.
Ruth Ann Holmes Tuttle, 82, died Sept. 9, 2025.
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Sept. 17, 2025
Sharon Kitchen Anno, 79, of Harmony, PA. and formerly of Vernon Center and Clinton, died Sept. 2, 2025.
Pamela Gardner LaMunion, of Waterville and Thonotosassa, Florida, died Sept. 8, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska.
June Marie Rieben, 64, of Oriskany Falls, died at her home Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025.
Gordon ‘Kelly’ Timian died Sept. 4, 2025, after being in Wynn Hospital for six weeks.
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Sept. 10, 2025
Elizabeth ‘Libby’ Foster Beardsell died in her home Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025 in the care of Hospice after a brief illness due to cancer.
Owen Lewis Burns died at his home in Georgetown, Texas Aug. 15, 2025.
Arletta Jeane Kaler died Aug. 22, 2025, in Loxahatchee, Florida.
Robert ‘Bob’ John Morris, 88, of New Hartford, died Aug. 27, 2025.
Stephanie Ann Risley, 51, of Waterville, died Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025.
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Sept. 3, 2025
Debra L. Boutin of Clinton and Greenfield, MA, died at home Wednesday, Aug. 20 2025.
Dana L. Broedel died Sunday, Aug. 24 at age of 91.
Dolores Gibbons Smith, 90, of Cassville, died Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025 in her home.
Pamela A. (Way) King, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great- grandmother, died at the Waterville Residential Care Center Aug. 28, 2025 at the age of 81, just shy of her 82nd birthday.
John D. Ovens, Jr. (Jack), 107, of Gwynedd, PA and formerly of Clinton, died Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025.
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Aug. 27, 2025
Joseph K. Cieslak, 74, of Oriskany Falls, died Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, at Wynn Hospital, Utica.
James A. Gendron Jr., 82, of Clinton, died Aug. 15, 2025.
Albert F. Heinrich, Jr., 87, of Clark Mills, died Aug. 10, 2025 at Wynn Hospital in Utica.
Dorothy M. Wood, 84, of Bouckville, died in Bedford, New Hampshire July 12, 2025.
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Aug. 20, 2025
Susan Dressel, 86, of Madison, CT, died July 30, 2025.
Gary H. Kingsbury, 75, of Waterville, died Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025, at his home.
David D Garvey, Sr., 83, of Camillus, died July 10, 2025, 22 years after he was first diagnosed with cancer.
Lucille (Wheeler) Van Wormer died while in residence at Hospice of Jefferson County Aug. 6, 2025.
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Aug. 13, 2025
Carol V. Owens, 81, of Clinton, died July 23, 2025, at Wynn Hospital.
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Aug. 6, 2025
George W. Burgess, Jr., 91 of Sarasota, FL., formerly of North Norwich and Waterville, died Wednesday, July 23, 2025, at the home of his son in Earlville.
Richard Jeffrey Lewis ‘Jeff’, 70, of Oriskany Falls, died July 3, 2025.
Jacalyn J. Rivers, 78, of Brookfield, died at home Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
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July 30, 2025
James J. Gigliotti, 78, died at the home he loved and spent his entire life July 20, 2025.
Martin J. ‘Marty’ Joseph, 77, of Clinton, died Saturday, July 12, 2025, at Wynn Hospital.
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July 23, 2025
Elisabeth Nickerson Crouch died July 5, 2025.
Audrey L. Legacy, 74, of Clinton, formerly of Waterville, died Monday, July 14, 2025 at Wynn Hospital, Utica.
On Saturday, July 12, 2025, Charlotte Jeanette Snyder died.
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July 16, 2025
Mary E. Bickford, 79, of Clark Mills, died Friday July 4,2025 at Wynn Hospital after a long illness.
Eileen Veronica Cieri, 86, died July 6, 2025.
Rose Mary “Rosie” Ingalls, 78, died July 7, 2025.
Terrance John Ireland, 71, of Clermont, FL., formerly of Waterville, died Thursday, May 19, 2025 at AdventHealth Orlando, FL.
Jean Marie LaMunion Miller, born Jan. 7, 1953 in Hamilton, died Sept. 2, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Michael J. Snyder, 58, of Clinton, died July 6, 2025.
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July 9, 2025
Joseph Michael Bierworth, (aka Biff), died Dec. 20, 2025, his Mom’s birthday, and was just 10 days shy of his 85th birthday.
(Written in Roberta Briggs's own words to spare her family the burden.) I passed away after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.
Meral Dahlin, 39, of Clinton, died June 27, 2025.
John N. Davy, 64, of Clinton, died Wednesday, June 25, 2025, after a long illness.
Deborah Ann (Gerow) Howard, 76, was born Dec. 27, 1948, in Rome, daughter of Capitola Aribella (Gerow) Dupree and James Kent Gerow. Her courageous battle with ALS ended June 28, 2025 in Utica.
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July 2, 2025
Mary Judith ‘Judy’ Barkley, 81, died Monday, June 16, 2025 at Norwich Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Norwich.
Emily Elaine Bisson and Kenni Michel Bisson, 6, of Clark Mills, died tragically June 22, 2025.
Isadora Rose Catania, born Jan. 14, 2010, died unexpectedly May 28, 2025.
On June 21, 2025, Timothy E. Emery of Marcy died at the age of 81.
The Honorable Eugene Joseph Langone, Jr., 64, of Watertown, died at his home June 20, 2025.
Robert L. Martin, 85, of Clinton, died June 21, 2025 at Wynn Hospital from injuries he suffered in an automobile accident.
Mary E. Francis Steele, 80, of New Hartford, died June 12, 2025.
Judy Whitford, 95, of Brookfield, died June 23, 2025.
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June 25, 2025
Julie Mennig Marshall, 60, of Munnsville, died.
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June 18, 2025
Thomas A. Blair, a long-time resident of Waterville, died June 4, 2025, at tge 96.
Harold Glen Carney of Oriskany Falls died at home after a long illness June 11, 2025, just days after his 82nd birthday.
James A. Rogers (July 24, 1952 – June 10, 2025) died at his home, Sweetheart Hill Farm, in Brookfield, at the age of 72.
Donald Henry Staelens, Sr, 86, died June 5, 2025.
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June 11, 2025
H. Louise Elliott, 92, formerly of Clinton, died Thursday, May 29, 2025 at home in Derry, NH.
Roderick B Jennison (Rod), 67, of West Exeter, died May 31, 2025.
Vicki J. Sabol, 82, of Waterville, died Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at her home.
Patricia A. Sheridan of Clinton died June 3, 2025.
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June 4, 2025
Ronald Alsheimer died April 4, 2025.
Donald Joseph Crane, 88, of Clinton, died after a long battle with dementia.
Marilyn Lucille (Briggs) Fivaz, 91, of Dunwoody, died May 24, 2025.
Dolores ‘Dee’ C. Gurdo, 91, formerly of Clinton and Preswick Glen, died May 22, 2025.
Janet Owens, 88, of Chadwicks, died Thursday, May 22, 2025 at the Utica Rehabilitation and Nursing Center.
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May 28, 2025
Margaret Jeannette Campbell, 93, a former resident of Augusta, and since 2011 a resident of the Waterville Residential Care Center, died Sunday, May 11, 2025.
Mary Jean ‘Jeannie’ Lehman, 66, of Waterville, died Friday, May 16, 2025 at her home.
Richard J. King, 63, of Brookfield, died at home May 13, 2025.
Elaine Ann Maurer MacDougall, of Islamorada, Florida, (previously Oneida), died May 10, 2025, at the age of 77.
Sandra ‘Sandi’ Barker Stone, born and raised in Deansboro, died May 18, 2025.
Mary F. Tretiak, 73, of Waterville, died Monday, May 19, 2025 at her home.
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May 21, 2025
Patricia ‘Pat’ Jean Cotton, (nee Paulson) died Sunday, May 4, 2025.
Virginia M. ‘Ginny’ Priba, 88, of Waterville, died Thursday, May 8, 2025, at the Waterville Residential Care Center.
Jethro van de Vossenberg, 27, of Waterville, died Monday, May 5, 2025.
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May 14, 2025
Mildred Joan (Millie) Fredericks Clair, 91, died at her home in Oriskany Falls, Monday morning May 5, 2025.
Lawrence Cobey Gray, 85, of Seminole, Florida, died Feb. 26, 2025.
Carl Roderick Jones, 94, died Sunday, May 4, 2025, at the Waterville Residential Care Center.
Carol G. Kahler, 82, of Clinton, beloved sister, mother, grandmother and friend, died Friday April 25, 2025.
David Llewellyn Seyse, born Sept. 2, 1947, died April 29, 2025 in Edgewater, Florida.
A Celebration of Life will be held for Jean C. Wainright Friday, May 16 at the Clinton United Methodist Church.
Debra Lee Young, 71, of Cortland, formerly of North Brookfield and Germantown, MD, died Wednesday, April 30, 2025, at the Gutherie Medical Center, Cortland.
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May 7, 2025
Daryl John Broedel of Waterville, a beloved son, sibling, husband, father, grandfather, uncle, cousin, and friend, died Saturday, April 26,
2025 at the age of 71.
William C. ‘Bill’ Langbein, 83, of Madison, died at his home Sunday, April 6, 2025, after a long and courageous battle with illness.
James A. Hughes, Esq. of Stuart, Florida, formerly of Clinton, died Jan. 21, 2025, at the age of 92.
Laurene ‘Deb’ Plows, 79, of Brookfield, died after a brief illness April 1, 2025.
Lois K. Snow, 89, of the Presbyterian Home in New Hartford and formerly of Cassville, died Sunday morning, April 27, 2025, at the Presbyterian Home in New Hartford.
Max D. Townsend, 92, of Paris Station, died Monday, April 21, 2025, at the Waterville Residential Nursing Home in Waterville.
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April 30, 2025
Ronald Y. Alsheimer of Buffalo died April 4, 2025 of cancer.
Genevieve W. Cornelius of Deansboro died Jan. 26, 2025.
Allan G. Dickinson, 89, of Utica, died April 21, 2025, at Winn Hospital in Utica.
Gene Galler, 84, of Waterville, died Wednesday April 16, 2025.
Carol Sue Raitt, 87, of New Hartford, died at home April 18, 2025, following a courageous battle with MDS Leukemia.
Doreine R. Smith, 91, of Waterville and formerly of Westmoreland, died Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at the Waterville Residential Care Center.
Dean J. Tibbitts, 72, of Clayville, died Thursday, April 24, 2025, at Wynn Hospital.
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April 23, 2025
Betty J. Biddlecome, 95, of Clinton, died Monday, April 14, 2025, at the Katherine Luther Home.
Genevieve W. Cornelius of Deansboro died Jan. 26, 2025.
Judith Ellen Faulkner, 81, beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great- grandmother, Aunt, neighbor and friend, died in her home Sunday, April 13, 2025.
Winifred I. Timian, 88, of Waterville, died Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at her home.
Jean C. Wainright of Clinton, died April 14, 2025, just a few weeks short of her 95th birthday.
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April 16, 2025
Laurene ‘Deb’ Plows, 79, of Brookfield, died after a brief illness April 1, 2025.
Barbara A. Schuck died Feb. 26, 2025 in Utica at 94 years old.
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April 9, 2025
Richard D. Baldwin, 81, of Waterville, died at his home Sunday, March 30, 2025.
Reginald Harold Holmes died Friday, March 28, 2025, at Lutheran Home in Clinton.
Jane Arlene Miller, 89, of Franklin Springs, died at home March 27, 2025.
Lawrence G. 'Larry' ‘Butch’ Pare, Jr., 75, of Waterville, died Saturday, March 29, 2025 at Waterville Residential Care Facility.
Ronald Steinmann, 78, of Deansboro, died March 29, 2025.
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April 2, 2025
Irene Blunt, 85, of New York Mills, died March 22, 2025, at the Abraham House in Utica.
Mary E. Clarey ‘Mare’, 57, of Utica, died following health complications March 24, 2025, at Rome Memorial Hospital.
Jorge Luis Hernandez died March 10, 2025 in Utica.
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March 26, 2025
JoAnn Arlene Desimone, 90, died Feb. 24, 2025.
Robert D. Fanning, 85, of New Hartford, formerly of Waterville, died Thursday, March 13, 2025, at his home.
Richard A. Getchell Jr. 63, of Deansboro, died recently.
Ann Marie (Kaminski) Jenkins, 78, of Clinton, died Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, at Wynn Hospital, Utica.
Dawn Lea Matteson Weaver Melvin, known affectionately as Dawn to her friends and family, died March 18, 2025 in Frankfort,
Kentucky.
John Sheriden Loy was born Nov. 4, 1930 in St. Louis, Mo. and died at home in Clinton March 12, 2025.
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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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