2025 Death Notices
Obituaries on this page are listed by issue date and are updated weekly.
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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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