2026 Death Notices
Obituaries on this page are listed by issue date and are updated weekly.
Aug. 12, 2026
Grace M. Brown, 83, of Morrisville, died Aug. 3, 2026, at Crouse Community Center.
Louise Sandra ‘Sandy’ Harding, 79, of Sun Lakes, Arizona, formerly of Waterville, died at her home Friday, March 13, 2026.
Carol A. Tower, 93, of Waterville, died at her home Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026.
Joseph Zombek, 70, of Erieville, died Thursday, July 30, 2026 at Crouse Hospital after a brief illness.
Aug. 5, 2026
Ronald C. Arthur died July 14, 2026 at the age of 85.
Barbara M. Kilts, 79, of Brookfield, died at the Foltsbrook Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation, Herkimer.
Frances ‘Fran’ Mayne, 101, of Waterville, died July 28, 2026, at Katherine Luther Residential Health Care & Rehabilitation Center in Clinton.
Gavin M. Mosher, 15, of Clinton, died July 24, 2026 after a courageous 13-month battle with lymphoblastic lymphoma.
Richard H. ‘Dick’ Smith, 81 of Clinton and formerly of the Sauquoit Valley died in the comfort of his home Tuesday July 28, 2026.
July 29, 2026
Gary A. Cook, 70, of Waterville, died Thursday, July 23, 2026 at St. Joseph’s Health Hospital in Syracuse.
Edith M. Reile, 89, of Oriskany Falls, died Thursday, July 23, 2026, at the MVHS Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Utica.
Sharon M. Winterrowd, 76, of Pueblo West, Colorado, formerly of Waterville, died at her home July 5, 2026.
July 22, 2026
Michael V. Crane, 95, of Clinton, died at his home Monday, July 13, 2026.
Julie Anna Eastman, 58, of Oneida, died Monday, July 13, 2026 following a lengthy illness at the Seigenthaler Center.
Joyce M. Ingraham, 84, of Deansboro, died July 9, 2026.
David J. Lemery, 63, of Waterville, died Monday, October 20, 2025 at his home after a courageous battle with melanoma.\
July 15, 2026
Dennis E. Lockwood, of Plainfield, died July 1, 2026.
Bernard Silas Witter, 89, of Brookfield, died at his home Friday, July 3, 2026.
July 8, 2026
Sylvia J. Crandall, 85, of Waterville, died Friday June 26, 2026 at the Waterville Residential Care Center.
Joshua Robin Davies, 42, born Dec. 2, 1983, died Sunday, June 28, 2026.
Rosemary Morin, 80, of Clinton, died June 28, 2026, at Wynn Hospital, Utica.
Ralph G. Schmidt, of Hamilton, died at home.
July 1, 2026
Eleanor ‘Ellie’ Carmen of Clinton died June 23, 2026.
Gloria Mary Owens, 93, of Brookfield, died June 18, 2026 at Waterville Residential Care Center.
Jeffrey L. Plourde, 59, of Philadelphia PA, died at home June 17, 2026 following a valiant three-year fight against Glioblastoma.
Julie A. Zombek of Oriskany Falls died June 20, 2026, at the home of her daughter, just days after celebrating her 100th birthday.
June 24, 2026
Judith Anne Acker, 62, died June 11, 2026.
Robert L Bassett, 76, of Oriskany Falls, died Friday, June 5, 2026 at his home.
Mary Grace (McLaughlin) Blair died Friday, June 5, 2026, in Williamsburg, Virginia.
James Benjamin Frazier, 77, of West Winfield, died June 9, 2026.
June 17, 2026
Mary E. Caister, 70, of New Hartford, died Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at the Siegenthaler Center in New Hartford.
G. Irene Hummel, 86, of Clinton, died Friday, May 8, 2026 at WVU Medicine Potomac Valley Hospital in Keyser, WV.
Walter T. Jury, 84, of Clinton, died June 10, 2026.
Dorothy A. McDermott, 88, of Clinton, died Aug. 29, 2025.
Alice A. Wesseldine, 88, of Clinton, died at home May 5, 2026.
June 10, 2026
Mary Elizabeth ‘Liz’ (Fay) Kimball, 99, of Clinton, died Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026 at the Katherine Luther Home, Clinton.
David Hedges Nelson Jr., 76, died April 9, 2026 in Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA after a long illness.
Charlotte E. Phillips, 80, of Sauquoit, died Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
Maryann Mennig Rifenburg 64, of Munnsville, died Tuesday, June 2, 2026.
June 3, 2026
David F. Burgess, 84, of Hamilton, died at his home in Sun City, AZ., Sunday, May 17, 2026.
Bobbie Jo Coe, 53, died May 20, 2026 at Albany Medical Center following unforeseen medical complications.
Robin R. Eastman, 70, of Waterville, died Saturday, May 23, 2026 at Oneida Health Hospital.
William L. Kilts, 78, of Brookfield, died Saturday, May 23, 2026.
Beverly A. Stefanik, 74, of Sauquoit, died May 14, 2026 at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester.
May 27, 2026
Joseph W. Falk, 86, died May 14, 2026.
Harold A. Howlett, 93, a lifelong resident of Pine Woods, died at the family homestead Friday, May 15, 2026.
John Thomas Kane, 73, died Thursday, May 14, 2026.
Shari Ramsey, 64, of Floyd died Sunday, May 17 at home.
May 20, 2026
Jean M. Vaughan, 88, of Waterville, died Saturday, May 9, 2026 at the Waterville Residential Care Center.
May 13, 2026
Elin J. Cormican, Professor Emerita, MVCC, 78 of Vernon, died at her home Tuesday, May 5, 2026.
James ‘Jim’ P. Jenkins, 83, of Clinton, died Monday, May 4, 2026, at Eastern Star Home, Oriskany.
May 6, 2026
Donna Marie Cowles, 80, of Oriskany Falls, died at her home Sunday, April 12, 2026 following a lengthy illness.
Anne Theresa (Anne Marie) Ferris Sally died Friday morning, April 24, 2026.
Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Runyon Marcellus, 70, of Hamilton, died at home April 23, 2026.
April 29, 2026
Joyce L. MacGregor, 83, died at home April 18, 2026.
April 22, 2026
John Belois, 76, died April 1, 2026, just weeks before his 77th birthday.
Linda Lee Rockwell Evans, 81, of Sauquoit, died April 12, 2026.
April 15, 2026
Darlene Marie (Decker) Thall, 88, formerly of Fruitland Park, FL and of Norwich, died Saturday, April 4, 2026, at her son’s home in West Edmeston.
Rob James ‘Jim’ E. Tilbe, 79, died at Wynn Hospital on Sunday, April 5, 2026.
Annette Eysaman Withington, 91, of Lander, WY, died after a brief illness at home on the evening of Nov. 19, 2025.
April 8, 2026
Sally Ann Bogan, 79, of Waterville, died Monday, March 30, 2026, at the Eastern Star Home, in Oriskany after a brief, but spirited, battle with cancer.
Neal H. Klein, 68, of Clinton, died March 26, 2026, following a lengthy illness.
Bernard J. Law, 78, of Canastota, died Friday, March 27, 2026 at Oneida Health Hospital.
Marjorie A. Zediker, 62, of Leonardsville, died Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026 at Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown.
April 1, 2026
Kristen Claire Welch Camp, 69, died March 25, 2026.
Jane M. Doughty, 99, of Deansboro, died at her home Saturday, March 21, 2026.
William P. Knutti, 70, of York, SC, formerly of Deansboro, died March 24, 2026.
Diane E. McNamara, ‘Di’, 73, died at home March 24, 2026.
March 25, 2026
Linda J. Backer, 72, of Oriskany Falls, died Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at Wynn Hospital, Utica.
Louise Sandra ‘Sandy’ Harding, 79, of Sun Lakes, Arizona, formerly of Waterville, died at her home Friday, March 13, 2026.
Richard G Raitt, 89, of New Hartford, died after a life well lived March 10, 2026.
Cheryl D. Van Hoeven, 77, of Forestport, died Monday, March 16, 2026.
March 18, 2026
Deanna M. Cadwell, 83, of Waterville, died March 3, 2026.
Emery J. Campbell, (Jake), born Dec. 27, 1931 in Tupper Lake, New York, died March 11, 2026 at the age of 94.
Lorriece ‘Lori’ Jacob, 82, of New Hartford, died Tuesday, March 10, 2026 after vigilant fight with heart blockage and pneumonia.
Following a fulfilling life of service to others, including family, friends, students, and acquaintances, Laurie Jean Beaver Madonia died in the comfort of her home Feb. 18, 2026.
Elsie S. (Pence) Pedersen, 84, of Whitesboro, and formerly of North Bay, died Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026 at Wynn Hospital in Utica.
Stephen Scott James of Clinton, son of David Lewis James and Dorothy (Jones) James, died Monday, March 9, 2026 at home.
Shirley Irene Swan, 74, of Clinton, died March 4, 2026.
March 11, 2026
George Edward Brown, 90, died Feb. 22, 2026 after a short illness.
Daniel A. Lloyd, of West Winfield, died Feb. 26, 2026.
Laurice (Baz) Moses, 101, formerly of Clinton and in the recent years Newport, where she resided with her daughter Jamie and son-in-law Mike, died in the comfort of her home Feb. 27, 2026.
Frederick F. Schuck, formerly of Franklin Springs, died Feb. 25, 2026 at the age of 90 from complications of a brief illness.
Esther H. Swarthout, 90, died Jan. 28, 2026 at Vista Senior Living, Killington, VT, where she had been living since October 2025.
Marjorie A. Zediker, 62, of Leonardsville, died Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026 at Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown.
March 4, 2026
Richard J. Eksterowicz, 82, of Whitesboro, died Feb. 3, 2026.
Lester Darwin Neff, 74, of Sherrill, died in his sleep Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026.
Eleanor (Nonie) Moran Scott died Feb. 25, 2026, just one day after celebrating her 91st birthday.
Feb. 25, 2026
Victoria Lee ‘Vicki’ Hoffman, 42, of Clinton, died Monday, Feb. 9, 2026 at her home.
Donald (Duck) James Morgan, 76, of Hamilton, died Thursday Feb. 5, 2026 at the Waterville Residential Center.
Feb. 18, 2026
Alfred N. Remington, 90, of Clinton, died Feb. 5, 2026.
Irving C. Sitts, 63, of Waterville, died Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026 at Saratoga Hospital following a brief illness.
Feb. 11, 2026
Sharon Ann Carney, 54, of Bouckville, a lifelong area resident, died Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026.
James L. Cieslak, 69, of Waterville, died at his home Friday, Jan. 30, 2026 after a long battle with cancer.
Louis F. ‘Louie’ DesJardins, 84, of Munnsville, died Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, at Oneida Healthcare Center.
Nancy L. Geruntino, 76, of Waterville, died at her home Monday, Feb. 2, 2026 following a lengthy illness.
Musa Athena (Green) Hawes, 93, of New Berlin, died at her home Friday, Jan. 30, 2026.
Mary DeBlois Pisiak, 92, of Madison, died Feb. 2, 2026.
Feb. 4, 2026
Carmen Joseph Nassimos, 82, a lifelong resident of Madison, died Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026 at the Siegenthaler Hospice Center after a courageous battle with cancer.
Carolyn J. Smith, 94, of Sauquoit, died Jan. 28, 2026 at the Masonic Care Community.
Dianne Elizabeth Vallette Sonia, 79, of Purlear, N.C., died Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026 at her home.
Jan. 28, 2026
Connie S. Burch, 60, died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026 at home after a recent illness.
Kenneth R. Ellis, 94, of Clark Mills, died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026.
Jan. 21, 2026
Michael A. Burnett, 65, of Brookfield, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026 at Waterville Residential Care Center.
June R. Calhoun, 85, of Bouckville, died Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025 at Crouse Community Center.
Joyce Ann (Ferguson) Cornelius, 84, of Deansboro, died Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, at Community Memorial Hospital in Hamilton.
Bruce George Matteson, 85, of Deansboro, died Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026.
Jefferson Lynn Mayne, 77, of Brookfield, died Saturday, Jan. 2, 2026, at Wynn Hospital.
Joan E. Olmstead, 87, of Hamilton, died Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, at Waterville Residential Care Center.
Jan. 14, 2026
Fern Biederman, 95, of Deansboro, died Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026 at the Wynn Hospital in Utica.
Evelyn R. Edwards, 94, of Clinton, died Jan. 5, 2026 at Wynn Hospital.
Joseph Gilbert O'Brien died Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, after a long and courageous battle with Mesothelioma.
Mary M. Penner, 86, of Hubbardsville, died Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026 at the Siegenthaler Center, New Hartford.
Frank Osborne White Jr., 71, of Hamilton, died Jan. 2, 2026.
Jan. 7, 2026
Linda C. Aley, 83, of Waterville, formerly of Sherburne, died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, at the Waterville Residential Care Center.
Pasquale Catalano was born May 23, 1922 in the mountains of Abruzzo, Italy - the firstborn of Donato and Liberata Catalano.
Earl Arthur Glindmyer III, 62, of Clinton, died Dec. 19, 2025, at Wynn Hospital.
Mark J. Schachtler, 65, of Waterville and Florida, died Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, at Rome Health Hospital.
Eileen Ford Shepherd of New Hartford died Dec. 30, 2025.
Richard R. Usher, 83, of Earlville, died Wednesday December 24, 2025 in his home.
Phyllis K. Waterman, 81, of Clinton, formerly of Westmoreland, died Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025 at Wynn Hospital.