2026 Death Notices
Obituaries on this page are listed by issue date and are updated weekly.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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