West Winfield Star 2022 Death Notices
Obituaries on this page are listed by issue date and are updated weekly.
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December 21, 2022
Loretta Holloway Cursh, 108, died in New Berlin.
Robert L. Mang, Sr., 87, of Warren, died Wednesday morning Dec. 14, 2022 in his home.
Patrick Gene Shields died at Bon Secours’ St. Francis Hospital in Greenville, SC.
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December 14, 2022
Jacqueline B. Mayne, 89, of Edmeston, died Dec. 4, 2022 at her home.
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December 7, 2022
Richard B. Jack, Sr., 92, of Jordanville, died Sunday evening Nov. 27, 2022 in his home.
Karen L. Meyer, 57, of Madison, died early Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 24, 2022, at her home.
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November 30, 2022
No obituaries printed in this edition.
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November 23, 2022
Richard Lawrence Collins, 80, of Millers Mills, died Nov. 15.
Kenneth William Domion, 61, of Richfield Springs died at home Nov. 4, 2022.
Beatrice L. (Bea Bea) Fengler, 90, former of Harrison, died Oct. 11, 2022.
Frank M. Van Auken, 102, died at Woodside Hall in Cooperstown Nov. 10, 2022, where he had lived since February 2018.
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November 16, 2022
Jeannette R. Benjamin, 88, of Burlington Flats, died Nov. 4, 2022 at Cooperstown Center.
Bernard Bouck, 76, of Warren, MN, formerly of Unadilla Forks and Brookfield, died on the Feast of All Souls, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, in Essentia Health, Fargo, ND.
Esther Jane Davies, 92, of Unadilla Forks, died Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022 in the comfort of her family home.
Linda Halenar, 75, died Nov. 3, 2022 at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center.
Theodore B. Teletnick, 67, of Millers Mills, died at home Thursday evening, Nov. 3, 2022.
Frederick C. Vertucci, 88, of Richfield Springs, died Monday morning, Nov. 7, 2022 in his home.
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November 9, 2022
In the comfort of his own home, Lynn E. Backus, Sr., 85, of Richfield Springs, died Oct. 31, 2022.
William Earl Crewell, 85, of West Winfield, died Monday, Oct. 31, 2022 at Foltsbrook Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Herkimer.
Terumi H. DeAngelo, known as Terri to many, born in Tokyo, Japan Oct. 12, 1948, died at the Abraham House.
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November 2, 2022
Johnny Dugan, a great guitar player, died Oct. 13, 2022.
Norma Louise Kelly, 90, widow of Martin Kelly, of Van Hornesville, died Oct. 14, 2022.
Maurice J. Mariotti, 93, of Unadilla Forks, died Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022 at the Sitrin Chestnut Household.
David Allen Stocking ‘Jr.’, 68, of Fort Plain, died Monday, Oct. 24, 2022 in Albany Medical Center.
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October 26, 2022
Genevieve M. Buddle, 85, died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022 in St. Elizabeth Hospital, Utica.
Patricia A. Holmes, 82, of West Winfield, died at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center Friday, Oct. 14, 2022.
Wanda Lou Pierce Houk died Monday, Oct. 10, 2022, at home.
Carolyn Sue Kelly, 81, died Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022 in the comfort of her own home.
Bradley J. Myers, 33, of Richfield Springs, formerly of Ilion, died Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022 at his residence.
Jean Elizabeth Loomis Perkins was born Nov. 17 1928 to George and Doris Aldinger Loomis in Utica and died Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022 at the age of 93 in St. Elizabeth’s Hospital.
Dawn M. Shipman, 82, of Ilion, died in The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing Home in Ilion Oct. 18, 2022.
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October 19, 2022
Kenneth Wayne Alexander, 75, of West Winfield, died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022 at his home.
Seth Robert Charles Cooper, 15, of Schenevus, on Oct. 4, 2022 our beloved Seth chose to take his life after a long battle with depression.
Corey Edward Farley, 30, of Sauquoit and formerly of Yorkville, died Sunday Oct. 9, 2022.
Robert R. ‘Bob’ Hagadorn, 75, of Frankfort, died Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022 in his home.
Norma L. Tilbe, 85, of Bridgewater, died Oct. 7, 2022 at her home.
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October 12, 2022
Charles Nicholas ‘Nick’ Buss, 70, of Plainfield, died at his home Monday, Oct. 3, 2022.
Wilma Curtis died Sept. 28, 2022 in Community Memorial Hospital, Hamilton.
Dennis G. Hilts, 66, of North Brookfield died Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, at his home property as a result of an accident while engaged in his favorite sport, hunting.
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October 5, 2022
Hattie L. Christian, 91, of West Winfield, died Thursday, Sept. 28, 2022 at the Abraham House in Utica.
John W. Swalgin Sr, 69, of Bridgewater, died Sept. 26, 2022 in Utica.
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September 28, 2022
Patricia J. ‘Pat’ Piersma, 81, of New Hartford, died Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022 at Waterville Residential Care Center.
Barbara A. Taylor, 83, of Cassville and formerly of Spencer, MA, died Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022 at her home.
Donald P. Struble, 89, of West Exeter, died Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022 at his home.
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September 21, 2022
​Ronald B. Baldwin, 74, died Aug. 11, 2022.
​Carol Huxtable Collins, 79, of Millers Mills, died Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022 at home.
David C. Green, 64, of Edmeston, died at his home on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022.
Karen Louise (Van Allen) Ingham, 65, of Okatie (Callawassie Island) South Carolina, died Monday, Sept. 5.
Barbara Steckler, 88, native of Richfield Springs died Sept. 8, 2022.
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September 14, 2022
​On Aug. 29, 2022 Evelyn Fassett of East Springfield, beloved widow of Homer Fassett, died.
George Frederick Gardner, 94, of Richfield Springs, died Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022 in his home.
Jean L. Perkins, 93, of Sauquoit, died Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022 at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center.
Keith Alan Treen, 59, of West Winfield, died Friday, Sept. 2, 2022 at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center.
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September 7, 2022
Harriet Louise Benjamin, 84, of Cassville, died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022.
Linda Jean Dunham, 70, of West Winfield, died Saturday Aug. 27, 2022.
Patricia Ann Ezell, 79, of Pleasant Hill, Missouri, was born Sept. 17, 1942 in Richfield Springs, daughter of Martin Charles and Margaret Ann (Connolly) Traudt. She died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022 at her home.
Thomas Strayer Nelson, 100, of Ilion, died Friday, Aug. 26, 2022 in Ilion.
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August 31, 2022
Eric W. Meyer, 50, of Burlington Flats, died Aug. 20, 2022 at home.
Ward S. ‘Seeber’ Robinson Jr., 85, of Edmeston, died at his home Monday Aug. 8, 2022.
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August 24, 2022
William L. “Bill” Burd, 72, died Aug. 15, 2022 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center.
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August 17, 2022
James P. Hurley, 93, of Springfield Center, died Thursday afternoon, Aug. 4, 2022, at Cooperstown Center Nursing and Rehabilitation in Cooperstown.
Our little angel Everleigh Kate was born silent July 24, 2022 in Little Falls, held in the loving arms of her parents Michelle Burton and Hunter Winch.
Mary Walsh, 83, of Great Falls, VA., died Aug 9, 2022.
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August 10, 2022
No obituaries printed in this edition.
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August 3, 2022
Clyde M. Buell, 86, died July 22, 2022 in the comfort of his home.
Mary Anne Eldred, 81, died Monday, July 25, 2022 at Valley Health Residential, East Herkimer.
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July 27, 2022
Laurence Carlton Contreni, 73, of Richfield Springs, formerly of Andes, died Monday evening, July 18, 2022 in his home.
Dorothy Theresa Toscano, 92, of Richfield Springs, died Monday morning, July 18, 2022 in Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown.
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July 20, 2022
Pamela Sue Witter, 67, of Leonardsville, died at her home Sunday, July 10, 2022.
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July 13, 2022
Regina M. (Apel) Childs, 88, of S. Weymouth, MA, formerly of Summerfield, FL and Sauquoit, died July 3, 2022 at home.
Kathleen Pierson Larkin, 84, of Waterville, died July 4, 2022 at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Utica.
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July 6, 2022
Anne Ingalls, 93, of the Town of Litchfield, died at St. Luke’s Hospital Saturday, June 25, 2022.
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June 29, 2022
William L. Koslosky, Esq., 69, died Friday, June 17, 2022 at Katherine Luther Rehab Center, Clinton.
Howard A. Marsh, Sr., 95, of West Winfield, died Saturday, June 18, 2022 at his home.
Jacqueline F. Satterlee, born Aug. 25, 1938, died June 9, 2022.
Della Whisman a lifelong resident of Bridgewater and West Winfield, died June 11, 2022.
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June 22, 2022
Diane E. Blann of Greece and native of West Winfield, died June 11, 2022 at age 73.
Earl Richard (Dick) Casler, 86, died at his residence in Herkimer Tuesday, June 7, 2022.
Clara Marie Shypski, 92, of Richfield Springs, died Tuesday afternoon June 7, 2022 at Valley Health Services in Herkimer.
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June 15, 2022
Constance J. ‘Connie’ DeBella, 81, of Leonardsville and formerly of Rome, died Friday, June 3, 2022.
Anne Hornacek, 90, of Richfield Springs, died Saturday evening, June 4, 2022 at Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown.
Marie Margaret Johansen died Sunday, June 5, 2022 at her home.
JoAnn McCormack, 67, of Clayville, formerly of Norwich, Port Jefferson, LI, and Brooklyn, died Saturday, June 4, 2022 at her cottage in Cedar Lake.
Peter H. Pavlot, 69, died at home June 4, 2022.
Donna P. Sterling, of Cedar Lake/Litchfield, died at home June 5, 2022.
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June 8, 2022
William H. Burdick of West Winfield died May 25, 2022.
Therese A. Colwell, 59, of Herkimer, died Tuesday, May 24, 2022 in Little Falls Hospital.
Raymond Knickerbocker Jr., 90, of Richfield Springs, died Sunday evening, May 8, 2022 at Palatine Nursing Home.
Eugene Roe Nower, 70, of Edmeston, died May 29, 2022 in Cooperstown.
June 1, 2022
John W. Dimbleby, 83, of Whitesboro, died May 20, 2022, at Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare.
Shirley A. Kile, 89, of Homer, died May 17, 2022 in the Guthrie Cortland Medical Center.
Harry Wallace Pierce Jr. (Pete), 73, of Richfield Springs, died Wednesday morning, May 18, 2022 in his home.
Donna M. West, 62, of Richfield Springs, died Friday, May 20, 2022 in Basset Medical Center, Cooperstown.
Jim Wilcox, 70, of Brookfield, died at St. Luke’s Hospital, Utica Wednesday, May 18, 2022.
May 25, 2022
​Donald Melvin Ferguson, 86, of Richfield Springs, died Tuesday evening May 17, 2022 in Bassett Medical Center.
Lawrence J. ‘Larry’ Frigault Sr., 87, of Clinton, died Thursday May 12, 2022 at Faxton St. Luke’s Health Care.
John W. Karpowich, age 97, formerly of Richfield Springs, died Tuesday morning, May 10, 2022, at Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown.
Dorothy Padgett, 96, of New Berlin, died May 4, 2022, at the Waterville Residential Care Center.
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May 18, 2022
​Joseph James Bishop, 32, of New Berlin, died at his home Friday, April 29, 2022.
John D. Coy, 61, of Cedarville, died Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center.
Robert Lee Gardner, 91, of Richfield Springs, died at home Saturday morning May 7, 2022.
Cecil ‘Sonny’ A. Goodspeed Jr. 83, died April 20, 2022.
Barbara R. Kasprowicz, 82, died Friday evening May 6, 2022, in FoltsBrook Center for Nursing and rehabilitation in Herkimer.
Arnold ‘Arnie’ L McLean Jr, 61, died at his home Tuesday, May 10, 2022.
Lewis O. Seifried, 65, of West Winfield, died Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center.
James E. Simmons, 69, of Waterville, died April 21, 2022 at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Utica.
Edward James Vander Voort, 86, died at home Wednesday evening, May 4, 2022.
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May 11, 2022
Annabelle (Knewasser) Ball, “Iyi”, 96, of Ilion, died Friday, April 29,2022, at Alpine Rehab & Nursing.
Amy Marie Barringer Farley, 33, of West Winfield, died Monday, May 2, 2022 at her home.
Joseph Frank Santiago, Jr., 33, died April 28, 2022.
May 4, 2022
Janet Turner Fitch, 78, of Bedford, VA, died Tuesday, April 26, 2022.
Elsie E. Lund, 92, of Edmeston, died April 22, 2022 at her home.
Marilyn Mawson Lyman from Syracuse died at age 89 early Friday morning April 22, 2022 at her Richfield Springs home.
Cheryl Ann Yager, 62, of Burlington Flats, died Friday morning April 22, 2022 in her home.
John ‘Jack’ W. Young, 85, of West Winfield, died at home Friday, April 8, 2022.
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April 27, 2022
Lynne M. Matteson, 87, of Bridgewater, died Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at the Siegenthaler Center in New Hartford.
April 20, 2022
Clinton Sparks Jr., 79, of Van Hornellsville, died Monday evening April 11, 2022, at Cooperstown Center, Cooperstown.
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April 13, 2022
James Nelson Houghtaling of San Antonio, Texas died Sept. 16, 2021.
Linda L. Rogers, 74, of West Winfield, died Sunday, April 3, 2022 at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center.
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April 6, 2022
Bryant B. Brown (Chewy), 42, died March 23, 2022. He was born April 19, 1979.
Philip Anthony Lacelle, Sr., 65, of Clinton, died March 28, 2022.
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March 30, 2022
Travis C. Chesebro, 36, of West Edmeston, died Sunday, March 20, 2022.
Caroline ‘Carol’ Mary Swanston Harter died at her home in Fly Creek Monday, March 14, 2022.
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March 23, 2022
(Abe) Alan D. Putnam, 63, of Hubbardsville, died at his home March 15, 2022.
March 16, 2022
​Langdon Anderson Ames, better known as ‘Lanny,’ 83, died Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022.
Charles H. Barrett, Jr., 45, died Thursday, March 3, 2022, at the Oneida Healthcare Center.
Doris Bach Goff died Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022 at the age of 92.
Frances ‘Fran’ Kay Hazelton died Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Fran went to a final union with her husband Bob as patriotic and spiritual music provided comfort, and an anointing of grace released her as she was embraced by her daughter and grandson in Tennessee.
Arleigh Clark (AC) Hoyt, 93, of New Berlin, died Wednesday March 3, 2022 in Delhi.
Patrick John Ingerham, 56, of Ilion, died Thursday morning March 3, 2022, in his home.
Lawrence H. Kimball, Sr., 88, of Bridgewater, died Sunday, March 6, 2022 at the home of his son, James.
George Charles Jaquay, 62, of North Brookfield, died Saturday March 5, 2022 in Syracuse.
LaRae Michelle (Field) Maldonado, 39, born Feb. 27, 1983, died at home March 5, 2022.
Inga D. Rudd, 75, of Jordanville, died Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022 at Cobleskill Regional Hospital.
Iva A. Salamacha, 95, a previous resident of Unadilla Forks, died March 3, 2022 at the Masonic Care Community in Utica where she resided for the last five years.
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March 9, 2022
​On Thursday evening, Feb. 24, 2022, Barbara J. Brown, of Ilion, died.
Ward Arthur Wheelock, Sr., a ‘mighty man from the hills of Litchfield,’ died Feb. 26, 2022, in Ilion.
Dean Allen Wratten, 60, of Milford, died Feb. 17, 2022.
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March 2, 2022
Tyler Frederick Risley, 22, died at his home in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022.
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February 23, 2022
​Edward J. Allen, 67, of Richfield Springs, died Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown.
DeAnna Hazel Bronner, 51, Van Hornesville, died Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022 in Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown.
Bernard Francis Hectus, 87, of Jordanville, died Monday, Feb. 14, 2022 in his home.
Robert L. Thall, of West Winfield, died at home Feb. 14. He was 94.
William C. Wiswell, 91, of Brookfield, died Feb. 9, 2022 at Waterville Residential Care Center.
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February 16, 2022
Janet Mae Cotton, 77, of Cedarville, died Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, at Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown.
James Joseph ‘Jim’ Currier, 61, of Nokomis, FL, died Jan. 31, 2022.
Joseph Di Rosa, 76, of Richfield Springs, died Thursday evening, Feb. 3, 2022, in Cooperstown Center Nursing Facility.
Charles M. Ross, Jr., 69, of Cassville, died Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022 at the Abraham House, Rome.
Marilyn Dolores Salisbury, 82, of Utica, died Monday, Feb. 7, 2022 in the Masonic Care Community.
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February 10, 2022
Carolyn C. Gay, 79, a longtime resident of Mohawk, died Thursday evening, Jan. 27, 2022 at Valley Health Services, Herkimer.
Carl F. Hecker, 86, of West Edmeston, died Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022 at his home.
Kim M. Sprinkle, 46, of Hamilton and formerly of West Winfield, died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022 at Community Memorial Hospital in Hamilton.
Nelda S. Sherman, 79, of West Winfield, died Friday, Jan. 28, 2022 at her home.
Mark D. Thompson, 57, of West Winfield, died at his home Jan. 18, 2022.
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February 2, 2022
​Carolyn V. (Wade) Bauernfeind, 78, of West Winfield and longtime resident of Callicoon, died Jan. 20, 2022 at home.
Jerome R. Beigh, 75, of Bridgewater, died Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022 at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center.
Roseann Bizardi, 65, of Richfield Springs, died Monday afternoon, Jan. 24, 2022 in Albany Medical Center.
Melissa L. Curtis-Siega, 53, died Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, in her home.
Ray Francis Duncan, 90, died Wednesday night, Jan. 19, 2022 in the Waterville Residential Care Center, Waterville.
Diane P. Medeiros, 61, of West Winfield, and formerly of Bridgeport, Conn, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022 at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Utica.
Edwin R. Talbot, 77, of Oriskany Falls, died Thursday, Jan. 19, 2022, at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center.
Michael ‘Woody’ Woodart, a farmer and lifelong resident of Cedarville, died Friday, Jan. 21, 2022 at the age of 57 in the comfort of his home.
Jimmy A. Young, 78, of Ilion, died at his home Monday, Jan. 24, 2022.
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January 26, 2022
Joseph A. Bouck Sr, 80, of Edmeston, died Monday, Jan. 17, 2022 at his home.
Devin Russell Kemp, 24, born June 8, 1997, in Hamilton to his very proud parents Amy Jo (Mikalunas) Kemp and Donald Russell Kemp of Cassville, was taken way too soon to be with his biggest fan grandpa, Vic Mikalunas, in heaven after a tragic snowmobile accident Jan. 16, 2022.
Dorothy Estella Morse, 79, of Burlington Flats, died Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, at UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital.
Marjorie Ellen Rowlands, 91, of Edmeston, died Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022 in Cooperstown.
Alan B Sheldon, 78, of Edmeston, died Monday, Jan. 17, 2022 in New Berlin.
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January 19, 2022
Leonard Charles Calkins ‘Coach’, 79, of Richfield Springs, died Thursday afternoon, Jan. 6, 2022 in his home.
Timothy J. Egelston Sr. 52, of Cassville, died at his home Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022.
Brian Richard Mackin, 70, died Thursday morning, Jan. 6, 2022 at Little Falls Hospital.
Nelson E. Owen, 80, of Brookfield, died Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022 at his home.
Tyler Ray, 28, of New Berlin, died Jan. 6, 2022 in Albany.
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January 12, 2022
Susan Eastwood of Richfield Springs died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021.
Beryl Ann Evans of Ilion died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021.
Gene J. Gushue, 69, of Richfield Springs, died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022 in the Cooperstown Center.
Patricia Lynn ‘Penny’ Miles, 66, of Edmeston, died Dec. 21, 2021 at home.
James R. Pedersen, 72, a life resident of Leonardsville-Brookfield area, died Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021, at the Waterville Residential Care Center.
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January 5, 2022
Sharon Ann Baumgardner, 76, died Monday evening Dec. 21, 2021, in Cooperstown Center Nursing Facility, Cooperstown.
Steven ‘Dick’ Langow, 69, of Clayville, died Nov. 17, 2021 at Rome Memorial Hospital.
Ronald R. Martin 80, of Edmeston, died at his home Dec. 18, 2021.
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