J Franklin Young
Aug 2, 2001
HERKIMER -J. Franklin Young, age 81, of North Bellinger St., passed away early Thursday morning, August 2, 2001, in his home. He was born on April 9, 1920, in Norwood, Ohio, son of the late Rhea and Anna Vinison Young. After the unexpected death of his mother in 1935, he moved with his father to Ilion in 1936 and graduated...
Asta O Murray
Aug 2, 2001
HERKIMER - They met on a tennis court in Reykjavik, Iceland where he was stationed during World War II. He often climbed to the roof of his barracks where he could watch the tennis matches. One day a Scandinavian man was waiting on the court for the woman he hoped to marry. He saw the American GI on the roof...
Claire Hilts
Jul 31, 2001
Little Falls - Claire Stella Hilts, age 57, of West End Road, passed away unexpectedly on Monday night, July 31, 2001 in Little Falls Hospital. She was born on August 28, 1943 in Herkimer, daughter of Robert and Edna Lowell Reitz. A lifelong area resident she was a graduate of Herkimer High School Class of 1962". On October 22, 1965...
Rosemary Carpenter
Jul 30, 2001
HERKIMER-Rosemary Ann Carpenter, age 81, of Ridgewood Road, passed away, Monday morning, July 30, 2001 in Van Allen Nursing Home, Little Falls. She was born on September 22, 1919 in Buffalo, daughter of the late Marguerite Bentley Lindner. Rosemary was raised in Dunkirk, where she graduated from Dunkirk High School. She furthered her studies at SUNY- Fredonia, graduating with a...
Bernice Lalonde Thompson
Jul 27, 2001
RICHFIELD SPRINGS-Bernice LaLonde Thompson age 98 of County Route #22 passed away on Friday morning July 27, 2001 in her home after along illness. She was born on February 17, 1903in Odessa, Minnesota daughter of the late James and Emma Mews LaLonde. Bernicewas raised and educated in Watertown. On August 24, 1919 she married Lyle MarkThompson in Watertown, a loving...
Richard King
Jul 24, 2001
Richfield Springs - Richard King, 87, formerly of Rosewood Terrace, passed away on Tuesday morning, July 24, 2001 in The Meadows, town of Middlefield where he has resided since March of 1995. He was born on March 22, 1914 in Alabama, son of the late Eli and Annie King. Mr. King grew up in the New York City area. For...
Katherine A Gleason
Jul 23, 2001
HERKIMER-Katherine A. Gleason, age 86, formerly of 105 Protection Avenue, Nathan Galinsky Apartments passed away on Monday morning July 23, 2001 in Folts Homes, Herkimer where she has resided since 1999. She was born on October 6, 1914 in Herkimer, daughter of the late Leroy and Mary French Gleason. A lifelong resident of Herkimer, she was a graduate of Herkimer...
Margaret Dickens
Jul 20, 2001
BALDWINSVILLE-Margaret Cramer Dickens age 84 of 7740 Meigs Road formerly of Bellinger Avenue, Herkimer passed away on Friday afternoon, July 20, 2001 in St. Josephs Hospital, Syracuse. She was born on September 12, 1916 in Herkimer, daughter of the late Morand and Nellie Heffron Cramer. Mrs. Dickens was raised in Herkimer and graduated Herkimer High School. She furthered her education...
Beecher Hart
Jul 10, 2001
HERKIMER - Beecher W. Hart, 90, of 104 N. Washington St., formerly of 315 N. Prospect St., passed away Tuesday evening, July 10, 2001, in Folts Homes with his family by his bedside. He was born April 13, 1911, in Herkimer, son of the late Henry Ward Beecher and Elsie H. Krause Hart. A lifelong Herkimer resident he was educated...
Karla Mary Snyder
Jul 3, 2001
RICHFIELD SPRINGS Karla Mary Snyder, age 45, ofLakeview Avenue, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 3, 2001, in her home. Daughter of the late Karl and Mary Vertucci Brown, she was born on July 23,1955, in Richfield Springs.She graduated from Richfield Springs High School, Class of 1973. She furtheredher education at Cazenovia College, where she received a two-year degree inearly...
Paul Kolarik
Jun 18, 2001
HERKIMER - Paul Kolarik, 89, of Eureka Avenue, passed away unexpectedly Monday evening, June 18, 2001, in his home. He was born March 20, 1912, in Yonkers, son of the late John and Katerina Duga Kolarik. A lifelong Herkimer resident, he was a graduate of Herkimer High School. He played with the Herkimer Rangers, a semi-professional baseball team, in the...
Ann C Drew
Jun 10, 2001
Herkimer - Anna C. Drew, 95, of 315 North Prospect Street, died on Friday afternoon in Folts Homes after an extended illness. She was born on March 13, 1906 in Utica, daughter of the late William and Eva Fulmer Dillon. She was educated in Utica where she graduated high school. On April 18, 1926 she married William Matthews. They had...
Katherine T Bailey
Jun 2, 2001
HERKIMER-Katherine T. Bailey age 82 of Margaret Street passed away on Saturday afternoon June 2, 2001 in her home with her loving family at her side. She was born on February 22, 1919 in Fairfield, daughter of the late Daniel and Katherine Kehoe Lynch. A lifelong area resident she was raised in Herkimer where she graduated High School. She furthered...
Ruth V Hawkins
May 16, 2001
Ilion - Ruth V. Hawkins, 83, formerly of McGowan Road, passed away on Wednesday morning, May 16, 2001 in Valley Heath Services Inc., Herkimer where she had resided since 1998. She was born on July 26, 1917, in Herkimer a daughter of the late Howard C. and Evelyn M. Faulder Wicks. A lifelong area resident she was educated in Herkimer....
Walter Hubiak
May 15, 2001
RICHFIELD SPRINGS-Walter Hubiak age 80 entered into eternalrest on Tuesday May 15, 2001 in the Mohawk Valley Nursing Home, Ilion where hehad been a patient since May 11th. He was born on July 9, 1920 in Woodside, PA, son of the lateThomas and Katie Okomo Hubiak. He is survived by his wife Madalyn, two sons andtheir wives; Walter and Margie...
Dorothy Harter
May 13, 2001
ILION - Dorothy Caroline Harter, 90, of Prospect Avenue, died peacefully on Sunday May 13, 2001 in her home. She was born on May 23, 1910, in Ilion a daughter of the late Norman and Mary Kreuzer Rowell. She was raised and educated in East Frankfort. On August 1, 1936 she was united in marriage to Raymond "Brick" Joseph Harter...
Dorothy Freeman
May 12, 2001
ILION - Dorothy Freeman, 73, formerly of Hillcrest Manor, died on Saturday morning May 12, 2001 in Mohawk Valley Nursing Home, Ilion. She was born on August 30, 1927, in Salisbury Center, a daughter of the late Harmon and Ruth Sawyer Boyer. Raised and educated in Salisbury Center she graduated from Stratford High School. She then continued her education, receiving...
Seymour E Coutant
Apr 21, 2001
HERKIMER - Seymour E. Coutant, age 86, of Ronald Street, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, April 21, 2001 in Bassett Healthcare, Cooperstown. He was born on December 26, 1914, in Bloomington, town of Rosendale, Ulster County, NY, son of the late Ennis S. and Gertrude D. Niebergall Coutant. Seymour was raised and educated in Kingston, NY where his ancestors were...
Ida R Robinson
Apr 21, 2001
RICHFIELD SPRINGS - Ida Ruth Robinson, 70, of State Road28, passed away Saturday morning, April 21, 2001, in St. Elizabeth MedicalCenter, Utica. She was born Dec. 10, 1930, in the town of Minden,daughter of the late William and Ruth Rockwell Martin. A lifelong area resident,she was educated in both Mohawk and Richfield Springs, graduating from RichfieldSprings High School with the...
Estella Decoursey
Apr 19, 2001
HERKIMER - Estella DeCoursey, 85, of 690 West German St., formerly of Mohawk, passed away on Thursday morning, April 19, 2001, in Little Falls Hospital. She was born on March 12, 1916 in Utica, daughter of the late Glenn and Bertha McCarthy Shedd. Estella was raised and educated in Mohawk. On April 19, 1937 she married William E. DeCoursey in...
