obituaries

Edwin (Bill)  Harkins

Edwin (Bill) Harkins

Dec 30, 2000

MOHAWK - Edwin (Bill) Harkins, 84, of Marshall Avenue, died on Saturday afternoon, December 30, 2000 in Little Falls Hospital after a long illness. He was born on October 15, 1916, in Ilion son of the late Clayton and Myrtle Jane Hick Harkins. A lifelong area resident he was raised and educated in Ilion Schools. He had worked for the...

Christine  E Hazelton

Christine E Hazelton

Dec 27, 2000

Christine E. Hazelton RICHFIELD SPRINGS-Christine E. Hazelton, 78, of Lake Street, passed away on Wednesday morning December 27, 2000 in Bassett Healthcare, Cooperstown. She was born on September 4, 1922 in Hubel Hollow in the Town of Middlefield, daughter of the late August and Amelia Dezelak Klepey. A lifelong area resident she was a graduate of Cooperstown High School. In...

Olga  T Skinner

Olga T Skinner

Dec 26, 2000

RICHFIELD SPRINGS - , 78, ofMcKoons Road, passed away on December 26, 2000 in Bassett HealthcareCooperstown. Olga Skinner was born July 12, 1922 in thetown of Columbia, a daughter of the late Michael and Anna Martenue Tolopka. Shewas one of the first graduates of Richfield Springs High School at the MainStreet Location. She married John F. Skinner on October 3,...

Ronald  D Friswell

Ronald D Friswell

Dec 24, 2000

Ronald D. Friswell RICHFIELD SPRINGS-Ronald D. Friswell, 89, formerly of 37 East Main Street, passed away on Sunday morning December 24, 2000 in the Masonic Home, Utica. He was born on January 22, 1911 in Attleboro, MA, son of the late David P. and Mabel H. Morley Friswell. Mr. Friswell was raised and educated in Massachusetts. For most of his...

Harry  G King

Harry G King

Dec 22, 2000

Mohawk- Harry G. King "Toot", 84 of Creek Road passed away on Friday morning December 22, 2000 in Little Falls Hospital. He was born March 27, 1916 in Herkimer son of the late William and Grace Pinkstone King. He was raised in Herkimer and educated in Herkimer Schools. An honorably discharged World War II veteran he had served with the...

Herbert  J Anderson

Herbert J Anderson

Dec 17, 2000

HERKIMER - Herbert J. Anderson, 93, of Harter Street, died on Sunday December 17, 2000 in Little Falls Hospital. He was born on December 28, 1906 in Corona, son of the late Herman and Anna Eisinger Kurz Anderson. Herbert was raised in Corona and graduated from Corona High School class of 1921. An honorably discharged US Army veteran he proudly...

James Stewart

James Stewart

Dec 17, 2000

Richfield Springs- James RobinsonStewart, 81, of Hogs Back Road, Cullen passed away Sunday morning December 17,2000 in Mohawk Valley Nursing Home, Ilion.He was born on February 19, 1919 in Utica, son of the lateJames O. and Mabel M. Robinson Stewart. He was raised in Cullen and educated inRichfield Springs. A self-employed dairy farmer he had owned and operated hisown farm....

Dorothy Woudenberg

Dorothy Woudenberg

Dec 15, 2000

RICHFIELD SPRINGS-Dorothy J.Woudenberg, 68, of County Highway # 24 passed away on Friday morning December15, 2000 in Faxton Hospital, Utica. She was born on May 19, 1932 in Angola,Portuguese, South Africa, daughter of the late Corneilius and Olive BettelPontier. Dorothys parents were missionaries in South Africa. She was educatedin African schools and later in Zelwood, FL where she graduated High...

John  C Everson

John C Everson

Dec 14, 2000

John C. EversonCOOPERSTOWN - John C. Everson, 89, of Woodside Hall,formerly of Walnut Street Richfield Springs, died on Thursday morning, December14, 2000 in Bassett Healthcare, Cooperstown. He was born on October 3, 1911 in New York City, a son of thelate Peter and Theodora Smith Everson. Raised and educated in Lynnhurst, NJ onOctober 1, 1938 he married Alice M. Geary...

Julie Brown

Julie Brown

Dec 13, 2000

LITTLE FALLS - Julie L. Brown, 36 of Prospect Street, died on Wednesday evening December 13, 2000 in Little Falls Hospital. A daughter of Albert Lowell and the late Helen Binney Lowell she was born on July 3, 1964 in Utica. She was a lifelong area resident and of the Catholic faith. Julie had an outgoing personality, a warm and...

Ethel  H Culbert

Ethel H Culbert

Dec 12, 2000

Ethel H. CulbertRICHFIELD SPRINGS - Ethel H. Culbert, 83, of 23 Park Street, died on Mondaymorning, December 12, 2000 in Folts Homes, Herkimer.A daughter of the late Wayne Harvey and Lillian Mutchler Hadcox, she was bornon July 12, 1917 in Little Falls. A lifelong area resident she was educated inRichfield Springs graduating High School with the Class of 1934. She...

Louise  R Waterbury

Louise R Waterbury

Dec 11, 2000

Herkimer- Louise R. Waterbury, 81, Gordon Ave. passed away at St. Elizabeths Hospital, Utica on Monday December 11, 2000. (Marie) Louise Russell Waterbury was born in Waynesville, NC on November 6, 1919, the daughter of the late J.T. and Helena Stalcup Russell, Sr. She graduated from the Waynesville Township High School in 1937. She was married to Elwood F. "Tod"...

Vera Bruce

Vera Bruce

Dec 9, 2000

HERKIMER - Vera Bruce, 87, formerly of 305 S. Caroline St., died Saturday evening, Dec. 9, 2000, in the Mohawk Valley Nursing Home, Ilion. She was born April 14, 1913, in South Shields, England, daughter of the late Martin and Maria Clark Masur. Vera and her family came to this country and settled in Schenectady when she was a young...

Eva Brown

Eva Brown

Dec 8, 2000

EAST HERKIMER - Eva R. Brown, 88, of Main Road, passed away on Friday afternoon, December 8, 2000. She was born on March 10, 1912, in East Herkimer, daughter of the late Charles and Emma Christman Richard. A lifelong East Herkimer Resident, she was educated in Herkimer Schools. On May 21, 1930, she married Maynard H. Brown in Mohawk, a...

Betty  J  Scanlon

Betty J  Scanlon

Dec 8, 2000

HERKIMER - Betty J. (Wellington) Scanlon, 77, of Eastern Gardens, died Friday morning, Dec. 8, 2000, in Faxton Hospital, Utica. Daughter of the late John and Mary Nabinger Wellington, she was born July 4, 1923, in Herkimer. A lifelong Herkimer resident, she was a graduate of Herkimer High School "Class of 1943." For over 15 years, she worked for Alegro...

James  E Smith

James E Smith

Dec 6, 2000

HERKIMER - James E. Smith, 59, of Steuben Hill Road, died unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday, December 6, 2000. He was born on January 30, 1941, in Lyons Dale, a son of the late Stanley S. and Evelyn B. Watson Smith. He was raised and educated in Lyons Falls. Formerly of Stittsville he moved to Herkimer in 1981 when...

Bertron Reynolds

Bertron Reynolds

Dec 4, 2000

MOHAWK-Bertron Reynolds 87 of State Highway # 168, passed away on Monday morning December 4, 2000 in Folts Homes, Herkimer with his loving family at his bedside. He was born on March 1, 1913 in Mayfield, son of the late Frank and Eliza Hoffman Reynolds. Bert was educated in the Fish House School in Sacandagua. It was on September 6,...

Norma Newman

Norma Newman

Nov 30, 2000

HERKIMER-Norma Newman 70 of 690 West German Street formerly of Eastern Gardens went to be her Lord on Thursday afternoon, November 30, 2000 in Little Falls Hospital. She was born on June 22, 1930 in Herkimer, daughter of the late Sewell and Marcella Williams Lepper. A lifelong Herkimer resident, she was a graduate of Herkimer High School. Norma had worked...

Lela  I Hardy

Lela I Hardy

Nov 24, 2000

Lela I. Hardy JORDANVILLE - Lela I. Hardy, 94, of Main Street, died on Fridayafternoon, November 24, 2000 in Little Falls Hospital. She was born on January 24, 1906 in the town of Springfield, a daughter of the lateClarence and Ruby Jane Day Moyer. Raised and educated in the town of Springfield, shegraduated from Springfield teachers training school. For several...

Douglas  E Sikkema

Douglas E Sikkema

Nov 21, 2000

RICHFIELD SPRINGS-Douglas E. Sikkema 45 of 27 Lake Streetlost a courageous battle with Kidney Disease on Tuesday evening, November 21,2000 in Saint Lukes Memorial Hospital Center, New Hartford. Words cannotexpress how the support of Dougs family and close friends lifted his spiritsduring his valiant struggle. He was born on October 19, 1955 in Dumont, NJ, sonof Janet Marie McCarty Sikkema...

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