Dora Viola Ward
Apr 21, 2017
VanHORNESVILLE-Dora Viola Ward age 100 passed away peacefully on Friday evening April 21, 2017 in the Presbyterian Home for Central, New York, New Hartford. She was born on March 9, 1917 in the town of Warren, daughter of the late Lynn and Mabel McRorie Geywits. Dora was raised in Richfield Springs, educated in Richfield Central School and was a graduate...
John R Vanpelt
Apr 12, 2017
HERKIMER-John Robert VanPelt Jr. age 43, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 12, 2017, in Homelife at Folts. He was surrounded with the love and comfort of his devoted family. He was born on May 23, 1973, in Herkimer, son of the late John Sr. and Mabel Anderson VanPelt. John was raised in Ilion and graduated from Ilion High School...
Elaine Thelma Matthews
Apr 5, 2017
RICHFIELD SPRINGS-Elaine Thelma Matthews age 69 passed away on Wednesday April 5, 2017 in Valley Health Services, Inc., Herkimer. She was born on October 26, 1947 in New Berlin, daughter of the late Walter H. Sr. and Neva M. Ray Loomis. A lifelong Richfield Springs resident she was a graduate of Richfield Springs High School. On October 29, 1966 she...
William H. Dingman
Apr 4, 2017
JOHNSON CITY, TN-William H. Dingman, age 87, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, in Lake Bridge Nursing Home after a long illness. He was born on June 21, 1929, in St. Johnsville, son of the late Silas Sr. and Fredrica Canfield Dingman. Bill was raised in St. Johnsville and was a graduate of St. Johnsville High School. He...
Yvonne Patricia Smith
Apr 4, 2017
MOHAWK - Yvonne Patricia Smith age 83 passed peacefully on Tuesday evening April 4, 2017 in Valley Health Services, Inc., Herkimer. She was born on June 19, 1933 in Ilion, daughter of the late Herbert and Dorothy Murdock Long. A lifelong area resident she was raised and educated in Mohawk. On July 20, 1950 she was united in marriage to...
Helen P Cook
Mar 28, 2017
MOHAWK-Helen Patricia Cook age 76 passed away peacefully on Tuesday afternoon March 28, 2017 in Faxton-St. Lukes Medical Center, New Hartford. She had the support and comfort of her loving family at her side. She was born on February 1, 1941 in town of Norway, daughter of the late Herman and Sophie Unser Baylor. A lifelong area resident she was...
Linda L. Lincourt
Mar 18, 2017
ILION Linda L. Lincourt age 68 passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 18, 2017, in Faxton-St. Lukes Medical Center, New Hartford. She had the comfort of her family by her side. She was born on March 24, 1948 in Herkimer daughter of Ruth Harper Farrington and the late George Farrington. A lifelong area resident she graduated Herkimer High School with...
Marcus M Curry
Mar 17, 2017
Herkimer, NY Marcus M. Curry died peacefully in his home on March 17, 2017 after a fierce battle with a rare testicular cancer. He was 64 years old. Marc was born in White Plains, NY, the son of Marcus and Frances (Gowen) Curry .He attended schools in downstate and in upstate New York, where he also obtained a bachelors and...
Thomas Skandera
Mar 17, 2017
HERKIMER - Thomas Skandera age 95 passed away peacefully on Friday, March 17, 2017 in Folts Home. He had the comfort of his loving family by his side. Tom was born on January 9, 1922 in Mahanoy, PA son of the late Paul and Anna Cernak Skandera. He was a graduate of VanHornesville Central School where he was active in...
Michael T Patterson
Mar 16, 2017
WHITESBORO - Michael Timothy Patterson age 47 passed away unexpectedly on Thursday March 16, 2017 in his home. He was born on January 19, 1970 in Brooklyn, son of Francis Edward and Alberta Grace Hendrickson Patterson. Michael was educated in Edmeston High School before enlisting in the US Army where he served in Germany working in communications. After his military...
James A. Hext
Mar 16, 2017
SCHUYLER LAKE James Arnold Hext, age 74, passed away peacefully on Thursday morning, March 16, 2017 at Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown, with his loving family by his side. He was born on December 4, 1942 in Cooperstown, son of the late Gerald and Florence Price Hext. A lifelong area resident he was a graduate of Richfield Springs High School. A...
Jaquie L. Richardson
Mar 16, 2017
ILION-Jaquie L. Bowman-Richardson age 62 passed away peacefully on Thursday evening March 16, 2017 in Saint Elizabeths Medical Center, Utica. She had the comfort of her loving family at her side. She was born on June 17, 1954 in Herkimer, daughter of Mary Miller Bowman and the late Alfred Bowman. A lifelong area resident she was educated in Herkimer High...
William A Fredlund
Mar 12, 2017
William A. Fredlund , 92, of Herkimer, passed away on Sunday March 12, 2017, with his loving family by his side. Bill was born in Brooklyn, NY on April 3, 1924, the son of Harry and Martha (Otto) Fredlund. He was raised in Freeport, NY, and was a 1942 graduate of Freeport High School. After WWII, he earned his civil...
Charles Edward Sommer
Mar 11, 2017
HERKIMER-Charles Edward Sommer Chuck age 77 passed on Saturday afternoon March 11, 2017 in Albany Medical Center after a short illness. He had the comfort of his loving family at his side. He was born on July 17, 1939 in Mohawk, son of the late Floyd Henry and Ruth Alma Vincent Sommer. A lifelong area resident he was educated in...
Marcella Neeves
Mar 10, 2017
RICHFIELD SPRINGS - Marcella Neeves, age 90, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, formerly of Richfield Springs, passed away on Friday morning March 10, 2017 in Bethany Lutheran Nursing Home, Sioux Falls. She was born on March 7, 1927 in Port Jervis, NY and was the daughter of the late Walter and Gladys Antenner Myer. Mrs. Neeves was a registered nurse...
Nancy Jean Kennedy
Mar 10, 2017
RICHFIELD SPRINGS - Nancy Jean Kennedy, age 64 passed away peacefully on Friday, March 10, 2017. She was born on October 29, 1952, in Jacksonville, FL, a daughter of the late Clifford and Marjorie Priest Weyrauch. Coming from Long Island she has lived in Cooperstown and Richfield Springs since 1989. At one time whe was married to Christopher Kennedy. For...
David Eugene Foster
Mar 1, 2017
HERKIMER David Eugene Foster, age 63, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 1, 2017 in his home. David was born on July 26, 1953 in Herkimer, son of the late Donald and Norma Jean Smith Foster. A lifelong area resident he was educated in Herkimer and graduated from Herkimer County Community College with an AAS degree in Business Administration. On...
Eva Hawrylchak
Feb 27, 2017
Eva Hawrylchak, 94, of Richfield Springs, died on Monday, February 27, 2017 Born Eva Bureychak, on April 21, 1922 in the town of Radocyna, a village in the foothills of the Carpathian mountains, in an area of what was then the USSR. At the age of 16, Eva immigrated to New York City to live with her step-brother, Dmytro Demianowych...
David C Mcmanus
Feb 26, 2017
EAST HERKIMER-David Charles McManus age 73 passed away peacefully after a short illness on Sunday February 26, 2017 in Saint Elizabeths Medical Center, Utica. He had the support and comfort of his loving family at his side. Dave was born on May 28, 1943 in Herkimer son of the late Anselm (Red) and Gladys Gould McManus. A lifelong Herkimer resident...
Leah Eileen Cook
Feb 24, 2017
STARKVILLE-Leah Eileen Cook age 90 passed away peacefully on Friday February 24, 2017 in Focus Rehabilitation and Nursing at Otsego, Cooperstown. She had the support and comfort of her loving family at her side. Leah was born on November 16, 1926 in Hallsville, daughter of the late Floyd A. and Florence Green Smith. She was raised in Hallsville and was...
