Dorothy V. Harris
Feb 23, 2017
RICHFIELD SPRINGS Dorothy V. Harris, age 100, passed away peacefully on Thursday evening, February 23, 2017 in Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown. She had the comfort of her loving family at her side. Dorothy was born on November 17, 1916 in Malone, daughter of the late John and Bessie Shutts Blume. She was raised in Malone and was a graduate of...
Ellen C Lowell
Feb 9, 2017
HERKIMER-Ellen Catherine Lowell age 93 passed away peacefully on Thursday morning February 9, 2017 in the Alpine Rehabilitation and Nursing Facility, Little Falls. She was born on September 7, 1923 in Little Falls, daughter of the late Francis and Bessie Wilder White. A lifelong area resident, she was a graduate of Mohawk High School. On October 26, 1946 she was...
James B. Lamphere
Jan 30, 2017
RICHFIELD SPRINGS-James Burdett Lamphere age 58 passed away unexpectedly on Monday morning January 30, 2017 in his home. He was born October 24, 1957 in Little Falls, son of Esther Balderston Lamphere and the late Emerson Lamphere. A lifelong area resident he was raised in Jordanville and was a graduate of Owen D. Young High School. Jim first worked as...
Arthur Robert Russello
Jan 30, 2017
Arthur Robert Russello, age 65, of Richfield Springs, formerly of Long Island, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 30, 2017 at Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown. He was born on June 20, 1951 in Hicksville Long Island, a son of the late Emmanuel and Dorothy Schaffer Russello. He graduated high school and went to work for the Newsday paper where for...
Karen Harrison
Jan 22, 2017
BALSTON SPA-Karen McCormick Harrison, 64, formerly of Phoenix Mills passed away on Sunday, January 22, 2017, in her home. She had the comfort of her loving family by her side. Karen was born in Cooperstown, NY, on December 10, 1952, the daughter of the late Lester McCormick and Alice Jennings Tomasi. Karen was educated in Cooperstown and was a graduate...
Charles A. Gardner
Jan 21, 2017
TOWN of WARREN - Charles A. Gardner age 83 passed away peacefully on Saturday morning January 21, 2017 in Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown. He had his loving family at his side. He was born on September 8, 1933, son of the late Alvin L. and Edith Stall Gardner. A lifelong area resident he was raised on his family dairy farm...
Lincoln Leo Rapenske
Jan 19, 2017
RICHFIELD SPRINGS-Lincoln Leo Rapenske age 92 passed away on Thursday morning January 19, 2017 at Focus Rehabilitation and Nursing Home, Cooperstown. He was born on February 12, 1924 in Richfield Springs, son of the late John and Mary Putrikus Rapenske. A lifelong Richfield Springs resident; he was a graduate of Richfield Springs High School. After he graduated from high school...
Dennis Cross
Jan 19, 2017
HERKIMER - Dennis Cross, age 75 passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 19, 2017, at St. Lukes Nursing Home, New Hartford. He was born on October 15, 1941, son of the late Richard and Edna Mills Cross. A lifelong area resident he was a 1959 graduate of Mohawk Central School. On September 9, 1961, he married the former Carol Ann...
Eleanor Louise Engell
Jan 14, 2017
Deltona, FL-Eleanor Louise Engell age 86 formerly of Richfield Springs passed away peacefully on Saturday morning January 14, 2017 in her home. She had the comfort of her loving family at her side. Eleanor was born on July 1, 1930 in Schuyler Lake, daughter of the late Kenneth L. and Catherine Hadsell Sullivan Buell. A lifelong area resident, she was...
Flora M. Roberts
Jan 13, 2017
ILION-Flora M. Roberts age 85 formerly of Mohawk passed away peacefully on Friday morning January 13, 2017 in Mohawk Valley Health Care Center. She was born on July 15, 1931 in Ilion, daughter of the late Arthur and Laura Voorhees McGraw. A lifelong area resident she was a graduate of Mohawk High School. At one time she was employed by...
William C. Phillips
Jan 12, 2017
Schuyler William Clarence Phillips, age 75, passed away peacefully Thursday evening, January 12, 2017, at St. Lukes Home in New Hartford. He was born on May 15, 1941 in Utica, son of the late Gaynor and Lillian Davis Phillips. At a young age the family moved to Schuyler where he attended a one room school house until the Frankfort-Schuyler Central...
Elaine M. Emrich
Jan 3, 2017
RICHFIELD SPRINGS-Elaine M. Emrich age 75 passed away peacefully on Tuesday evening January 3, 2017 in Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown. She had the comfort of her loving family at side. She was born on September 6, 1941 in Leonardsville, daughter of the late Mark and Bertha Innes Mahardy. She graduated from Richfield Springs High School, with the class of 1960....
Frederick Arnold Porath
Dec 29, 2016
EAST SPRINGFIELD-Frederick Arnold Porath age 76 passed away on Thursday, December 29, 2016 in Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown. He was born on May 31, 1940 in Cherry Valley, son of the late Fred W. and Bernice Cole Porath. A lifelong East Springfield resident, he was a graduate of Springfield Central High School with the class of 1958. Upon graduation from...
Donna Marie Graham
Dec 28, 2016
MOHAWK-Donna Marie Graham age 70 passed away peacefully on Wednesday evening December 28, 2016 in her home. She was surrounded with the comfort and support of her loving family at her side. She was born on August 29, 1946 in Ilion, daughter of the late Arthur S. and Alice M. Leuenberger Krouse. A lifelong area resident she was educated in...
Larry G. Panko
Dec 23, 2016
HERKIMER-Larry G. Panko, age 76, passed away unexpectedly on Friday morning December 23, 2016 at Little Falls Hospital. He was born on February 27, 1940, in Herkimer, son of the late Russell Sr. and Virginia Beers Panko. A lifelong area resident he was a graduate of Mohawk High School, class of 1958. Upon graduation he enlisted in the US Air...
Donald R Tremain
Dec 23, 2016
RICHFIELD SPRINGS-Donald Richard Tremain, age 81, peacefully left his home to journey to Heaven, where no roads are needed, after battling heart disease for many years. He was born on August 20, 1935 in Salina, KS, son of the late Henry Earl and Jennie Mildred Benfield Tremain. He was raised in Wyandotte, MI and graduated high school with the class...
Loretta G. Buell
Dec 14, 2016
RICHFIELD SPRINGS-Loretta Georgianna Buell, age 84, passed away peacefully on Wednesday evening December 14, 2016 in Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown. She had the comfort and support of her loving family at her side. Loretta was born on October 14, 1932, in Cooperstown, daughter of the late Florence and Mabel Goodrich Kinney. She was raised in Schuyler Lake and was a...
Martha E. Meszler
Dec 13, 2016
MOHAWK-Martha Eleanor Meszler age 75 passed away on Tuesday evening December 13, 2016 in Faxton-Saint Lukes Medical Center, New Hartford. She had the Comfort and support of her loving family at her side. She was born on September 16, 1941 in Herkimer, daughter of the late Melvin and Martha Marie Bayer Vandelinder. Martha was raised in Herkimer and was a...
Mary L. Jackson
Dec 10, 2016
HERKIMER-Mary L. Jackson age 84 passed away on Saturday evening December 10, 2016 in Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester. She had the comfort of her loving family at her side. Mary was born on October 27, 1932 in Herkimer, daughter of the late William and Alice Potter Dibble. A lifelong Herkimer resident she was a graduate of Herkimer High School. She...
Victorio Francis Cristiano
Dec 8, 2016
HERKIMER-Victorio Francis Cristiano Dick age 80 passed away unexpectedly on Thursday morning December 8, 2016 in his home. He was born on March 1, 1936 in Herkimer, son of the late Peter and Maria Concetta Varano Cristiano. A lifelong Herkimer resident, he was a graduate of Herkimer High School. On July 23, 1960 he was united in marriage to the...
