obituaries
Sharon Ann Murdock Coe
Oct 18, 2003
SCHUYLERLAKE-Sharon Ann Murdock Coe age 59 of Tunnicliff Rd. entered into eternal rest on Saturday morning October 18, 2003 in her home. She had the comfort of her close friends and loving at her side. She was born on July 22, 1944 in Cooperstown daughter of the late Gordon C. and Elizabeth (Betty) VanAuken Cushman. A lifelong Schuyler Lake resident...
William A Ingerham
Oct 17, 2003
HERKIMER-William A. Ingerham age 69 of East German Street, entered into eternal rest on Friday afternoon October 17, 2003 in his home. He had the reassuring comfort of his loving family at his side. He was born on February 10, 1934 in Ilion, son of the late William A. and Rose Tamburro Ingerham. A lifelong Herkimer resident he was educated...
Frances Woodford
Oct 15, 2003
HERKIMER - Frances E. Woodford, 94, of 104 N. Washington St., formerly of Dayton Place, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2003, in St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Utica. She was born on Nov. 2, 1908, in Chickasha, Okla., daughter of the late R. Peter and Sophie Nielsen Christensen. Frances was raised in Mitchell, S.D., where she graduated high...
Anna F Caswell
Oct 9, 2003
HERKIMER-Anna F. Caswell age78 formerly of Goodell Avenue entered into eternal rest on Thursday morning October 9, 2003 in Valley Health Services Inc. She had the comfort of her loving family at her side. She was born on July 18, 1925 in Herkimer daughter of the late Charles and Cora Parker Abeline. A lifelong Herkimer resident she was educated in...
Richard L Clayton
Oct 6, 2003
Richfield Springs - Richard L. Clayton, age 94, of the Bronner Street Apartments formerly of Williams Street, entered into eternal rest on Monday October 6, 2003 in Bassett Healthcare Cooperstown as a result of injuries sustained an automobile accident. He was born on August 20, 1909 in Ilion a son of the late Louis and Florence Fish Clayton. A lifelong...
Peter T Jeffries
Oct 3, 2003
HERKIMER - Peter T. Jeffries, 84, of North Main Street, beloved husband of Antonia Dededimos Jeffries, entered into eternal rest on Friday afternoon, Oct. 3, 2003, in Faxton Hospital, Utica. He was born on August 7, 1919, in Oneonta, a son of the late Theodore and Despo Andricos Jeffries. He was raised and educated in Herkimer, where he graduated high...
George Hugick Jr.
Oct 2, 2003
RICHFIELD SPRINGS - George Hugick Jr., 64, of South Street, entered into eternal rest on Thursday evening, Oct. 2, 2003, in Bassett Healthcare, Cooperstown. He was born Nov. 24, 1938, in Herkimer, son of the late George and Mary Bukatko Hugick. A lifelong Richfield Springs resident, he graduated from Richfield Springs High School with the "Class of 1956." For 30...
Eugene L Smith
Sep 30, 2003
EAST HERKIMER - Eugene L. "Linc" Smith, 74, of Folts Road, entered into eternal rest in his home Tuesday evening, Sept. 30, 2003, after a long illness. He was born Feb. 12, 1929, in Fort Plain, son of the late Ray Charles and Irene Dillenbeck Smith. A lifelong area resident, he was raised and educated in Fort Plain. In 1946,...
Donald J Mitchell
Sep 27, 2003
HERKIMER - Donald J. Mitchell age 80 Shells Bush Road former United States Congressman, entered into eternal rest on Saturday Morning September 27, 2003 in Little Falls Hospital. He was born on May 8, 1923 in Ilion, son of the late Donald G. and Winifred Packard Mitchell. A lifelong Herkimer resident he was a graduate of Herkimer High School class...
Nicholas Steckler
Sep 26, 2003
RICHFIELD SPRINGS-Nicholas "Nick" Steckler, age 80 of River Street, entered into eternal rest on Friday morning, September 26, 2003 in Little Falls Hospital.He was born on October 28, 1922 in the Town of Warren, son of the late Victor and Mary Papach Steckler, A lifelong area resident he was a graduate of Van Hornesville High School. During World War II...
Joy Biando
Sep 23, 2003
HERKIMER - Joy Biando, 54, of Wires Avenue, passed away Tuesday night, Sept. 23, 2003, after a courageous battle with lung cancer. She was born Nov. 19, 1948, in Herkimer, a daughter of Greta (Richter) Herringshaw and the late Frank Pavlot. A lifelong area resident, she graduated from Herkimer High School and Herkimer County Community College with an AAS in...
Jeryl Lou Ayers
Sep 22, 2003
HERKIMER - Jeryl Lou Ayers age 48 of Steuben Road entered into eternal rest on Monday afternoon September 22, 2003 in University Hospital, Syracuse. She was born on October 27, 1954 in Utica daughter of the late Lawrence and Jean McGovern Ayers. A lifelong area resident she was educated in both Ilion and Herkimer Schools, graduating from Herkimer High School...
Jeanette B Martin
Sep 20, 2003
UTICA-Jeanette B. Martin of Acacia Village, formerly of Vickerman Hill, Mohawk, peacefully entered into eternal rest on Saturday afternoon, September 20, 2003, in Faxton Hospital, Utica. A lifelong area resident she was born in Ilion, daughter of the late Augustine and Florence May Whitaker Breslin. Jeanette's life was music; she was a graduate of Crane School of Music, Potsdam. After...
James Leroy Mead
Sep 13, 2003
UTICA-James LeRoy Mead age 65 of Kemble Street entered into eternal rest on Saturday morning September 13, 2003 in the Loretto Utica Center with the comfort of his devoted brother Gary by his side.. He was born on March 27, 1938 in Little Falls, son of the late Earl Kitchner and Glennie McArthur Mead. A lifelong area resident, he was...
Mary Kellar
Sep 4, 2003
HERKIMER - Mary Kellar, 87, of North Washington Street, entered into eternal life Thursday evening, Sept. 4, 2003, in Little Falls Hospital. She was born Nov. 11, 1915, in Watertown. At one time she had worked as a nurse's aide for various health facilities in northern New York. A resident of Folts Homes in Herkimer since May of 1998, she...
Esther May Avery Vanvalkenburgh
Sep 1, 2003
HERKIMER - Esther May (Avery) VanValkenburgh, 72, of Lansing Street, entered into eternal rest Monday afternoon, Sept. 1, 2003, in St. Luke's-Memorial Medical Center, New Hartford. She was born Nov. 12, 1928, at the family homestead in the town of Manheim, a daughter of the late Martha M. Patterson Avery. A lifelong area resident, she graduated from Little Falls High...
Eleanor B Palmer
Sep 1, 2003
RICHFIELD SPRINGS - Eleanor B. Palmer, 80, of Truman Road, entered into eternal rest Monday morning, Sept. 1, 2003, in Bassett Healthcare, Cooperstown. She was born Jan. 5, 1923, in the town of Russia, daughter of the late Leo and Myrtle Michael Coffin. Eleanor was educated in the Poland Central School. A Richfield Springs resident for the past 45 years,...
Doris Helen Mcguire
Aug 31, 2003
EAST HERKIMER-Doris Helen McGuire age 83 of East Street entered into eternal rest on Sunday morning August 31, 2003 in Little Falls Hospital. She was born on September 3, 1919 in Herkimer daughter of the late L. Russell and Blanche Edwards Freeley. A lifelong East Herkimer resident, she was a graduate of Herkimer High School Class of 1937. An honorably...
Elsie L Moore
Aug 30, 2003
PITTSFIELD, MA-Elsie L. Moore age 88 of Maplegrove Drive entered into eternal rest on Saturday August 30, 2003 in Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield. She was born on April 19, 1915 in Mahanoy City, PA daughter of the late Frank and Concetta Tomaino Lupia. A graduate of Oneonta Normal School, she substitute taught in Richfield Springs in 1934 and 1935. From...
Shirley Zabry
Aug 30, 2003
HERKIMER-Shirley Zabry age 68 of Harter Street entered into eternal rest on Saturday evening August 30, 2003 after a courageous battle with cancer. She had the comfort and support of her loving family with her at the time of her passing. She was born on March 7, 1935 in Ilion, daughter of the late Carl and Anna Frank Oram. A...
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