Francis T Degouff
Jul 8, 2003
EAST HERKIMER - Francis T. DeGouff, 71, of Shells Bush Road, entered into eternal rest Tuesday morning, July 8, 2003, in Faxton Hospital, Utica. He had the comfort of his loving family at his side. He was born July 30, 1931, in Canton, son of the late Philip and Marguerite LeCouffe DeGouff. Francis was raised in Herkimer, where he was...
Ida Cross
Jul 4, 2003
MOHAWK-Ida M. Cross age 80 of Fulmer Creek Road entered into eternal rest on Friday evening July 4, 2003 in Valley Health Services Inc., Herkimer. She was born on February 19, 1923 in Frankfort daughter of the late John and Anna Emrich LaRouche. Ida was raised and educated in East Frankfort. On June 28, 1941 she married Rudolph Panko in...
Walter Nichols
Jun 30, 2003
EAST HERKIMER - Walter Nichols, 84, of Walnut Avenue, entered into eternal rest Monday morning, June 30, 2003, in Little Falls Hospital. He was born July 7, 1918, in Herkimer, son of the late Peter and Pauline Nichols. A lifelong area resident, he was a graduate of Herkimer High School, "class of 1935." Walter was an honorably discharged U.S. Air...
Vera Dekanek
Jun 30, 2003
MOHAWK - Vera I. DeKanek, 84, of State Route 5S, entered into eternal rest Monday evening, June 30, 2003, in Little Falls Hospital. She was born Feb. 11, 1919, in Cameron, daughter of the late Willis and Frances Stuart Ferguson. With her family she came to live in Mohawk in 1925 and graduated from Mohawk High School with the "class...
Edwin T Donnelly
Jun 26, 2003
SCHUYLER LAKE - Edwin Thomas Donnelly age 59, of State Route 28, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, June 26th, 2003 in his home. He was born on March 10, 1944 in Cooperstown son of the late William R. and Mary Kraham Donnelly. A life long area resident he was raised in Schuyler Lake and was a graduate of Richfield...
Elizabeth D Phelps
Jun 26, 2003
ROCHESTER - Elizabeth Phelps, 80, of Ross Street and former Herkimer resident, entered into eternal rest Thursday, June 26, 2003, in Blossom Healthcare Center, Rochester. She was born Oct. 20, 1922, in Little Falls, daughter of the late Samuel and Alma Boynton Phelps. She was raised in Herkimer and was a graduate of Herkimer High School. During World War II...
Philip C Krause
Jun 25, 2003
RICHFIELD SPRINGS Philip C. Krause, age 65, passed away on June 25, 2003, in his home after a short illness. He was born on August 4, 1937, in Syracuse, a son of the late Albert W. and Lillian S. (Kiefer) Krause. At the age of three, his family moved to Richfield Springs where he was raised and educated. He graduated...
Grace M Bunce
Jun 24, 2003
FRANKFORT - Grace M. Bunce, age 84 of First Avenue extension, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday morning, June 24, 2003 in Faxton Hospital, Utica. She was born on June 25, 1918 in New York Mills daughter of the late Joseph and Louise DesJardins Chiever. A lifelong area resident, she was raised in New York Mills and was a graduate...
William Owen Schoenfisch
Jun 24, 2003
MOHAWK - William Owen Schoenfisch, age 90, formerly of Kingston and Jersey City, passed away peacefully on Tuesday morning, June 24, 2003 in the Mohawk Homestead were he has resided since 1999. He was born on November 23, 1912 in Jersey City, New Jersey a son of the late Henry Oscar and Elizabeth (Glasson) Schoenfisch. Raised and educated in Jersey...
Gilbert Moore
Jun 18, 2003
HERKIMER - Gilbert F. Moore age 86 of First Avenue, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday June 18, 2003 in Bassett Healthcare Cooperstown. He was born on September 21, 1916 in Birmingham, England, son of the late William and Harriett White Moore. Gilbert was raised and educated in Canada. He was a veteran of World War II serving in the...
Richard Gravelding Rick
Jun 16, 2003
RICHFIELD SPRINGS-Richard Gravelding Rick age 65 of East James Street entered into eternal rest on Monday evening June 16, 2003 in Bassett Healthcare, Cooperstown. He was born on February 13, 1938 in Cooperstown, son of the late Francis and Eleanor Armstrong Gravelding. A lifelong Richfield Springs resident he graduated from Richfield Springs High School. On September 14, 1957 he married...
Delila Allen
Jun 14, 2003
HERKIMER-Delila Allen age 87 of Douglas Avenue entered into eternal rest on Saturday evening June 14, 2003 in Faxton Hospital, Utica. She was born on February 20, 1916 in Herkimer daughter of the late George and Delila Blair Howard. A lifelong Herkimer resident she was a graduate of Herkimer High School. On June 20, 1938 she married Ira Hampton Allen...
Kathryn L Benes
Jun 13, 2003
MOHAWK - Kathryn L. Benes, age 56, of Mohawk, passed away peacefully on Friday morning, June 13, 2003 in her home with the comfort of her family by her side. She was born on March 21, 1947 in Herkimer, daughter of Dorothy Jane Anderson Lescynski and the late Raymond Lescynski. Raised and educated in Mohawk where she graduated with the...
Mary J Sanchez
Jun 8, 2003
HERKIMER-Mary J. Sanchez age 53 of 315 North Prospect Street entered into eternal rest on Sunday evening June 8, 2003 in Little Falls Hospital. She was born on August 26, 1949 in Herkimer daughter of the late Robert S. and Arvah Day Fenner. A lifelong Herkimer resident she educated in Herkimer schools. For twenty years she worked in the shipping...
Elizabeth Betty Mosher
Jun 8, 2003
HERKIMER-The Reverend Elizabeth Betty Mosher age 91 of East German Street Extension, entered into eternal rest unexpectedly on Sunday evening June 8, 2003 in her home. She was born on January 30, 1912 in Boston, MA daughter of the late Eliza Boinnard. Betty was raised in Snyder and graduated high school there. She furthered her education graduating from the Baptist...
Ernest Littlejohn
May 29, 2003
RICHFIELD SPRINGS - Ernest Littlejohn, 92, of Cary Park Road, entered into eternal rest Thursday afternoon, May 29, 2003, in his home after a brief illness. He was born March 22, 1911, in Elbow, Sasketchewan, Canada, a son of the late James J. and Euphemia (Smith) Littlejohn. He was raised and educated in Deposit, where he graduated from high school....
George E Gregg
May 27, 2003
EAST HERKIMER-George E. Gregg age 84 of the Baptist Retirement Center, Scotia and formerly of 133 Elm Avenue entered into eternal rest on Tuesday evening May 27, 2003 in Ellis Hospital, Schenectady. He was born on June 21, 1918 in Fayetteville, son of the late Palmer and Ida Wilson Gregg. George was raised in Fayetteville and was a graduate of...
Sophie Kleban
May 26, 2003
RICHFIELD SPRINGS - Sophie Kleban, 80, of Monticello Street, peacefully entered into eternal rest Monday morning, May 26, 2003, in her home. She was born March 16, 1922, in Herkimer, daughter of the late Alexander and Anna Maslanka Skramko. Sophie was raised and educated in both Richfield Springs and West Winfield. In Sept. 1942, she married Nicholas Kleban in Saint...
Debra J Harper
May 26, 2003
RICHFIELD SPRINGS - Debra J. Harper age 49 of US Highway #20, town of Warren passed away unexpectedly on Monday May 26, 2003 in her home. She was born on August 14, 1953 in Cooperstown daughter of the late Neil and Ruth Ellen Bright Shoffstall. Debra was raised in Richfield Springs and was a graduate of Richfield Springs High School....
Mildred Swider
May 21, 2003
MOHAWK - Mildred L. Swider, 79, of the Mohawk Homestead, 68 E. Main St., entered into eternal rest Wednesday, May 21, 2003, in the Rome Memorial Hospital, Rome. She was born Nov. 15, 1923, in Sauquoit, daughter of the late Lynn and Emma Stevens. A lifelong area resident, she was a graduate of Sauquoit High School. On April 12, 1946,...
