obituaries

Agatha Mcquesten

Agatha Mcquesten

Jul 28, 2003

HERKIMER - Agatha McQuesten, 81, of 105 Protection Ave., entered into eternal rest on Monday afternoon, July 28, 2003, in Mohawk Valley Nursing Home. She was born June 10, 1922, daughter of the late George E. and Eva Proper Lampman. Mrs. McQuesten had worked locally for Remington Arms Co., Ilion and the Empire Diner, Herkimer. At one time she owned...

Frances  M Tarbox

Frances M Tarbox

Jul 26, 2003

HERKIMER - Frances M. Tarbox age 88 of First Avenue entered into eternal rest on Saturday evening July 26, 2003 in Little Falls Hospital. She was born on October 17, 1914 in Fort Plain, daughter of the late Clarence and Fannie Brown Hotaling. Frances was raised and educated in Fort Plain. In April of 1947 she married Ross K. Tarbox...

Agnes  Frances Warner

Agnes Frances Warner

Jul 24, 2003

SYLVANIA, Ohio - Agnes Frances Warner, 87, of Tamworth Road, formerly of Oneonta, passed away Thursday, July 24, 2003, in Lake Park Rehabilitation Center, Sylvania. She was born April 21, 1916, in Richfield Springs, the daughter of the late William and Johanna (Linehan) Mulligan. Raised and educated in Richfield Springs, she graduated from Richfield Springs High School. On Nov. 27,...

Heinrich Zupp

Heinrich Zupp

Jul 23, 2003

HERKIMER - Heinrich F. Zupp, age 87, of Aney Hill Road, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday morning, July 23, 2003 in Folts Homes, Herkimer. Surviving him are his beloved wife of 54 years, Agnes Becker Zupp; two sons and their wives, Klaus and Kayoko China Zupp of Seattle, Wash., Bruno and Ann Spurling Zupp of Bermuda; four daughters, Agnes...

Albert  P Yourno

Albert P Yourno

Jul 21, 2003

HARTWICK - Albert P. Pat Yourno age 87 of Oaks Creek Stock Farm on State Highway # 28, entered into eternal rest on Monday morning July 21, 2003 in Little Falls Hospital of complications from a hip fracture and surgery. Pat was born on April 22, 1916 at the family homestead on Yourno Road in West Winfield, son of the...

Jean  B Keller

Jean B Keller

Jul 21, 2003

ILION - Jean B. Keller, 73, a resident of Mohawk Valley Nursing Home since 1997, formerly of Herkimer, entered into eternal rest July 21, 2003, in Little Falls Hospital. She was born Oct. 13, 1929, in Herkimer, a daughter of the late Robert R. and Irene E. (Higby) Bishton. A lifelong Herkimer resident, she was raised and educated in Herkimer,...

Dorothy Mcshane-Quaif

Dorothy Mcshane-Quaif

Jul 20, 2003

SPRINGFIELD CENTER Dorothy McShane Quaif, age 79 of Route 20, passed away peacefully on Sunday evening July 20, 2003 in Bassett Healthcare Cooperstown. She was born on April 30, 1924 in Troy, a daughter of the late Walter and Hazel Malder McShane. She was raised and educated in Troy, where she graduated from high school. She continued her education, graduating...

Doris  L Bolen

Doris L Bolen

Jul 14, 2003

EAST HERKIMER-Doris L. Bolen age 82 of Pine Grove Road entered into eternal rest on Monday morning July 14, 2003 in Saint Elizabeths Medical Center, Utica. She was born on July 10, 1921 in Detroit Michigan, daughter of the late Oscar and Sophie Friedman Latovsky. Doris was raised in Detroit and graduated high school there. During World War II she...

Martin  S Sarafin

Martin S Sarafin

Jul 10, 2003

MOHAWK - Martin J. Sarafin age 72 of Sarafin Road passed away unexpectedly on Thursday afternoon July 10, 2003 in his home. He was born on August 23, 1930 at home in the town of Columbia, son of the late Martin J. Sr. and Mary Hugick Sarafin. A lifelong resident in the town of Columbia, he was a graduate of...

Hilda  A Schroeder

Hilda A Schroeder

Jul 10, 2003

NEWPORT-Hilda A. Schroeder age 95 formerly of Newport entered into eternal rest on Thursday morning July 10, 2003 in Little Van Allen Nursing Home, Little Falls. She was born on March 23, 1908 in West Schuyler, daughter of the late Sherman and Cora Tanner Franklin. A lifelong Newport resident, she was a graduate of West Canada Valley Central Schools. On...

Francis  T Degouff

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

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...

Vera Dekanek

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...

Walter Nichols

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...

Edwin  T Donnelly

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

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

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...

William  Owen Schoenfisch

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...

Grace  M Bunce

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...

Gilbert Moore

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...

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