obituaries
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Rosemarie Slocum
May 16, 2003
RICHFIELD SPRINGS - Rosemarie Slocum, age 78, of Monticello St., entered into eternal rest on Friday morning, May 16, 2003 in St. Luke's Nursing Home. She was born on September 1, 1924 in Frankfort, daughter of the late John A. and Mary Kipper Trois. A resident of Richfield Springs since 1939, she was a graduate of Richfield Springs High School,...
Francis Husselbeck
May 15, 2003
RICHFIELD SPRINGS - GUILDERLAND - The Rev. Francis E. Husselbeck, 72, of Mercy Care Lane, former pastor of Saint Joseph's Church, Richfield Springs, entered into eternal life Thursday morning, May 15, 2003, in Our Lady of Mercy Life Care in Guilderland. He was born Nov. 30, 1930, in Albany, a son of the late Francis E. and Margaret Grace LaBombard...
Eleanor Gravelding
May 13, 2003
RICHFIELD SPRINGS - Eleanor Armstrong Gravelding, 83, of Union Street, entered into eternal rest Tuesday night, May 13, 2003, in VanAllen Nursing Home, Little Falls. She was born July 27, 1919, in the town of Warren, daughter of the late Frank and Mary (Jones) Armstrong. A lifelong Richfield Springs resident, she graduated from Richfield Springs High School. On Nov. 13,...
Julia Puchalski
May 12, 2003
HERKIMER - Julia Puchalski, 91, of 104 N. Washington St., formerly of Church Street, Richfield Springs, entered into eternal rest Monday morning, May 12, 2003, in Folts Homes, Herkimer. She was born May 29, 1911, in Williamsbridge, daughter of the late Frank and Stella Schilling Polchinski. Julia was raised in the Bronx, where she graduated from New York City Public...
Thelma Domion
May 11, 2003
RICHFIELD SPRINGS - Thelma M. Domion, 81, of Domion Road, passed away Sunday evening, May 11, in Folts Homes Inc., Herkimer. She was born June 4, 1921, in Milford, a daughter of the late Seth and Jennie (Tompkins) Martindale. Raised and educated in Milford, she graduated high school in 1942. On June 26, 1958, she married Victor Willard Domion in...
Bertha F Mahardy
May 10, 2003
ILION - Bertha F. Mahardy, 82, of West Main Street, formerly of Mohawk, entered into eternal rest Saturday morning, May 10, 2003, in St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Utica. She had the comfort of her loving family at her side. She was born July 19, 1920, in Mohawk, daughter of the late Bruce and Flossie Hazel Innes. A lifelong area resident,...
Anne Lechmanik
May 7, 2003
HERKIMER - Anne Lechmanik, 83, of North Prospect Street, died Wednesday, May 7, 2003, in Folts Homes Inc. She was born Feb. 11, 1920, in Hastings, Pa., a daughter of the late Nicholas and Irene (Grob) Lechmanik. As a young girl her family moved to Utica, where she was raised and educated. She moved to Herkimer in 1948. For 15...
Marguerite Schmale
May 2, 2003
HERKIMER - Marguerite Bickl Schmale, age 96, of 104 North Washington St., formerly of RD #2, Town of Warren, entered into eternal rest on Friday, May 2, 2003, in Folts Homes, Herkimer. She was born on September 22, 1906 in Bavaria, Germany, daughter of the late George and Margarethe Bickl. Marguerite was raised and educated in Germany. She was married...
Albert L Lowell
Apr 30, 2003
HERKIMER - Albert Lansing Lowell, 82, of West German Street, formerly of Main Road, East Herkimer, passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2003, in Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare, Utica. He was born Oct. 15, 1920, in East Herkimer, son of the late Charles and Lela Snyder Lowell. A lifelong East Herkimer resident, he was educated in Herkimer schools. In September of 1939,...
Iris Humphrey
Apr 25, 2003
ILION-Iris Humphrey age 76 of Second Street, entered into eternal rest peacefully on Friday afternoon April 25, 2003 in St Elizabeths Medical Center, Utica. She had the comfort of her loving family at her side. She was born on March 15, 1927 in Woonsocket, RI, daughter of the late Ruben and Elsie Hagopian Vartabedian. She was a graduate of Hartford...
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