Obituaries
William B. '"Bill"' Payne
Mar 9, 2010
Boonville - William B. Payne, 90, of Valley View Drive, formerly of Main Street, passed away on Tuesday, March 9, 2010, at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare, New Hartford. Mr. Payne was the founder and former owner of W.B. Payne Insurance Agency, Inc. of Boonville. Bill was born in Lowville on February 15, 1920, a son of Charles L. and Anna...
Mark R. Krokowski
Mar 8, 2010
Port Leyden - Mark R. Krokowski, 51, of the East Road, passed away on Monday, March 8, 2010 at Lewis County General Hospital in Lowville after a long illness. Mark was born in Constableville on October 24, 1958, a son of Walter and Mildred Meiss Krokowski. He grew up in the village of Turin and graduated from South Lewis...
Richard J. 'Dick' Dutch
Mar 5, 2010
Boonville - Richard J. "Dick" Dutch, 63, of Main Street, formerly of State Route 26 in West Leyden, passed away in Boonville on Friday, March 5, 2010. He was born in Rome on November 27, 1946, a son of Edward W. and Bethany J. "Betty" (Ammon) Dutch. He grew up on the Dutch family farm on the Golden Road,...

Elizabeth A. Alger
Mar 1, 2010
Boonville - Elizabeth "Betty" A. (Shue) Alger, 81, a long-time resident of Boonville and Sunset Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Boonville passed away on March 1, 2010 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica, NY. Betty was born in Lyons Falls, NY on March 12, 1928, a daughter of Lawrence and Leona Shue. She was educated at and graduated...
Charles M. Faber
Feb 27, 2010
Hawkinsville - Charles M. Faber, 79, of Cummings Road, a native and lifelong resident of Hawkinsville, passed away on Saturday, February 27, 2010, at his residence while under the care of his loving wife, Ruth, and son, Tim. He was born on May 4, 1930, a son of John and Lottie Hendrix Faber. He graduated from Boonville Central School...
Mildred I. White
Feb 27, 2010
Port Leyden - Mildred I. "Millie" White, 91, formerly of McDonald Road, passed away on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at Sunset Nursing and Rehabiltation Center where she had resided since May 2004. She was born in Brookfield, NY (Madison County) on July 7, 1918, a daughter of Floyd E. and Blanche Mae (Rocker) Brinkerhoff. She grew up in Bookfield...
June M. Salmon
Feb 25, 2010
Constableville - June M. (Samson) Salmon, 82, affectionately known as "June Bug", passed away on Thursday, February 25, 2010 at Sunset Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Boonville after a long illness. A native of Fish Creek in the Town of Lewis, she was born on April 9, 1927, a daughter of Mathew J. and Mary (Cavanaugh) Samson. She grew...
Harold Lenaghen
Feb 21, 2010
Westernville - Harold Lenaghen, 85, of Westernville passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 21, 2010 with his best friend and family by his side. He had been a patient at Rome Memorial Hospital for the past three weeks. Harold was born on June 30, 1924 in Oriskany to John R. and Ada (Jacobs) Lenaghen. He moved to the Town...
Mary M. Rowlands
Feb 15, 2010
Boonville - Mary McDonald Rowlands, 86, of Boonville passed away on February 15, 2010 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Utica. Born February 21, 1923, the daughter of Clarence and Margaret (Donlon) McDonald, she grew up in the Camden and Remsen areas attending school in both locations. She was united in marriage with George W. Rowlands on April 2, 1945...
Debra Dailey
Feb 12, 2010
Whitesboro - Debra (Olney) Dailey, 56, of Clinton Street passed away on Friday, February 12, 2010 at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare in New Hartford after a long illness. She was born in Herkimer on November 1, 1953, a daughter of Robert C. and Geraldine A. (Kast) Olney II. Debra grew up in Woodgate and graduated from Town of Webb High...
Edward W. 'Bowty' Sullivan
Feb 11, 2010
Constableville - Edward W. "Bowdy" Sullivan, 61, of West Road passed away on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at Lewis County General Hospital in Lowville after a long illness. He was born in Talcottville on December 12, 1948, a son of Edward Finton and Verna M. (Dale) Sullivan. Edward grew up in Talcottville and graduated from Boonville High School. He...
Mary T. Mcgee
Feb 7, 2010
Woodgate - Mary T. McGee, 86, passed away on Sunday, February 7, 2010. Born in New York City on July 23, 1923, she moved to eastern Long Island where she graduated from Southampton High School. She later worked as a stenographer at Camp Evans, NJ during WWII. Mary was united in marriage with Lawrence T. McGee, Sr. in 1947....
Carl R. Szot
Feb 1, 2010
Boonville - Carl R. Szot, M.D., 77, of Schuyler Street, a widely known physician in central and upstate New York, passed away at his residence on Monday, February 1, 2010 while under the loving care of his wife and family. Dr. Szot was born in Boonville on December 5, 1932 to John C. and Victoria (Daskiewich) Szot. He graduated...
Katherine Marie Conway
Jan 29, 2010
Turin - Katherine Marie Conway, 93, of East Road passed away on Friday, January 29, 2010 at the Lewis County Extended Care Facility in Lowville after a short illness. She was born in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, on February 26, 1916 to Cecil and Mary (Kelly) Gillette. As a child she moved with her family to Constableville where she...
Gary S. Burdick
Jan 24, 2010
Lyons Falls - Gary Stephen "Skip" Burdick, 62, of Lyonsdale Road passed away suddenly on Sunday, January 24, 2010 at Lewis County General Hospital in Lowville. He was born in Lowville on December 21, 1947, a son of Harry Dean and Mary Margaret (Gaffney) Burdick, and stepson of Margaret "Peg" (Potts) Burdick. Mr. Burdick was a lifelong resident of...
Laura N. Tuttle
Jan 23, 2010
Boonville - Laura N. Tuttle, 84, formerly of Taberg and Utica, passed away on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at Rome Memorial Hospital. Prior to entering the hospital, she had resided at Sunset Nursing & Rehabiliation Center in Boonville for the past two years. Mrs. Tuttle was born in Hawkinsville on April 22, 1925, a daughter of Mirt and Mary...
Louise C. 'Pete' Edick
Jan 23, 2010
Forestport - Louise C. Edick, 80, of State Route 28 and affectionately known as "Pete", passed away suddenly at her residence on Saturday, January 23, 2010. A native of the town of German Flatts, she was born on January 12, 1930 to William B. and Catherine (Mosher) Hunt, Sr. Louise grew up in Mohawk and attended local schools. Her...
Erminie L. Traxel
Jan 21, 2010
Ava - Erminie Lueder Traxel, 93, a native and longtime resident of Ava, passed away on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at Sunset Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Boonville where she had been a resident since August of 1999. She was born on January 25, 1916, a daughter of Eugene William and Erminie (Lueder) Traxel at the Traxel homestead farm...
Patricia A. Foshay
Jan 13, 2010
Constableville - Patricia A. Foshay, 80, of Kessler Road and formerly of Bethel, CT, passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at Lewis County General Hospital in Lowville after a brief illness. She was born in Mercer, PA on November 29, 1929, a daughter of Gregory and Mary Elizabeth (White) Hatch. Patricia grew up in Danbury, CT where she...
William J. Wilcox
Jan 13, 2010
Alder Creek - William J. Wilcox, Sr., 62, of State Route 12 passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester after a long illness. He was born in Utica on October 19, 1947, a son of Joseph H. and Mary E. (Gosson) Wilcox, Sr. He grew up in Hinckley, then lived for many years...