Obituaries

Jessie E. Vollmar

Jessie E. Vollmar

Dec 22, 2008

Boonville - Jessie E. Vollmar, 84, a former resident of Woodgate Drive and more recently Sunset Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Boonville, passed away suddenly at the nursing home on Monday, December 22, 2008. A native of Port Leyden, she was born on September 3, 1924, to Earl and Ruth Gardner Webster. She grew up in Port Leyden, and graduated...

Estella Michael

Estella Michael

Dec 12, 2008

Utica - Mrs. Estella (Ziankowski) Michael, 77, a former resident of Victoria Drive, died peacefully with her loving family and friends by her side on Friday, December 12, 2008, at Sunset Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Boonville, NY where she was currently residing. She was born on November 15, 1931, to Felix and Matilda Ziankowski on the homestead farm...

Donna J. Miller

Donna J. Miller

Dec 4, 2008

Constableville - Donna J. Miller, 56, of North Main Street and wife of Richard, passed away after a long illness on Thursday, December 4, 2008, at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare, New Hartford, surrounded by her loving family. A native of Constableville, she was born on December 14, 1951, a daughter of June Snyder. Donna grew up in Constableville and Boonville....

Robert B. Gydesen

Robert B. Gydesen

Nov 30, 2008

Lyons Falls - Robert B. Gydesen, 79, of Gorham Street, passed away suddenly on Sunday, November 30, 2008, at his hunting camp on the Steam Mill Road in Brantingham. Robert was born in Utica on August 25, 1929, a son of Ted and Gladys Burton Gydesen. He grew up on the Gydesen homestead farm on the Lyons Falls -Greig...

Mildred May Champion

Mildred May Champion

Nov 28, 2008

Boonville - Mildred May Champion, 83, a former resident of North Street in Madison for several years, and more recently of Oneida and Boonville, passed away on Friday, November 28, 2008, at Sunset Nursing Home, Boonville, where she had resided since January 2007. A native of Fulton, she was born on May 17, 1925, a daughter of Howard Edley...

Vernon R. Coleman

Vernon R. Coleman

Nov 24, 2008

Swancott Mills - Vernon R. Coleman, 66, a lifelong resident of Osceola Road in the Town of Lewis, passed away suddenly at his home on Monday, November 24, 2008. Vernon was born in Rome, on October 24, 1942, a son of Clayton A. and Hilda Genther Coleman. Mr. Coleman graduated from West Leyden Central School. He entered the U.S....

Melvin W. 'Mouse' Iseneker

Melvin W. 'Mouse' Iseneker

Nov 23, 2008

Boonville - Melvin W. Iseneker , 83, of Summit Street and formerly of Thornton Avenue, passed away after a long illness on Sunday, November 23, 2008, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Utica. A native of Boonville, Melvin was born on January 23, 1925, a son of Albert J., and Florence Bourgeois Iseneker. He grew up on Ann Street, and...

Dennis F. Breen

Dennis F. Breen

Nov 23, 2008

Boonville - Dennis F. Breen, 83, a long-time resident of Erwin Street, passed away after a long illness on Sunday, November 23, 2008, at the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Syracuse. A native and lifelong resident of Boonville, he was born on April 10, 1925, a son of Frank and Julia Raymond Breen. He graduated from Boonville High School in...

Mary E. Smith

Mary E. Smith

Nov 21, 2008

Forestport - Mary Evelyn (Galle) Smith, 83, widow of Leroy and a resident of Kincaid Road since 1975, passed away Friday, November 21, 2008, at St. Luke's Memorial Hospital, New Hartford, after a long illness. A native of Forestport, she was born on December 4, 1924, a daughter of Edwin John and Elizabeth Wingert Galle. She grew up in...

Stanley C. Sirois

Stanley C. Sirois

Nov 15, 2008

Hawkinsville - Stanley C. Sirois, 33, of Wingert Road, fianc of Ms. Nicole A. Drelick, passed away suddenly of a heart attack on Saturday, November 15, 2008, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Utica. He was born in New Hartford on September 22, 1975, a son of the late Michael S. and Rosemary Earl Sirois. Stanley grew up in Hawkinsville...

Rhonda L. Hoehn

Rhonda L. Hoehn

Nov 7, 2008

Ava - Rhonda Faye Hoehn, 48, a resident of East Ava Road and formerly of Sandston, VA, passed away on Friday, November 7, 2008, at her residence after an intense battle with cancer. A native of Richmond, VA, Rhonda was born on September 15, 1950, a daughter of Curtis Ray and Virginia Louise Leber Luck. She grew up in...

Mabel S. Young

Mabel S. Young

Nov 5, 2008

Boonville - Mabel (Schleicher) Young, 77, a resident of Post Street and the wife of Donald, passed away Wednesday, November 5, 2008, at St. Luke's Memorial Hospital Center in New Hartford after a long illness. Mabel was born in Cold Brook on March 15, 1931, a daughter of Leon and Mildred Weaver Schleicher. She grew up in the Cold...

Bertha E. Dulak

Bertha E. Dulak

Oct 31, 2008

Rome - Bertha (Ernst) Dulak, 91, a native of West Leyden, and a former resident of Upper Floyd Avenue and Barile's Trailer Park, passed away on Friday, October 31, at Stonehedge Nursing Home, where she had resided since 2002. For a total for twenty-eight years Mrs. Dulak was employed at the Rome Daily Sentinel, first as staff photographer, and...

Joseph F. 'Joey Dee' Dluzewski

Joseph F. 'Joey Dee' Dluzewski

Oct 25, 2008

Ava - Joseph Frank Dluzewski, 78, retired proprietor of Adirondack Bakery Equipment Company, passed away on Saturday, October 25, 2008, at St. Luke's Memorial Hospital, New Hartford, after a brief illness. A native of Jamaica, Queens, he was born on February 15, 1930, a son of Francis and Helen Nalewajski Dluzewski. Joe grew up in Brooklyn, where he graduated...

Kenneth V. Sawyer

Kenneth V. Sawyer

Oct 19, 2008

Boonville - Kenneth V. Sawyer, 86, of East Schuyler Street, husband of Jeannette, passed away suddenly on Sunday, October 19, 2008, at his residence. Ken was born in Boonville on April 30, 1922, a son of Vernon A. and Harriett E. Barnes Sawyer. He grew up in Boonville, where he graduated from Boonville High School in the Class of...

Almeta M. Szewczyk

Almeta M. Szewczyk

Oct 15, 2008

Port Leyden - Almeta R.(Mooney) Szewczyk, 80, of Marmon Road, widow of Michael A., passed away on Wednesday, October 15, 2008, at St. Luke's Memorial Hospital, New Hartford, after a long illness. She was born in Martinsburg, on August 16, 1928, a daughter of Frank and Ada Williams Mooney. Most of her life was spent in the Lyons Falls...

Ruth I. Beha

Ruth I. Beha

Oct 14, 2008

West Leyden - Ruth I. Beha, 70, a former resident of the Mud Lake Road, and more recently of Beaver Falls and Lowville, passed away on Tuesday, October 14, 2008, at the Lewis County Skilled Nursing Facility in Lowville, where she had been a resident since July 2000. Miss Beha had been afflicted with Down Syndrome since birth. She...

Ann F. Zehr

Ann F. Zehr

Oct 13, 2008

Palmyra- Ann (Felshaw) Zehr, 78, of Route 31, a native and former resident of Constableville, and the widow of Wilson Zehr, passed away on October 13, 2008, at the Clifton Springs Hospital, Clifton Springs, NY, in Ontario County. She grew up on High St., in Constableville, and graduated from Constableville High School, with the Class of 1948. Thereafter she...

Thomas G. Weiler

Thomas G. Weiler

Oct 10, 2008

Oriskany - Thomas G. Weiler, 83, a former resident of Cider St., passed away on Friday, October 10, 2008, at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Utica, after a long illness. A native of Fish Creek, Lewis County, he was born on April 16, 1925, a son of George and Pearl M. Kaido Weiler. He grew up on his parent's farm...

Edward J. '"Ed"' Larrivey

Edward J. '"Ed"' Larrivey

Oct 8, 2008

Boonville- Edward J. Larrivey, 72, of Post Street, husband of Norma, passed away on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at St. Luke's Memorial Hospital, New Hartford. A native and life long resident of Boonville, Edward was born on October 26, 1935, a son of Rolan G. and Ida Evans Larrivey. He graduated from Boonville Central School. During his high school...