Obituaries

Otis 'Toots' Munn

Otis 'Toots' Munn

Feb 10, 2008

Otis "Toots" Munn, Jr. 79, a native and life long resident of Rt. 12D., husband of Clara May, passed away at his home on Sunday, February 10, 2008. He was born on April 24, 1928, a son of Otis and Fern Wood Munn, Sr. Otis attended the Talcottville Rural School, and then he completed his education at Boonville High...

Franklin C. '"Peewee"' Grower

Franklin C. '"Peewee"' Grower

Feb 10, 2008

Franklin C. "PeeWee" Grower, 71, formerly of River and Division Sts. Forestport, and more recently a resident of Kortenaer Village, South St. Boonville, passed away on Sunday, February 10, 2008, at St. Luke's Memorial Hospital, New Hartford, after a long illness. A native of Forestport, he was born on January 30, 1937, a son of Earle and Maude Elliott...

Frederick A. Taylor

Frederick A. Taylor

Feb 9, 2008

Frederick A. Taylor, Sr., 82, a former resident of Camroden Road, Holland Patent, and currently of the Colonial Apartments, on St. Peter's Ave., Rome, passed away at his home on Saturday, February 9, 2008. Mr. Taylor was born in Croghan, on December 15, 1925, a son of Mary M. Martin. He grew up in the Steuben and Westernville area,...

Mary S. Lovenduski

Mary S. Lovenduski

Feb 3, 2008

Mary Swiernik Lovenduski, 89, of Lovenduski Road, widow of Stanley Lovenduski, passed away on Sunday, February 3, 2008, at Sunset Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Boonville. Mary was born in Martinsburg on April 24, 1918, a daughter of John and Tessi Nikel Swiernik. She grew up in the vicinity of Martinsburg, and attended the Flat Rock Road Rural School. In...

Jennifer Lynn Payne

Jennifer Lynn Payne

Jan 25, 2008

Jennifer Lynn Payne, 35, formerly of James St., and more recently a resident at Stonehedge Skilled Nursing Facility, Rome, passed away on Friday, January 25, 2008, at the facility. Jennifer had been ill with a rare form of Multiple Sclerosis. She was born on October 19, 1972, in Quincy, MA., a daughter of Peter D. Payne, and the late...

Douglas J. '"Buss"' Rauscher

Douglas J. '"Buss"' Rauscher

Jan 23, 2008

Douglas J. "Buss" Rauscher, 80, of Ammon Rd., a life long resident of West Leyden, passed away at his residence on Wednesday, January 23, 2008. He was born in Rome, on August 3, 1927, a son of Elmer A. and Bertha C. Grubel Rauscher. Buss graduated from West Leyden High School with the Class of 1945, and from 1945-1946,...

Odina L. Ingersoll

Odina L. Ingersoll

Jan 21, 2008

Odina L. Ingersoll, 82, of Camroden Road, wife of Morris J. Ingersoll, passed away Monday, January 21, 2008, at the Rome Memorial Hospital Healthcare Facility where she had resided since May 2003. Odina was born May 25, 1925 in Dickinson Center, one of twelve children of Nelson and Lillian St. Dennis Bogart. She grew up on area farms in...

Herbert L. Moon

Herbert L. Moon

Jan 21, 2008

Herbert L. Moon, 99, of North Lake Road, husband of Jean Eaton Moon, passed away Monday, January 21, 2008, at the Vista Manor Nursing Home, Titusville, FL. Funeral Services for Mr. Moon will be held in the spring at a date and time to be announced. Arrangements are in care of the Trainor Funeral Home, Inc., Boonville.

Betty Swift

Betty Swift

Jan 19, 2008

Betty Swift, 80, of Main Street, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 19, 2008, at Sunset Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Boonville. She was born December 18, 1927, in Boonville, daughter of the late Kay W. and Jessie DePan Hodges. She was educated in Port Leyden schools and graduated as the valedictorian of her Port Leyden High School class. She...

Barbara J. Moore

Barbara J. Moore

Jan 17, 2008

Barbara J. Moore, 62, of Thornton Ave., widow of Gordon, passed away on Thursday, January 17, 2008, at Rome Memorial Hospital, after a long illness. Barbara was born on February 2, 1945, in Boonville, a daughter of Florence Farr. Her younger life was spent in Port Leyden, where she attended school. In July 1962, Barbara was united in marriage...

Mary Lou Jenks

Mary Lou Jenks

Jan 16, 2008

Mary Lou (Weiler) Jenks, 71, of 115 South St., a former long time resident of Lewis Road, passed away at her home on Wednesday, January 16, 2008. A native of Fish Creek, Mary Lou was born on March 16, 1936, a daughter of Henry and Beatrice Burke Weiler. She grew up on her family's farm in the vicinity of...

Margaret F. Wood

Margaret F. Wood

Jan 16, 2008

Margaret F. Wood, formerly of Dutch Hill Road, Forestport, passed away on Wednesday, January 16, 2008, at the Siegenthaler Hospice Residence, New Hartford. A native of Utica, she was born March 3, 1928, a daughter of George E. and Iva A. Snyder Wood. She grew up in Forestport, where she attended Forestport Central School. Her first employment was Monroe...

William E. '"Fritz"' Grower

William E. '"Fritz"' Grower

Jan 16, 2008

William "Fritz" Earle Grower, age 81, a resident of the Fitch Rd., passed away on Wednesday, January 16 at the Faxton - St. Luke's Hospital in New Hartford. Born in Fulton, NY on September 16, 1926 he was the son of the late Earle and Maude Grower. Bill attended Forestport Central School, and then became a track man for...

Lucy J. Wiedrick

Lucy J. Wiedrick

Jan 13, 2008

Lucy J. Wiedrick, 86, a former resident of West Main St., the widow of Lyle, passed away on Sunday, January 13, 2008, at Sunset Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Boonville, where she had resided since December, 2005. Lucy was born in Lowville, on November 30, 1921, a daughter of E. Clifford and Alma Evans Jones. Most of her life...

Stanley Z. 'Stan' Pruckno

Stanley Z. 'Stan' Pruckno

Jan 13, 2008

Stanley Z. Pruckno, 82, a long time resident of Belle Isle Place, and more recently of Kortenaer Village, South St., passed away on Sunday, January 13, 2008, at Sunset Nursing & Rehabilitation Center of Boonville, after a brief illness. Stanley was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on January 19, 1925, a son of Joseph and Katherine Yajecznik Pruckno. He moved...

Charles A. Lewis

Charles A. Lewis

Jan 11, 2008

Charles A. Lewis, 94, a former resident of North George St. Rome, and East Main St. Port Leyden, passed away on Friday, January 11, 2008, at Rome Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility, where he had resided since 2006. Mr. Lewis was born in Burlington, N.J. on July 13, 1913, a son of George and Mary Shinn Lewis. He graduated from...

Leonard F. '"Len"' Dillenbeck

Leonard F. '"Len"' Dillenbeck

Jan 10, 2008

Leonard F. "Len" Dillenbeck, 59, of Whittaker Road, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, January 10, 2008, at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Utica. Len was born February 19, 1949 in Utica. A son of Roy H. and Bertha M. Dillenbeck Kohler, he graduated from Holland Patent High School with the Class of 1966. During the Viet Nam War Len served in...

Douglas L. Charbonneau

Douglas L. Charbonneau

Jan 9, 2008

Douglas Charbonneau, 86, a resident of Charles St. since 1946, the widower of Norma (Sattler) Charbonneau, passed away on Wednesday, January 9, 2008, at Sunset Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Boonville, where he had resided since March, 2005. Douglas was born in Boonville on June 26, 1921, a son of Louis and Vera Jenks Charbonneau. He grew up on his...

Ruth E. Campany

Ruth E. Campany

Jan 6, 2008

Ruth E. Campany, 79, of East Main Street, widow of Harold N. Campany, passed away Sunday, January 6, 2008, at Lewis County Extended Care Facility, Lowville, after a long illness. She was born May 18, 1928, a daughter of Asa and Jasmine Simser Egelston, in the Town of Lyonsdale, where she grew up and attended school. On May 17,...

Elizabeth '"Bette"' Baggeson

Elizabeth '"Bette"' Baggeson

Jan 5, 2008

Elizabeth "Bette" Zimmer Murphy Baggeson, 80, wife of Russell, a former resident of Constableville, passed away on Saturday, January 5, 2008, at Baylor Medical Center, in Irving, Texas. Her death was attributed to a heart attack. Bette was born in the Town of Marcy, on December 22, 1927, a daughter of Sanford S. and Mary M. Croniser Zimmer. She...