Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...