Obituaries

Beatrice M. Kent

Beatrice M. Kent

Jan 4, 2008

Beatrice "Bea" Millard Kent, 89, of Holmes Road, widow of Allison F. Kent, passed away Friday, January 4, 2008, at St. Elizabethï¿(TM)s Medical Center, Utica, after a short illness. She was born October 17, 1918 in Martinsburg, a daughter of Rutson J. and Emogene H. Petrie Millard. Bea grew up in northern New York, and on October 24, 1938...

Raymond D. Vollmar

Raymond D. Vollmar

Dec 21, 2007

Raymond D. Vollmar, 67, of Long Falls Towers, State St., a native and former resident of Port Leyden, passed away on Friday, December 21, 2007, at Samaritan Medical Center, Watertown, after a long illness. He was born on February 28, 1940, a son of Albert J. and Martha O'Brien Vollmar. He attended Port Leyden School, and during his youth...

Bruce H. Crofoot

Bruce H. Crofoot

Dec 20, 2007

Bruce H. Crofoot, 55, formerly of Constableville, passed away Thursday, December 20, 2007, at Hillcrest Medical Center, Tulsa, OK, from complications of pneumonia. Bruce was born May 19, 1952 in Lowville, a son of Gerald and Mary Baxter Crofoot. He grew up in Constableville and graduated from South Lewis High School with the Class of 1971. Bruce was employed...

Renee M. Croniser

Renee M. Croniser

Dec 18, 2007

Renee M. Croniser, 49, of State Rt. 12D, (Locust Grove,) passed away suddenly at her residence on Tuesday, December 18, 2007. Her death was attributed to a heart attack. Renee was born on April 29, 1958, a daughter of Robert E. and Irene S. "Sally" Kazek Croniser. She grew up on her parents farm in Locust Grove, and graduated...

Marjorie Bernice Swayzee

Marjorie Bernice Swayzee

Dec 10, 2007

Marjorie Bernice (Sloan) Swayzee, age 82, died Dec 10, 2007 in Rome, NY after a lengthy illness. The third child of Clay and Mabel (Kelso) Sloan, Marjorie was born Feb 21, 1925 at the family farm two miles east of Eldon, Iowa. She attended Betterton Country School during her elementary years and then attended Eldon High School, graduating with...

Kip Andrew Brinkerhoff

Kip Andrew Brinkerhoff

Dec 5, 2007

Kip Andrew Brinkerhoff, 37, Cottage St a former resident of Boonville, and Remsen, passed away on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, at his residence. He was born in Lowville, on June 26, 1970, a son of the late Eri Wilbert and Luella Mary Weiler Brinkerhoff. He grew up in the Boonville area, and received his education at Adirondack Central School,...

Peter Sandvold

Peter Sandvold

Nov 22, 2007

Peter Sandvold, 53, of Gosling Individual Residential Alternative Facility, North Post St., passed away at his home at the facility, while surrounded with the love of his many friends and caregivers on Thursday, November 22, 2007. He was born in Cooperstown, on September 20, 1954, a son of Halvor and Gertrude Sandvold. Peter greatly enjoyed horseback riding, and traveling...

Joseph Grenicko

Joseph Grenicko

Nov 20, 2007

Joseph "Joe" Grenicko, 79, of Crofoot Hill Road, passed away at his residence on Tuesday, November 20, 2007. He was born on February 29, 1928, in Jersey City, New Jersey, a son of John and Emily Strocka Grenicko. Shortly before his birth, his father died in a railroad accident, and as an infant, Joe moved with his mother and...

Daniel J. Williams

Daniel J. Williams

Nov 20, 2007

Daniel J. Williams, 65, of Bell Iles Place, husband of Jean, a former owner of Boonville Bowl-O-Rama, Inc., passed away on Wednesday, November 20, 2007 at St. Lukeï¿(TM)s Memorial Hospital, New Hartford, after a brief illness. A native and life long resident of Boonville, he was born on October 11, 1942, a son of George G. and Doris L....

Carlton Gruby

Carlton Gruby

Oct 31, 2007

Carlton Gruby, Jr., 66, of South Street, passed away Wednesday, October 31, 2007, at Rome Memorial Hospital after a very short illness. Carl was born April 30, 1941, a son of Carlton and Catherine Perry Gruby, in Rome where he grew up and attended school. In 1958 he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in Germany until his...

Ruth M. Flint

Ruth M. Flint

Oct 22, 2007

Ruth M. Flint, 78, of Schuyler Street, wife of Wallace S. Flint, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, October 22, 2007, at St. Lukeï¿(TM)s Memorial Hospital, New Hartford. Ruth was born March 21, 1929, a daughter of Walter and Elzbeth Wode Hoffman, in Old Tappan, NJ, where she grew up and attended school. On July 20, 1963 she was united...

Irene E. Roberts

Irene E. Roberts

Oct 21, 2007

Irene E. Roberts, 63, of Bellingertown Road, a former resident of Welsh Bush Rd., Frankfort, wife of David R., passed away on Sunday, October 21, 2007, at St. Lukeï¿(TM)s Memorial Hospital, New Hartford, after a long illness. Irene was born in Utica, on January 23, 1944, a daughter of Jessie P. Haley. She grew up in Utica, where she...

Emerson J. Searl

Emerson J. Searl

Oct 11, 2007

Emerson J. Searl, 81, a resident of Thornton Ave. a former resident of Millers Woods Road, husband of Beatrice, passed away on Thursday, October 11, 2007, after a short illness. Emerson was born in Naumberg, on July 26, 1926, a son of Oral and Louise Belknap Searl. He grew up in Deer River where he attended school. Later his...

Mae Damuth King

Mae Damuth King

Oct 9, 2007

Sharon Springs ï¿" Mae E. Damuth King, 70, of Staleyville Road, wife of George King, passed away on Tuesday, October 9, 2007, at her home. Mae was a proud twenty year survivor of cancer. She was born on September 14, 1937 in Turin, a daughter of Madge Jackson Damuth and the late Ralph H. Damuth of Boonville. Mae graduated...

Ronald L. Ward

Ronald L. Ward

Oct 2, 2007

On October 2, 2007, Ronald L. Ward passed away, being comforted by his beloved wife Jean; sons, Jeffrey and Andrew, and his mother Barbara, after a long and courageous fight with cancer, in Florida. Ron was brought up in Patterson, NY. He married Jean Ward in 1965 and they lived on Long Island until 1967, when they bought a...

Edward Fintan Sullivan

Edward Fintan Sullivan

Sep 24, 2007

Edward Fintan Sullivan, 82, a long time resident of West Road, Constableville, husband of Verna, passed away suddenly at his residence on Friday, September 21, 2007. He was born in the hamlet of Highmarket, on February 17, 1925, a son of William and Agnes Hoffert Sullivan. He grew up in the vicinity of Highmarket, attending the Byronï¿(TM)s Corners Rural...

Shirley J. Sipley

Shirley J. Sipley

Sep 18, 2007

Shirley (Rogers) Sipley, 84, of New Floyd Road, widow of Jackson, passed away on Tuesday, September 18, 2007, at the Eastern Star Nursing Home in Oriskany. She was born in the Town of Western, on July 19, 1923, a daughter of Harold and Marie J. Long Rogers. Shirley grew up in the Town of Western, where she attended a...

Jana A. Strapec

Jana A. Strapec

Sep 13, 2007

Jana A. Siegel Strapec, 58, of Route 12, Boonville, died peacefully on September 13, 2007, in the arms of her loving mother. Jana was born on October 28, 1948, in Mt. Holly, NJ the eldest daughter of Jeanette Sifkovitz Siegel, and the late Hugh N. Siegel. She graduated from Remsen Central School in 1966 and the College of Saint...

Lester H. Ossont

Lester H. Ossont

Sep 11, 2007

Lester H. Ossont, 80, of Lyonsdale Road, husband of Betty, passed away on Tuesday, September 11, 2007, at his residence, while under the loving care of his family and Lewis Co. Hospice. He was born in Auburn, on January 31, 1927, a son of Russell and Alice Shepard Ossont. Mr. Ossont grew up in the Greig area, where he...

Isabella Ann Mooney

Isabella Ann Mooney

Sep 8, 2007

Isabelle Ann Mooney, of Mud Lake Road, infant daughter of Charles and Brianne (Acquilla) Mooney passed away at birth on Saturday, September 8, 2007, at Rome Memorial Hospital. In addition to her parents of West Leyden, Isabelle Ann is survived by one sister, Jessica Adele Mooney, at home, her maternal grandfather, Steven J. Acquilla, Amsterdam, her maternal grandmother, Colleen...