Obituaries

Anna Belle Berger

Anna Belle Berger

Oct 23, 2006

Mrs. Anna Belle Berger, 85, a former resident of Sunset Drive, widow of Theodore, passed away on Monday, October 23, 2006, at Sunset Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Boonville. She had resided at the nursing home since 2001. Anna Belle was born in Boonville, on November 1, 1920, a daughter of Urban D. and Edna B. Nelson Cone. Her entire...

Valetta J. Gookins

Valetta J. Gookins

Oct 22, 2006

Valetta J. (Swancott) Gookins, 80, widow of Warren, and a former long time resident of Rt. 26, West Branch, passed away on Sunday, October 22, 2006, at St. Josephï¿(TM)s Nursing Home, Utica. Prior to entering the nursing home, Mrs. Gookins had made her home with her son and daughter in law, Lyndon and Donna Gookins, in Frankfort. Valetta was...

Ruth E. Cooper

Ruth E. Cooper

Oct 22, 2006

Ruth E. Cooper, 89, a former resident of Moose River Road, Town of Lyonsdale, and more recently of Kortenaer Village in Boonville, passed away on Sunday, October 22, 2006, at Sunset Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Boonville, where she had resided since 2003. Ruth was born in Phoenix Mills, (Otsego Co.) on January 6, 1917, a daughter of Charles...

James C. Laplante

James C. Laplante

Oct 21, 2006

James C. LaPlante, age 62, a lifelong resident of Ammon Road, West Leyden, passed away on Saturday, October 21, 2006, after a corageous battle with cancer, at the home of his sister, Bethany Schwertfeger, where he had resided since May, 2006. Jim was born in Rome on February 29, 1944, a son of Joseph and Marie Ammon LaPlante. For...

Lois M. Post

Lois M. Post

Oct 21, 2006

Lois M. (Kirkbride,) Post, 72, of Shibley Road, wife of Gordon, passed away on Saturday, October 21, 2006, at her residence while under the loving care of her family, and Lewis Co. Hospice. Lois was born in Turin, on May 18, 1934, the daughter of Glenn and Carrie Basford Kirkbride. She grew up in Turin, and was united in...

Lorraine O. Arthur

Lorraine O. Arthur

Oct 21, 2006

Lorraine O. Arthur, 77, of Town Line Road, formerly of Cherry St. Lyons Falls, passed away at the home of her son, Lewis, on Saturday, October 21, 2006. Lorraine was born in Moosic, PA., on December 30, 1928, a daughter of Willard and Olive Haines Hoover. She grew up Moosic PA., later moving to Buffalo, where she graduated from...

Jeanne M. Rundle

Jeanne M. Rundle

Oct 19, 2006

Jeanne M. (Leffingwell) Rundle, 50, of Stearns Road, passed away on Thursday, October 19, 2006, at St. Lukeï¿(TM)s Memorial Hospital in New Hartford, while surrounded with her loving family, after a long battle with cancer. Jeanne was born in Constableville, on February 15, 1956, a daughter of LeRoy Leffingwell and Joan Brooks Leffingwell Levensailor. She grew up in the...

Marguerite A. Cassullo

Marguerite A. Cassullo

Oct 16, 2006

Marguerite A. Cassullo, 91, a resident of Sullivan Road since 2004, passed away on Monday evening, October 16, 2006, at the home of her son and daughter in law, John P. and Dorothy Cassullo, Jr. She was born in Chatham, New Jersey on June 8, 1915, a daughter of Pasquale and Marie Ragucci Mele. She grew up in Chatham...

Patricia A. Mooney

Patricia A. Mooney

Oct 16, 2006

Patricia Ann (Pullen) Mooney 60, the widow of Roland, a long time resident of Oï¿(TM)Brien Road, passed away on Monday, October 16, 2006, at St. Lukeï¿(TM)s Memorial Hospital, New York, after a long illness. Patricia was born on July 25, 1946, on the Pullen homestead farm in Hastings, Oswego Co., a daughter of Claude W. and Harriett Forsythe Pullen,...

Margaret Blue Kelly

Margaret Blue Kelly

Oct 16, 2006

Margaret Blue Kelly, 93, of Middle Road, a native and former resident of Boonville, died on Monday, October 16, 2006. Margaret was born on December 19, 1912, a daughter of Daniel M. and Jennie Helmer Blue, of Boonville, NY. She graduated from Boonville High School with Class of 1928. After that Margaret attended St. Lawrence University, Canton, N.Y., graduating...

Elizabeth I. 'Betty Ida' Bosworth

Elizabeth I. 'Betty Ida' Bosworth

Oct 14, 2006

Betty Ida (Anna) Bosworth, 79, a resident of Woodhull Road, widow of Henry, passed away on Saturday October 14, 2006, at the home of her daughter, Patricia on the Starr Hill Road, Remsen. Betty Ida was born in Boonville, on December 29, 1926, a daughter of Nelson and Margaret Stahl Anna. She received her education in Boonville, graduating from...

Lonny R. Jenks

Lonny R. Jenks

Oct 5, 2006

Lonny R. Jenks, 48, of Douglas St., passed away on Thursday, October 5, 2006, at University Hospital in Syracuse, after a long illness. He was born in Rome, on June 25, 1958, a son of Robert and Mary Lou Weiler Jenks. Lonny grew up in Boonville, where he graduated from Adirondack High School with the Class of 1977. While...

Charles Edwin Divens

Charles Edwin Divens

Sep 24, 2006

Air Force Chief Master Sergeant, Retired, Charles Edwin Divens, 68, of Boonville, passed away Sunday, September 24, 2006, at Sunset Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Boonville. He was born in Toby Township, Clarion County, PA, on October 31, 1937, the son of the late Charles Vogle and Marcella Lazzarine Divins. Upon graduation from Union Joint High School in Rimersburg, Clarion...

Joyce E. Coe

Joyce E. Coe

Sep 19, 2006

Joyce E. Coe, 73, of James St., passed away at Crouse Hospital in Syracuse, on September 19, 2006, after a courageous battle with cancer. Joyce was born in Houseville, on June 29, 1933, a daughter of Clara B. Youngs Curtis, and the late Emory Ray Curtis. Joyce grew up in Locust Grove, and graduated from Port Leyden Central School...

Mary Eleanor Reed

Mary Eleanor Reed

Sep 12, 2006

Mary Eleanor Reed, 85, formerly of Mapledale Road, passed away on Tuesday, September 12, 2006, at the Masonic Care Facility of Utica, where she had resided since 2003. Mary was born in Utica, on November 16, 1920, a daughter of Dr. L. Francis and Kathleen Mahaffy Reed. She grew up in Remsen, graduating from Remsen Central School, and then...

Sandra A. Bernard

Sandra A. Bernard

Sep 9, 2006

Sandra (Alger) Bernard, R.N., 63, of West Leyden Road, wife of John, passed away unexpectedly at St. Lukeï¿(TM)s Memorial Hospital in New Hartford, on Saturday, September 9, 2006. She was born in Utica, on March 14, 1943, a daughter of Arthur M. and Allie Pettigrew Alger. Sandra grew up near Boonville, graduating from Boonville Central School, with the Class...

Evelyn Warren Wheelock

Evelyn Warren Wheelock

Sep 6, 2006

Evelyn Warren Wheelock, age 87, of Clarendon, New York, died Wednesday, September 6, 2006, in La Crescenta, California. She had been a long-time resident of the Rockhaven Home, Montrose, California. Evelyn was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 14, 1919, the daughter of the late Edward Thomas and Emily Daisy Warren. The family moved to Clarendon, NY, where Evelyn...

Lee E. Schoff

Lee E. Schoff

Aug 29, 2006

Lee E. Schoff, 66, of State Route 26, husband of Ruth Stanley Schoff, passed away Tuesday, August 29, 2006, at Lewis County General Hospital, Lowville, after a long illness. Lee was born August 28, 1940 in Rome, a son of Carl F. and Lillian May Elphick Schoff. He grew up in Rome where he graduated from St. Aloysius Academy...

Ernest R. Wood

Ernest R. Wood

Aug 25, 2006

Herkimer- Ernest R. Wood, 84, of 105 Protection Ave., a former resident of Kortenaer Village in Boonville, passed away on Saturday, August 19, 2006, at the Mohawk Valley Nursing Home in Ilion. Mr. Wood was born in Cooperstown, on September 25, 1921, a son of William J. and Alice Chuwb Wood. He grew up in Raquette Lake, where he...

Bertha M. Kohler

Bertha M. Kohler

Aug 21, 2006

Holland Patent - Bertha M. "Teed" Kohler, 78, of Whittaker Road, a native of Boonville, passed away Monday, August 21, 2006, at St. Elizabethï¿(TM)s Medical Center, Utica, after a short illness. On April 16, 1960 she was united in marriage with Roy H. Kohler. In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons: Len Dillenbeck of Holland...