Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dryden, New York
Alexander James Saroka Jr.
Jul 25, 2025
Alexander James “Jim” Saroka Jr.
July 27, 1939 – July 25, 2025
Alexander James Saroka Jr., known to all as Jim, passed away peacefully on July 25 at the age of 85. He was born on July 27, 1939, in Ithaca, NY, to Hilda Hautala Saroka and Alexander James Saroka Sr. He was raised on a large dairy farm in Etna, NY,...
George E. Ross Jr.
Jul 23, 2025
George E. Ross Jr., DVM, 89, of Ithaca, New York, veterinarian to area pet owners for more than 45 years, passed away on Wednesday, July 23, 2025.
Dr. Ross was the owner of the Colonial Veterinary Hospital, now VCA Colonial Animal Hospital, 2369 North Triphammer Road, Ithaca. A surgical specialist, he was a Diplomate in the first class of the American...
Raymond Daniel Ross
Jul 22, 2025
Raymond Daniel Ross, 58 of Freeville, New York was born March 13, 1967 in Ithaca, New York and passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at Cayuga Medical Center, Ithaca, New York.
Ray was an avid fisherman and loved trains.
Ray is predeceased by his father, Raymond Ross, and is survived by his mother, Jeanne Owens Ross; his brother, Michael S. Ross; his...
Jean A. Wacht
Jul 14, 2025
Jean A. Wacht, age 75 of Harford Mills, NY passed away unexpectedly in the Guthrie Cortland Emergency Room on Monday, July 14, 2025.
Born August 24, 1949 in Hutchinson, Kansas she is the daughter of the late Everett and Goldie Berends and wife of the late Rudolf Wacht who died in 2009. Jean was a projectionist for many area theatres in...
Jeanette Marie Tiberio
Jul 10, 2025
Jeanette Marie Hewitt Tiberio, age 87 of Cortland, NY passed away Thursday, July 10, 2025 at Cortland Park Nursing Center.
Born April 8, 1938 in Oneida, NY she was the daughter of the late Harold and Eleanor Butler Hewitt and wife of the late Peter Tiberio who died in 1997.
Jeanette is survived by her brother, John Hewitt of Oneida, NY and...
William Francis Grau
Jul 9, 2025
William F. Grau
With heavy hearts and deep gratitude for a life well-lived, we announce the passing of William Francis Grau
of Harford, beloved husband, father, grandfather, uncle, brother, son, and friend, who left this world on July
9, 2025 at the age of 79.
Bill was born on February 2, 1946, in Brooklyn, NY, the son of the late Robert F. Grau, Sr.,...
Michael Alvich
Jul 9, 2025
Michael Alvich, 68, of Moravia, NY passed away from complications of pneumonia on Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at Guthrie Cortland with his wife Melinda and brother James by his side.
Born July 2, 1957, in Englewood, New Jersey, Michael attended Red Bank High School. In his late teens he called New York his home where he met the Love of his...
Helen Winifred Vorhis
Jul 5, 2025
Helen W. Vorhis, 76, of Ithaca, NY died Saturday, July 5, 2025 at Cayuga Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Ithaca, NY
Helen was a lifelong resident of Brooktondale, NY. She would often be seen walking to the post office or to the local store. Helen attended the old Brooktondale two room school house as a young girl and often attended the...
Thomas Edward Miller
Jul 5, 2025
Thomas Edward Miller, 70 of Freeville, NY passed away Saturday, July 5, 2025.
He was born August 11, 1954 in Ithaca and was employed at the Ithaca Journal until it moved from Ithaca. Most recently he has been a taxi driver with Ithaca Dispatch where he loved interacting with his passengers. He was a quiet but generous man who would give...
Esther Doubleday
Jul 3, 2025
Esther (Kelley) Doubleday was born in Cuyler, NY on August 7, 1936 and graduated into the arms of Jesus, on Thursday, July 3rd. She died peacefully at home surrounded by her daughters. Esther was the daughter of Elwin and Alice Kelley of Carr Hill, Cortland, NY. She married Rodney “Larry” Doubleday on August 23, 1958. They resided in McLean, NY...
Laurie L. Case
Jul 2, 2025
Laurie L. Ford Case, age 63, passed away on July 2, 2025, after a battle with cancer.
She is survived by her husband and best friend, John A. Case, and their children, John (Erica)
Case of Willet and Jason (Bethany) Case of Lisle and three grandchildren, Jayden Case, Abigail
Case, and Carter Case. She is also survived by her 2 loving brothers, Wayne...
David Cox
Jun 30, 2025
David Cox, 53, of Marathon, died unexpectedly Monday, June 30, 2025. He was a graduate of McGraw Central School and employee of Pall Trinity Micro Corp., Cortland. A lifelong area resident, David was an avid sports fan. He could always be found following Notre Dame or San Francisco 49ers football, NASCAR, or golf.
He is survived by his four children: Alexis...
Richard Bruce Lattin Jr.
Jun 26, 2025
It is with tremendous sadness that we announce the passing of Richard B. “Rick” Lattin, 55 of Brooktondale, NY, the result of a sudden heart attack.
Rick was born June 8, 1970 in Ithaca, NY and was a graduate of Ithaca High School. He was employed with Cornell University and was a member of Sons of the American Legion, Post 221...
Charlotte H. Wood
Jun 16, 2025
Charlotte H. Wood, 88, of Cortland, NY passed away on Monday, June 16, 2025. Born December 02, 1936, in Auburn, NY, Charlotte is the daughter of the late John and Adelaide Taylor Hall.
Charlotte was an over 20-year employee at NYSEG as a line engineer. In her spare time, she was an avid traveler, book reader, and was very talented at...
Richard Scriber
Jun 12, 2025
Richard Arthur Scriber, 83, of Brooktondale, NY, and most recently Greenville, SC passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Visitation from 9:00 am- 10:00 am, Saturday, June 21, 2025 at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Ithaca, NY. A funeral service will follow at 10:00 am. Richard will be interred at Brookton Cemetery in Brooktondale, NY.
Born in Geneva, NY, and raised...
Mary E. Doss
Jun 7, 2025
HARFORD – Mary E. Doss 04/22/43 – 06/07/2025
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Mary Doss, an outstanding member of our community, who passed away peacefully at the age of 82. Mary was a devoted wife, loving mother, cherished grandmother and great-grandmother, and a tireless advocate for the well-being of others.
Mary was a nurse practitioner and...
Kenji Rasheem Monroe
May 31, 2025
Kenji Rasheem Monroe of Ithaca, New York, died on Saturday, May 31; he was 47 years old. Born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., he aspired to a career as a cartoon illustrator. Kenji played Pop Warner Football and as the star player lead the team to an undefeated season. He attended Poughkeepsie High School and in 1993 he moved to Ithaca where...
Julie Nash
May 30, 2025
Julie Nash, 54, of Freeville, NY passed away Friday, May 30, 2025. After a brief illness. Julie was born on September 27, 1970, the daughter of Walter Treiber & Brenda Carson Hayes. She worked for several years for the Ithaca Community Childcare. Julie had a warm soul and great heart and was known to always look to help those in...
Dianne Lynn Bochenski
May 30, 2025
Dianne Lynn Bochenski – 07 June 1972 - (Passed) 30 May 2025
Let’s all get to know Dianne. Di began her life on Wednesday, 06-07-1972. The day was cool with rain, based on remnants of Hurricane Agnes. She was born by natural birth, healthy and alert. She bares the distinction of being the last baby born at Our Lady of Victory...
Linda Pearce Kabelac
May 29, 2025
Linda Pearce Kabelac, 78, died on May 29, 2025 at her home in Ithaca, NY due to complications from Parkinson’s disease.
Linda was born in Auburn, NY on April 20, 1947, the daughter of Lester and Margaret (James) Pearce. She grew up on her parents’ dairy farm in Scipio Center, NY (Cayuga County) where she raised beef cattle and other farm...
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