Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dryden, New York
W. Barry Yaples
Nov 9, 2011
W. BARRY YAPLES, age 78, of Trumbulls Corners Rd., Newfield, NY, passed away on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca.Born November 12, 1932 in Cortland, NY, he was a son of the late Walter E. and Hazel Merritt Yaples. He was a 1949 graduate of Dryden Central School and started dairy farming in Dryden in...
Ralph Leonard
Nov 5, 2011
RALPH “Ame” LEONARD, age 88, of Slaterville Springs, NY passed away, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011 at the Cortland Regional Medical Center after a period of declining health. Born Sept. 13, 1923 in Slaterville Springs, he was a son of the late Thomas and Mildred Monroe Leonard. A 1942 graduate of Ithaca High School, Ralph was employed for many years...
Dorothy Ann Dutcher
Nov 3, 2011
DOROTHY ANN DUTCHER, age 89, of 73 Hamlin Street, Cortland, NY passed away Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011 at the Cortland Regional Medical Center. Dorothy was born Dec. 20, 1921 in Virgil a daughter of the late Raymond and Helen Carrier Dalley. Dorothy was employed for many years as a cook at the Cortland High School. Her husband, Gordon D....
Carlos L. Bell Sr.
Oct 30, 2011
CARLOS L. BELL, SR., age 91, of 5 Woodthrush Lane, Brooktondale, NY went to be with the Lord on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011 at the Cayuga Medical Center. Carlos was born January 28, 1920, in DePeyster, NY, a son of the late Clarence and Martha Ross Bell. His family relocated to Dryden, NY when Carlos was 2 years old...
Michael C. Holland Sr.
Oct 29, 2011
Michael C. Holland, Sr., age 52, of Dryden, passed away Saturday. Born in Erie, PA on November 16, 1958, he was a son of the late Earl and Mary Schaaf Holland. Michael was a graduate of St. James Grade School, Erie Cathedral Prep and Indiana University of PA. As an Administrator at SUNY Cortland for the past 30 years,...
Kongwei Bell
Oct 27, 2011
KONGWEI BELL, age 23 of 12 Cardinal Drive, Ithaca, NY passed away unexpectedly of a broken heart on Thursday, October 27, 2011 at home.Born May 16, 1988 in Syracuse, NY he is the son of Liu Yang Bell and the late Arthur D. Bell. He was employed at both Cornell University and Ithaca College. An amateur radio enthusiast, he...
Mary J. Juergens
Oct 27, 2011
MARY J. JUERGENS, age 77 of 104 Bossard Rd., Groton, NY passed away Thursday, October 27, 2011 at Cayuga Medical Center, Ithaca, NY.Born June 24, 1934 in Westbury, NY she was one of ten children born to the late Thomas and Madeline Sticco Farina. She married Eric M. Juergens on December 12, 1959 in Westbury. They moved to the...
Donald E. Fields
Oct 26, 2011
Donald E Fields, 61, of Freeville, NY passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on Wednesday morning, October 26th due to pancreatic cancer. He left his beloved grandchildren Stephannie, Breanna, Logan, and Savana Rorick, Alex, Dominik and Cameron Chapman, and Jasmond Johnson and Chasitie Coil; many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his parents, his brothers Roy Fields...
Paul J. Hardesty
Oct 25, 2011
PAUL J. HARDESTY, age 76 of 1731 Hanshaw Road, Ithaca, NY passed away Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at Hospicare following a long illness. Born January 14, 1935 in Ithaca, NY he was the son of the late Paul and Margaret Snow Hardesty. In addition to his parents he was predeceased by his first wife, Joan Kelly Hardesty. Private graveside...
Bernard K. Personius
Oct 20, 2011
BERNARD K. PERSONIUS, age 83 of Brooktondale, NY passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at his home. At his request there will be no calling hours or service. Perkins Funeral Home is assisting the family. www.perkinsfuneralhome
Jane D. Davis
Oct 17, 2011
JANE M. DAVIS, age 84, of Old Seventy-Six Road, Brooktondale, NY passed away, Monday, Oct. 17, 2011 at the Cayuga Medical Center, Ithaca, NY. Jane was born May 2, 1927 in Newark Valley, NY, a daughter of the late Hugh and Sarah Payfer Stowell. On June 27, 1960 she was married to Robert J. Davis at Danby, NY. Jane...
Robert J. Deluca
Oct 16, 2011
Robert J. De Luca , humanist, performer, beloved family member and Commissioner of Mental Health for Tompkins County passed away October 16, 2011. Bob in his infinitely loving way, created a fund called the "Commissioner's Fund for Recovery and Recognition" and he made it in honor of those providers and recipients of Mental Hygiene Services in Tompkins County who...
H. Ward Tillotson
Oct 16, 2011
WARD TILLOTSON, Jr. age 71, of 1176 Bleck Road, Marathon, NY passed away Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011 at Robert Packer Hospital after a short illness. “Wardie” was born August 19, 1940 in Cortland, a son of the late H. Ward Tillotson, Sr. and Cora Stevens Tillotson and was part of the Graduating Class of 1958 from Marathon High School....
Dorothy S. Shaw
Oct 14, 2011
Dorothy Sarah McLean Shaw, age 86, of Dryden, NY, died Friday, October 14, 2011 at the Groton Community Health Care Center, following a brief illness and stay at Cortland Regional Medical Center. Dorothy was born In Triangle, NY on March 22, 1925, the daughter of the late Lulu and Loren McLean. Dorothy had three brothers, Fredrick, Roger, and Kenneth,...
Ronald D. Pierce
Oct 13, 2011
RONALD D. PIERCE aka R.P., age 67, of Portzline Rd., Dryden, NY passed away at the Cayuga Medical Center, in Ithaca, on Thursday, October 13, 2011 after becoming ill at home. “Ron” was born Nov. 10, 1943 in Endicott, NY a son of the late Charles and Beulah Bidwell Pierce. A life resident of Dryden, he attended Dryden Schools...
Jerry M. Rivers
Oct 6, 2011
JERRY MARGARET RIVERS, age 82, Professor Emeritas of Nutrition at Cornell University, passed away on Thursday, October 6, 2011 at her home in Walden Place, Cortland, NY.A memorial service will be held at 2:30 pm on Monday, October 10, 2011 at Walden Place, 839 Bennie Road, Cortland, NY with Rev. Bruce Buchannon officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may...
Dorothy A. Mix
Oct 5, 2011
Dorothy Alice Mix, 91, of Brooktondale (Caroline), died October 5, 2011at home. She was born October 2, 1920 in Caroline, daughter of the late Norman and Ida Shaw Mix, and grew up on the family farm. She attended the one-room school in Caroline and graduated from Newark Valley High School and Cortland Normal School. After teaching two years in...
Jill D. Johnson
Oct 4, 2011
JILL D. JOHNSON, age 59 of 201 Salmon Creek Road, Lansing, NY left this life to be with her Lord Jesus October 4, 2011 at Cayuga Medical Center surrounded by her loving family.Born October 25, 1951 in Sherwood, NY, she is the daughter of Louis J. and Dorothy M. Bright Emmick. Jill graduated in 1969 from Lansing Central School...
William B. Rumgay
Sep 23, 2011
William Blaine “Bill” Rumgay, age 64, of Franklin, TN and formerly of Saratoga Springs and Groton, NY died Friday, September 23, 2011 at Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN. Born February 27, 1947 in Cortland, NY, he was a son of the late James and Betty Geist Rumgay. He was a retired accountant for New York State and an avid...
Jack Edmonds
Sep 22, 2011
Jack Edmonds of Dryden, NY, 74 passed away September 22, 2011 in the Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca after a long illness. Born in Syracuse as “John Albert Edmonds” in 1937 to John and Grace Edmonds, he said that was just his “legal name”. To everyone he was “Jack”. He was a graduate of Onondaga Valley Academy, class of...
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