Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dryden, New York
Robert T. Lorenzen
Dec 4, 2011
ROBERT T. LORENZEN, age 94, of 21 Union St., Dryden, NY, a retired Cornell Professor of Ag. Engineering, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, December 4, 2011. Bob was born February 16, 1917 in New Leipzig, ND a son of the late Theodore and Hattie Marek Lorenzen. He was graduated from New Leipzig High School in 1935, and...
William L. Nye
Dec 3, 2011
WILLIAM L. NYE, age 65, of Harford, NY went to be with “The Big Guy in the Sky” on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011 at the Cayuga Medical Center, Ithaca, NY. He was born in Cortland on Oct. 6, 1946, a son of the late George and Dorothy Glover Nye. He was employed many years ago at Smith Corona and...
Richard E. Williams
Dec 2, 2011
RICHARD E. “Dick” WILLIAMS, age 84, formerly of 188 North West Road, Homer, NY passed away Friday, Dec. 2, 2011 at the Groton Nursing Facility after a period of declining health. “Dick” was born March 20, 1927 in Ithaca, NY son of the late Ezra and Nettie Westfall Williams. A 1945 graduate of Dryden High School, Dick played on...
Bruce M. Heffron
Dec 2, 2011
BRUCE M. HEFFRON , age 82, of 5076 NYS Rt. 281, Homer, NY passed away Friday, Dec. 2, 2011 at the Cortland Regional medical Center after a brief illness. Bruce was born Feb. 17, 1929 in Cortland a son of the late Lee Carlton and Bernice Marie Lang Heffron. He was graduated from Cortland High School and employed for...
Margaret M. Alleman
Nov 30, 2011
Margaret M. Alleman, age 51 of Groton, NY passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at her home.Born November 17, 1960 in Huntington, Long Island, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary McNally Schehr. On July 2, 1980 she married Richard Alleman. She received her AS from TC3 and was employed with Building Care at...
Jean Dunn Wickenden
Nov 24, 2011
Dunn Wickenden passed away peacefully on November 24 at Kendal of Ithaca. She grew up in Paterson New Jersey and graduated from College High School, where her curiosity about life was inspired. At 16, she went off to Skidmore College. Her summers were spent on Greenwood Lake, New Jersey where she met Tom Wickenden. They sailed together, played tennis...
Carol A. Weaver
Nov 14, 2011
CAROL A. WEAVER, age 69, of 811 North Lamont Circle, Cortland, NY passed away Monday, November 14, 2011 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born April 3, 1942 in Potsdam, NY, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Florence Kerr Kent. She attended Potsdam High School School and relocated to the area in 1966. Carol...
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....
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