Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Ithaca, NY
Angelina Torchia
Nov 21, 2016
Angelina Torchia, 93, of Ithaca died Monday November 21, 2016 at Oak Hill Manor. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday November 30, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. at Immaculate Conception Church with Fr. Augustine Chumo officiating. Private burial will be held at Calvary Cemetery, a complete obituary will follow.
Nancy Hall Thompson
Nov 20, 2016
Nancy Hall-Thompson, a long-time resident of Ithaca, died peacefully on the evening of Sunday November 20th. She was 90 years old. Nancy was born in Boston on 9th January 1926, the only child of Marjorie and Samuel Stratton. She grew up in Cambridge MA where her father was a professor at the Harvard Business School. After graduating from the...
Carmen Amoroso
Nov 19, 2016
Carmen Amoroso, 84, of Ithaca, NY, passed away Saturday, November 19, 2016 at the Cayuga Medical Center. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Fr. Augustine Chumo and Fr. Paul Bonacci on Monday, November 28, 2016 at 10:30 am at the Immaculate Conception Church. Friends may call on Sunday, November 27, 2016 from 3 to 5 pm...
Erik Johannes Gaden
Nov 19, 2016
Erik Johannes Gaden, 75, of Danby, NY passed away Saturday, November 19, 2016 at the Cayuga Medical Center. He was born in Mineola, NY on March 25, 1941, son of the late John and Thelma Glanister Gaden. Erik was the owner of J & S Enterprises, Power Sweeping Service and had previously worked as a mechanic at ESSO gas...
Matoula Manos Nickles
Nov 19, 2016
Matoula Manos Nickles, 86, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 19, 2016. She was born in Gorista, Laconia, Greece, daughter of the late James and Helen Zaharis Manos and was the widow of George P. Nickles who died in 2007. She came to the United States with her family in 1947 settling in Des Moines, Iowa. In 1957 she...
Lucille Faville Kullman
Nov 18, 2016
Lucille Kullman rejoined her beloved husband Stanley on 11/18/16. Their brief years apart are now ended for all time. Lucille was born June 10, 1920 in Columbia Crossroads, PA to Mark and Alta Hammond Faville. She had two sisters and a brother, all of whom preceded her in death. She moved with her family at a young age to...
Patricia Peters Marion
Nov 17, 2016
Patricia P. Marion, 90, of Newfield, NY, passed away Thursday, November 17, 2016. She was born in Cortland, NY, daughter of the late Herbert and Dorothy Barry Peters and was the widow of Robert Marion. She was retired from Cornell University. Patricia is survived by her grandchildren, Alicia Marion Colburn, Roger Hart and Aimee Hart and her great grandchildren,...
Nathan Zumoff
Nov 17, 2016
Nathan Zumoff, 98, passed away Thursday, November 17, 2016 at the Oak Hill Manor Nursing Home. Arrangements are pending and will be announced.
Bud Christopher Tennant
Nov 16, 2016
Tennant, Bud Christopher Bud Christopher Tennant of Ithaca passed away on November 16th, 2016 in Rochester, NY following complications from pneumonia. He was 83 years old. Born November 10, 1933 in Burbank, California to Christopher and Golda Tennant, he was graduated from the University of California at Davis, where he received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. In 1972 he...
Christian A. Tapia
Nov 15, 2016
Christian A. Tapia, 37, of Jersey City , New Jersey and formerly of Ithaca, died Tuesday November 15, 2016 at home. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced.
Elizabeth B. Pirko
Nov 14, 2016
Elizabeth "Betty" Pirko, 89, of Ithaca, passed away on Monday, November 14, 2016 with her family by her side at Longview. She was born in Rochester, NY, daughter of the late Rev. Elmer and Gladys Belknap. Since her father was a Methodist minister, her family moved often from one small town to another in the Rochester area. She graduated...
Ann Hranek
Nov 12, 2016
Ann C. Hranek, 77, of Mooresville, NC and formerly of Ithaca NY passed away suddenly on Saturday, November 12 th . Ann was born in Ithaca, daughter of the late James P. and Agnes Walters Conahan. She was a graduate of Ithaca High School, class of 1957. She retired from NYNEX after 30 years of service. Ann loved traveling,...
Jean E. Baker
Nov 9, 2016
Jean E. Baker, 78, of Mary St., Ithaca, passed away Wednesday, November 09, 2016 at the Cayuga Medical Center following a brief illness. She was born in Ithaca, daughter of the late James and Freida Lovelace Galt. Jean was retired from True Insurance where she had worked for 35 years. She loved playing BINGO and traveling and in her...
Donald James Culligan
Nov 6, 2016
Donald James Culligan, son, husband, United States Marine, father, grandfather, great-grandfather; former teacher, coach, and Tompkins County Representative, departed from his beloved South Hill for the next world on Sunday, November 6, 2016. Born on May 8, 1923 to Leontine Myers Culligan and George E. Culligan, Jr., Don lived an outsized life that profoundly influenced his family, students, athletes,...
Lawrence Donato
Nov 5, 2016
Lawrence Donato, 82, passed away Saturday, November 05, 2016 at the Cayuga Ridge Nursing Facility. Arrangements are pending.
Rev.Wendell P. Ashby Ii
Nov 3, 2016
Rev. Wendell Ashby, 73, of 601 Turner Place, Ithaca, NY went home to be with his Lord November 3, 2016. He was the son of the late Wendell Ashby and Evelyn Struzinski. He was also predeceased by his step father George Struzinski and two brothers, Robert Ashby and George Struzinski. Wendell is survived by his wife of 39 years,...
Linda D. Watt
Nov 2, 2016
Linda D. Watt, 67, of Port Charlotte, FL and formerly of Ithaca, died Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at the Tidewell Hospice in Port Charlotte. She was the daughter of the late Burton and Jean Ridley Sherman and was retired from the Cayuga Medical Center after 33 years of service as a Physical Therapist. She is survived by her husband...
Winifred B. Arnold
Oct 31, 2016
Winifred B. Arnold, age 98, died peacefully on October 31, 2016, at Oak Hill Manor Nursing Home in Ithaca, NY. Winifred was born on June 22, 1918 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, daughter of Doris Bergeron Wright and Ervin J. Wright. Winifred grew up in St. Albans, Vermont on the shores of Lake Champlain. Some of her favorite memories were these...
J. Theodore "Ted" Marchell
Oct 31, 2016
John Theodore "Ted" Marchell, age 62, died October 31, 2016 at home in Groton, NY following a brief illness. He was born in 1954 in Ithaca, NY, the son of Thomas A. and Therese S. Marchell. Ted graduated from Ithaca High School in 1972, where he played football and lacrosse. He earned a bachelor's degree in agricultural economics from...
Dorothy M. Herson
Oct 30, 2016
Williamsburg, Virginia. Dorothy "Dot" Herson age 91 died on Sunday October 30 at Williamsburg Landing Retirement Community. Dot was born on March 13, 1925 in Clifton Springs the daughter of the late Alanson and Mae Hurlburt Lindner. She graduated from Clifton Springs High School in 1943. She graduated from Genesee Hospital School of Nursing, and worked as a nurse...
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