Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Ithaca, NY
Elly Hartmanis
Apr 22, 2015
Elly Hartmanis, 85, of Ithaca, died Wednesday April 22, 2015 at Cayuga Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced.
Meyer Abrams
Apr 21, 2015
Meyer H. Abrams, 102, of 378 Savage Farm Drive Ithaca, died Tuesday April 21, 2015 at Kendal at Ithaca. Arrangements are pending and will be announced. Ithaca, N.Y. - We learn sad news today: M.H. Abrams, one of the most distinguished professors in the history of Cornell, has died. He was 102 years old. Abrams taught English at Cornell...
Suzanne Hecht
Apr 21, 2015
Suzanne Hecht, 86, of Beacon, NY and formerly Ithaca, died Tuesday April 21, 2015 at Elent at Fishkill. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced. Beacon, NY. Suzanne Hecht, 86, formerly of Ithaca, NY, died Tuesday, April 21, 2015. Teacher of French language and piano performance, devoted volunteer for many charitable organizations, homemaker, loving wife, mother, aunt and grandmother....
Judith H. Hart
Apr 17, 2015
Judith H. Hart, 63, of Snyder Hill Rd., Ithaca, passed away Friday, April 17, 2015. A celebration of Judy's life will be held at a later date. Details will be announced when available.
Blanche P. Marshall
Apr 17, 2015
Blanche Ellen Piper Marshall, 104, of 103 Bundy Road and formerly of Utica Street, Ithaca died Friday April 17, 2015 at the Cayuga Medical Center. She was born on October 1, 1910 in Ithaca, NY to the late Augustus and Mary Dart Piper. Blanche was a very proud member of the Red Hat Society, the VFW Women's Auxiliary, The...
Kenneth L. Eckert
Apr 14, 2015
Kenneth L. Eckert,92,of 539 Enfield Center Road Ithaca, died Tuesday April 14, 2015 at the Crown Nursing Home.He was born August 31, 1922 in Danby, NY. He worked as an Auto Mechanic at Clevelands Service Station for ten years. He then tested milk for Department of Dairy Inprovement for several Years.He was a veteran of WWII serving in the...
Kenneth R. "Butch" Mccomb, Jr.
Apr 13, 2015
Kenneth R "Butch" McComb, Jr., 62, passed away Monday April 13, 2015 at the Cayuga Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Ithaca, son of the late Kenneth and Sylvia McComb. Butch was a veteran of the United States Army. He retired this year after 25 years of service with the City of Ithaca Department...
Amelia M. Longo
Apr 13, 2015
Amelia M. Longo died on Monday, April 13, 2015 at Collingswood Nursing Home in Rockville, MD. after a long illness. She was born in Ithaca on July 18, 1920, daughter of the late Bruno and Isabella Ferrara Longo. Amelia was an active member of Immaculate Conception Church and an avid photographer in the Ithaca area. She is predeceased by...
Joan Scollan Powers
Apr 11, 2015
AUBURN | Joan Scollan Powers, 88, beloved wife, aunt, grand-aunt, great-grand-aunt, godmother, church and community volunteer, friend, neighbor, storekeeper, letter writer, and a resident of the Edward T. Boyle Center, Auburn, formerly of Route 34, Scipio Center, died on Saturday, April 11, 2015. Joan was born in Auburn on Oct. 8, 1926, the seventh child of Frank J. and...
John Emery
Apr 9, 2015
John Emery, 77, of Newfield, passed away on Thursday, April 09, 2015 at the Cayuga Medical Center. Arrangements are pending.
Edith Egbert Bennett
Apr 8, 2015
Edith Egbert Bennett, 97, of 517 Savage Farm Dr. Ithaca, died Tuesday April 8, 2015 at Kendal at Ithaca. She was born on May 6, 1917 in Westfield, NJ and was the daughter of Henry Drew Egbert and Edith Cowperthwaite Egbert, She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas H. Bennett. She lived in Westfield, NJ until 1963...
Verne N. Rockcastle
Apr 5, 2015
Rockcastle, Verne Norton Verne Norton Rockcastle, 95, Cornell professor emeritus, was born on New Year's Day, 1920, and died on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015. Born in Rochester, NY, to Glenn Hubert and Grace Norton Rockcastle, he graduated from Syracuse University (BS), MIT (MS), and Cornell (PhD). In 1943 Verne married Madeline Thomas Rockcastle, then a stewardess with American...
Jeffry David Bishop
Apr 4, 2015
Jeffry David Bishop, 70, of Ithaca, died Saturday April 4, 2015 at the Hospicare Residence. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced.
Louis Tremante
Apr 2, 2015
Louis Tremante, 90, of 407 Wyckoff Ave. Ithaca, died Thursday April 2, 2015 at Bridges at Cornell. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced.
Laura Smithers
Apr 1, 2015
Laura C.M. Smithers, 89, of 1028 Ellis Hollow Road, Ithaca, died Wednesday April 1, 2015 at Cayuga Medical Center. Born in Erin, Pa. daughter of the late Charles and Florence Corey. Laura retired after many years from the Super Duper Grocery store. Survivors include her son: Charles (Katherine) Smithers of Ithaca, granddaughter: Michele Smithers and several nieces and nephews....
Mileva Mrdjen
Apr 1, 2015
Mileva Mrdjen, 72 of 564 Elm Street, Ithaca, died Wednesday April 1, 2015 at the Cayuga Medical Center. Born in Bosnia daughter of the late Stevo and Stana Kozomara. Survivors include her children: Marica (Slavko) Mikavica, Milkica (Igor) Radoja, Dragan (Zorica) Mrdjen and Mile (Milena) Mrdjen, and her grandchildren: Dragica and Branka (Zoran) Gligoric, Milenko and Nemanja Radoja and...
Allison Katherine Cowan
Mar 31, 2015
Allison Katherine Cowan, 19 year old daughter of Rick and Jill Davis Cowan of Ithaca, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at the Cayuga Medical Center. A celebration of Allison's life will be held on Friday, April 24, 2015 at 3 pm at BOCES on Warren Rd. A complete obituary will follow.
Peter J. Ciferri, Jr.
Mar 30, 2015
Peter J Ciferri aka "Pasta", 66, passed away on March 30th, in Bradenton, Florida. A native of the Bronx, Peter relocated to Ithaca in 1971; following his tour in Vietnam where he was an SP4 Special Forces Airborne Ranger. Peter's greatest joys and legacies are his children, Peter J (Paolo) Ciferri III, Marley Ann Ciferri, and Kristen L Ciferri....
Sylvia Baizer
Mar 28, 2015
Sylvia Baizer, 93, passed away on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at the Oak Hill Manor Nursing Home. She was born in Philadelphia, PA, daughter of the late Max and Nadya Hessel Cohen and was the widow of Ithaca College Professor, Ashur Baizer who died in 2004. Sylvia was a graduate of SUNY Cortland and had worked as a social...
Carl Gehres
Mar 26, 2015
Carl Gehres, 95, of 1092 Snyder Hill Road, Ithaca, passed away Thursday March 26, 2015 at the Beechtree Care Center. He was born in Syracuse, son of the late Carl and Pearl Gehres. Carl entered the United States Army in 1941 and served during WWII and did tours in Iran, Korea and the Canal Zone. He retired in 1964...
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