Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Ithaca, NY

Robert J. Padgett
Oct 2, 2013
Robert "BJ" Padgett, 26, of 518 Stewart Ave. Ithaca died at home Wednesday October 2, 2013. Born in Ithaca, New York. Survivors include, Brother: Mathew (Brittany) Padgett of Endicott, Sister: Tracy (Nick) Brown of Summerville, SC, Nieces and Nephews: Briana, Austin, Michael, Trinity & Isabella also Aunts, Uncles and Cousins. Friends may call Wednesday October 9, 2013 from 11:00...
Marilyn Allen
Oct 1, 2013
Marilyn Allen, 63, of Farrell Rd., passed away at home on Tuesday, October 01, 2013. She was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, daughter of the late Angus and Loretta Canning Allen. Marilyn is survived by her husband, Jeff Klein; her sisters, Susan Allen (Tony Rossi), Lauren Allen (Gary Miller) and Karen Allen-Curran (Chuck) and her brother, Brian Allen (Kathleen)...

Betty Ann Miller
Sep 30, 2013
Elizabeth "Betty" Ann Miller, 76, of Ithaca, died Monday, September 30th, 2013. Born October 26, 1936, in Albany, New York, Betty Ann was the daughter of the late John Thomas and Elizabeth Brady Higgins. Betty Ann was a 1954 graduate of the Academy of the Holy Names, Albany, NY. She received her Bachelor's Degree from The College Of St....
Richard J. Sullivan
Sep 29, 2013
Sullivan, Richard J.Richard J. Sullivan, of Ithaca, NY and Englewood, FL, died peacefully on September 29, 2013 in Leesburg, VA at the INOVA Nursing and Rehabilitation Center with his children by his side. He was born in Ithaca on August 8, 1928 to the late Edward and Cornelia Presser Sullivan. He is survived by his three children, Mark Sullivan...

Mildred M. (Milly) Pluck
Sep 26, 2013
Mildred M. Pluck, 87, passed away on September 26, 2013 from complications due to a fall. She was born May 5, 1926, the daughter of Bertha and Silas Gaylord Veit. Mildred is survived by her husband of 67 years, Lewis S. Pluck (Ithaca); her son and his wife, Ronald Pluck and Jean Pluck (Ithaca)and her two daughters, and their...

Anita Krauss
Sep 25, 2013
Anita Krauss, 40, of Rachel Carson Way, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at the Cayuga Medical Center. Arrangements are pending.

Philip Thousand
Sep 24, 2013
Philip Thousand, 63, of Halsey Valley Rd., Trumansburg, died Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at his residence. Arrangements are pending.

Yvonne Harriet Smith
Sep 24, 2013
Yvonne Harriet Smith passed away Tuesday September 24th, 2013 following a brief illness. She was born on January 27, 1930 in Ithaca, NY daughter of the late Leslie Edgar Inman and Nellie Marie Maloney Inman. Yvonne was predeceased by her husband Glenn Smith, her sister Mary Ciaschi and brothers Harold Inman and Leslie Inman Jr. She is survived by...

Turi Albert Alcoser
Sep 23, 2013
Turi Albert Alcoser, 23 of East Seneca Street, Ithaca passed away September 23, 2013. Services and burial will be held Monday September 30, 2013 at the Mission Park South Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas. Bangs Funeral Home will be in charge of local arrangements

Velma G. Steblein
Sep 17, 2013
Velma G. Steblein, 83, of Bundy Rd., died, Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at the Oak Hill Manor Nursing Home. Arrangements are pending.

John E. Davis
Sep 16, 2013
John E. Davis, 69, of 1028 Ellis Hollow Rd., died Monday, September 16, 2013 at his home. Funeral services will be private.
George F. Cassidy
Sep 15, 2013
Cassidy, Dr. George F.2/22/20-9/15/2013Dr. George Cassidy, age 93, sometimes known as the "Longview Crooner" has gone to serenade the angels (and lucky angels they are!). George most recently resided at Oak Hill Manor and prior to that at Longview, where he delighted the residents and staff with his stories, his extensive knowledge of history and most of all with...

Greta G. Young
Sep 10, 2013
Greta G. Young, 85, of Kendal at Ithaca, passed away Tuesday September 10, 2013 at Kendal. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced.
James C. Beatty
Sep 10, 2013
James C. Beatty, 91, of Ithaca, passed away Tuesday September 10, 2013 at Oak Hill Manor after a brief illness. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio son of the late Clifford and Mary Beatty and widower of Edna Beatty(01/24/2008). Jim was a member of the Masons Fidelity #51 of Ithaca for over 60 years,where he was a Master in 1973 and...

Edith G. Bonawitz
Sep 9, 2013
Edith G. Bonawitz, 81, of 106 Highgate Rd., passed away on Monday, September 9, 2013 at her home. Arrangements are pending.

Anthony C. Lupo
Sep 9, 2013
Anthony C. Lupo Sr. 75, of Ithaca, passed away Monday September 9, 2013 at the Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, New York. Born in Ithaca, Son of the late Frank and Lena Morrow Lupo. Tony retired from Emerson Power Transmission, and served in the US Army from 1956 to 1958. Survivors include his wife of 55 years Mary Douget...
Amanda (St Denis) Vanhouten
Sep 8, 2013
Denis, Amanda St.Amanda St. Denis, 43, passed away on Sunday, September 8, 2013 at the Cayuga Medical Center. She was born in Montclair, NJ and was a graduate of Montclair High School and Ithaca College. She had worked for the past 20 years as a police officer with the Ithaca Police Department. Amanda was a loving and dedicated mother...
Robert James "Jim" Clines, Jr.
Sep 6, 2013
Robert James "Jim" Clines Jr., 60 of Ithaca NY, passed away surrounded by his loving family on September 6, 2013 from Melanoma Cancer. He was predeceased by his parents, Robert Sr. and Nancy Gallagher Clines and brother Casey Clines. Jim was a native Ithacan. He was a 1971 graduate of Ithaca High School where he was head RAM on the...

Phyllis C. Grant
Sep 6, 2013
Phyllis C. Grant, 82 of Ithaca, passed away Friday September 6, 2013 at the Beechtree Care Center. Arrangements are pending.

Roseanna Lee Johnston
Sep 5, 2013
Roseanna Lee (Kouf) Johnston, 1937-2013, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on September 5th, 2013, peacefully in her home, surrounded by the love of family and friends. She was born in Ithaca, NY on June 24th, 1937. As the director of Roseanna's School of Dance and Music in Ithaca and later in Newfield, she taught...