Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Ithaca, NY
Andrew Ksenak
Apr 27, 2013
Andrew James Ksenak, 93, passed away on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Ithaca on February 27, 1920. He was predeceasded by his parents, Joseph and Mary Warhol Ksenak; his wife of 65 years, Helen Boom Ksenak; his brother, Joseph Ksenak and sisters, Julia Wood, Mary Ksenak, Ann Jones and...
Richard Townley Morrison, Jr.
Apr 27, 2013
Richard Townley Morrison Jr. went to be with his Lord, Saturday April 27, 2013. Skip, as he liked to be called was a native Ithacan, was born at the Quarry Street Hospital 3/2/1931. He was the only child of Agnes (McAuliffe) Morrison and Richard T. Morrison Sr. Predeceased by both. In addition he was predeceased in death by his...

Anne Marie Finn
Apr 26, 2013
Anne Marie Finn, 81, of Maplewood Dr., passed away on Friday, April 26, 2013 at her home. Arrangements are pending.

Tanya Murray Goss
Apr 26, 2013
Tanya Murray Goss, 36, passed away peacefully on April 26, 2013 at Hospicare, surrounded by her loving family and friends. She was a loving wife and mother. Tanya's biggest joy in life was taking care of her husband of 18 years, Ryan Goss and their two children, Abigail and Alexander. She is also survived by her mother, Tudi; grandmother,...

Robert S. Vidler, Jr.
Apr 26, 2013
Robert S. Vidler, Jr., 88, passed away on Friday, April 26, 2013 at Bridges, Cornell Heights. Arrangements are pending.

John Wesley Gardner Ii
Apr 22, 2013
John Wesley gardner II, 89, of Bella Vista Dr. and formerly of Oxnard Beach, CA, died Monday, April 22, 2013 at the Cayuga Medical Center. Arrangements are pending.

Calvin C. Inman
Apr 20, 2013
Calvin Charles "Skip" Inman, 61 , of Ithaca, went to be with our Lord unexpectantly on Sat. April 20, 2013. He leaves behind his wife of 39 year Claudia Higgins Inman, Children Erma (Ed) Jones and Sherman (Miranda) Inman,9 Grandchildren, 6 Great Grandchildren, 1 Brother, 4 Sisters and Many Nieces, Nephews and In-Laws. He was Pre-Deceased by his parents...

Jodi Humulock
Apr 19, 2013
Jodi Humulock, 51, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 19, 2013 at the Cayuga Medical Center surrounded by her family, Husband, Mark, daughter, Nikki, brother, Rory and his wife, Debbie, her uncle, Jim and other dear friends. Jodi started loving and caring for people as a nurse at the Willard Psychiatric Center alongside her mother, Betty, also an R.N....
Louis E Wallace
Apr 19, 2013
Wallace, Ph.D., James Ithaca: Louis E. Wallace passed away peacefully at Hospicare in Ithaca, NY, during the afternoon of 4/19/13. He was 96 years old. Born one of five children of Israel and Rickley Wallace on 1/4/17 in Syracuse, NY, he graduated from Central High School there and attended some extramural classes at Syracuse University. He worked at a...
Nancy Ann Zook
Apr 18, 2013
Nancy Ann Zook, age 60, born and raised in Los Angeles, CA, passed away unexpectedly on April 18, 2013. Nancy made a big impact on the world in her too-short life as a mother, wife, friend, and activist. She was most proud of her daughter Caitlin and she was most committed to her husband Thom Trause and her sister...

Joseph Doyle
Apr 14, 2013
Dr. Joseph J. Doyle, 86, died April 14, 2013, at Bridges of Cornell Heights, of complications from a stroke he suffered in January 2011. Joe and his wife of 62 years, Grace Doyle, moved to Ithaca, NY, from Williamsburg, VA in November 2011 to be near their son and daughter-in-law, Jeff and Jane Doyle of Ithaca. Grace, Jeff, and...
James Robert "Bob" Dougherty
Apr 10, 2013
James Robert "Bob" Dougherty, 82, passed away on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at the Cayuga Medical Center. He was born in Ithaca, son of the late James and Ruth Brink Dougherty. Bob was a graduate of Ithaca High School and was a veteran of the United States Army. He had owned and operated the Pine Tavern and was a...
Josefina Latimer Griffin
Apr 10, 2013
Griffin, Josefina Latimer Josefina Latimer Griffin, 56, of Danby died peacefully at home on April 10, 2013 after living with ovarian cancer for eight years. Josefina and her family wish to thank Gyn Oncology Associates of Syracuse, Hospicare & Palliative Care Services of Tompkins County and First Presbyterian Church of Ithaca for their compassionate care. Josefina was born October...

Peter A. Preston
Apr 9, 2013
Peter A Preston, 61, of Genoa, NY, passed away on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at the Hospicare Residence. He was born in Ithaca, son of Louis Preston who survives him and the late Katherine Neferis Preston. Peter attended Ithaca High School and Syracuse University and was a veteran of the United States Army. He was an avid hunter and...
John D. Hays
Apr 9, 2013
John D. Hays, age 76, of 65 Janivar Drive, son of J. Willet and Frances Schuesselin Hays, passed away peacefully April 9th 2013. Born in Piqua, Ohio, John earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering and later a MBA from Syracuse University. After an engineering and managerial career at NCR Ithaca, he cofounded Ithaca Peripherals Inc. (now Transact Technologies). He...
Adrienne E. Van Dyk
Apr 3, 2013
Van Dyk, Adrienne Elizabeth Adrienne Elizabeth Van Dyk, widow of Dr. Orrin J. Van Dyk, her much loved husband "Van" --- and herself affectionately known as Peter (after her first words in babyhood "Peter Rabbit") --- died on April 3rd, 2013 at the age of 91 in hospice care in Ithaca, in the company of her daughters. Peter was...

Lydia Fakundiny
Mar 31, 2013
Fakundiny, Lydia Lydia Fakundiny passed away on March 31, 2013. Born in Pezinok in the Slovenska Republika on June 20, 1941, she early distinguished herself in mastery of the English language, was urged by both Harvard and Yale to attend for a Ph.D., received a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship but declined it in favor of a Marshall Fellowship to Oxford...

Carolyn L. Wells
Mar 30, 2013
Carolyn L. Wells 01/11/1946 - 03/30/2013 Carolyn Lee Wells was born to Earl and Emerald Jackson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was the middle child of five. She graduated from the Philadelphia school district and later received a teaching degree from Temple University. In the early 1980s, she moved to Ithaca, New York to begin her teaching career. There, she...
Patricia "Pat" Angell Banfield
Mar 28, 2013
Banfield, Patricia Angell Patricia (Pat) was born in Ithaca, NY on April 13, 1923, daughter of Robert and Mary Herson Angell. While she was born on a Friday the 13, many will agree that it was a lucky day. She had a younger brother, Jack, whom she admitted to tormenting in their childhood, but was devoted to him until...

Luella S. Corbin
Mar 26, 2013
Corbin, Luella "Lou" May Smith Newfield: Luella "Lou" May Smith Corbin, 85, of Newfield, NY, went home to be with Jesus on March 26, 2013. She passed peacefully surrounded by her loving family. A native of Ithaca, Lou was born to her late parents, Ernest and Sadie (Bates) Smith on May 12, 1927. She married her beloved husband, Charles...