Sharon Bennett

Jun 15, 2021

Sharon Bennett, age 74 of Enfield, NY passed away Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca.

Born March 22, 1947 in Ithaca, NY she was the daughter of the late Jack and Louise Thomas Rivers and wife of the late JR Bennett. Sharon had been employed as a CNA at Lakeside Nursing...

Richard J. Joseph Jr.

Jun 14, 2021

Richard J. Joseph Jr. , 73, of Ithaca passed away unexpectedly June 14, 2021.  Richard was born on March 22, 1948 in Ithaca the son of the late Richard and Ada Flynn Joseph.  He worked construction for a number of years for the Laborers Local. Richard was survived by his children Kimberly, Richard, and Nicholas, and his...

Ken Horst

Jun 9, 2021

Ken passed away peacefully on June 9, 2021 after a long illness. He was residing at Groton Health Care Center where he received excellent compassionate care.

He is survived by his wife of  52 years, Hope Thorn Horst, his sons, Jeffery (Lianzi Yu), Bradley (Renee Merzejewski) and Timothy (Kristin Reece), daughter, Anne Horst (Anoly Turner),...

James M. Hardesty

Jun 9, 2021

James M. Hardesty

(1945 - June 9, 2021)

My brother, Kenneth Corum, and I first met Jim Hardesty while walking across the campus at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1986. Asher Durand was a famous painter of the Hudson River group. If you’ve ever seen...

James Hardesty

Jun 9, 2021

James Hardesty, 75 of Trumansburg, arrangements are incomplete at this time.

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Michael Arthur Sprague

Jun 7, 2021

Michael A. Sprague 82,  the 2nd born of fraternal twins on May 28, 1939, died peacefully at home with his family by his side on June 7th, 2021; four months following the death of his twin sister, Maureen A. Morgan. Devoted son of the late Monica P. Mullins Sprague and William A. Sprague, Mike is...

Amy Staples

Jun 4, 2021

Amy J. Staples was born to Joan and Frederick “Ted” Staples of Pomfret, VT, on February 6, 1962. She attended the University of Vermont and graduated Magna Cum Laude in French before com­pleting a Master’s Degree at Johns Hop­kins University. She was a lecturer at JHU and Emory University for several years before joining the doctoral program...

Nancy Goldstone Gersh

Jun 3, 2021

Nancy Goldstone Gersh, 79, a long-time Ithaca resident, passed away Thursday June 3, 2021, after a stroke.

She loved life, children, family, and nature in all its wonder.

Born in Rome, New York, on August 30, 1941, Nancy attended Rome Free Academy, received her BA from Cornell University in 1963, and soon after...

Kathleen O'Neil

Jun 1, 2021

Kathleen V. O'Neil, age 72 of Ithaca, entered eternal rest on June 1 with support of family and hospice care after a long courageous battle with cancer. A daughter of the late William and Elizabeth (Coveny) O'Neil, Kathleen was born July 10, 1948 and raised in Johnson City, New York. She had also lived in Manhattan, Detroit,...

Frederick C. Gouldin

May 29, 2021

Ithaca - Frederick C. Gouldin, 77, of Ithaca died peacefully on May 29 with Fair, his wife of 54 years, at his side. He died after more than ten years of a dignified and determined battle with dementia during which he unceasingly challenged himself to realize his greatest potential as the brilliant, kind, modest, and gentlemanly scholar,...

Margie Rumsey

May 27, 2021

Margaret “Margie” Rumsey

Margie Rumsey (95) of Ithaca, NY recently passed peacefully at Bridges Cornell Heights. Born on the farm, Margie learned quickly from her parents the love of work, family and community. After graduating from Ithaca High School, Margie graduated from Cornell University’s College of Agriculture where she was associated with the Kappa Kappa...

Paul W. Blanchard

May 26, 2021

Paul W. Blanchard of Ithaca, NY died at the Hospicare Residence in Ithaca on May 26th at the age of 90.

He was born October 7,1930 in Ithaca, NY, the only child of Paul Sr and Ruth Hart Blanchard. He attended Central Elementary, Boynton Junior High, and was Ithaca High Class of 1948. He stayed...

Sean B. Norman

May 24, 2021

Sean(46) after living most of his life in Newfield died May 24, 2021 following a brief illness.

He leaves behind his mother, Suzanne Walker; his daughter, Annabelle and her mother, Maria Norman; his brother, Matthew Walker (Rachel and special nieces, Addi and Isla); half-sister Megan Carson and many aunts, uncles, and cousins. He was predeceased...

Tetlow Parham Park

May 20, 2021

Tetlow Parham Park passed away unexpectedly in her home in Ithaca, NY on Thursday, May 20th, 2021 in the presence of her husband and her two beloved dogs. Tetlow was born Elizabeth Tetlow Parham, known to everyone as Tet, because her mother never referred to her as Elizabeth.  Tetlow said she never felt like an “Elizabeth” anyway....

Joyce Meskill

May 18, 2021

Joyce Meskill, age 92, formerly of Trumansburg, passed from this earth on Tuesday May 18, 2021. She was predeceased by her husband of 67 years Joseph who died in 2018. She is survived by her sons Michael (Viviana) of San Antonio Texas, Peter (Dale) of Trumansburg and her daughter Leta Jones of Buffalo.

Mom graduated...

Dorothy Stilson Mckay

May 17, 2021

Dorothy “Dottie” Stilson McKay, 93, widow of William E. McKay and retired supervisor of the Tompkins County Department of Motor Vehicles, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 17, 2021 at her residence in Ithaca. She was born in Ithaca, daughter of the late Raymond and Ada White Stilson.

Dottie is survived by her...

Irene Samuels Silverman

May 15, 2021

Irene Silverman, maiden name Samuels, was born on March 12, 1920 in Lodz, Poland. When she was 4, she moved with her mother and father to San Francisco, California, where they joined members of the extended family. Irene’s brother, Lew Samuels, was born when Irene was 14 years old.

Irene graduated from the University of California, where...

René Sylvester

May 15, 2021

René A. Sylvester, 75, of Ithaca, NY, passed away unexpectedly in 2021.

René was born in a Red Cross camp in Denmark in 1945. His family later moved to France and then traversed the Atlantic Ocean in November on a Red Cross boat to Quebec City.  When René was a teenager his family moved to...

Deborah Bennett Thompson

May 6, 2021

Deborah (Deb) Bennett Thompson of Ithaca, NY, passed away on May 6, 2021, after a long journey with Alzeihmer’s. She was surrounded by her loving friends and family and passed away gently in her home. She was 80 years old.

Deb was born...

Ernestine Pettinato Waite

May 5, 2021

Ernestine Waite, age 91, daughter of Francesco and Angelina Pettinato, formerly of Ithaca and Elmira, New York, passed away on May 5, 2021 at Elizabeth Seton Residence in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. She was the loving mother of Kathleen Germak and husband John of Scituate, Massachusetts, Barcie Waite of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Hal Waite  and...