Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Ithaca, NY
Kyle E. Shutts
Nov 1, 2018
TRUMANSBURG – Kyle E. Shutts, 33, of Trumansburg, passed away unexpectedly as a result of a motor vehicle accident on Thursday, November 1, 2018. Born on January 7, 1985, he was the son of Tim Shutts and Cheryl (Dunn) Shutts.
Kyle was employed at Domino’s in Ithaca.
Survivors include his father, Tim Shutts...
Eleanor Smith Glauer
Oct 29, 2018
Eleanor Smith Glauer, 90, passed away on Monday, October 29, 2018 at Kendal at Ithaca. She was born in Watkins Glen, NY on May 01, 1928 daughter of the late Joseph and Elizabeth Watson Smith and was the widow of Raymond R. Glauer. She and Ray had had been married for 64 years prior to his passing...
Frank J. Ecker
Oct 28, 2018
Frank J. Ecker, 82, of Lansing, died Sunday, October 28, 2018 at the Cayuga Medical Center. Son of the late Herman and Justina Ecker. he resided at the Groton Community Health Care Center. Frank graduated from Lansing Central School, class of 1955 and was employed by International Salt Co. and Cargill Inc. He was an avid New York Yankees...
Yolanda M. Giuffrida
Oct 28, 2018
Yolanda Marie “Yola” Giuffrida passed away on October 28, 2018 at Hospicare in Ithaca, NY. Born in Rochester on August 8, 1927, she was the eldest of the late Mary and Dominic Roncone. She grew up on Portland Avenue and frequently reminisced about playmates who lived in her neighborhood and around the corner on Rosemary Drive. When...
Carol C. Kimball
Oct 26, 2018
Carol C. Kimball, 95, died on October 26, 2018, after a period of declining health, surrounded by her loving family.
Carol was born in Binghamton, NY, on August 7, 1923, to Edward S. Chamberlayne and Agnes M. Chamberlayne. The family moved to Grafton, MA in 1929, and Carol grew up there, graduating from Grafton High...
Jane K. Bassett
Oct 21, 2018
Jane K. Bassett, 81, of Ithaca, New York, passed away peacefully after a long illness on Sunday 21 October, 2018 surrounded by her family. She was born on 24 January 1937 in New Castle, Indiana, to Frank and Jane Kermes. She attended school in Darien, Connecticut, college at Mt Holyoke in Massachusetts, and received her Master’s degree...
Louise S. Lyon
Oct 19, 2018
Lyon, Louise Sophie (Sobol)
Mrs. Louise S. Lyon, 83, of Lansing, NY passed away peacefully on October 19, 2018 after a short illness.
Known to her family and friends as “Lena,” Louise was born on October 26, 1934 to...
Patsy Michael Cannavino, Jr.
Oct 19, 2018
Patsy Cannavino, Jr., 78, died Friday, October 19, 2018 in Concord, NC. He was born in Ithaca on September 19, 1940 son of the Late Pasquale “Patsy” Cannavino, Sr. and Lucy DeAngelis Cannavino.
Patsy grew up on Cascadilla St. in Fall Creek. He attended grade school at Immaculate Conception and then Ithaca High School where...
Bernice S. Lisseck
Oct 16, 2018
Bernice S. Lisseck, 74 of Ithaca passed away on October 16, 2018 in her home. Bernice was a lifelong resident of Ithaca and retired from the Tompkins County Department of Social Services. She also worked at the Cornell Campus Store for many years. Bernice held a special place in her heart for her cats. They were her “babies”....
Michael W. Southard
Oct 13, 2018
Michael W. Southard, 78, of Main Street Marathon, died Saturday October 13, 2018 at the Hospicare Residence of Tompkins County. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced,
Patricia Ann Hanna
Oct 13, 2018
Dec 15, 1928 – Oct 13, 2018
Patricia “Pat” Hanna passed away peacefully at her home Saturday evening October 13, 2018, surrounded by family and loved ones, just two months shy of her 90th birthday.
Born in New Philadelphia, Ohio, Pat was the daughter of Veneta Fay (Robson) Warner and George William Warner....
Benjamin T. Kress
Oct 13, 2018
Benjamin Kress of Ithaca, N.Y., a neuroscience researcher and third-year student at SUNY Upstate Medical University, died October 13th in Syracuse, NY at age 31. He is remembered by family and friends as a kind, playful, smart and generous young man of incredible promise.
Ben’s compassion and natural instinct to help others was influenced by...
Vickie J. Eggleston
Oct 11, 2018
Vickie J. Eggleston, 57, of Newark Valley NY passed away on October 11, 2018, surrounded by her loving family. She is survived by her children, Sarah Mitchell and Nathaniel Eggleston. In addition, she is survived by her brother and sisters Butch (Ray Lynn) Zupancic, Joan (Rich) Curtiss, and Tammi Alexander. She is predeceased by her parents and...
Mary Ellen Gleason
Oct 10, 2018
Mary Ellen (Thompson) Gleason died unexpectedly but peacefully at her home in Ithaca on October 10, 2018, her laptop and genealogical notes at her side.
She was born on August 4, 1936 in Yonkers, NY to Chauncey and Aileen (O’Connell) Thompson of Ithaca. Her childhood in Duxbury, Massachusetts gave her lifelong love of the ocean....
Denis D. Lentini
Oct 4, 2018
Denis D. Lentini, 70, of Ithaca, passed away on Thursday, October, 4, 2018. Arrangements are private and at the convenience of his family.
Martha M. Kelsey
Oct 3, 2018
Martha may have passed away on October 3, 2018, but will be with us always in our hearts and in our memories of the good times shared.
Her “pioneer spirit” was inherited from her parents. Her father (Earl Hewes Kelsey) was deaf, but took on many challenges from lumbering to oil booming, to graduating from...
James C. White
Oct 2, 2018
James C. White, professor emeritus, Cornell University died on October 2, 2018 at his home on the lake in Ithaca NY, just short of his 102nd birthday. He was born October 29, 1916 in Scobey, Montana.
Professor White received his bachelor’s degree in 1939 and Ph.D. from Cornell University 1944 with a major in Bacteriology...
David F. Bowman
Sep 29, 2018
David F. Bowman, 78, died on Saturday, September 29, 2018. He was born on March 1, 1940 in Auburn, NY. He is predeceased by his parents Fred Bowman & Ina (Reeves) Bowman of Lansing, NY. He is survived by his sisters Barbara Benedict and Violet Rogers and his brother Robert Bowman. He is also survived by numerous nieces...
Donna L. Fox
Sep 28, 2018
Donna L. Fox, 70, of Ithaca, NY. passed away Friday, September 28, 2018 at the Hospicare Residence. Arrangements are pending.
Richard J. Mcneil
Sep 25, 2018
Richard Jerome McNeil born December 22, 1932, passed away on September 25, 2018, at Cayuga Medical Center following a stroke the prior evening.
He was born in Marquette, MI, the son of Arden McNeil and Marguerite Hodgins McNeil.
He was retired from Cornell University, Natural Resources Department following a dedicated and highly honored...


