Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Ithaca, NY
George J. Zavaski
Apr 25, 2018
George J. Zavaski, 92, lifelong Ithaca resident, died Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at the Beechtree Care Center. He was born in Ithaca, son of the late John and Julie Sacco Zavaski and was the widower of Pauline L. Zavaski who died February 11, 2009.George was a graduate of Immaculate Conception School, Ithaca High School and...

John W Macinnes
Apr 25, 2018
John W. MacInnes,71, of 716 Elmira Road, Ithaca, died Wednesday April 25, 2018 at the Hospicare Residence of Ithaca. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced.
Edith Rollins Szabo
Apr 24, 2018
Edith Rollins Szabo, 88, of Etna, NY passed way at Oak Hill Manor in Ithaca, NY on April 24, 2018. She was born September 13, 1929 in Danby, NY; daughter of the late Hosie and Virgie Johnson Rollins. Edie grew up in Danby and later Fall Creek. Edie retired from NCR. She had an affinity for creative expression...
Jerrold Meinwald
Apr 23, 2018
Jerrold Meinwald, the Goldwin Smith Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Cornell, died peacefully of cancer Monday in Ithaca. He was 91. Born in New York City to Herman Meinwald and Sophie Baskin Meinwald in 1927, he graduated from Stuyvesant High School, and briefly attended Brooklyn College and Queens College. After serving in the US Navy as an electronics technician...

Marilyn Shaw
Apr 20, 2018
Marilyn Shaw 92, of Jacksonville, NY, died Friday, April 20, 2018 at the Cayuga Medical Center. Arrangements are pending.

John A. Brecht
Apr 19, 2018
John A. Brecht, 74, of Brooktondale, NY and longtime Ithaca resident, died Thursday, April 19, 2018. He was the retired owner of B & D Cleaning Company which he had owned for over 40 years and was an avid outdoorsman and fisherman. John is survived by his sons, John Brecht III (Patricia) and Joseph Brecht; his daughter, Nicole Castro...

Betty Holzbaur
Apr 17, 2018
Betty Holzbaur, 84, died on April 17, 2018 in Ithaca, NY. Born Edith Graeff on January 26, 1934 in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Betty was the eleventh and youngest child of Harry and Florence Foy Graeff. Family lore claims that her mother loved the name Edith but her father took one look at the newborn baby and said...
Lynn A. Stout
Apr 16, 2018
Lynn Andrea Stout passed away early on the morning of April 16, 2018 at the Hospicare residence in Ithaca, NY after a courageous struggle with cancer. Lynn was born on September 14, 1957 in Albany, NY. She is survived by her two beloved sons, Daniel Cowan Stout Olin and David Alexander Olin. She also leaves her brother,...
Patrick A. Meadows
Apr 10, 2018
Patrick A. Meadows, age 70, of Lee's Summit, Missouri, passed away peacefully on Tuesday April 10, 2018. Born on July 16, 1947 in Ithaca, NY, he was the son of Josephine Cecilia McPadden and Marion Watt Meadows, who preceded him in death. He enjoyed exploring the environs around Etna and Fall Creek with his brother Bob, trusty dog Tippy...

Steven O. Russo
Apr 7, 2018
Steven O. Russo, PhD, passed away at age 66 on April 7, 2018 in Ithaca, NY. He was an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Ithaca College. Visitation will be held on Thursday, April 12, 2018 from 3 to 6 pm at Bangs Funeral Home. Friends and family can also pay their respects during the funeral service set for 2:00...

James F. Mcguire
Apr 7, 2018
James F. McGuire. 71, of Bella Vista Dr. Ithaca, died Saturday April 7, 2018 at. Home. Funeral services will be held Tuesday April 17, 2018 at 11:00 A.M. at the First Assembly of God Church 197 Bostwick Road Ithaca. Burial to follow at Calvary Cemetery. A complete obituary will follow.

Theda Zimrot
Apr 7, 2018
Theda Zimrot, 91, of Lansing, NY, died Saturday, April 07, 2018 at the Cayuga Medical Center. Arrangements are pending and will be announced.
Roger E. Mccarthy
Apr 4, 2018
Roger E. McCarthy passed away on April 4, 2018. Roger was born September 25, 1923 at Tompkins County Hospital. Son of Frank and Margaret McCarthy, he grew up in Ithaca and attended Immaculate Conception elementary school and then Ithaca High School from which he graduated in June 1940. He enlisted in the US Naval Corp and served from 1943...
Warren H. Bamforth
Apr 4, 2018
Warren Henry Bamforth, 83, of Newfield, NY and formally of Clermont, Florida, passed away peacefully on April 4, 2018 at Robert Packard Hospital. Born in Mineola, NY, he was the son of the late Robert and Helen Bamforth. Survivors include his wife Grace Bull-Bamforth of Florida, son David (Janice) Bamforth of Newfield, daughters Michelle(Dave) King of Spencer, Rita (Skip)...

Paul R. Mikula
Apr 2, 2018
Paul R. Mikula, 86, lifelong resident of Lansing, NY, passed away Monday, April 2, 2018 at the Auburn Memorial Hospital. He was born in Lansing on March 11, 1932, son of the late John and Mary (Konecny) Mikula and was the widower of Josephine M. Mikula who died September 16, 2014. Paul retired after 46 years of service as...

Donald W. Dickinson
Apr 2, 2018
Donald W. Dickinson, 97, longtime Ithaca businessman, died Monday, April 02, 2018. He was born in Ithaca, NY on October 26, 1920 to the late Helen and Ralph Dickinson. Don's life was intertwined with the history of downtown Ithaca. He and his siblings, Douglas and Norma attended Fall Creek Elementary School and Ithaca High School. He graduated in 1938,...

William J. Wasmuth
Mar 29, 2018
William J. Wasmuth passed away at Bridges Cornell Heights on Thursday, March 29, 2018. He was 93 years old. He was born February 6, 1925 in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering, and pursued a Master's degree in Business Administration at Washington University. After working in management in St. Louis, he pursued his doctoral...
Patricia "Pat" Jean Fischer Gombash
Mar 28, 2018
Pat Gombash passed away at the age of 79 on Wednesday, march 28, 2018 at the Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca, NY after a short illness. She was born in Chicago, IL on December 27, 1939 to parents Emmett Elly Fischer and Helen Snodgrass. The family lived in Aurora, IL until 1949 when the moved to Orlando,...

Arthur A. Ovaska
Mar 26, 2018
Arthur A. Ovaska, 67, of North Aurora Street Ithaca, died at home Monday March 26, 2018. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced.

Jeffrey L. Vannest
Mar 20, 2018
Jeffrey L. VanNest, 60, of Northfield Road, Newfield, died at home Tuesday March 20, 2018. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced