Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Ithaca, NY
Mary Ruth Inman
Dec 19, 2017
Ruth Inman, 103, died Tuesday, December 19, 2017, at Cayuga Ridge. A warm-hearted person with a keen sense of humor, she had a great gift for dwelling on the best that life gave her. She was very close with her cousins and was a wonderful friend to many Ithacans over her long life. She was born Mary Ruth Moore...
Philip D. Broadhead
Dec 18, 2017
Philip D. Broadhead, 85, of Gully Rd., Aurora, NY and formerly of Ithaca, passed away Monday, December 18, 2017 in Myrtle Beach, SC. He was born in Ithaca, son of the late Arthur and Mabel Crowe Broadhead and was the widower of Joyce Elizabeth Broadhead who died July 10, 2009. Phil was a graduate of Ithaca High School. He...
Maurice Eugene Tubbs
Dec 17, 2017
Maurice Eugene Tubbs, of Newfield and formerly of Trumansburg, passed from this life into the next on Sunday, December 17, 2017, at the age of 91. His promotion came while he was serving as an usher at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Ithaca, where he had been a member for over 70 years. Maurice also faithfully served as a Deacon,...
Ruth W. Soule
Dec 17, 2017
Ruth Walker Soule, 69, died Monday, December 18, 2017 in Ithaca, after relocating earlier in the year from Glens Falls, New York. She leaves her husband of 41 years, Dr. Thomas I. Soule; her daughter, Amanda Shaw, son-in-law Stephen and grandsons Everett and Will, of Ithaca; and her son, Thomas E. Soule, and his fiancée Megan Dwyer, of Chicago,...
Linda Ellen Stoddard
Dec 17, 2017
Linda Ellen Stoddard, 66, of Ithaca, NY, died Sunday, December 17, 2017 at her home. Linda was born in Buffalo, NY on April 22, 1951, the daughter of Ellender Wilson Stoddard, and the late Gordon Stoddard. Survivors Include sisters: Beth (Kris) Durham and Virginia Kordrupel, and sister-in-law, Lynn Stoddard, in addition to her father she was also predeceased by...
Sophia Tselekis
Dec 16, 2017
Sophia Tselekis passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 16, 2017 at the Hospicare residence. She was born April 26, 1925 in Batavia, NY to Leonidas and Polytimi Costianis. Sophia and her husband, John G Tselekis were married for 57 wonderful years. Together they owned and operated the Parthenon Restaurant and later Ithaca Pools. She was a faithful member and...
Angeline Qualtiere Desantis
Dec 14, 2017
Angeline Qualtiere DeSantis, 86, formerly of Ithaca, NY, died Thursday, December 14, 2017 at her home in Las, Vegas, Nevada. Arrangements are pending and will be announced.
Miaoxiu Tian
Dec 13, 2017
Miaoxiu Tian, 21, of Lake St., Ithaca, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at her home. Arrangements are pending.
Mary B. Schano
Dec 13, 2017
Mary Anna "Marion" (Benedict) (Perry) Schano passed peacefully while asleep in her home as she wanted on December 13, 2017, at the age of 88. She was born September 1, 1929 in Buffalo, NY, the daughter of the late Joseph E. and Magdalen (Solvester) Benedict. She was predeceased by her first husband Thomas (Tom) Charles Perry (1958) and her...
Roy D. Johnson
Dec 11, 2017
Roy Douglas Johnson, 51, of Newfield NY, was called home on Monday, December 11, 2017. He was married to the love of his life, "the most beautiful woman in the world," Shari Lynn Johnson, whom he shared 25 years of marriage with. Roy was a loving, and devoted father of five children, Beth Rockwell, Heather (Mark) Wing, Lisa (Dave)...
Daniel Burdick
Dec 10, 2017
Daniel L. Burdick, 54, of Ithaca, NY passed away on Sunday, December 10th in Syracuse, NY. Daniel was born in Oneonta, NY to Mary Ellen and the late Leonard Burdick on January 22, 1963. He graduated high school in Oneonta, NY and received his Bachelor's Degree from SUNY Oneonta. He was employed by Carla Inc., as the Financial Director....
Keith H. Hilker
Dec 9, 2017
Keith Henry Hilker, 46, of Ithaca, New York passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, December 9th, 2013. He was owner of Custom Carpentry and Construction and loved building and renovating houses. He had an enthusiastic passion for life and sailed down to Honduras on a 42 foot sailboat with his father. When the time came to Sail back he was...
Lloyd Mead Loop, Jr.
Dec 5, 2017
Lloyd Mead Loop Jr., 86, died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, at Cortland (N.Y.) Park Nursing Home. Born on Sept. 11, 1931, in Wappingers Falls, he lived in Saugerties for 50 years and retired in 1990 from Saugerties Central Schools, where he was a history and Latin teacher for 32 years. Loop was a 50-year member of the Saugerties Dutch...
Frank J. Orzino
Dec 4, 2017
Frank Joseph Orzino, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother and uncle, passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by loving family, on December 4th at the age of 97. Frank was born September 17, 1920 in Ithaca, son of the late Querino Orzino, Sr. and Mary Lam Orzino. Frank attended Immaculate Conception School and was a veteran of the...
Elsa J. Ross
Dec 4, 2017
Elsa J. Ross, 86, of Lansing passed away in her home surrounded by her family on Monday December 4, 2017. She was born in Cortland, NY on July 17, 1931 to her predeceased parents Teenor and Alma Johnson of Virgil NY. She recently celebrated 56 years of marriage with her loving husband Alvin A. Ross on December 2, 2017....
Samuel A. Mclafferty
Dec 4, 2017
Ithaca Journal Obituary for Samuel A. McLaffertySamuel Allen McLafferty died December 4, 2017 at the age of 61 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born to Fred W. and Elizabeth (Tibby) McLafferty on November 16, 1956 in Newton, MA. He is survived by his wife Vera Gilliland McLafferty and his children Joseph (Jenny), Eva, Ben & Tess, his...
Guy A. Giordano
Dec 2, 2017
The world lost Guy A. Giordano, age 28, on Saturday, December 02, 2017. He was one of the kindest, gentlest, loving, witty, intelligent and joyful people God has ever put on earth. Guy cared deeply for his loved ones & rarely had a harsh word for anyone. His gifts were numerous & immense, his heart was pure & his...
Dr. William D. Longaker
Dec 1, 2017
Dr. William D. Longaker, 97, of Coddington Rd. Ithaca, Died Friday December 1, 2017 at Home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced.
Eileen A. O'Connell Curley
Nov 30, 2017
Eileen A. Curley passed away peacefully at the age of 91 on November 30, 2017. Born on October 15, 1926, in Ithaca, NY, to Julia Driscoll O'Connell and Walter C. O'Connell, Eileen Allannha was predeceased by her twin sister, Kathleen Mavourneen Webster, her older sister Anne Willis, and her younger brother Walter O'Connell, and is survived by her children,...
Theresa Marie Ciaschi Flacco
Nov 30, 2017
Theresa Marie Ciaschi Flacco of Ithaca peacefully passed away, surrounded by her loving family on November 30, 2017. Theresa was born on September 9, 1928 to the late Jack and Susan Leach Ciaschi. While attending Ithaca High School, Theresa was a waitress at Joe's restaurant where she met the love of her life, Louis Flacco. After graduation she was...
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