Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Dryden, New York

Heinz  C. Lamparter

Heinz C. Lamparter

Dec 16, 2011

HEINZ C. “Charlie” LAMPARTER, age 82, of 403 NYS Rt. 38, Harford, NY and formerly Danielsville, PA passed away Friday, Dec. 16, 2011 at the VA Medical Center in Syracuse, NY. Heinz was born Jan. 25, 1929 in Sellersville, PA son of the late Johannes W. and Pauline Gross Lamparter. He was graduated from Sell-Perk High School and served...

William  D. Lobdell  Jr.

William D. Lobdell Jr.

Dec 12, 2011

WILLIAM D. LOBDELL, Sr., age 57, of 1229 Trumansburg Road, and a life area resident passed away, Monday, Dec. 12, 2011 at Cayuga Ridge. William was born July 21, 1954 in Ithaca a son of Charlotte Morgan Lobdell of Ithaca and the late Richard Lobdell, Sr.Survivors include his mother, Charlotte of Ithaca; William Douglas Lobdell, Jr. and Melissa Myers...

David  D. Totman  Sr.

David D. Totman Sr.

Dec 8, 2011

David Dwight Totman, Sr., age 58, of Ithaca, NY died unexpectedly on December 8, 2011 in Ithaca.Born January 28, 1953 in Cortland, NY he was a son of the late Lloyd and Susan Reeve Totman. He was a Vietnam Era Veteran of the US Air Force, and he had been employed with Cornell Laundry in Ithaca.David is survived by...

Edgar  W. Tappen  Jr.

Edgar W. Tappen Jr.

Dec 7, 2011

Tappen, Edgar W., Jr ., age 83, of 330 Saranac Way, Ithaca, NY passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, December 7, 2011. Edgar was born in Brooklyn, NY on August 7, 1928, the only child of Edgar and Dorothy (D'Angelo) Tappen. He grew up in East Williston, NY, and was graduated from Roslyn High School in 1946...

Robert  T. Lorenzen

Robert T. Lorenzen

Dec 4, 2011

ROBERT T. LORENZEN, age 94, of 21 Union St., Dryden, NY, a retired Cornell Professor of Ag. Engineering, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, December 4, 2011. Bob was born February 16, 1917 in New Leipzig, ND a son of the late Theodore and Hattie Marek Lorenzen. He was graduated from New Leipzig High School in 1935, and...

William  L. Nye

William L. Nye

Dec 3, 2011

WILLIAM L. NYE, age 65, of Harford, NY went to be with “The Big Guy in the Sky” on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011 at the Cayuga Medical Center, Ithaca, NY. He was born in Cortland on Oct. 6, 1946, a son of the late George and Dorothy Glover Nye. He was employed many years ago at Smith Corona and...

Richard  E. Williams

Richard E. Williams

Dec 2, 2011

RICHARD E. “Dick” WILLIAMS, age 84, formerly of 188 North West Road, Homer, NY passed away Friday, Dec. 2, 2011 at the Groton Nursing Facility after a period of declining health. “Dick” was born March 20, 1927 in Ithaca, NY son of the late Ezra and Nettie Westfall Williams. A 1945 graduate of Dryden High School, Dick played on...

Bruce  M. Heffron

Bruce M. Heffron

Dec 2, 2011

BRUCE M. HEFFRON , age 82, of 5076 NYS Rt. 281, Homer, NY passed away Friday, Dec. 2, 2011 at the Cortland Regional medical Center after a brief illness. Bruce was born Feb. 17, 1929 in Cortland a son of the late Lee Carlton and Bernice Marie Lang Heffron. He was graduated from Cortland High School and employed for...

Margaret  M. Alleman

Margaret M. Alleman

Nov 30, 2011

Margaret M. Alleman, age 51 of Groton, NY passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at her home.Born November 17, 1960 in Huntington, Long Island, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary McNally Schehr. On July 2, 1980 she married Richard Alleman. She received her AS from TC3 and was employed with Building Care at...

Jean  Dunn Wickenden

Jean Dunn Wickenden

Nov 24, 2011

Dunn Wickenden passed away peacefully on November 24 at Kendal of Ithaca. She grew up in Paterson New Jersey and graduated from College High School, where her curiosity about life was inspired. At 16, she went off to Skidmore College. Her summers were spent on Greenwood Lake, New Jersey where she met Tom Wickenden. They sailed together, played tennis...

Carol  A. Weaver

Carol A. Weaver

Nov 14, 2011

CAROL A. WEAVER, age 69, of 811 North Lamont Circle, Cortland, NY passed away Monday, November 14, 2011 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born April 3, 1942 in Potsdam, NY, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Florence Kerr Kent. She attended Potsdam High School School and relocated to the area in 1966. Carol...

W.  Barry Yaples

W. Barry Yaples

Nov 9, 2011

W. BARRY YAPLES, age 78, of Trumbulls Corners Rd., Newfield, NY, passed away on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca.Born November 12, 1932 in Cortland, NY, he was a son of the late Walter E. and Hazel Merritt Yaples. He was a 1949 graduate of Dryden Central School and started dairy farming in Dryden in...

Ralph Leonard

Ralph Leonard

Nov 5, 2011

RALPH “Ame” LEONARD, age 88, of Slaterville Springs, NY passed away, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011 at the Cortland Regional Medical Center after a period of declining health. Born Sept. 13, 1923 in Slaterville Springs, he was a son of the late Thomas and Mildred Monroe Leonard. A 1942 graduate of Ithaca High School, Ralph was employed for many years...

Dorothy  Ann Dutcher

Dorothy Ann Dutcher

Nov 3, 2011

DOROTHY ANN DUTCHER, age 89, of 73 Hamlin Street, Cortland, NY passed away Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011 at the Cortland Regional Medical Center. Dorothy was born Dec. 20, 1921 in Virgil a daughter of the late Raymond and Helen Carrier Dalley. Dorothy was employed for many years as a cook at the Cortland High School. Her husband, Gordon D....

Carlos  L. Bell  Sr.

Carlos L. Bell Sr.

Oct 30, 2011

CARLOS L. BELL, SR., age 91, of 5 Woodthrush Lane, Brooktondale, NY went to be with the Lord on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011 at the Cayuga Medical Center. Carlos was born January 28, 1920, in DePeyster, NY, a son of the late Clarence and Martha Ross Bell. His family relocated to Dryden, NY when Carlos was 2 years old...

Michael  C. Holland  Sr.

Michael C. Holland Sr.

Oct 29, 2011

Michael C. Holland, Sr., age 52, of Dryden, passed away Saturday. Born in Erie, PA on November 16, 1958, he was a son of the late Earl and Mary Schaaf Holland. Michael was a graduate of St. James Grade School, Erie Cathedral Prep and Indiana University of PA. As an Administrator at SUNY Cortland for the past 30 years,...

Kongwei Bell

Kongwei Bell

Oct 27, 2011

KONGWEI BELL, age 23 of 12 Cardinal Drive, Ithaca, NY passed away unexpectedly of a broken heart on Thursday, October 27, 2011 at home.Born May 16, 1988 in Syracuse, NY he is the son of Liu Yang Bell and the late Arthur D. Bell. He was employed at both Cornell University and Ithaca College. An amateur radio enthusiast, he...

Mary  J. Juergens

Mary J. Juergens

Oct 27, 2011

MARY J. JUERGENS, age 77 of 104 Bossard Rd., Groton, NY passed away Thursday, October 27, 2011 at Cayuga Medical Center, Ithaca, NY.Born June 24, 1934 in Westbury, NY she was one of ten children born to the late Thomas and Madeline Sticco Farina. She married Eric M. Juergens on December 12, 1959 in Westbury. They moved to the...

Donald  E. Fields

Donald E. Fields

Oct 26, 2011

Donald E Fields, 61, of Freeville, NY passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on Wednesday morning, October 26th due to pancreatic cancer. He left his beloved grandchildren Stephannie, Breanna, Logan, and Savana Rorick, Alex, Dominik and Cameron Chapman, and Jasmond Johnson and Chasitie Coil; many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his parents, his brothers Roy Fields...

Paul  J. Hardesty

Paul J. Hardesty

Oct 25, 2011

PAUL J. HARDESTY, age 76 of 1731 Hanshaw Road, Ithaca, NY passed away Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at Hospicare following a long illness. Born January 14, 1935 in Ithaca, NY he was the son of the late Paul and Margaret Snow Hardesty. In addition to his parents he was predeceased by his first wife, Joan Kelly Hardesty. Private graveside...