Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dryden, New York
Curtis R. Smith
Mar 14, 2011
CURTIS R. SMITH, age 85 , formerly of Pendleton St., Cortland, NY passed away Monday, March 14, 2011 at the Hospicare residence in Ithaca, NY. Curtis was born July 4, 1925, in Wilkes-Barre, PA a son of the late Raymond and Hazel Lockwood Smith. A long time resident of Cortland, he served in the US Army in Europe during...
Joyce D. Gates Gerbasi
Mar 11, 2011
JOYCE DELPHINE GATES GERBASI, age 72, of Bone Plain Rd., Freeville, NY passed away, March 11, 2011 at Roswell Park Memorial Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY after a brief and unexpected battle with cancer. She was born June 24, 1938 in Hartford, CT and was predeceased by her parents, Frank Ward Gates and Pearl Delphine Woods Gates.Survivors include her...
Donald W. Payne
Mar 11, 2011
Donald W. Payne of Dryden, NY passed away on March 11, 2011. Born in Ithaca, NY on August 8, 1931, Don spent his childhood in Ithaca and attended Cornell University where he earned a B.S. Degree in Agricultural Engineering in 1955. It was also at Cornell that he met his future wife, Aiden Ehlert, whom he married on June...
Guy C. Juhl
Mar 10, 2011
GUY C. JUHL, age 84, of German Cross Road, Ithaca, NY passed away, Thursday, March 10, 2011 at University Hospital in Syracuse, NY. Born June 23, 1926 in the Town of Dryden, NY, he is the only child of the late Anton J. and Emma English Juhl. Guy worked on the family farm, owned and operated Sinclair Gas Station...
Virginia M. Robinson
Feb 28, 2011
Virginia Mae Robinson , age 92 of Swan Drive, Ithaca, passed away Monday, February 28, 2011 at Cayuga Medical Center. She was born April 5, 1918 in Watkins Glen, NY, and lived in Montrose, PA and eventually moved to Utica where she lived for 30 years, before returning to Ithaca in 1993. She was employed with a picture framing...
Frankline C. Knowlton
Feb 25, 2011
FRANKLIN CHARLES KNOWLTON , age 86, of 1216 Daisy Hollow Road, Dryden passed away Friday, Feb. 25, 2011 at his residence after an illness. Frank was born March 14, 1924 in Pompey Center, NY a son of the late Charles and Helen Hitchcock Knowlton. He served in the USArmy and was married to the former Syvia Updyke who survives....
Clayton J. Bowker
Feb 22, 2011
Clayton Junior Bowker , born March 13, 1926, longtime resident of Dryden, NY, died in Sun City, AZ, Tuesday, February 22, 2011. He always fondly recalled his years growing up on the farm of his parents, James Clayton and Frances Marion McKinney Bowker. He was active in Grange where he met his wife Geraldine. Clayt spent most of his...
Sheila J. Cochran
Feb 19, 2011
SHEILA J. COCHRAN, age 27, of 328 Buffalo Road, Brooktondale, NY died Saturday, February 19, 2011 at the Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca. Sheila was born January 15, 1984 in Ithaca, a daughter of Teresa J. Shevalier Cochran and the late Anthony W. “Tony” Cochran, Sr. Survivors include her mother, Teresa J. Cochran; her siblings, Nathan (Danielle) and Dennis...
Denise Stevens
Feb 14, 2011
DENISE STEVENS , age 50, of 39 West Academy St., McGraw, NY passed away Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 at her residence after a lengthy illness. Born Madeline Denise Bell on Oct. 29, 1960, she attended school in Cortland and has been a life area resident. “Denise” was employed for many years as a waitress and bar tender. She was...
Mary S. Angelover
Feb 13, 2011
MARY SALAYDA ANGELOVER, age 94, of Mill Street, Dryden, NY and formerly of Vandling, PA, passed away Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, at the Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca, NY, after a brief illness. Mrs. Angelover was born Sept. 16, 1916 in Forest City, PA, a daughter of the late Nicholas and Mary Mihalik Salayda. Her husband of 57 years,...
Sandra G. Barron
Feb 5, 2011
SANDRA GEE BARRON, age 67, of Ithaca, passed away, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011 at Crown Center, Cortland, NY after a lengthy illness. Sandra was born Oct. 8, 1943 in Ithaca a daughter of the late Charles Francis Gee and Helen Knuutila Gee of Montoursville, PA. Sandra was employed as a Registered Nurse at the Reconstruction Home for a few...
Jane Genung Dickinson
Feb 1, 2011
Jane Genung Dickinson died on February 1, 2011 at Bridges of Cornell Heights, her home for the past year. She was 81. Jane was born December 18, 1929, in Washington, D.C., and was the youngest daughter of Albert Benjamin Genung and Mildred Derrick Genung. She spent her childhood in Washington, where her father was an agricultural economist and a...
Hildred J. Darling
Jan 29, 2011
HILDRED JANE DARLING, age 76, formerly of Freeville, NY died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011 at the Crown Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Cortland, NY after a lengthy illness. Hildred was born April 5, 1934, in Freeville, a daughter of the late John and Ruth Brown Collins. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, John C. and Karen Darling of...
Arthur A. Preston
Jan 28, 2011
ARTHUR A. PRESTON, age 60, of Etna Road, Ithaca, NY passed away Friday, Jan. 28, 2011 at The Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca after a lengthy illness. Art was born Aug. 20, 1950 in Ithaca, a son of the late Ray and Helen Woodford Preston. Art had been employed as a “Rough Neck” and “Pump Setter” in Oklahoma. He...
Caroline K. Likel
Jan 26, 2011
Caroline Kruse Likel, age 98, died January 26, 2011 at Oak Hill Manor, Ithaca , NY where she had been for several weeks following a hospitalization in late December. With the help of family, neighbors and devoted caregivers she had been able to live as she wished, at home in Youngsville, NY for 45 years. She was born November...
Daniel P. Bailey
Jan 22, 2011
DANIEL P. BAILEY, Sr. , age 83, of 10 Bailey Drive, Freeville, NY passed away Saturday, January 22, 2011 at the Hospicare Residence in Ithaca, NY after a lengthy illness. Dan was born in VanEtten, NY on Sept. 10, 1927 and was a son of the late Leon and Rena Blake Bailey. He was raised and spent his early...
Philip Skeps Sr.
Jan 22, 2011
Skeps, Philip On Saturday, January 22, 2011, Philip Skeps, Sr. joined his beloved wife Elouise Hayes Skeps in Heaven. He was born on April 13, 1912, in Buffalo, NY on the banks of the Erie Canal to immigrant parents Giuseppe and Rosa Marchello Schepse . The family relocated to a tiny town, Clymer, NY, where he was the only...
Lawrence S. Rivkin
Jan 21, 2011
LAWRENCE (LARRY) S. RIVKIN, age 78, of Newfield, NY passed away unexpectedly Friday, Jan. 21, 2011 at the Cayuga Medical Center, Ithaca, NY. Larry was born January 7, 1933 in Syracuse, NY. He was a graduate of Columbia University, College of Pharmacy. He owned pharmacies in Syracuse, Varna and Ithaca before being employed at Cornell University Veterinary College where...
Robert W. Kirk
Jan 19, 2011
Robert Warren Kirk , age 88, of Savage Farm Rd, Ithaca, died Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at his home. He was born May 20, 1922 in Stamford CT to Frank and Edna Kirk. In his youth, he developed a lifelong love for hunting, fishing and outdoorsmanship and achieved Eagle Scout with bronze, silver, and gold palms. He served in...
Edward Pesaresi
Jan 11, 2011
Dr. Edward Pesaresi, known to his Italian family by his given name of “Premo,” and fondly to his friends by his chosen name of “Ed,” passed away peacefully on January 11, 2011, in the home of his son Don in Ithaca, NY. Ed was 94-years old. He was the beloved husband of 43 years of the late Ardis Tokle...
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