OBITUARIES

Mar 11, 2022

Eric James McGuane, age 62, of Interlaken passed away at Schuyler Hospital surrounded by family on March 11, 2022.

Eric was born on December 27, 1959 a son to Paul and Anne (Fogarty) McGuane. He honorably served his country in the United States Marine Corps from 1979 to 1984. Eric was a member of the Carpenter’s Union...

Mar 9, 2022

Gary Richard Snyder, age 75, of Trumansburg passed away at home on March 9, 2022.

Gary was born on September 28, 1946 a son of the late Norm and Francis (Way) Snyder. He worked for the City of Ithaca in the water and sewer department for over 30 years. Gary loved the simple things in life; working...

Mar 7, 2022

Carol Mary Chase of Ithaca passed away peacefully at home on Monday, March 7, 2022 at the age of 89.

Carol was born in Binghamton on December 17, 1932, a daughter of the late Frank and Mary (Alber) Douglas. Carol worked alongside her late husband, Frank Chase, building more than 200 homes in the Ithaca area which...

Mar 7, 2022

Lee Peckenpaugh of Trumansburg, NY passed away unexpectedly of heart failure on March 7, 2022. Lee was born on December 15, 1958 in Queens, NY, the son of Jean and Normand Peckenpaugh. He is survived by his father, brother Alan and sister Jayne. To have known Lee is to have laughed with him.

A graduate of the...

Mar 5, 2022

Louis Carmine Iannone, age 77, of Trumansburg passed away at home on March 5, 2022.

He was born on February 22, 1945 in New York City, a son of the late Emil and Ester (Shaffman) Iannone. Lou honorably served his country in the United States Marine Corps from 1963 to 1967. He worked as a mason and...

Mar 4, 2022

Some people are just too stubborn to die easily.  So can be said of Harry W. James (69) who passed away on March 4th, 2022 following a seventeen year battle with cancer. Harry was born on September 16th, 1952 to Marjorie and Harry James of Ithaca, NY.  The second born of five children, but number one in his Mother’s...

Feb 22, 2022

Dean Paul Pickens, age 71, of Trumansburg, NY passed away at Cayuga Medical Center surrounded by family on Tuesday, February 22, 2022.

He was born in Martins Ferry, Ohio on October 18, 1950, a son of the late Paul and Mary Luella (Murdock) Pickens. Raised on the Pickens family farm in Martins Ferry, Dean’s love of the...

Feb 17, 2022

Rita M. Brown, formerly of Trumansburg passed away in Florida on Thursday, February 17, 2022 at the age of 76.

She was born in Ithaca on July 7, 1945, the youngest child to the late John and Ruth (Perry) Weeks. Rita enjoyed all types of crafts and especially enjoyed sewing, quilting, embroidery, and scrapbooking. Above all, Rita...

Feb 14, 2022

Richard Wayne (Rick) Marion, 61, of Trumansburg, NY, died unexpectedly on February 14th.

Rick founded Reasonable Roofing following his graduation from Charles O. Dickerson High School in 1978. He was an entrepreneur for over thirty years completing his career at PJ Apartments where he worked with some of his best friends. Rick had the biggest heart of...

Feb 8, 2022

John Kolodij, age 75, of Trumansburg, NY passed away peacefully at home on February 8, 2022 after a courageous three year battle with colon cancer.

He was born on August 27, 1946 in Ehrhorn, Germany a son of the late Maximus and Lidia (Pszenczna) Kolodij.  John’s family fled the Ukraine in the late 1940’s and emigrated from...

Feb 6, 2022

Betty J. Boggs, age 95, of Trumansburg, NY passed away at home on February 6, 2022.

She was born on August 10, 1926 in Fort Lewis, Washington the daughter of the late Russell Cleveland and Opal Irene (Atteberry) Aldridge.

As a young girl Betty grew up in the Pacific Northwest, her father was in the...

Feb 3, 2022

Jane A. Gallagher, age 75, of Trumansburg passed away at Highland Hospital on Thursday, February 3, 2022.

She was born in Philadelphia on December 5, 1946, a daughter of the late Edwin and Anne (Gorman) Butterfield. Jane worked most of her formal career as an office manager for several veterinarian practices in the area. At her core,...

Feb 3, 2022

John Spence passed away on February 3, 2022, with no regrets and at peace with his big beautiful life.

Born in Sioux City Iowa on October 20, 1952, he grew up in the Binghamton area along with his brother Jeff, made memories with his grandparents on their Castle Creek Farm and later moved to New York City...

Jan 15, 2022

Mary Louise Francis Cannon age 63 of Trumansburg, New York, formerly of Pittsburgh, PA and Baltimore, MD. Louise passed away on January 15, 2022 at Cayuga Medical Center after a two-year battle with cancer. Louise was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the daughter of the late David Cyril Cannon and the late Mary Louise Donahoe Cannon and spent her childhood...

Jan 12, 2022

Joyce A. M. Wootton, Sept 10, 1929 – January 12, 2022

Born in the Philadelphia area, she was the daughter of Helen (Pflieger) and Earl MacMullen and was a woman ahead of her time. After graduating from Upper Darby High School, she earned a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania, where she edited the yearbook,...

2022

Irene F. (nee Pachai) English, age 90, of Trumansburg, New York, passed away peacefully at Cayuga Medical Center on Monday, November 7, 2022.

Irene was born in Ithaca, New York in 1932, the daughter of the late George and Elizabeth (nee Batyanyi) Pachai (Pacsya, Austria Hungary).  In addition to her parents, Irene was preceded in death by...

Jan 1, 2022

Linda Blanco Freeman, 81, of Interlaken passed away at Cayuga Medical Center on Saturday, January 1, 2022.

Linda was born in Manhattan, the daughter of the late John and Olga (Rogulenko) Blanco. Her father worked for many years for the New York Transit Authority, retiring as Assistant Supervisor. Linda attended Brooklyn College and left to be a...

Dec 28, 2021

Carlton M. Swick, 90, of Trumansburg, NY died on December 28, 2021 at Schuyler Hospital after a brief illness.  He was the youngest child of Arthur E. Swick and Ilah Evans Swick, born June 23, 1931 near Reynoldsville, NY. He married Jolene L. West on October 3, 1959 in Burdett, NY.

He was self-employed as a dairy...

Dec 25, 2021

Francis E. Elliott, age 70, passed away at home on Saturday, December 25, 2021.

Francis was born in Corning, NY on September 30, 1951 a son to the late Charles F. and Alberta (Rumsey) Elliott. Francis worked for a number of years and retired from U.S. Salt in Watkins Glen, NY. An avid hunter and fisherman who...

Dec 20, 2021

Kenneth E. Conway, age 55, of Interlaken passed away on Monday, December 20, 2021 at home and is now reunited with his beloved mother and father.

Kenny was born in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada on October 29, 1966, a son of the late Douglas and Evelyn (Smith) Conway. He graduated from TST BOCES in 1988. Kenny...