OBITUARIES

Apr 2, 2022

Beverly J. Davis of Trumansburg passed away at home surrounded by family on Saturday, April 2, 2022 at the age of 88.

She was born in Reynoldsville on June 26, 1933, one of thirteen children to the late Earl and Lillian (Carrigan) Dean. Beverly was a long time bookkeeper in the Trumansburg area for many years. She...

Mar 29, 2022

Shirley McAneny, 90, passed away after a brief illness March 29, 2022.

Born in Bay Shore, NY on August 30, 1931, to Basil Chambers Kime and Bessie (Raymond) Kime, Shirley and her recently deceased husband, Bill McAneny, were an integral part of the Trumansburg community since retiring to the area from Long Island in 2000.

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Mar 29, 2022

Carl Irwin Potter of Trumansburg passed away at Cayuga Medical Center on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at the age of 83.

Carl was born in Ithaca on July 15, 1938, the son of the late Francis and Doris (Ploss) Potter. He graduated from Charles O. Dickerson High School in 1956. Carl worked for many years as a...

Mar 23, 2022

Gordon M. VanNederynen of Ithaca passed away at home surrounded by family on March 23, 2022 at the age of 87.

Gordon was born in Ithaca on June 19, 1934, a son of the late Fred and Marie (Rockwell) VanNederynen. Gordon served in the US Army for 2 years after graduation from High School. Upon leaving the...

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...