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Janice Pettigrew Palmer
Aug 28, 2021
Janice (Pettigrew) Palmer of Asbury Drive, Ithaca, NY, passed away at home on August 28, 2021, while surrounded by her daughters. After a graceful and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer, she is now in the loving arms of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and reunited with her loving husband and her mom who will be waiting for her.
Janice...
Janet "Jan" Mills Nagel
Aug 25, 2021
Janet “Jan” Ellen Mills Nagel, 91, of Lansing; loving wife, mother and friend, departed this life peacefully on August 25, 2021, after an unexpected illness. Born December 21, 1929, at her Kesling grandparents’ home in Springboro, Ohio, she was the only child of Harold and Marie (Kesling) Mills. Her childhood was spent five miles away in Franklin, Ohio.
After a...
Kathleen McGuire
Aug 25, 2021
Kathleen McGuire, 75, passed away on Wednesday, August 25, 2021 after an extended illness. She will be lovingly remembered by her sister, Patricia Gee, her nephew, David Gee, and numerous cousins. She was the eldest daughter of William and Gertrude McGuire of Lansing. Born in Fall Creek, she spent many happy days in her family home on Lincoln Street, until...
Irene Sophie Johnson
Aug 17, 2021
We honor and celebrate the life of Irene Sophie Johnson, who passed peacefully surrounded by the love of her family on August 17, 2021 at the age of 87. Irene resided at her farm in Groton, NY until her passing.
Born February 28, 1934 in the middle of a snow storm in Greenport, Long Island, Irene Sophie Mezynski was the...
Niaz Husain
Aug 11, 2021
Niaz Husain, 67, of 112 Esty Street, passed away peacefully while surrounded by his loving family on August 11, 2021 at Cayuga Medical Center. Niaz was born in Karachi, Pakistan, son of the late Irshad Husain and Begum Saltana. He obtained his Master’s Degree in Business and Hotel Management at the University of Karachi and moved to the United States...
Kathleen "Kit" Erin Hall
Aug 10, 2021
Kathleen "Kit" Erin Hall passed peacefully on August 10th, 2021 after a brief illness due to complications from surgery. She was born on July 30th, 1977 in Ithaca, New York to parents Randall and Cheryl O’Connor. Kit worked at Cornell University as an event planner and then as an assistant to the NROTC program.
Kit is survived by her two daughters,...
Caryn "Chaya" Elaine Spector
Aug 7, 2021
Caryn “Chaya” Elaine Spector died peacefully at home on Saturday, August 7, 2021 surrounded by love.
Chaya was born on August 16, 1950 in Bronx, NY. She was the daughter of Harold (Pee Wee) and Harriet Spector and the sister of Arlene. She grew up in Astoria, Queens in a cooperative housing community where she developed lasting friendships.
She attended...
Ronald Edward Robbins
Aug 1, 2021
Ronald Edward Robbins, born December 31, 1967, in Tompkins County Hospital, Ithaca, NY, to Lois Ayers Hulbert and Thomas Robbins, passed away suddenly on Sunday, August 1, 2021.
Ron was very active in the Lansing Rod & Gun Club. He also loved to play pitch, euchre, and horseshoes, and was a diehard Pittsburgh Steelers fan. He worked many years for...
Charlotte S. Wilson
Jul 31, 2021
Charlotte “Char” S. Wilson, 80, of Lansing, NY, passed away following a brief illness on July 31, 2021, at Cayuga Medical Center, Ithaca, NY. Born in Ithaca, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Marjorie (Royce) Ploss. Char was very active in the Lansing community and a member of the Lansing United Methodist Church.
She is survived by...
Nariman B. Mistry
Jul 1, 2021
Nariman Burjor Mistry was born in Mumbai, India, on October 21, 1937 to Burjor and Jer Mistry. In 1964, he married Virginia (Gin) Garland, and they had four children: Roshan, Manek, Premila, and Jal. The couple celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary on June 21, 2021. Nari died at home on July 1, 2021, enfolded in the love of his family.
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Olga A. Welch
Jun 30, 2021
Olga Agatha Welch affectionately known as Dearest in her home country of Jamaica, was born on June 15, 1929, in Morris Hall, St. Catherine, Jamaica, West Indies. She was the oldest girl of fourteen children born to Hezekiah Welch and Mary Mc Lashing. Her father who was a professional baker went home to be with the Lord when Olga was...
Shirley Elaine Wirth
Jun 27, 2021
Shirley E. Wirth, of Ithaca, N.Y., age 86, died peacefully at home from complications of dementia on June 27, 2021. She was attended by loving family members.
She was born to Wanda and Adrian Brooks in Lake City, Mich., in 1934. The family then took up residence in Evart, Mich., where she grew up. She had adventurous early years living...
Alfred DiGiacomo
Jun 27, 2021
Alfred (Alfonso) DiGiacomo, 98, passed away on June 27, 2021. He was born and raised in Huntington Station, New York. As the oldest of five, he served as the translator between his immigrant parents and the Huntington School District. He graduated from Huntington High School in 1941. Al worked at Sarrow’s Grocery Store until he enlisted in the U.S. Army...
Constance Susan Allen
Jun 27, 2021
Constance “Conni” Allen, 72, passed away from ovarian cancer at home among family on June 27, 2021.
Born October 4, 1948 in Chisolm, Minnesota to Lawrence and Mary Nettle, Conni was the only girl among 7 siblings. Growing quickly into a rollicking knockabout, Conni was one of a thousand screaming fans who met the Beatles when they landed in Midway...
David L. Heck, Sr.
Jun 25, 2021
Mr. David Heck, Sr. passed away peacefully on Friday June 25, 2021, surrounded by loving family in Lansing, NY. Born March 23, 1931, in Shelby, Ohio, he was the son of Eldon and Gertrude Heck. He graduated from Shelby High School in 1949, and went on to earn his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Kenyon College, in Gambier, OH,...
Marian Ingerson
Jun 25, 2021
Marian Olli Ingerson, 66, of Newfield, passed away peacefully at home on June 25, 2021, with her husband by her side. Born in Ithaca, NY, on November 22, 1954, she was the daughter of the late Alfred and Laura (Knapp) Olli. Marian was a graduate of Newfield High School and went on to earn her Bachelor’s and Master’s in Education...
Mary Lynn Jones
Jun 25, 2021
Mary Jones, 76, died peacefully at her home surrounded by family on June 25, 2021. Mary, a librarian, touched the lives of many, through sharing her countless gifts and talents. She was an avid reader, seamstress, baker, traveler, crossword enthusiast, trivia fan, and organizer of wonderful shindigs. Her greatest joy came in welcoming guests to her home, on Cayuga Lake,...
Debra Ann Dwyer
Jun 19, 2021
Debra Ann Dwyer, age 60, of Lansing, NY passed away June 19, 2021 as a result of ovarian cancer. Deb was born on September 16, 1960 in Quincy, Illinois, daughter of Kenneth and Georgia Robertson. She received a bachelor's degree in Animal Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She met her husband while working at the US Meat...
Carolyn Burin-Mikula
Jun 16, 2021
Carolyn Burin-Mikula (née Daghita) was carried away by her guardian angels on June 16, 2021, at the age of 80. She is survived by 3 daughters, 3 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren, as well as many nieces and nephews and her Aunt Bendina Daghita O’Conner. Carol was an amazing mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend. All who knew her will never forget...
Donald William Mansfield
Jun 4, 2021
Donald William Mansfield (Lt. Col. USAF-Ret.), 93, died peacefully June 4, 2021, at the home of his daughter and son-in-law in Ithaca, New York, where he had lived for over six years. The cause of death was Alzheimer’s disease. He is mentioned in several history books, magazines, and newspapers as the pilot who dropped the last bomb in the Korean...
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