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Jean A. Wentworth
Feb 18, 2020
Jean A. Wentworth, age 84 of Lansing, passed away at home on Tuesday February 18, 2020. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Richard; her children Robert (Kate), Karen Stearns (Stephan), and Daniel (Patricia); her grandchildren Lee, Sara (Bradly), Lucas (Kailin), and Jacob; and her brothers William Breyer (Alba), Stephen Breyer, her twin sister Joan Fisher (Robert), and sisters Kay Hardy, and Sally Trice.
Jean grew up in Southampton, MA, and earned her Bachelor’s degree at UMass Amherst.
Jean, a...
Joyce Heck
Feb 14, 2020
Mrs. Joyce Heck passed away peacefully on Friday February 14, 2020, surrounded by loving family in Lansing, NY. Born May 7, 1932, in Endicott, NY, she was the daughter of the late Robert T. and Blanche Carman. She attended St. Ambrose Parochial School through the eighth grade, and then went on to graduate from Union-Endicott High School in 1950. She...
Barbara Jean Bills
Feb 9, 2020
Barbara Jean Bills, 78, of Lansing, NY died at the Cayuga Medical Center, Ithaca, NY on February 9, 2020 after a short illness. Born in Adrian, MI on November 4, 1941 to Clifford and Marie (Hagen) Jarboe, Barbara was the youngest of nine children and spent her early years on her parents’ farm near Adrian. She graduated from Adrian Catholic...
Laura Boehlecke
Feb 6, 2020
Laura Greene Boehlecke, 79, of Lansing, NY, passed away at her home while surrounded by family on Thursday, February 6, 2020. Born in Mount Kisco, NY, on October 3, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Laura (Abbott) Greene. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in 1962 from Elmira College, and continued to complete her Master’s in education. ...
Maria Nowakowska Stycos
Feb 4, 2020
A Celebration of Life: Maria Nowakowska Stycos
SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 2022
•Memorial Service 10-12:00 PMSage Chapel147 Ho Plaza Ithaca, NY 14853
•Reception 1-3:00 PMJohnson Art Museum114 Central Ave Ithaca, NY 14853
Register here: https://form.jotform.com/220874534389163
Maria Nowakowska Stycos, PhD, a retired senior lecturer at Cornell University who spoke four languages and was known for her kindness, intellectual curiosity, and style,...
Russell Dean Sprague
Jan 20, 2020
Russell Dean Sprague of Lansing died on January 20, 2020, at the age of 92. He was born in Rochester, NY, to William Delos and Mary Axelby Sprague. The family moved to Little Valley in southwestern New York in 1937. Russ graduated from Little Valley High School in 1945. Two days after graduation, he started basic training at Sampson Navy...
Delores Berghorn
Jan 20, 2020
Delores Mae Berghorn, age 87, of Durfee Hill Rd., Ithaca, NY, passed away peacefully at Oak Hill Manor Nursing Home on Monday, January 20, 2020.
Born October 1, 1932, in Chicago, IL, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Ethel Schmidt. Delores graduated high school in Chicago, IL. She had a rough childhood but made it through with...
Maxwell B. Campbell
Jan 13, 2020
Maxwell Benjamin Campbell, 23, of Vestal, NY, and Sarasota, FL, passed away on Monday, January 13, 2020.
Max was born in Binghamton, NY, on March 22, 1996. He attended Vestal Central School and graduated from Lansing Senior High School.
He is survived by his mother, Michelle Dean (Jack Burns); father, Charles Campbell (Patricia); brother, Joshua (Casey McCracken) and nephews, Logan...
E. Lavonne "Vonnie" McKane
Dec 29, 2019
E. Lavonne “Vonnie” McKane, 85, of North Lansing, passed away following a brief illness on Sunday, December 29, 2019, at her home. Born in Elmira, NY, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Lillian (Coon) McDermott. After graduating from Genoa High School, Vonnie went on to retire from NYSEG in Ithaca.
Vonnie was a past matron of the...
Patricia "Pat" Putnam
Dec 19, 2019
Patricia Gail Putnam, 73, of Lansing passed away while surrounded by those she loved on Thursday, December 19, 2019, at Cayuga Medical Center, Ithaca. Born on August 5, 1946, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Olga “Ollie” (Geiger) Holden. Pat was employed as an aide at Lansing High School and went on to retire from the Lansing...
Mary Pellicciotti
Dec 16, 2019
Mary Latini Pellicciotti passed away peacefully at the Oak Hill Manor Nursing Home in Ithaca, NY on Monday, December 16, 2019 (exactly one year to the week after the death of her son, Joe). Mary was born 102 years ago on October 6th in Sayre, PA to Angelo and Paolina Latini. Mary grew up in a closely knit ethnic neighborhood,...
Evelyn Proctor
Dec 12, 2019
Evelyn Proctor, 95, passed away on December 12, 2019 at Hospicare in Ithaca, NY. She was peacefully released from several years of struggle with progressive dementia and Parkinson’s disease. Evelyn was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan to Sadie and Isidore Braff. She was the eldest of three children, predeceased by her brother, Milton Braff and her sister,...
Marvin H. Ostrander
Dec 7, 2019
Marvin Ostrander, 87, of Lansing, passed away on Saturday, December 7, 2019, at Crown Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Cortland. Born in Varna, NY, on October 26, 1932, he was the son of the late Orry and Ada Johnson Ostrander. After working for Smith Corona for several years, Marvin went on to retire from the Town of Lansing Highway...
C. Charles "Chuck" Benson
Dec 2, 2019
Chuck Benson of Lansing passed away unexpectedly at home on the morning of December 2nd due to complications from his lifelong battle with a spinal tumor. Chuck was a Lansing native and graduated high school in 1965. He completed a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture at Cornell University in 1969 and married the prettiest coed in Alpha Phi, Andra Weidenhamer,...
Ronald S. Ronsvalle
Nov 26, 2019
Ronald S. Ronsvalle, 60, of Lansing, NY, passed away Tuesday, November 26, 2019, following a brief illness.
An Ithaca native and graduate of Cornell University, Ron went on to own and operate Perfect Painters/Heritage Builders Inc., Heritage Park TownHouses, Inc. and Lansing Center Associates, Inc. He was a Certified Aging in Place Specialist, Certified Graduate Builder, Graduate Master Builder and...
Ruth M. Lyon
Nov 26, 2019
Ruth M. (White) Lyon 95, of Ithaca passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2019.
Ruth was born August 12, 1924 in Wallingford, Vermont, to Carl and Marion (Sheehan) White. She graduated from the University of Vermont in 1946. Ruth married Howard H. Lyon Jr. on June 22, 1946, and celebrated 70 years of marriage with Howard before his passing.
Ruth...
Michael Allen Barger
Nov 21, 2019
Michael “Mike” Allen Barger, 68, formerly of Jacksonville, FL, passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2019, at Cayuga Medical Center, Ithaca, NY. Born in Ithaca on December 27, 1950, Mike was one of six children born to Dorothy Zifchock Barger and the late William Barger. After graduating from Ithaca High School, he joined the US Army during the Vietnam Conflict...
Nora Anderson Ettinger
Nov 17, 2019
Nora Anderson Ettinger, 70, of Lansing, NY, died Sunday, November 17, 2019. A native of Ithaca, NY, and a 1966 graduate of Ithaca High School, she was a New Year’s baby and this Thanksgiving would have marked her 40th wedding anniversary to her beloved late husband, Jack Ettinger.
Nora retired from The Cornell Lab of Ornithology after 25 years of service. During her career, she played a...
James R. McConkey
Oct 24, 2019
Acclaimed writer and professor James McConkey died peacefully in his home on Oct. 24, 2019 at the age of 98. He was buried at Greensprings Natural Cemetery on October 28, next to his late wife Gladys and son Cris.
Goldwin Smith Professor of English Literature Emeritus at Cornell University until he retired in 1992, McConkey was a beloved teacher...
Vivian Farkas
Oct 23, 2019
Vivian Cora Lockerby Farkas, 87, of Wilton, CT, formerly of Lansing, NY, passed away peacefully at Wilton Meadows Health Care Center in Wilton, CT on Tuesday, October 23, 2019, following an extended illness with Alzheimer’s Disease.
Vivian, the eldest of three girls, was born on January 21, 1932 in Cortland, NY to Jay B. and Gladys (née Devlen) Lockerby. She...
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