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Melvin F. Ellis
Jul 29, 2018
Melvin F. Ellis, 90, a lifelong resident of Ithaca, passed away on Sunday, July 29, 2018, at Cayuga Medical Center with his family by his side. Born in Ithaca on November 19, 1927, he was a son of the late Lloyd and Malvina Beach Ellis. Immediately following graduation from Ithaca High School in 1945, Mel enlisted in the United States...
Francis G. Hancharik
Jul 28, 2018
Francis G. Hancharik (83) of Lansing, NY, passed away on Saturday, July 28, 2018, at Cayuga Medical Center, Ithaca, NY. Born in Barnesboro, PA, he was the son of the late Michael and Anna (Mehal) Hancharik. He moved to Ithaca and graduated from Ithaca High School in 1954. An accomplished athlete while at IHS, he was a stand-out starting pitcher...
Frederick A. Knight
Jul 21, 2018
November 24, 1936 - July 21, 2018 Frederick A. Knight, 81, of Freeville, NY, passed away on Saturday, July 21, 2018, at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA, following a brief illness. Born in Ithaca, Fred was the son of the late Joseph and Beatrice Cudlin Knight. He retired from NYSEG after thirty plus years of service as a master...
Michael Jay Smith
Jul 20, 2018
September 2, 1955 - July 20, 2018 Michael Jay Smith, 62, of Lansing, NY, passed away on Friday, July 20, 2018, at Hospicare in Ithaca, following a hard-fought battle with Parkinson’s Plus. Born in Watertown, NY, he was the son of Carmon and Margaret Cowen Smith. Michael received his Bachelor’s degree from East Carolina University, where he majored in business...
Amy M. Pape Neish
Jul 8, 2018
April 7, 1960 – July 8, 2018 Surrounded by family and friends, Amy died peacefully at home early Sunday morning after a year-long battle with cancer. She was predeceased by her mother Rachel, and is survived by her husband David and their sons Giotto (Maggie) and Giulio Zampogna. Born in Castro Valley, California, Amy grew up in Los Angeles as...
Barbara Ruth Noyes
Jul 3, 2018
Barbara Ruth Noyes passed away peacefully on July 3, 2018, while being read to by her youngest son Peter Biddle (Heather Hutchinson) of Seattle, Washington. An avid reader of all genres but a lover of children’s literature, it was fitting that she transitioned while hearing the words of Ferdinand, Andrew Henry’s Meadow, and Peter’s Long Walk. In addition to Peter,...
Jewel LaFay Snow
Jun 25, 2018
May 18, 1934 -- June 25, 2018Jewel LaFay Snow died peacefully in her home on June 25th, 2018 due to natural causes. She was born in Bradenton, Florida on May 18, 1934 to Virginia Hammond and Melvin Snow. She spent childhood summers in Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts, and winters in St. Petersburg, Florida with her mother and step-father, Jimmy Natowich. She...
Betty N. Burdick
Jun 19, 2018
Betty N. Burdick, 96, of Ithaca, died on June 19, 2018. Interment was in Charlotte Valley Cemetery, West Davenport, NY.
Betty Jane Grant
Jun 18, 2018
Betty Jane Grant, 82, of Lansing, NY, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, June 18, 2018, with her daughters by her side. Born in Hallstead, PA, she was the daughter of the late Ralph and Helen Alden Austin. Betty attended Blue Ridge Schools and graduated in 1953. Shortly thereafter, she met and married Al Grant, and they relocated to...
Edward E. Ebersold
Jun 16, 2018
Edward “Ed†Earl Ebersold, 81, of Lansing, NY, passed quietly on June 16, 2018, with his family nearby. Born in Hornell, Ed chose to make Lansing his home, where he lived the majority of his life. In 1966, he married Margaret and was her husband for over 52 years. Along with gaining a wife, Ed also chose his children at...
William H. Miller, Sr.
Jun 16, 2018
Ithaca, NY
William H. Miller, Sr., MD, of Ithaca, NY, formerly of Wynnewood, PA, passed away peacefully Tuesday, June 16 at Cayuga Medical Center. Born August 10, 1920 he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1942 and Penn’s Medical School in 1945. He served as a Captain in the Army Medical Corps from 1943-1948. Dr. Miller was Director...
Charles "Chuck" C. Barris
Jun 10, 2018
Charles C. “Chuck†Barris, 85, of Newfield, went Home to the Lord on Sunday, June 10, 2018, at Cayuga Medical Center, Ithaca, following a brief illness. Born in Scranton, PA, he was the son of the late James and Dorothy Mack Barris. Chuck was a longtime employee of BorgWarner in Ithaca until his retirement in 1995.
Chuck was a self-taught...
Freda Rappaport
May 30, 2018
Ithaca, NY
Freda Rappaport passed peacefully on May 30, with Saul Rappaport (her son), Carla Golden (her daughter), and Diane Carruthers (Carla’s partner, and Freda’s daughter-in-law) at her bedside. She had just enjoyed a weeklong visit from Eric Rappaport, her other son, before she succumbed to a sudden bout of pneumonia. Freda was the daughter of Joseph Menachim Mintz and...
Edith L. Volbrecht
May 10, 2018
Edith L. Volbrecht, 89, of Lansing, passed away on May 10, 2018, at Beechtree in Ithaca.
A lifelong Lansing resident, Edith was born at home, the only child of the late Jearold and Katherine Lucas Davis. After graduating high school, Edith was married for 63 years to Calvin Volbrecht, who preceded her in death in 2011. Edith was employed...
Laura E. Brown Baty
May 6, 2018
Laura E. Brown Baty, age 96, Ithaca, N.Y., passed away on May 6, 2018 at the Beechtree Nursing Home.
Born November 27, 1921 in Mohawk, N.Y. the daughter of Lyle B. Brown and Ethel Mae Markley Brown. She graduated from Mohawk High School in 1942. She went on to Morrisville ATC where she received an Associate’s Degree in Home Economics...
Tammy Travis
May 1, 2018
Mecklenburg - 1971-2018 Tammy Travis, known to most as the brilliant and talented owner, pastry chef, and chocolatier of Sarah's Patisserie, died of an acute and undiagnosable illness on May 1, 2018. She was 46. Tammy graduated from the French Culinary Institute in New York City in 1999. She worked with the school's dean, Jacques Torres, in the pastry program,...
John Charles O'Connor
Apr 27, 2018
Ithaca - John Charles O'Connor passed away peacefully at home surrounded by those whom he loved most on April 27, 2018. John was born on March 11, 1947 in Ithaca and began a life of quiet kindness and lots of jokes. He grew up with his big sister, Mary Mackenzie, big brother, James O'Connor, and his dad and mom, James...
Donald R. Sharpsteen
Apr 11, 2018
Donald R. Sharpsteen, age 83, passed away peacefully April 11, 2018 at Cortland Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center after a short battle with cancer.
Donald was born May 22, 1934, the only child of Donald Kirby and Frances Nancy (Searles) Sharpsteen. He grew up on a farm on Asbury Road in Lansing, NY. He married the love of his life,...
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