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Edward Haddon

Edward Haddon

Mar 4, 2015

Edward J. Haddon, 83, of New Berlin, passed away peacefully on March 4, 2015, at his residence with family by his side. Born April 9, 1931, in Brooklyn, NY, Ed was the son of Charles and Mary (Stefanski) Haddon. He served in the US Army during the Korean War, and was honorably discharged as a Corporal in 1953. Ed worked...

Richard Bates

Richard Bates

Mar 1, 2015

Richard J. Bates, 67, of Locust Street, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, March 1, 2015 at his residence with family by his side.Born on May 31, 1947, in New Berlin, NY, Richard was the son of Warren H. and Elizabeth (Jilson) Bates. On June 29, 1969, in Beaver Meadow, NY, Richard married his wife of 46 years, Christine Wellman, who...

Albert Kunzel

Albert Kunzel

Feb 26, 2015

Albert S. Kunzel, 72, of Grotsinger Road, passed away on Thursday, February 26, 2015, at the UHS Wilson Medical Center, in Johnson City, after a courageous battle against leukemia.Born August 19, 1942, in Hackensack, NJ, Albert was the son of George W. and Hertha (Biermann) Kunzel. In 1969, Albert moved to Norwich with his parents. After his father’s death in...

Regina Baas

Regina Baas

Feb 11, 2015

Regina McCabe Baas passed away peacefully on February 11, 2015 in her home in Norwich, New York. She was with her daughter, Christy, and Christy's husband Michael when she died.Regina was born Regina Alexandria McCabe on December 26, 1923 in Brooklyn, New York to Regina Schweizer and Joseph Francis McCabe. She attended public schools, St. Brendan's High School, and St....

Betty Lou Raneri

Betty Lou Raneri

Jan 29, 2015

Betty Lou Raneri, 80, of South New Berlin, entered into rest on Thursday, January 29, 2015 at A. O. Fox Hospital in Oneonta. She was surrounded by her family and her husband of sixty years, Vincent.Born February 3, 1934 in Johnstown, NY, Betty was the daughter of Manley and Maude Blakeslee. On April 19, 1954, in Johnstown, she married Vincent...

Gus Stamatatos

Gus Stamatatos

Jan 28, 2015

“Gus” Stamatatos, 59, of Norwich, passed away on January 28, 2015 at the Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. with family by his side. Born on February 16, 1955, in Kefelonia, Greece, Gus was the son of Stamatis and Anna (Kalogeras) Stamatatos. At the age of 14, Gus and his family moved to America. While in America Gus was hired...

Rose Maiurano

Rose Maiurano

Jan 16, 2015

On Friday January 16, 2015, God decided Rose M Maiurano's work here on earth was done and she passed away peacefully at her home to a place where she could better provide for her family. Rose was born in Waltham Massachusetts on January 24, 1916 and was baptized in Cambridge Massachusetts, before moving to Norwich, New York where she resided...

Elena Caputo

Elena Caputo

Jan 4, 2015

Elena Amelia Merlino Caputo, 87, of Norwich, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 4, 2015 at Chenango Memorial Hospital in Norwich.Elena was born October 5, 1927 to Francesco and Giuseppina (Paino) Merlino in Acquacalda, Lipari, Italy. She moved to Coney Island, New York in 1949 where she resided with her husband, Joseph, and first child, Anthony. Elena took the subway...

Mary Ryan

Mary Ryan

Jan 3, 2015

Mary G. Ryan, 92, of Norwich, passed away peacefully on January 3, 2015 at Chenango Memorial Hospital. Born February 20, 1922 in Norwich, Mary was the daughter of the late Paul and Katherine (McMahon) Welch. At a very early age, Mary began working for her father at Welch’s Food Market and ultimately co-operated the Welch-Ryan Grocery Store on Division Street...

John Rawluk

John Rawluk

Dec 11, 2014

John M. Rawluk, Jr., 64, of McDonough, passed away unexpectedly on December 11, 2014 at Cortland Regional Medical Center. Born April 19, 1950, in Jersey City, NJ, John was the son of John Michael and Mariantonia (Girardi) Rawluk, each of whom predeceased John. He graduated from South River High School, in South River, NJ, with the Class of 1968. For...

Phyllis Cramer

Phyllis Cramer

Dec 8, 2014

Phyllis J. Cramer, 83, formerly of Norwich, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Monday, December 8, 2014 at her apartment in Jordan, NY.Born June 14, 1931 in Waterville, NY, Phyllis was the daughter of Albert L. and Alice (Thayer) Ramsdell. She was a 1951 graduate of Waterville High School and received a degree from the Utica...

Helen Wasus

Helen Wasus

Dec 6, 2014

Helen J. Wasus, 94, of Lavallette, passed away on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at Chenango Memorial Hospital in Norwich, NY.She was born in Passaic, moved to Pomona, NY, in 1961, then settled in Lavallette in 1969.Helen was a hairdresser for over 60 years. She was also a member of the Seaside Chapter of Deborah Heart & Lung Center for over...

Jennie Versteeg

Jennie Versteeg

Nov 17, 2014

Jennie I. Versteeg, 93, of Norwich, passed away on Monday, November 17, 2014 at Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown.Born February 8, 1921 in Utrecht, Netherlands, Jennie was the daughter of Lambert and Sophia (Jacobsen) Intres who immigrated to the U.S. in the late 1920’s. In 1943, she married Dirk Versteeg and after World War II, raised two children in Cedar Grove,...

Rose Ann Taranto

Rose Ann Taranto

Oct 31, 2014

Rose Ann Taranto, 97, of Norwich passed away peacefully at her residence on October 31, 2014 with family at her side. For the last seven years Rose Ann has been cared for by Carol, Melanie, Laura, Teresa, Crystal, and Wendy, our angels here on earth. The compassionate and loving care provided by them has been remarkable and the family is...

Ronald Hardy

Ronald Hardy

Oct 12, 2014

Ronald F. “Smurf” Hardy, 70, of Preston, passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 12, 2014 at his home with his friends and family by his side.Born May 20, 1944 in Watertown, NY, Ron was the son of Edwin and Lina (Lacey) Hardy. He worked for several years as a welder for the O.W. Hubbell Company in Utica and for twenty-three...

Lois Mcaveigh

Lois Mcaveigh

Oct 4, 2014

Lois H. McAveigh, 76, of Norwich, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, October 4, 2014, at Chenango Memorial Hospital with family by her side. Born December 19, 1937, in Tupper Lake, NY, Lois was the daughter of Hamor and Harriet (Brown) Houghton. Lois was the seventh of nine children and the last survivor of her siblings. She graduated from Long Lake...

Rose Reed

Rose Reed

Sep 25, 2014

Rose U. Reed passed away peacefully on her 101st birthday, September 25, 2014, at the Norwich Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Norwich. Rose and her daughter Angela were together reading birthday greetings from friends and family when Rose quietly slipped away.Rose was the daughter of Nicola Campagnale and Angelina Cimorelli Campagnale. She was born on September 25, 1913. She grew...

Everett Wells

Everett Wells

Sep 22, 2014

Everett B. Wells, Jr., 94, passed away on Monday, September 22, 2014 following a brief illness.He was born in Norwich on August 27, 1920, the son of Everett B. Wells and Florence Skillman Wells. Everett graduated from Norwich High School in 1937 and from Cornell University in 1941 with a bachelor’s degree. He was the oldest graduate to attend the...

Thomas Dunne

Thomas Dunne

Sep 21, 2014

Thomas Patrick Dunne, 51, died on September 21, 2014. He passed away following a heart attack at his home on the King Settlement Road. Tom was born on December 10, 1962, the first child of James I. and Donna (Clifford) Dunne. He had battled bi-polar disease for most of his life, but never gave up. He enjoyed painting, reading and...

Elsie Smith

Elsie Smith

Sep 20, 2014

Elsie Smith, 91, of Norwich passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 20,2014 at the home of her daughter, Linda Emmons. Elsie was born on July 8, 1923 on the campus of Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to Louis and Anna Orban. She spent her childhood living in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and New York City. Elsie spent many happy summers at her Aunt...

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