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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Kevin Swift
Sep 8, 2014
Kevin W. Swift, 60, of South New Berlin, passed away on Monday, September 8, 2014 at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, MA.Kevin was born in Phillipsburg, NJ, on June 9, 1954, the son of Kenneth and Leona Kott Swift (of South New Berlin – originally from Changewater, NJ). Kevin graduated from Warren Hills High School in Washington, NJ, and...
Caroline Jones
Aug 29, 2014
Caroline A. Jones, 53, began her dance in heaven on August 29, 2014. Caroline graduated from Bainbridge-Guilford High School and Broome Community College. She spent time working in Norwich and in Jacksonville. Caroline is survived by her father Ronald L. Jones, and wife Erma Jean, mother Carol G. Jones, brothers Ronald S. Jones and wife, Jeri, Michael D. Jones and...
Roselyn Tice
Jul 24, 2014
Roselyn K. Tice, of McDonough, NY and Moyock, NC, passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 24, 2014 at her beloved McDonough farmhouse with her loving husband and children by her side.Born January 24, 1927, in East McDonough, Roselyn was the daughter of Andrew and Anna (Chudzik) Kopac. She graduated from Oxford Academy and earned a technical degree from DeForest Electronic...
Victoria Hendrickson
Jul 23, 2014
Victoria L. (“Vickie”) Hendrickson, 56, of Norwich, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at Chenango Memorial Hospital.Born September 2, 1957, in Norwich, Vickie was the daughter of Ray Scott Cook and M. Anna (Johnson-Cook) Kennedy. She was a graduate of Norwich High School and earned a LPN certificate from Morrisville State University. Vickie was employed by various local...
Patricia Putnam
Jul 16, 2014
Patricia ("Pat" or "Patty") Putnam, 86, of Norwich, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Wednesday, July 16, 2014.Born in North Providence, Rhode Island on April 28, 1928, Patricia was the daughter of Marion Keefe and Anthony K. Leeman, Sr. She graduated from North Providence High School and attended Mount St. Mary College in Manchester, New Hampshire. Patricia married Walter...
Dorothy Gifford
Jul 15, 2014
Dorothy Young Gifford, age 86, of Venice, Florida passed away on July 15th.She was born February 9, 1928 at Riverhead, NY, the daughter of Carl Chauncy Young and Alta Hallock Young. Dorothy was a graduate of Riverhead High School and Syracuse University with a B.S. degree in Human Development, class of 1949. After graduation she was employed by the United...
Alice Ellinwood
Jul 8, 2014
Alice Rowley Ellinwood, 89, passed away peacefully on July 8, 2014 in Safety Harbor, FL surrounded by her family. Alice, the second of Joseph and Alice Rowley’s five children, was born on January 9th, 1925 in Utica, NY. After graduating from Sacred Heart Academy in Utica and Rhode Island College of Pharmacy in Providence, RI, she moved to Norwich to...
Aurora Raccuia
Jul 6, 2014
Aurora F. Raccuia, 84, of Norwich, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Sunday, July 06, 2014 at her home.Born in Sicily, Italy on February 2, 1930, Aurora was the daughter of Francesco and Anna (Mondello) Caruso. On October 31, 1951, in Sicily, she married Pietro Raccuia and then moved to the United States and settled in...
William Caldwell
Jul 1, 2014
William A. (“Bill”) Caldwell, 59, of Norwich, passed away suddenly on July 1, 2014 in Oxford, NY.Born on April 16, 1955, in Norwich, Bill was the son of John F. and Charlotte M. (Weaver) Caldwell. Bill attended Norwich schools until the ninth grade when his family moved to Florida. He graduated from Manatee High School in Bradenton, FL, in June...
Virginia Wierzbicki
Jun 24, 2014
Virginia M. Wierzbicki, 75, of Norwich, passed away on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown after suffering a severe stroke.Born in Brooklyn, NY on January 11, 1939, Virginia was the daughter of Michael and Margaret (Harrington) Faye. She graduated from St. Brendan’s High School in Brooklyn and then worked at the Equitable Life Insurance Company...
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