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Salvatore "Sal" Desimone
Oct 24, 2015
Salvatore "Sal" Desimone, 96, of Utica, passed away Saturday, October 24, 2015 at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare with his loving family by his side. He was born September 17, 1919, in Utica, the son of the late Tommaso and Maria Florenza DiSimone and was educated in Utica schools. Sal was a US Army veteran of WW II, serving in the European...
Diane Dellecese Jones
Sep 30, 2015
Diane Dellecese Jones, 63, of Old Forge passed away at home on Wednesday, September 30, 2015. Diane was born October 28, 1951, in Utica, the daughter of Robert B. Dellecese and the late Dolores Poccia Dellecese. She attended local schools, graduating from Thomas R Proctor High School, Class of 1969. On October 2, 1971, Diane married David B Jones in...
Merwin S. Greene
Sep 20, 2015
Merwin S."Merv" Greene, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 20, 2015 in the care of Hospice at the Delray Medical Center in Delray Beach, FL. Merwin was born on July 17, 1924 in Utica, NY to Rose (Klein) and Harry Greene. He was the youngest of three siblings. Following graduation from Utica Free Academy High School, Merwin attended St. Lawrence...
Barbara E. Pape
Sep 16, 2015
Barbara E. Pape, 84, of Utica, passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare, with her family by her side. She was born October 24, 1930, in Utica, the daughter of the late John and Viola Sagendorf Keating and was educated in Utica schools. Barbara was a devout Catholic and an active parishioner of Our Lady of Lourdes...
Neville Barnett
Sep 12, 2015
Mr. Neville Barnett, 76 of New Hartford, NY, passed away peacefully after a long struggle with Parkinson's Disease on September 12, 2015, at Siegenthaler Center, New Hartford with his family by his side. He was born in South Africa to Samuel and Mary Barnett, and lived in London, California and New Hartford. Neville did extensive work in China, Singapore, Hong...
Donald Mitkoff
Aug 13, 2015
Donald Mitkoff, of Utica and West Palm Beach, FL, passed away Thursday, August 13, 2015 at his home in Utica. He was born May 7, 1930, in Chicago, IL, the son of the late Nathan and Betty Felsenfeld Mitkoff. He received his education in the Bronx and was a graduate of the RCA Institute in New York City and Utica...
Harry Nemeroff
Aug 3, 2015
Harry Nemeroff, 92, formerly of 10 Mill Street, passed away Monday, August 3, 2015 at the Sitrin Health Care Center. He was born November 22, 1922, in New York City, the first child of Dora and William Nemeroff. His mother emigrated from Russia and his father was also of Russian decent. Harry lived with his mother until he was 15...
Antoinette M. Nuccio
Jul 6, 2015
Antoinette M. "Nettie" Nuccio, 95, of Whitesboro, passed away Monday July 6, 2015 at her home, with her loving family by her side. She was born January 27, 1920, in Rochester, the daughter of the late Dominick and Rose Gigliotti Minutti and was educated in Utica schools. On November 13, 1940, at St. Anthony of Padua Church, Utica, she was...
Elaine Kelberman
Jun 24, 2015
Elaine Pollicove Kelberman, 86, of Orlando, Florida, formerly of Utica, passed away on Wednesday June 24, 2015. Elaine was born September 10, 1928, in Utica. She was the oldest of seven children of the late Carolyn and Max Pollicove. She was raised in Utica and was a graduate of Utica Free Academy. On May 28, 1950, she was united in...
Kenneth J. Cavanaugh
Jun 5, 2015
Kenneth J. Cavanaugh, 67, formerly of Rome, passed away Friday, June 5, 2015 at the home of his sister Carol. He was born June 4, 1948, in Rome, the son of the late Charles and Doris Bourgeois Cavanaugh. He was a graduate of RFA, Class of 1966 and was a former member of the Army National Guard. At one time,...
Emily Doolen Thomas
Jun 1, 2015
Emily M. Doolen Thomas, 87, of Carthage, passed away Monday evening, June 1, 2015, at her residence where she was under the care of her family, neighbors and Hospice of Jefferson County. Emily was born in Utica on August 13, 1927, the daughter of the late Robert and Lena Stanbrook Doolen. She attended Proctor High School. She married Kenneth W....
Maria Dybacz
Mar 31, 2015
Maria Dybacz, 89, of the Presbyterian Residential Community, formerly of Utica, passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare. She was born November 2, 1925, in Popelnyky, Ukraine, the daughter of the late Roman and Olena Romanyk Kifiak. In Germany, she married Iwan Dybacz. He passed away in 1999. She was a parishioner of St. Volodymyr the Great...
Carolyn B. Jones
Mar 26, 2015
Carolyn B. Jones, 75, of Deerfield, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, March 26, 2015 at her home. She was born June 9, 1939, in Utica, the daughter of the late Rudolph and Emelia Maziarz Jassak. She received her early education in a one room school house in Deerfield and graduated from Whitesboro Central School. On September 7, 1957, at St....
Dr. Robert Danner
Mar 1, 2015
Dr. Robert Danner, a prominent Utica dentist who practiced from his downtown office on the corner of Park Avenue and Hopper Street for nearly half a century, died on Sunday, March 1, 2015 at his home in Boca Raton, Florida, where he had lived since his retirement in 1998. He was 91 years old. Danner was born in Utica on...
Anne R. Perlmutter
Feb 26, 2015
Anne R. Perlmutter, of New Hartford, passed away Thursday, February 26, 2015 at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare. She was born in Utica, a daughter of the late William and Anna Aylward Rimiller and was a graduate of UFA and Utica College of Syracuse University. In 1965, in Utica, she married Charles Perlmutter. He passed away in 1996. In 2008, in Utica,...
Ruth Merdler
Feb 24, 2015
Ruth Merdler, 95, of West Bloomfield, MI, passed away Tuesday, February 24, 2015. Beloved wife of the late Victor Merdler; cherished mother of Joan (Michael) Basloe; and loving grandmother of Brian (Lindsay) Basloe. Graveside services will be Friday at 11:00 AM at Temple Emanu-El Cemetery, Roberts Road, New Hartford, with Rabbi Cassi Kail officiating. The family of Mrs. Merdler will...
Lawrence R. Williams Sr.
Feb 15, 2015
Lawrence R. "Larry" Williams, Sr., 70, of Utica, passed away Sunday, February 15, 2015 at the St. Luke's Home. He was born January 13, 1945, in Utica, the son of the late Lawrence and Thelma "Peggy" Flaherty Williams and was educated in Utica schools. For 40 years, Larry was a heavy equipment operator for the City of Utica D.P.W., retiring...
Natalie Jane Arno
Feb 6, 2015
Natalie Jane Arno, 74, of Utica, passed away Friday, February 6, 2015 at the Presbyterian Home for Central NY. She was born October 5, 1940, in Utica, the daughter of the late Michael, Jr. and Antoinette Donato Arno and was educated in Utica schools. Natalie was a parishioner of St. Anthony & St. Agnes Church and was a big Elvis...
Thomas F. Devito Jr.
Jan 31, 2015
Thomas F. DeVito, Jr., 69, of Utica, passed away January 31, 2015 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center. He was born September 15, 1945, in Utica, the son of the late Thomas F., Sr. and Mary Rose Scalzo DeVito and was educated at UFA. Thomas was employed with his father at DeVito's Bakery in Utica. He later worked for many years...
Russell E. Bolton
Jan 24, 2015
Russell E. Bolton, 85, of Trenton Falls and Micco, FL, passed away Saturday January 24, 2015 at the St. Luke's Home, with his family by his side. He was born July 31, 1929, in Binghamton, the son of the late William and Catherine Radley Bolton. He was a graduate of Binghamton schools and White Plains Community College. Mr. Bolton was...
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