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Sheryl Anne Howell
Mar 17, 2020
Sheryl Anne (Niemi) Howell, 71, formerly of Lansing, NY passed away on March 17, 2020. She was a graduate of Lansing High School in 1966 and worked for over 34 years as an office manager at Cornell University in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Sherri truly lived life to its fullest through simple pleasures: visiting with friends and...
Bernard "Bernie" F. Rick
Mar 10, 2020
Bernard Frank Rick, 91, of Ithaca, passed away on March 10, 2020, at Seneca View Nursing Home in Montour Falls, NY. Born on June 3, 1928 in Chicago, IL, he was the son of Eleanore and Richard Rick, and younger brother to Richard. Bernie attended Lane Tech High School in Chicago, where he met the love of his life, Eleanor...
Julie L. Lewis
Mar 2, 2020
Julie L. Lewis, 50, of Genoa, passed away unexpectedly on March 2, 2020, at Cayuga Medical Center, Ithaca. She is survived by her husband, son, and a large extended family.
Calling hours will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, at Lansing Funeral Home, 32 Auburn Road, Lansing. A brief memorial service will immediately follow.
Surinder Singh Sidhu
Mar 1, 2020
Surinder Singh Sidhu, 81, from Ithaca, entered into the beyond within peacefully, Sunday, March 1st, 2020 of chronic pulmonary impairment, surrounded by a roomful of family at Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital in Binghamton, New York. Additional family also gathered in California and Hawaii to send continuous blessings and love throughout his transcendence. After a long, full day of...
Martin E. Farkas
Feb 20, 2020
Martin E. Farkas, 81 years old, of Punta Gorda, FL, and Freeville, NY, passed away unexpectedly after a brief illness in Florida on February 20, 2020 surrounded by his children, grandchildren and life companion Carol Weber.
Marty was born in Lansing, NY to Stephen and Nellie Farkas. He worked with his father in the family's excavation business through high school...
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...
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