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...
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...
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...
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,...
Roger A. VanPelt
Apr 8, 2018
Roger A. VanPelt, age 62 of North Lansing, passed away at home surrounded by family on April 8, 2018 after a 5 year courageous battle with cancer.
Born May 10, 1955, in Cortland, Roger was a son of the late Harold and Nancy Dedrick VanPelt. He grew up in the Dryden area and was a Dryden High School graduate....
Stanley Burke
Mar 28, 2018
Stanley ‘Stosh’ Burke
It is with great sadness that the family of Stanley Burke announces his passing on March 28, 2018 at the age of 85. He will be lovingly remembered by Mary, his wife of 64 years, and their children Bonny (Nick) Boles and Tom (Robin) Burke, his brothers Carl (Pooch) and Ronnie, and sister Verla Gabriel, and brother-in-law...
Eleanore Hunter
Mar 25, 2018
Lansing, NY
Eleanore Hunter passed away peacefully at home after a brief illness on March 25 with her faithful canine companion, Honey, by her side. Ellie grew up in Ithaca New York and was the daughter of William and Margaret Gredel who immigrated to New York City from Switzerland. Henry later became the president of the Ithaca Savings Bank and...
Dale William Steigerwald
Mar 20, 2018
Dale William Steigerwald was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Delbert and Kathryn Steigerwald, both deceased. He passed away peacefully of natural causes at age 67 on March 20, 2018 in Ithaca, New York, his home for the past eight years. Dale was a graduate of Mariemont High School (1968), University of Cincinnati (1973) and Ohio State University (1976, landscape architecture)....
Loretta Jane Van Bortle Henrie
Mar 11, 2018
Loretta Jane Van Bortle Henrie died peacefully surrounded by family at the age of 88 on Sunday March 11, 2018 at Hospicare, Ithaca NY. She is survived by her eight children, thirteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Louise (David Flanagan), William, Janet (Larry Lockshin), Douglas (Ellen Bown), Faye (Benjamin Fairchild), Thomas (Karen Scherberger), John (Kathleen Sheridan), Robert. Her grandchildren are Nevin...
