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Monae Carressma Lender
Sep 10, 2022
Monae Carressma Lender passed away unexpectedly and far too soon on Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 22 years of age. Monae was born in Syracuse, NY on March 19, 2000. She had a kind, warm and gentle nature, and was at the same time very spirited, independent, resourceful and intelligent. She loved theatre, dance, music, roller coasters, travel, cooking, and...
Donna Marie Beckwith
Sep 9, 2022
Donna Marie Beckwith, born May 6, 1956, died at the age of 66, peacefully surrounded by her family and friends after an illness on September 9, 2022. She journeyed through her illness - as she did her life - with quiet courage, strength, patience, and stubborn tenacity. She was a peaceful warrior of love and Light in this world and...
Robert "Bob" Yavits
Sep 6, 2022
Robert (Bob) Yavits of Ithaca, NY died September 6, 2022 at the age of 72. He was born on October 7, 1949 in Ithaca. He grew up in the New York City area, but loved returning to Ithaca to spend summers with his grandparents. He moved back to Ithaca as a young adult and has lived there ever since.
Bob...
Belinda Halter
Sep 2, 2022
Belinda Halter was born in Oklahoma October 12, 1950 and died in New York September 2, 2022. Not much is known about her life prior to coming to New York. She was an only child, long divorced, without children and her parents deceased so she was without known family. When she first came to Binghamton about twenty years ago, she...
Ralph Jomaine Welch
Sep 1, 2022
Ralph Jomaine Welch, 48, of Ithaca New York, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, September 1, 2022, after a short but difficult battle with Pancreatic Cancer. He was born on Monday, May 27, 1974, to the late Ralph and Eva Mae Welch of Tuscaloosa and Andalusia Alabama.
Ralph grew up in Ithaca New York, where he attended high school in...
Elnora "Nonie" (Heffron) Teeter
Aug 28, 2022
Elnora “Nonie” Jocelyn (Heffron) Teeter went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, August 28, 2022. The daughter of Berkley and Jessie (Mix) Heffron, she was born on January 27, 1929 at home in Caroline Depot. She was 93.
A diligent worker, she began, at the age of twelve, caring for the children of area families while she herself...
Dr. Kurt Gottfried
Aug 25, 2022
Dr. Kurt Gottfried, physicist, professor emeritus at Cornell University, advocate for peace, and co-founder of the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), passed away on Thursday, August 25, 2022, at age 93.
Throughout his career, Kurt Gottfried encouraged fellow scientists to become involved, to speak out on issues, and to hold their leaders accountable on topics ranging from nuclear arms control...
Debra J. (Bryson) Barnard
Aug 25, 2022
To view a livestream of Debra's funeral service on Thursday, September 1, 2022, at 4:30 p.m., please visit the Lansing United Methodist Church's YouTube Page.
LANSING – Debra J. Barnard, age 67, passed away peacefully at the home of her daughter on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022 after a valiant battle with neuroendocrine cancer. Throughout her long battle with cancer, her...
Louise D. Sisson
Aug 20, 2022
Louise D. (Orzino) Sisson, 90, of Lansing, NY, passed away peacefully on August 20, 2022, at Cayuga Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Ithaca, NY.
Born in Ithaca, NY, on March 12, 1932, Louise was the daughter of the late Querino and Marie (Lama) Orsini. She attended Immaculate Conception School through eighth grade, then went on to graduate from Ithaca High School....
Vicente Sergio Marziano
Aug 12, 2022
Vicente Sergio Marziano passed away on August 12, 2022, in his home with close family nearby. While the world lost a great man too early due to cancer, no one would ever have guessed that Vicente was sick. He made the most of every day. He enjoyed meeting new people through his work at CFCU, he traveled whenever possible with...
William "Bill" Wilson
Jul 21, 2022
William W. “Bill” Wilson of Lansing, NY, passed away at home on July 21, 2022 at the age of 70. Born on July 13, 1952, he was the son of the late F. Wilbur and Hilda (Phippen) Wilson and brother of the late Barbara (Wilson) White. Following high school, Bill entered the US Navy in 1971 and was honorably discharged...
George J. Broadwell
Jul 9, 2022
George J. Broadwell, age 92, of Kendal at Ithaca, passed away on July 9, 2022.
A well-loved father, grandfather, community member and professor emeritus, George will be missed by many. Well known and liked by residents and staff alike, George was a resident at Kendal at Ithaca for the last 10 years of his life.
George was born January 14,...
Louise Pier Bement
Jun 30, 2022
Lansing Historian and teacher Louise Pier Bement died at the Ithaca Hospicare residence on June 30, 2022, attended by family and friends, after an extended illness. Louise was 89 and had lived in Lansing since 1969.Louise was born in Mount Jewett, Pennsylvania. An accomplished musician, Louise played and taught clarinet and was a frequent member of all-state band concerts during...
David J. Kerness
Jun 26, 2022
Trumansburg - David J. Kerness, a handsome, hardworking, talented, sweetheart of a good man died as a result of an accident on June 26, 2022.
David was born the son of George and Eleanor Gaudiosi Kerness on August 31, 1941 in New York City. He lived in Greenwich Village during his early years surrounded by family. Like many others he contracted...
Jon Allen Nedrow
Jun 22, 2022
Jon Allen Nedrow, affectionately known as “Pops” by his grandchildren, passed at the age of 84 in the comfort of his family home on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. Jon was born March 28, 1938 in Lansing, NY to the late Ephraim and Lucy (Tvaroha) Nedrow.
Jon graduated from Lansing High School in 1956. He served in the United States Army...
Nadia Creamer
Jun 9, 2022
Viola Margarethe Nadejsda Creamer, known to all as Nadia, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on June 9, 2022 at her home in Easthampton, MA. She was born in Kaunas, Lithuania, on December 12, 1937, and immigrated to the U.S. with her parents in 1939 as they sought to escape Europe during World War II.
They lived in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania...
Sally J. Macey Baker
May 29, 2022
Sally J. (Macey) Baker, 89, of Newfield and formerly of Lansing, NY, passed away on May 29, 2022, at Seneca View in Montour Falls, NY, following an extended illness. Born on July 1, 1932, she was the daughter of the late James and Mildred (Halstander) Macey. Sally was employed at A&P for 20 years, working as a cashier and clerk...
Barbara D. Pritchard
May 25, 2022
Barbara D. Pritchard, 78, passed away on May 25, 2022 at Hospicare in Ithaca, NY from complications associated with dementia, accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic.
Barbara was born in Pittsburg, Kan., to William C. Thompson Jr. and Mildred Thompson. She was raised in Artesia, N.M., and some of her most memorable early experiences were playing clarinet, working in her grandfather’s...
Joseph C. Campanella
May 16, 2022
Joseph Charles Campanella, 70, of Lansing, NY, passed away suddenly at home on May 16, 2022. Born in Knoxville, TN, on November 18, 1951, he was the son of the late Salvatore and Mildred (Hantz) Campanella. Joe was employed as a truck driver for Austic Trucking in Interlaken, NY.
Joe loved his family and friends more than anything. On April...
Carol Ornstein
May 15, 2022
Carol loved life with such passion. She was a beloved mother, wife, a friend and an honorary aunt to so many, a carer and empathizer to all.
She loved to be in nature, from her young adulthood when she built and lived in a yurt in the woods of West Danby; through decades of camping trips, hikes and bike rides...
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