Obituaries
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Doris J. Wentworth
Mar 29, 2020
Doris J. Wentworth, 77, passed away on Sunday afternoon, March 29, 2020 at Robinson Terrace in Stamford following a long illness. Born on October 17, 1942 in Stamford, she was the daughter of the late Leslie and Mary Jane (Whispell) Kelsey. Doris was strong person and would often share her honest opinion with family and friends. She enjoyed word...
Shirley M. Yeary
Mar 27, 2020
Shirley M. Yeary, 87 of Delhi, passed away on the morning of March 27, 2020 at Delhi Rehabilitation and Nursing Center following a long illness. Born on January 22, 1933 in Kelly Corners, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary (VanSteenburg) Sprague. Shirley worked for the Delhi Telephone Company for over 32 years. Mrs. Yeary was...
Vivian G. Rampe
Mar 23, 2020
Vivian Gloria Rampe, 96, of Stamford, passed away on Monday, March 23, 2020 at O’Connor Hospital in Delhi. Born on December 18, 1923 in Auburn, NY, Vivian was the daughter of the late Stanley and Anna (Lawnicziak) Chayka. She grew up in Auburn and moved to the Stamford area in 1960. She was married to the late Harrison Rampe,...
Patricia "Pat" Jefferson
Mar 17, 2020
Patricia Jefferson 78, of Walton NY, passed away on Tuesday March 17th, 2020 surrounded by her family. Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Sister, Aunt, friend,...she was, and is, so much more to so many people. She was the beloved wife of Angelo Peppe, and they were together for over 30 years. She was born on October 7th, 1941 in Rockaway Beach...
Elizabeth "Betty" Stines
Mar 12, 2020
Elizabeth M. Stines, 92, of Oneonta, passed away on March 12, 2020 at NYS Veterans Home in Oxford. Born on February 3, 1928 in Pittsburgh, PA, Elizabeth was the daughter of the late Rudolph and Elizabeth (Weber) Melichar. Elizabeth was married to William H. Stines in 1950, the couple enjoyed 54 years of marriage until his passing in 2004....
Hildegard "Hilde" Fink
Mar 12, 2020
Hildegard “Hilde” Fink, 87, of Hobart passed peacefully with her family at her side on March 12, 2020. Born January 8, 1933 in Freistadt, Austria, Hilde was the daughter of the late Johann and Franziska Mader. It was when she moved to the United Kingdom that she met and fell in love with her late husband Alois “Louie” Fink....
Sonja E. Slicer
Mar 12, 2020
Sonja E. Slicer, 84, of Stamford, went to be with the lord on Thursday, March 12, 2020 following a long illness. Born February 15, 1936 in Albany, N.Y., the daughter of the late James and Evelyn Berg. Sonja enjoyed gardening, birds, line dancing, playing bingo and was an avid reader. Her greatest passion was her family, she was a...
Clarence "Bud" Carpenter
Mar 9, 2020
Clarence “Bud” Carpenter, 92, of Delhi passed away suddenly at his home on Monday, March 9, 2020. Born on November 2, 1927, He was the son of the late Lyle and Edith (Hunt) Carpenter. He proudly severed in the United States Navy during World War II. Clarence was married to Vivian Rosa Carpenter on July 1, 1950, she passed...
James Reeves
Mar 7, 2020
Mr. James Reeves, 80, son of the late James and Ruth Reeves of Winfield Park, NJ, passed away quietly at home in Jefferson, NY, early Saturday morning, March 7, 2020 following a long illness. James joined the US Navy at the age of 17. While stationed in Florida, he met his wife Ada Reeves, they married on August 5,...
Clifford L. Burgin
Mar 5, 2020
Clifford L. Burgin, 87, of Bovina, passed away on Thursday, March 5, 2020 at Wilson Hospital, Johnson City. Born on February 28, 1933 in Delhi, He was the son of the late Edwin and Mary (Brown) Burgin. A lifelong resident of Bovina, Clifford was a 1951 graduate of Andes Central School. Clifford worked on the family farm along with...
Barbara Marie Cook
Mar 4, 2020
“The loons of Little Kildare are calling her Home." Barbara Maria Cook died peacefully and with a giggle - her daughter, Anne, nearby - on March 4, 2020, at the age of 78. She passed over into the arms of her beloved family who had gone before her - her husband, Frank, daughter, Jenn and son, Ike. Barb’s loving,...
Thomas Jaquish
Mar 3, 2020
Thomas Jaquish, 92, of Delhi passed away Tuesday evening, March 3, 2020. He was the son of George and Margaret Jaquish, also of Delhi. He worked as an engineer for over 18 years with United Technologies but started his career as an educator. Thomas began his own education in a one-room schoolhouse, later graduated from Delaware Academy, and then...
James Tauchen
Feb 25, 2020
James E. Tauchen, 80, of Delhi passed away suddenly on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany. At James's request there will be no calling hours or funeral services. Please visit www.macarthurfh.com to share a condolence with the Tauchen family.
Janet Cody
Feb 25, 2020
Davenport Center - Janet Dyer Cody passed peacefully on February 25, with her family by her side, after a 5 year decline due to Progressive Supranuclear Palsy - a rare Parkinsonian syndrome. She was born October 21, 1944, at the Stamford Hospital, the 5th of 6 children born to Nayham (Mike) Dyer and Almareta Boyes. She graduated from Charlotte...
Robert Shaw
Feb 23, 2020
Robert J. Shaw, 76, of Delhi passed away early Sunday morning, February 23, 2020 at Delhi Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born on May 9, 1943 in Delhi, he was the son of the late Charles and Nellie (Adee) Shaw. Robert worked for Deltown Specialties waste treatment operation in Fraser for several years In his earlier years Robert was a...
Marybelle Nohejl
Feb 20, 2020
Marybelle J. Nohejl, 78, of Andes passed away Thursday afternoon, February 20, 2020 at O'Connor Hospital, Delhi. A full obituary will be posted soon. Friends and relatives are invited to call on the family from 2-5PM on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 and 6-9PM on Thursday, Feb 27, 2020 at the MacArthur Funeral Home, 134 Main Street, Delhi. A Mass...
Helen Burdick
Feb 19, 2020
On February 19, 2020 Helen Marie Burdick went to heaven where beautiful souls go to rest, at the age of 97. Her strength in overcoming so many afflictions was astonishing, we are consoled that her journey home was peaceful. Helen was born in Fraser, NY, on December 12, 1922 to Joseph and Marie Schick, the third of four children....
William Coleman
Feb 19, 2020
And if I go, while you’re still here… Know that I live on, Vibrating to a different measure -behind a thin veil you cannot see through. You will not see me, so you must have faith. I wait the time when we can soar together again, -both aware of each other. Until then, live your life to its fullest....
Geraldine Bird
Feb 18, 2020
Geradline “Geri” Bird, 90, of Grand Gorge, NY passed away at home on February 18, 2020. She was born on April 21, 1929 in Rhinebeck, NY to the late George and Sarah (Simmons) Wyant. Geri was predeceased by her siblings Gertrude Wyant, Laura Strickle, Dorothy Wendover, William Wyant, Lloyd Wyant, George Wyant, Byron Wyant, Winifred Donerly, Eve Harring and...
Ruth Krull
Feb 18, 2020
Ruth E. “Betty” Krull, 93, of Stamford, passed away on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at her home. Born on June 23, 1926 in Westtown, NY, she was the daughter of the late Harry S. and Nellie V. Elmer. Betty graduated from Middletown High School in Middletown, NY in June of 1944. She was the wife of Merritt H. “Buzz”...
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