Obituaries
Posting Obituaries for the families around Herkimer County in New York.
Melvin George 'Mel' Darling
Mar 28, 2019
Ilion Melvin (Mel) George Darling, 76 of Ilion, New York passed away on Thursday, March 28, 2019 at home with his loving family by his side. Mel was born on February 23, 1943 in Ilion and was the son of the late George and Dorothy (Slade) Darling. He was a 1960 graduate of Ilion High School and following high school...
Mark A. Steere
Mar 27, 2019
Ilion Mark A. Steere, 59 of Ilion, passed away on Wednesday March 27, 2019, after a brief illness. Mark was born on March 5, 1960 in Herkimer, he was the son of the late Stanley and Anne (Ruparshek) Steere. He was a graduate of Mohawk Schools and worked as a installer for Carshaw-Zalewski Mfg. in Utica. He is survived by...
David A. 'Louie' Lewis
Mar 20, 2019
Herkimer David A Lewis (Louie), 61 of Herkimer, passed away on Tuesday March 20, 2019, in Cooperstown hospital with his loving family by his side. Dave was born in Ilion on July 18, 1957. He was the beloved son of Harold and Marie Isabelle Lewis (Leonis). He was a graduate of Ilion Schools and after gradation Dave served in the...
Marta D. Fallon
Mar 16, 2019
Marta Dirtadian Fallon, 81, of Utica, NY, and most recently, Fort Mill, SC, passed on to be with the Lord on March 16, 2019 with her children by her side. Marta was born March 21, 1937 in Utica, NY, to Dirtad and Maritza Mouradjian Dirtadian. Survivors of the Armenian Genocide, her immigrant family was hard-working, talented in music, literature, art,...
William C. Day
Mar 12, 2019
Herkimer William C. Day Sr., 73 of Herkimer, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday March 12, 2019 at Oneida Health Care in Oneida. Bill was born on August 16, 1945 in Ilion, he was the son of the late Stanley E. and Marion A. (Johnson) Day. He was a graduate of Ilion schools and worked at several places over the years....
Mary E. Gardner
Mar 11, 2019
New Hartford Mary Elizabeth Gardner, 84 of New Hartford, passed away on Monday March 11, 2019 at home, with her loving family by her side. Mary was born on August 31, 1934 in Florence, NY. She was the daughter of Lawrence and Mary (Culver) Shepard. She was a graduate of Ilion Schools. Following high school she served in the United...
David H. 'Dave' Cole
Mar 10, 2019
Ilion David H. Cole, 72 of Ilion, passed away on Sunday March 10, 2019 at St. Elizabeth's Medical center in Utica, with his loving family by his side. Dave was born on July 24, 1946 in Ilion. He was the son of Arlington and Mary (Dayton) Beauchamp. He was a graduate of Ilion schools and following graduation, he served in...
Robert T. 'Bob' Harter
Feb 27, 2019
Ilion Robert T. Harter, 91, passed away Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at Valley Health Services, Herkimer. He was born September 13, 1927 in Ilion, the son of the late Thomas Devoe and Mary (Mamie) Twamly Harter and was educated in Ilion leaving school in his junior year to enlist in the Navy during WW2. Upon his return from the Navy...
Richard 'Rempy' Remp
Feb 24, 2019
Ilion Richard Remp, 56, passed away Sunday, February 24, 2019 at Faxton-St. Luke's Health Care. He was born March 25, 1962 in Ilion the son of David and Margaret (Groth) Remp and was educated in Owen D. Young, VanHornsville. He was last employed as an installer with Enjems Carpet. Richard is survived by his mother, a son Sam (Krista) of...
Christopher Scott 'Chris' Stephens
Feb 23, 2019
Ilion Christopher Scott Stephens, March 21, 1971 to February 23, 2019. On February 23, 2019 Christopher Scott Stephens finished his earthly travels and went to join his grandparents, James and Iola Stephens, Tony and Barbara Romano and his uncle Michael Romano, in heaven. Christopher was born on March 21, 1971 the middle son of Christi and Lester Stephens in Ilion....
Phyllis Anderson
Feb 21, 2019
Phyllis D. Anderson, 94, of Winchester, MA passed away peacefully at the Winchester Rehabilitation and Nursing Center on February 21, 2019. A longtime resident of Ilion, NY, she relocated to Winchester in 2017 to live near one of her children after the death of her husband. Phyllis was born in Buffalo NY on March 4, 1924, the daughter of the...
George H. Getman
Feb 20, 2019
George H. Getman was born September 24, 1922 in Ilion, N.Y., the son of George B. and Bertha Myers Getman. He passed away at The Courtyards in Sun City Center, FL on February 20, 2019. He is survived by his nine children and their spouses: Attorney G. Stephen Getman and his wife, Suzanne, of Ilion; Susan Cadwallader of Bristol, VA;...
Dale B. Lewis
Feb 16, 2019
Ilion Dale B. Lewis, 70 of Ilion, passed away, unexpectedly, on Saturday February 16, 2019 at Little Falls Hospital. Dale was born on December 18, 1948 in Herkimer. He was the son of the late Ben and Virginia (Eddy) Lewis, he was a graduate of Ilion Schools and served in the US Army stationed in Anchorage, AK. In 1974 he...
Mary Ludlow
Feb 14, 2019
Ilion Mary May (Martin) Ludlow, 91, of Ilion, New York, passed away February 14, 2019 at St Luke's Hospital in Utica NY, with her family by her side. Mary was born November 28, 1927 to William and Ruth Martin. She grew up in the Mohawk Valley and attended Mohawk High School, where she excelled at math and spelling. At age...
Myron Clayton
Feb 14, 2019
Myron Mynie Clayton of Frankfort, N.Y. and Safety Harbor, Florida, passed away on February 14, 2019 at the ManorCare nursing home in Palm Harbor, Florida, where he had been a resident for the past year. He was 97 years old. Mynie was born on June 6, 1921 in Frankfort, N.Y., son of Jesse and Helen Clayton. He grew up in...
Warren 'Warren' Thom
Feb 10, 2019
Ilion Warren Thom, 97, passed away Sunday, February 10, 2019. Warren was born on February 23, 1921 in Ilion, the son of the late Louis and Emma Voelker Thom and was educated in Ilion. He was an Army-Air Corps veteran of WW11 and served during the Korean Conflict. Warren was retired from the US Air Force in 1964 as a...
Robert Norman 'Bob' Hyde
Feb 5, 2019
Mohawk Robert N. Hyde, 78, passed away on Tuesday February 5, 2019 at Faxton-St. Lukes Health Care, New Hartford. Bob was born in Herkimer on October 28, 1940 the son of the late James Arthur and Hilda (Anderson) Hyde. He was a graduate of Mohawk High School and after graduation enlisted in the US Navy. After his service he attended...
Barbara Durgee
Feb 4, 2019
Ilion Barbara Durgee, 83 formerly of Ilion, passed away peacefully on Monday February 4, 2019. Barbara was born on March 26, 1935, in Ilion, she was the daughter of the late Floyd and Helen Smith. In 1981 Barbara received her nursing degree from the Otsego Area School of Practical Nursing in Oneonta, NY. Soon after she began her career in...
Diane Williams
Jan 23, 2019
Ilion Diane Selwood Williams, of Ilion, went to be with her Lord on January 23, 2019. Diane was a lifelong resident of Ilion and passed away near her vacation home in Florida. Diane was born on August 4, 1943, the third child of S. Folsom and Helen (nee Graham) Selwood. She graduated from Ilion High School in 1961 and went...
Joyce Countryman
Jan 21, 2019
Joyce E. Countryman of Mohawk passed away peacefully on January 21, 2019 at the age of 89. She was one of the first woman matrons at the Herkimer County Jail, the first female dispatcher at the Mohawk Police Department and worked 25 years for Dr. Joseph Conigliaro. Joyce was preceded in death by her parents Lawrence and Ethyl (Meacham) Morrisette,...
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