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Dawn Elaine Strife

Dawn Elaine Strife

Jul 6, 2015

Copenhagen - Dawn Elaine Strife, 47, of 10120 Washington St., died Monday morning, July 6, 2015, in the Emergency Room of the Lewis County General Hospital, Lowville after being stricken at her residence. Dawn was born in Watertown on July 15, 1967, the daughter of Stanley C. and Clara Brown Bingham. She was a 1985 graduate of Carthage Central High...

Roswell Charles Bowman

Roswell Charles Bowman

Jul 6, 2015

Roswell Charles Bowman (Roz), 86, of Barefoot Bay, Florida passed away on Monday, July 6, 2015 at Sebastian River Medical Center in Sebastian, Florida as a result of acute leukemia. Born on May 6, 1929 in Watertown, NY, Roz was the oldest son of the late Leslie and Ruth Bowman, of Carthage, NY. He is survived by his brother, Ralph...

Kylee Marie Lofink

Kylee Marie Lofink

Jul 1, 2015

Watertown - Kylee Marie Lofink, 34, of 232 West Main St., died unexpectedly Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at her residence. Kylee was born in Carthage on August 2, 1980, the daughter of Adam L. and the late Laurie Farmer Lofink. She attended Carthage Central Schools. She was a nursing assistant at the Auburn Community Hospital while living in Auburn several...

Anna V. Farr

Anna V. Farr

Jun 3, 2015

Carthage - Anna V. Farr, 90, of 34456 State Rt. # 26, died Wednesday, June 3, 2015, at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. Anna was born in Carthage on February 17, 1925, the daughter of the late Abraham and Mary E. Bigness Disotell. She attended Carthage schools. She was married to Charles F. Farr who died in 1961. Anna was...

Emily M. Thomas

Emily M. Thomas

Jun 1, 2015

Carthage - Emily M. Thomas, 87, of 36646 State Route # 3, died Monday evening at her residence where she was under the care of her family, neighbors and Hospice of Jefferson County. Emily was born in Utica on August 13, 1927, the daughter of the late Robert and Lena Stanbrook Doolen. She attended Proctor High School. She married Kenneth...

Rawlin R. Arno

Rawlin R. Arno

May 26, 2015

Rutland - Rawlin R. "Rawly" Arno, 88, of 27741 NYS Rt. # 126, died Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at his residence. Rawlin was born in Santa Clara, NY on November 3, 1926, one of twelve children of the late George and Myrtle DeShaw Arno. He was a graduate of Santa Clara High School. Rawlin served in the Navy during WW...

Frances Marie Mikiel

Frances Marie Mikiel

May 26, 2015

Natural Bridge, NY Frances Marie Mikiel, 96 of 6602 Old State Road, mother of Lorraine E. Mosca with whom she lived, died Tuesday afternoon at the Lewis County Residential Health Care Facility in Lowville following a brief illness. Funeral arrangements will be held privately by the family and are with the Bezanilla-McGraw Funeral Home, Carthage.

Craig Martin O'Dett

Craig Martin O'Dett

May 17, 2015

West Carthage - Craig M. "Marty" O'Dett, 63, of 36988 State Rt. #126, died Sunday evening, May 17, 2015 at his residence after being stricken there. Marty was born in West Carthage on August 24, 1951, the son of the late Clarence and Edith Buck O'Dett. He attended Carthage Schools. He served in the Navy from April of 1969 to...

Joan L. Blinebry

Joan L. Blinebry

May 8, 2015

West Carthage - Joan L. Blinebry, 73, of 22 Martin St., died Friday, May 8, 2015, in the Claxton-Hepburn Hospital in Ogdensburg where she was a patient for four weeks. Joan was born in Oneida on April 5, 1942, the daughter of the late Donald and Marjorie Hickox Blinebry. She was a graduate of Augustinian Academy, attended Watertown School of...

Marcia R. Townsend

Marcia R. Townsend

May 4, 2015

West Carthage - Marcia R. Townsend, 56, of 59 Jefferson St., died Monday evening, May 4, 2015, in Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester where she has been a patient since Thursday. Marcia was born in Rome, NY on May 3, 1959, the daughter of the late Joseph and Doris Cline Rondinelli. She was a 1977 of Rome Free Academy and received...

Morris A. Klock Jr.

Morris A. Klock Jr.

May 3, 2015

West Carthage - Morris A. Klock, Jr., 60, of 82 Champion St., died Sunday morning, May 3, 2015 at his residence where he was under the care of his family and Hospice of Jefferson County. Morris was born in Gouverneur on March 16, 1955, the son of the late Morris A. and Beatrice A. Morse Klock Sr. He was a...

Bernard S. Boulio

Bernard S. Boulio

May 2, 2015

Bernard (Bernie) S. Boulio, 89, Resident of the FASNY Firemen's Home, Hudson, NY since March, former long time West Carthage resident, passed away Saturday, May 2, 2015. Bernard was born in Watertown on March 27, 1926, the son of the late Francis T. and Mary Smith Boulio. He graduated from West Carthage High School in 1944. He married Rosemary Keck...

Keitha L. Tanner

Keitha L. Tanner

Apr 22, 2015

Carthage - Keitha L. Tanner, 64, of 600 S. Washington St., Apt. #34, died Wednesday morning, April 22, 2015, at her residence where she was under the care of her family and Hospice of Jefferson County. Keitha was born in Carthage on August 14, 1950, the daughter of the late George G. and Dora C. Mono Ashcraft Sr. She was...

Margaret Rose Gaebel

Margaret Rose Gaebel

Apr 16, 2015

Carthage - Margaret Rose Gaebel, 90, former owner of M.R. Gaebel Inc., died Thursday, April 16, 2015, in the Country Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center where she has resided for five years. Margaret Rose was born in New Bremen on August 16, 1924, the daughter of the late Leo and Katherine Sauter Thesier. She graduated from Lowville Academy at the...

Marie D. Pais

Marie D. Pais

Apr 14, 2015

Deferiet - Marie D. Pais, 88, of 84 Riverside Drive, died Tuesday, April 14, 2015, in the Carthage Area Hospital where she has been a patient for five days. Marie was born in Freeland, PA on December 5, 1926, the last surviving daughter of 16 children to the late Michael and Anna Dvorchak Adams. She married Mario A. Pais on...

Amelia Mushtare

Amelia Mushtare

Mar 27, 2015

Carthage - Amelia Mushtare, 90, of 222 State St. Apt. # 801, died Friday, March 27, 2015, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Syracuse after a lengthy complication from a heart procedure. Amelia was born in Carthage on February 4, 1925, the daughter of the late Angelo and Emmanuella Icovillo Genito of Apice, Italy. She attended school in Carthage. She married...

Randy D. Stevens

Randy D. Stevens

Mar 24, 2015

Watertown - Randy D. Stevens, 54, of 206 Arlington St., died Tuesday, March 24, 2015, in St. Joseph's Hospital, Syracuse from complications following a heart attack on Saturday evening at his residence. Randy was born on December 1, 1960 in Watertown, the son of the late Herman H. and Stella G. Hill Stevens. He was a 1979 graduate of Carthage...

Susan M. Pinkham

Susan M. Pinkham

Mar 15, 2015

Carthage - Susan M. Pinkham, 53, of 849 Parham St., died unexpectedly, Sunday afternoon, March 15, 2015, at her home. Sue was born in Carthage on September 8, 1961, the daughter of William L. and Sandra Orton Tucker. She was a 1979 graduate of Watertown High School. She married Gregory C. Pinkham on March 15, 1980 in Carthage. She worked...

Randy J. Bent

Randy J. Bent

Mar 8, 2015

Watertown - Randy J. Bent, 62, of 821 Morrison St., died Sunday, March 8, 2015 at his residence. Randy was born in Carthage, on July 9, 1952, the son of the late Joseph and Doris Gruner Bent. He was a 1971 graduate of Carthage Central High School. He served in the Navy from 1972 to 1976 aboard the aircraft carrier...

Marie Ann Astafan

Marie Ann Astafan

Mar 6, 2015

West Carthage - Marie Ann Astafan, 91, formerly of 5 Franklin St., passed away on Friday, March 6, 2015 at the home of her daughter Gina, in Watertown where she has resided for 8 years. Marie was born in Carthage on June 1, 1923, the daughter of the late Peter Thomas and Nazera Salamy Kamide. She was a 1941 graduate...