Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Ithaca, NY
Michael S. Latour
Nov 8, 2015
Michael S. LaTour, 61, of Ithaca, passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, November 8, 2015. He is survived by wife, Kathryn; their daughter, Zoe, 12; and daughters Madeleine, 21, and Katherine, 19. Mike was a professor of marketing and law at Ithaca College, specializing in consumer responses to promotional stimuli. Prior to his post at IC, Mike...

Terence Turner
Nov 7, 2015
Terence Turner, 79,of 115 Eddy Street Ithaca passed away Saturday, November 07, 2015 at the Cayuga Medical Center. Arrangements are pending.

Gabriel David Bristol
Nov 6, 2015
Gabriel David Bristol, infant son of Brett and Lauren Bristol passed away Friday, November 06, 2015 at the Cayuga Medical Center. Arrangements are pending.

Otha "Chip" Dickerson
Nov 3, 2015
Otha Leroy "Chip" Dickerson, 61, of 356 Poole Circle Road Newfield, NY died Tuesday November 3, 2015 at Hospicare. Chip was born November 22, 1953 in Charleston, WV to Otha Leroy Dickerson Sr. and Catherine Landry Dickerson He graduated from Ithaca High School and attended Hampton University. Chip lived in Oklahoma for many years where he was employed as...
Michelle Paolangeli Ward
Oct 31, 2015
Michelle Paolangeli Ward, 53 of Ithaca, passed away Saturday October 31, 2015 at the Cayuga Medical Center. Born November 9, 1961 in Ithaca, Daughter of the late Alfred and Dawn Paolangeli. Shelley was the former owner of Countryside Tax and Bookkeeping and H&R Block. Survivors include her Children: BillyRay Ward, Dalton and Taylor Burk,two grandchildren her siblings: Alfred (Carol)...
Christine Capalongo Wylde
Oct 29, 2015
Christine Capalongo Wylde, 30, died unexpectedly on Thursday, October 29, 2015 at the Cayuga Medical Center. She was born May 4, 1985 in Ithaca, New York, daughter of Vincent Capalongo and Theresa Stewart Bosco. Christine was a graduate of Ithaca High School in 2003 and Cornell University in 2008 on the Deans List with a degree in Biometrics and...
Stephen I. Hubble
Oct 26, 2015
Stephen I. Hubble, 86, passed away Monday, October 26, 2015 at the Beechtree Care Center. He was born in Ithaca, son of the late Sylvester and Catherine Inman Hubble. Steve was a veteran of the United States Army and was retired from John Lowery Construction where he had worked for many years. He was a member of The Carpenters...

Susan Stevens Debell
Oct 25, 2015
Susan Stevens DeBell August 16, 1928 to October 25, 2015. Sue enjoyed life appreciating every moment to its fullest often taking the road less travelled. Her unbridled enthusiasm and sense of humor were intoxicating. Sue, the beloved wife of Robert S. DeBell, was a cherished friend, mother of 9, communicator, educator and comedian. She carefully navigated life with a...

Peter Torchia
Oct 23, 2015
Peter Torchia, 91, of W. King Rd., passed away on Friday, October 23, 2015 at the Cayuga Medical Center. He was born in Utica, son of the late Santo and Maria Fragale Torchia. Pete served with the United States Army during World War II and was retired from NYSEG after working in their accounting department for 35 years. He...
Eleanor Wilson Abbott
Oct 21, 2015
Eleanor W. Abbott of Brooktondale, 93, passed away at Cayuga Medical Center on October 21, 2015 following a valiant battle with sudden-onset pneumonia. Born Eleanor Louise Wilson on August 14, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, she was the second child of Ray S. and Isabel Miner Wilson. She attended Cornell College in Iowa before transferring to the University of Chicago...

Paul West
Oct 18, 2015
Paul West, a prolific and inventive novelist as well as a beloved teacher of creative writing, died Sunday at his home in Cayuga Heights. He was 85 years old and had been ill with pneumonia. The author of more than fifty books, West wrote fiction, nonfiction, literary criticism, memoir, and three volumes of poetry. The heroes he imagined in...
Albert E. Hile
Oct 17, 2015
Albert E. Hile, 76, of Manor Lane, Newfield, passed away on Saturday, October 17, 2015 at the Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA. He was born in Ithaca, son of the late Clarence and Phoebe Gibbs Hile. Al was retired from the Cornell University Heat and Power Plant where he had worked for many years. He had previously worked at...

Donna Bergmark
Oct 15, 2015
Donna Bergmark of Ithaca, NY passed away Thursday October 15, 2015 at the Robert Packer Trauma Center in Sayre, PA. Her husband of 52 years, Professor Emeritus William Bergmark, was with her at her bedside. Born Donna Jean Caroon in March of 1943 in St. Paul, Minnesota, the first of four children, she grew up in northern Minnesota, attended...

John P. Sullivan
Oct 13, 2015
John P Sullivan, 64, of Bath, NY and formerly of Ithaca, died Tuesday October 13, 2015 at the Bath VA Nursing Home. Born in Ithaca, he was the son of the late William H and Ann Hannas Sullivan. John graduated from Ithaca High School in 1968 and earned his Bachelor's degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He was a Veteran...
Patricia A. Deeb
Oct 10, 2015
Patricia A. Deeb, 75, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 10, 2015 with her loving family at her bedside. She was born in Ithaca, daughter of the late Patrick and Thelma Brewer Bucci. Patti is survived by her husband of 57 years, Richard L. Deeb; her son and daughter in law, Michael and Kathleen Deeb; daughter and son in...

Emma Friedman
Oct 10, 2015
Emma Friedman, 95, died Saturday, October 10, 2015 at the Oak Hill Manor Nursing Home. Arrangements are pending.

Celia Lahr
Oct 9, 2015
Celia Lahr, 77, died Friday, October 09, 2015 at the Cayuga Ridge Nursing Facility. Arrangements are pending.

Marie W. Layer
Oct 8, 2015
Marie W. Layer Marie Louise Waterbury Layer passed away suddenly at Cayuga Medical Center on October 8, 2015 due to complications from leukemia. She was a resident at Kendal of Ithaca and lived all of her adult life in the Ithaca area. Marie was born in Oswego, NY, on March 18, 1929 to Edwin M. Waterbury and Marie Jenkins...

Vincent Grant Hinkley Jr.
Oct 8, 2015
Vincent Grant Hinkley, Jr. 65, of Tempe, AZ. died Thursday October 8, 2015 at Home. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced.

Ernest William Terwilliger
Oct 8, 2015
Elizabeth "Betty" Ann Terwilliger of Newfield, NY passed away May 25th, 2017 at her home. Betty was born January 24th, 1947 in Wilmington, DE. She was the daughter of the late Joseph and Eleanor Dineen. Betty worked at Cornell University Res. Life. She enjoyed spending time with her family and gardening. One of her favorite things to do was...