Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Ithaca, NY

Joan M. Skierski
Jan 12, 2018
Joan M. Skierski of Ithaca, passed away Friday, January 12th, 2018 at the age of 84. Joan was born in Buffalo, NY on June 11, 1933. She was a graduate of Dixon City High School. Joan and the late Leonard Thomas Skierski raised their children in Ithaca, where she worked and retired from the Ithaca School system. She worked...

Eleanor D. "Ellie" Romanowski
Jan 12, 2018
018 12:22 PM, [email protected] wrote: Eleanor D. Romanowski, 85, of Bundy Rd., Ithaca, NY, passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, January 12, 2018. She was born in Blanford, MA daughter of the late F. Langdon and Ruth Bryant Davis. Ellie graduated from Cold Spring High School and had attended college downstate and secretarial school in New...

Lillian Hoffman
Jan 12, 2018
Lillian Hoffman, 92, died Friday, January 12, 2018 at the Beechtree Care Center. Arrangements are pending.

Willem Sipman
Jan 11, 2018
Willem Sipman, 94, died Thursday, January 11, 2018 at the Beechtree Care Center. Arrangements are pending.

Kenneth L. Mangle
Jan 11, 2018
Kenneth L. Mangle, 70, of Newfield passed away in the comfort of his home, due to ongoing health conditions, on Thursday, January 11, 2018. Ken was born on March 27, 1947 in Pontiac, Illinois to the late Kenneth R. Mangle and Luella M. Therien Jones. He grew up in several locations as a military brat. He attended 9 schools...

David Bayne
Jan 10, 2018
David Bayne, 84, died Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at the Cayuga Ridge Nursing Facility. Arrangements are pending.
Clarence D. "Ted" Vanzile
Jan 10, 2018
Clarence D. "Ted" VanZile, 73, lifelong resident of Newfield, NY, passed away on Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at the Hospicare Residence. He was born in Ithaca, son of the late Kenneth and Irene Howell VanZile and was also predeceased by his brother, Jim and sister, Phyllis. Ted was retired from Ithaca College where he had been employed for over...

James R. Dawson
Jan 10, 2018
James Ralph Dawson, 68, of Ithaca, NY, died January 10, 2018. Jim was born December 21, 1949, a son of the late Leona Cotterill (1998) and David Dawson (1986). Survivors include his children: James, Jr. and Joseph, siblings: Michael Dawson, Catherine Stevens, and Joan Howser, and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, Jim was predeceased by...

Estelle Ruth (Newcomer) Akers
Jan 9, 2018
Estelle Ruth (Newcomer) Akers, 89, went to be with the Lord January 9, 2018 -Born August 22, 1928, in Mineral City Ohio, to Alva Lee Newcomer and Mary Roxie (Brooks) Newcomer. The family moved back to Miami, Florida from Ohio when Estelle was 6 years old. Ruth, as she liked to be called, graduated from Miami Senior High School...

Liisa Sue Wright
Jan 8, 2018
VARNA - ITHACA - Liisa Sue Vaananen Wright, age 53 of Varna, NY passed away peacefully at home on Monday, January 8, 2018. Born August 9, 1964 in Ithaca, NY she was the daughter of William J. Vaananen and Shirley Ann Lykens. Liisa loved cooking, her many pets and was an avid reader. Liisa is survived by her loving...

Janet Aileen Selke How
Jan 8, 2018
Janet Aileen Selke How, of Ithaca, died on January 8th, 2018 at 93. Born in Minneapolis September 27th, 1924, third child of educators Lulu (Elliott) and Erich C. Selke, Janet was raised in Mayville and Grand Forks, North Dakota, where her father retired as Dean of Education. After graduating from the University of North Dakota (Phi Beta Kappa, 1945),...

Audreynka
Jan 8, 2018
Audrey Srnka, 81, of Seven Mile Dr., Ithaca, NY. passed away Monday, January 08, 2018 at the Cayuga Medical Center. Arrangements are pending and will be announced.

George H. Bayer
Jan 5, 2018
George H. Bayer, 93, of Forest Home Drive, died Friday, January 05, 2018 at the Cayuga Medical Center. Arrangements are pending and will be announced.

Bonnie Kimple
Jan 4, 2018
Bonnie Kimple, 61, died Thursday, January 04, 2018 at the Cayuga Ridge Nursing Facility. She was born in Tompkins County, daughter of the late Ernest and Alpha Cronk Kimple. Although faced with many hardships in her life Bonnie always maintained her beautiful, giving spirit. She loved to knit and crotchet and share her creations with others. Bonnie is survived...

Robert James Orrange
Jan 3, 2018
Robert J. Orrange passed away peacefully at Bridges Cornell Heights on Jan. 3rd 2018. He was 94. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Lenore Scanlan of Nutley, NJ, six children; Jeanne, Steven (Flicia), Charles, Richard, Katie (Eric) and Robert (Lourdes) and six grandchildren:Jodie, Jennifer, Britton, Julia, Stefanie and Michael. Also sisters, Betty and Ruth and brother...

Bernice Colley
Jan 2, 2018
Bernice Colley, 83, died Tuesday, January 02, 2018 at the Cayuga Ridge Nursing Facility. Arrangements are pending and will be announced.

James R. Myers
Jan 1, 2018
James R. Myers, 65, of Ithaca, NY, passed away unexpectedly at his home on January 01, 2018. He was born in Deposit, NY, son of Donna Price Myers who survives him and the late Howard Myers. He was retired from Wal-Mart. In addition to his mother, James is also survived by his sisters, Leslie Forzier, Katy Wood, Luvia Myers...
William J. Petrillose, Jr.
Dec 31, 2017
William John Petrillose Jr, 65, of Ithaca, NY, died peacefully at Cayuga Medical Center, in the presence of loved ones on December 31, 2017 after a brief illness. Bill was born in Ithaca on June 3, 1952, the son of the late William J. and Alyce Swanson Petrillose. He is survived by his wife of 19 years, Susan Browne...

Helen Lackner
Dec 31, 2017
Helen Luckner, 85, of Ithaca, NY, died Sunday, December 31, 2017. Helen will be interred next to her husband Roy Lackner at the Woodlawn Cemetery, Newfield, NY in the spring of 2018.

Floyd P. "T.O." Werner
Dec 30, 2017
Floyd P. "T.O." "Tootie" Werner, 92, of Lansing, NY passed away on December 31, 2017. He was born on April 19, 1925 to Floyd P. Sr. and Caroline Naylor Werner. Floyd graduated from Ithaca High in 1943 and soon entered the United States Navy to serve during World War II. He was the fifth of five brothers to all...