Mary B. McCracken
Jul 20, 2017
Mary B. (Burk) McCracken, 86, of DeRuyter, NY, passed away on Thursday, July 20, 2017, at the Cortland Regional Medical Center, Cortland, NY.
Born in Cortland, NY, on July 3, 1931, Mary was the daughter of the late LeRoy Joseph and Nellie Burville Burk. A lifelong resident of the area, she was a graduate of Marathon Central School and had...

Barbara M. Standish
Jul 4, 2017
Barbara M. Standish, 69, of Marathon, NY, passed away on Tuesday, July 4, 2017, at her son’s home in Scott, NY.
Born in Cortland, NY, on January 12, 1948, Barb was the daughter of the late Robert and Marguerite White Standish. A lifelong resident of the area, she was most recently employed at the J.M. Murray Center. She was a...
Joyce Louise Monroe
May 27, 2017
Joyce Louise Brown Monroe, 64, of Norwich, NY, passed away on Saturday, May 27, 2017, at her home, while surrounded by her family.
Joyce was born in Norwich, NY, on August 24, 1952, the daughter of the late Marris and Bessie Guinn Brown. She grew up in Cincinnatus and attended Cincinnatus Central School and DCMO BOCES where she earned her...

Jean A. Underwood
May 26, 2017
Jean A. Underwood, 82, of Berkshire, NY, passed away on Friday, May 26, 2017, with a view of her beloved Berkshire Hills and her family close by.
Born in Blakely, PA, on January 26, 1935, Mrs. Underwood was the daughter of Arthur and Genevieve Sheerer Foux. She moved to Berkshire as a young girl and remained here for life. She...

Kenneth A. White
May 19, 2017
Kenneth A. White, 61, of German, NY, passed away on Friday, May 19, 2017, at his home, while surrounded by his family.
Ken was born in Cortland, NY, on August 12, 1955, the son of Charles and Ruby Eggleston White. A lifelong resident of this area, he was a graduate of Cincinnatus Central School and had been employed at Raymond...

Charles S. Underwood
Apr 23, 2017
Charles S. Underwood, 84, of Berkshire, NY, passed away on Sunday, April 23, 2017, at his home, while surrounded by his family.
Born in Lisle, NY on October 15, 1932, Mr. Underwood was the third oldest child raised on a farm in Nanticoke, NY. He worked as a barber for 60 years and was the proprietor of the Ahwaga Barber...

Casey L. Knickerbocker
Apr 23, 2017
Casey L. Knickerbocker, 30, of Cincinnatus, NY, passed away suddenly on Sunday, April 23, 2017, at Upstate University Hospital, Syracuse, NY.
Casey was born in Cortland, NY, on March 21, 1987, a daughter of Kim and Cheryl Stockholm Knickerbocker. A 2005 graduate of Cincinnatus Central School, Casey volunteered for Vicky and Ray Delaney at the Cortland Picture Frame Company. She...

Elizabeth Cannetti
Apr 21, 2017
Elizabeth Cannetti, 87, of Cincinnatus, NY, passed away on Friday, April 21, 2017, at the Cortland Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Cortland, NY.
Mrs. Cannetti was born in Queens, NY, on January 18, 1930, a daughter of the late Carmine and Concetta Yarusso Carfagnini. She was a communicant of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Cincinnatus, where she had...

James K. Drake
Apr 17, 2017
James K. Drake, 56, of Cincinnatus, NY, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, April 17, 2017, in Fayetteville, PA, while doing what he loved most.
Born in Cortland, NY, on May 21, 1960, Jim was the son of Donald and Lorraine Washburn Cole. A lifelong resident of the area, he was a graduate of Marathon Central School. He was employed as...

Robert C. Rabenstein
Apr 9, 2017
Robert C. Rabenstein, 87, of Berkshire, NY, passed away on Sunday, April 9, 2017, at the Bridgewater Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, Binghamton, NY.
Born in Berkshire, NY, on July 28, 1929, Bob was the son of the late Joseph and Lena Colby Rabenstein. A lifelong resident of Berkshire, he owned and operated a dairy farm on Jewett Hill Road...

James E. Cornell
Apr 3, 2017
James Elwyn Cornell, 72, of Marathon, NY, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, April 3, 2017, at his home.
Born in Johnson City, NY, on September 23, 1944, Jim was the son of the late Elwyn F. and Barbara Brown Cornell. A lifelong resident of Marathon, he was 1963 graduate of Marathon Central School. Prior to his retirement, he was employed...

Winifred M. Wentworth
Mar 19, 2017
Winifred M. (Wood) Wentworth, 93, of South Otselic, NY, passed away on Sunday, March 19, 2017, at her home.
Born in German, NY, on May 3, 1923, Mrs. Wentworth was the daughter of the late Jesse and Louisa Jackson Wood. A lifelong resident of this area, she retired from Otselic Valley Central School in 1984. Prior to that, she had...

Judy M. Allen
Mar 19, 2017
Judy M. (Brown) Allen, 75, of Solon, NY, passed away on Sunday, March 19, 2017, at Cortland Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Cortland, NY.
Judy was born in Cortland, NY, on October 14, 1941, the daughter of the late Robert and Ella Davern Brown. Growing up in Blodgett Mills, she attended McGraw Central School. She had been employed at Smith-Corona...

Ellen M. Depew
Feb 24, 2017
Ellen M. Depew, 80, of South Otselic, NY, passed away on Friday, February 24, 2017, at Crouse Memorial Hospital, Syracuse, NY.
Born in Syracuse, NY, Ellen was the daughter of the late Charles and Doris Amidon Bradley. A longtime resident of the area, she worked as a school bus driver for the Otselic Valley Central School for ten years, until...

Wesley B. Stiles
Jan 31, 2017
Wesley B. Stiles, 69, of North Pitcher, NY, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, January 31, 2017, at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Syracuse, NY, while surrounded by his family.
Born in Cortland, NY, on November 10, 1947, Wes was the son of the late Earl and Barbara Brown Stiles. A longtime resident of the area, he was a member of the South...
Brenda Lee Breed
Jan 16, 2017
Brenda (Benjamin) Breed, 53, of Cincinnatus, NY, peacefully entered Heaven at 2:33 am on Monday, January 16th at home surrounded by close loved ones.
She was born April 12, 1963 in Cortland, NY, to Walter Lewis Benjamin and Suzie (Benjamin) Brown. She married her high school sweetheart, Douglas James Breed, on July 19, 2003.
Surviving her are her husband, Douglas Breed; daughter, Lorie...

William Raymond DeGraw
Jan 15, 2017
William Raymond DeGraw, born to Preston Arthur DeGraw (deceased) and June Ford DeGraw Slater on July 16, 1962, passed away unexpectedly in Marathon, NY, on January 15, 2017.
Billy was a self-employed truck driver and self-proclaimed genealogist.
In addition to his mother, June, he is survived by his brothers, Richard (Dee) of FL, Adam (Carmen) of NC, James (Lonnie Bleck-DeGraw)...
Helen G. Kling
Jan 15, 2017
Helen G. (Davenport) Kling, 90, formerly of Dutch Hill Road in Cincinnatus, NY, passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2017, at the Cortland Regional Medical Center, Cortland, NY.
Born in Bogota, NJ, on September 6, 1926, Mrs. Kling was the daughter of the late Andrew Jackson and Lilian Kreiger Davenport. A longtime resident of the area, she was a former...

Arlene M. Benjamin
Jan 13, 2017
Arlene M. Benjamin, 83, of Cortland, NY, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, January 13, 2017, at her home.
Born in Cortland, NY, on August 28, 1933, Arlene was the daughter of the late George and Mary Storey Moon, and raised by her foster parents, Theodore and Melva Carrier. A longtime resident of the area, her and her husband, Chuck, would make...

Rosemary Frye
Dec 24, 2016
Rosemary A. Frye, 58, of Cincinnatus, NY, passed away on Saturday, December 24, 2016, after a courageous battle with thyroid cancer.
Rosemary was born in Cortland, NY, on February 24, 1958, the daughter of the late Roscoe and Dorothy Roe Frye. A lifelong resident of the area, she was a 1976 graduate of Cincinnatus Central School and an active member of...
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