
Wanda Towner
Dec 31, 2015
Wanda K. Towner, 88, a long-time resident of the Norwich area, passed away on December 31, 2015.
Wanda was born February 4, 1927, in Hawleyville (Newtown), CT. She was predeceased by her parents, Feliks and Varonika (Krawiecki) Kozlowska, her husband Donald C. Towner and brothers Edward, William (Marion) and Frank (Janis) Krawiecki. She is survived by brothers Albert (Bea) Krawiecki and...

Jean C Bushnell
Dec 29, 2015
Jean C. Bushnell, 89, of South New Berlin, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at Chenango Memorial Hospital.
Born September 16, 1926, in South New Berlin, Jean was the daughter of Charles R. and Bertha (Camp) Bushnell. She was a graduate of the South New Berlin High School with the Class of 1948. After high school, Jean worked for...

Albert E. Wehrli
Dec 23, 2015
Albert E Wehrli, 85, of Norwich, NY and Hobesound, FL, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at Chenango Memorial Hospital with family by his side.
Born on April 11, 1930, in Mineola, NY, Albert was the son of Albert J. and Marie (Zuppiger) Wehrli. He attended school in Westbury, in Long Island, where he graduated in 1948. He later...

Carla S. Schenker
Dec 23, 2015
Carla Sue (Hunt) Schenker, 71, passed away Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at her home in Burlington, NC.
Born on May 25, 1944, in Norwich, NY, Carla was the daughter of the late Arthur and Francis (Bauer) Hunt. Frances was a mill worker and Arthur Hunt was a carpenter. Dave Bauer, who worked for Victory Markets in Norwich, NY, was Carla’s...

Etta Bates
Dec 8, 2015
Etta Bates, 85, formerly of Laurens, passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at Valley View Manor Nursing Home in Norwich.
Born June 4, 1930, Etta was the daughter of Harold and Stella Miller. She is survived by her children Stanley Yager, Laurence Yager, Laura Chase, Betty Bates, Deborah Waid, and Dorothy McDaugh.
A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m....

William H. Winans
Nov 28, 2015
William H. (“Bill”) Winans, Sr., 103, formerly of Randall Avenue, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 28, 2015 at the Norwich Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Norwich.Born November 5, 1912, in Oneonta, Bill was the son of Earle H. and Abbie (Wade) Winans. The family moved to Canajoharie, NY, in 1925 and Bill completed his schooling there. He immediately joined...

Maude Dolgos
Nov 26, 2015
Maude I. Dolgos, 83, of Norwich, passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 26, 2015 at UHS Wilson Hospital in Johnson City with family by her side.Born August 12, 1932, Maude was the daughter of Bert and Ava (Adams) Harrington. She was a graduate of Greene Central Schools, and after graduation completed a degree as an LPN. Maude spent most of...

Wilma P. Clarke
Nov 24, 2015
Wilma P. Clarke, 95, of New Berlin, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at Chase Memorial Nursing Home. Funeral arrangements are pending. A complete obituary will be published when it becomes available.

Willard Campbell
Nov 22, 2015
Willard (Mack) Campbell, 79, of Black River, NY, passed away on Sunday, November 22, 2015 at his home. Born June 18, 1936, in Newark, NY, Mack was the son of Bernard and Alta Grace (Rensler) Campbell. Following his schooling, he served in the United States Marine Corps from 1953 to 1956. After being honorably discharged, Mack worked on the Erie...

O. Diane Hess
Nov 20, 2015
Oleta Diane Hess, 69, of East Pharsalia, passed away unexpectedly in Pennsylvania on November 20, 2015, with family by her side. Born on January 7, 1946, in Ellisville, MS, Diane was the daughter of John C. and Minnie Lee (Edmonds) Williams. After completing high school, Diane attended Jones County Community College for two years, and began work at the college...

Joanne M. Brereton
Nov 15, 2015
Joanne M. (Drake) Brereton, 70, passed away surrounded by her family at Chenango Memorial Hospital on Sunday, November 15, 2015, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.Joanne was born in Norwich, NY on July 11, 1945 to Gordon and Virginia (Hawley) Drake. She was a graduate of Norwich High School and Syracuse University. She earned her master’s degree in education...

Mercurio Chimento
Nov 14, 2015
Mercurio (“Mario”) Chimento, 82, of Hillview Drive, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 14, 2015 after a courageous battle with cancer at Schuyler Ridge Nursing Home in Clifton Park, NY, with family by his side.Born on October 13, 1933, in Alia, Sicily, Italy, Mario was the son of Santo and Josephine Chimento. He studied the art of barbering as an...

Evelyn V. Blom
Nov 8, 2015
Evelyn V. Blom, 96, passed away peacefully at Chenango Memorial Hospital's Residential Health Care Facility. Born July 3, 1919, in Hancock, NY, Evelyn was the daughter of Lewis and Armeda (Bennett) Frey. She was predeceased by her husband F. Gunnar Blom, as as well as two sisters and a brother. Evelyn worked for many years as a supervisor at the...

Catherine M. Cincotta
Nov 4, 2015
Catherine M. Cincotta, 94, of Norwich, passed away on Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at the Norwich Rehabilitation and Nursing Center with family by her side.Born February 12, 1921, in Utica, Catherine was the daughter of Paul and Helen (Salem) Harp. Her family moved to Sherburne where she entered the fourth grade. She graduated from Sherburne High School in 1939. Following...

Kenneth R. Johnson
Oct 26, 2015
Kenneth R. Johnson, 82, of Guilford, passed away on Monday, October 26, 2015 after a courageous battle against cancer at the New York State Veterans’ Home in Oxford.Born May 8, 1933, in Staten Island, NY, Ken was the son of Carl and Julie (Telefsen) Johnson. Ken was baptized and confirmed in the Zion Lutheran Church on Staten Island Ken moved...

Larry S. Relyea
Oct 8, 2015
Larry S. Relyea, 55, of Norwich, passed away unexpectedly at his residence on Thursday, October 8, 2015.On December 24, 1959, in Canastota, NY, Larry was born to Edward and Donna (Weismore) Relyea. Larry was a 1977 graduate from high school, then completed an associate’s degree at Morrisville State College Norwich Campus, Norwich, NY. On June 18, 1989, in South Plymouth,...

Harold S. Palmer
Oct 6, 2015
Harold S. Palmer, 88, of Norwich, passed away peacefully on October 6, 2015 with family by his side.Harold was born on November 17, 1926, in Manhattan and grew up in Queens, the son to Soloman and Elizabeth (Margosian) Palmer. He later moved to Gilbertsville, NY, where he lived for 43 years before moving again to Norwich.Harold enlisted in the Army-Air...

Anthony J. Zaia
Oct 4, 2015
Anthony J. Zaia, 23, of Norwich, NY, passed away on Sunday, October 4, 2015. Having battled with addiction for years, his struggles here on earth are now over and he is finally at peace in our Heavenly Father’s hands.Anthony was born June 8, 1992, in Hamilton, NY, and was a 2010 graduate of Norwich High School. He worked for a...

Anthony Caezza
Sep 30, 2015
Anthony “Tony” Caezza, 86, of Norwich, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at his home.Born in Norwich on August 9, 1929, Tony was the son of George B. and Catherine M. (Natoli) Caezza. He graduated from St. Paul’s School, where he was in charge of the crossing guards and Norwich High School in 1948 before attending St. Bonaventure...

Delmar Franklin
Sep 30, 2015
Delmar B. (“Fatty”) Franklin, of Preston, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 with family by his side.Born January 20, 1931, in East Pharsalia, Delmar was the son of Matthew and Theabelle (King) Franklin. He was one of eight children, four of whom survive. On May 1, 1954, he married Velma Knapp. After his divorce in 1964, Delmar spent...