Obituaries

Mar 15, 2015

BEAVER FALLS - Daryl Jean Van Severen, 88, formerly of the Artz Road and Steeple View Courts, Croghan, died early Sunday morning, on March 15, 2015 at Lewis County Residential Health Care Facility where she was a resident since April of 2012. She was born on November 3, 1926 in Croghan the daughter of the late Louis V. and Minnie...

Mar 15, 2015

GLENFIELD - Jean M. Bouchard, 84, of the Erie Canal Road , died Tuesday morning, March 15, 2016 at Lewis County General Hospital under the care of the east wing staff, Lewis County Hospice, and her family.

Mrs. Bouchard was born May 30, 1931 in Boonville the daughter of...

Mar 15, 2015

LOWVILLE - Robert C. Britton, 91, passed away on Sunday night, March 15, 2015, with his family by his side at the Lewis County Residential Health Care Facility. Mr. Britton was born in Montague, a son of the late Edward and Louise Smith Britton on December 3, 1923. After attending school at Gardners Corners and Lowville Academy, Bob worked on...

Mar 13, 2015

BRANTINGHAM, NY - Jane Nortz Lormore, 75, formerly of Lowville, passed away on Friday, March 13, 2015, in Jupiter, FL, as a result of ovarian cancer. Born in Lowville on August 28, 1939, to the late Russell H. and Ethel Niles Nortz, Jane graduated from Lowville Academy and continued on to receive a BA in music from Nazareth College in...

Feb 28, 2015

WATSON - John W. Platt, 79, passed away at his home on the River Road, Saturday, February 28, 2015. John was born on August 6, 1935, in the Town of Western to the late Kenneth and Gladys Clark Platt; attended Boonville Adirondack High School and took business management courses at Canton ATC. On September 18, 1969, he was married to...

Feb 27, 2015

LOWVILLE - Theodore J. "Teddy" Bielecki, 75, of the West Martinsburg Road died Friday morning at Samaritan Medical Center with his family at his side. Born in Rzeszow Poland on August 4, 1939 the son of the late Antoni and Veronica M. Oliwa Bielecki, he attended school at Lowville Academy and Central School and graduated from Canton ATC. Teddy was...

Feb 22, 2015

GLENFIELD - Dennis D. Koster, Jr., 87, passed away on February 22, 2015. He was born on July 31, 1927 in Turin the son of late Dennis and Grace Koster where he was raised on a dairy farm. He married Shirley Talmadge on September 30, 1946, she was the love of his life and he adored her. She passed away...

Feb 18, 2015

OSCEOLA - Alfreda R. Bumbico, 46, of the Osceola Road died early Wednesday morning, February 18, 2015 at Lewis County General Hospital in Lowville. Alfreda was born on February 15, 1969 in Raleigh, NC. She is the daughter of the John H. and the late Barbara Ann (Tessier) Beard. She graduated from high school in Fayetteville, NC and she became...

Feb 12, 2015

MARTINSBURG - Rosemary Morak, 79, died late Thursday night, February 12, 2015 at Lewis County Residential Health Care Facility where she has resided for a short time.

She was born August 21, 1935 in Constableville the daughter of the late Benjamin Francis and Marian Muszytowski Kornatowski where she graduated from Constableville High School....

Feb 11, 2015

LOWVILLE - William G. Grab, 90, formerly of Brookside Circle, passed away on February 11, 2015, at Lewis County Residential Health Care Facility.

Mr. Grab was born November 13, 1924, in New Rochelle, NY, the son of William L. and Nellie McHale Grab. He married Mary Louise McEvoy on September 23, 1950, at...

Feb 7, 2015

GREIG - Funeral services for Jon P. Tripp, 50, who died on Saturday, February 7, 2015, at Lewis County General Hospital will be held on Thursday, February 12th at 6:00 PM at the Sundquist Funeral Home with Rev. Jim Jenkins, Pastor of the Calvary Bible Church officiating. Family and friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday prior to...

Feb 5, 2015

LOWVILLE - Bonnie L. Cobb, 64, of Holland Patent, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, February 5, 2015.

Based on her belief of helping others, Bonnie had requested her body be donated to the Central NY Eye & Tissue Bank. Bonnie was born on November 19, 1950, to Donald O. and June M. Rook...

Feb 4, 2015

CASTORLAND - Grace E. Rupert, 96, formerly State Route 410, died in her sleep at the East Road Adult Home, in the early morning hours of Wednesday, February 04, 2015. Grace, daughter of Chester T. Slye and Elizabeth Nortz Slye, was born on July 21, 1918, in Martinsburg and graduated from Lowville Academy in 1937. Grace was employed as a...

Jan 28, 2015

LOWVILLE - Margaret Tabolt, 81, passed away on Wednesday evening, January 28, 2015, at the Lewis County General Hospital with her family at her side. Her family would like to thank the entire staff of the Intensive Care Unit for their kindness and compassion at this time. Margaret was born on April 6, 1933, at the birthing home Idle Ease...

Jan 24, 2015

GLENFIELD - Alex S. Pleskach, 86, formerly of the Glendale Road, a current resident of the Lewis County Residential Heath Care Facility, died early Saturday morning, January 24, 2015.

Mr. Pleskach was born February 12, 1928 at the family homestead in the town of Martinsburg the son of the late Stephen D. and...

Jan 22, 2015

TURIN - Theodore J. "Ted" Seaver, 89, long-time dairy farmer on the Houseville Road, died Thursday, January 22, 2015 at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Utica. Ted was born May 11, 1925, in Croghan, the son of the late Alfred and Elizabeth "Jane" Traverse Sivrais and was given the name of Joseph Theodore Sivrais. He graduated from General Martin High...

Jan 10, 2015

TURIN - John D. "Jack" Cooper, 76, passed unexpectedly Saturday, January 10th, 2015.

He was born in Rochester, PA and later lived in Texas before settling on his grandparent's farm in Turin, NY. Jack is survived by one younger sibling Victor James Cooper. Their parents were Col. David Kerr and Gwendolyn Gadd Cooper. Jack attended Lowville Academy,...

Dec 27, 2014

Ruth Barrett McGrath, of Clearwater, FL died peacefully on December 27 in hospice. She had been a resident of Regency Oaks in Clearwater since 2001. Before that she resided on Shady Avenue in Lowville, NY and spent her winters in Largo, FL. Ruth is survived by a niece and a nephew: Rosemary Sullivan, Winchester, MA and William Grunert, Buffalo, NY....

Dec 26, 2014

GLENFIELD - Morton Lustig, 68, of Glenfield, died Friday, December 26, 2014 at Lewis County General Hospital early in the morning. Morton was born April 2, 1946 in Watertown the son of the late Myron Louis and Mary Virginia Whitney Lustig. He lived in Rome for many years before returning to the North Country residing in Castorland. Morton was baptized...

Dec 11, 2014

LOWVILLE - Brian E. Williams, 53, formerly of Stewart Lane, died on December 11th at the Lewis County Residential Health Care Facility. Brian was born in Lowville on June 8, 1961, to Robert A. and Marilyn J. Bauer Williams and graduated from Lowville Academy in 1979. At the early age of 12, he began working for Don Ingersoll doing auto...