Obituaries

Mary L. Learn

Mary L. Learn

Dec 1, 2013

Mary L. Learn passed away on December 1, 2013 in her home in Bath, New York. Born in Bath, NY on November 26, 1943 to Leo D. Jones Sr., and Nancy (Card) Jones, she will be greatly missed. Mary was a devoted and loving mother, wife and friend. Mary enjoyed a very full and rich life. She started her career...

Eugene E. Matteson

Eugene E. Matteson

Nov 30, 2013

Eugene E. Matteson, age 82, of Avoca, NY, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, November 30, 2013. Gene was born on November 11, 1931 to Eugene and Lorraine (Florence) Matteson. On July 19, 1956, in Buffalo, he married the former Shirley Rhoden who survives. He joined the Navy and served 4 years in the Korean Conflict and was honorably...

Madeline J. 'Susie' Ritter

Madeline J. 'Susie' Ritter

Nov 26, 2013

Madeline "Susie" J. Ritter, age 77, of Bath, NY died November 26, 2013 at Elcor Health Services in Horseheads, NY. She was born in Bath, NY December 22, 1935, the daughter of Walter and Maude (Platt) Palmer. She had worked at Westinghouse in Bath, NY and Mercury Aircraft in Hammondsport, NY. She is survived by her daughters, Lisa (Robert) Wurth...

Janice Audrey Wheeler

Janice Audrey Wheeler

Nov 23, 2013

Janice Audrey (Miller) Wheeler, age 82, of Bath, NY, died Saturday, November 23, 2013 at Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY. She was born August 3, 1931 in Bath, NY the daughter of John (Jack) Morgan Stapleton and Emmaline Francis Andrews Miller. She is survived by her husband, Harold Howard Wheeler who she married on July 23, 1955 in Hammondsport, NY,...

Mary F. Fratarcangelo

Mary F. Fratarcangelo

Nov 23, 2013

Bath, NY Mary Frances Fratarcangelo, age 85, of Bath, NY, passed away peacefully in the presence of the Lord on Saturday November 23, 2013 at the Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital after a short illness. She was born December 13, 1927 in Cincinnati, Ohio the daughter of Cyril and Ruth Rieckelman Reinstatler. Mary was employed by Taylor Great Western Winery before...

David C. Simms

David C. Simms

Nov 23, 2013

David Charles Simms, age 52, of Kanona, NY, died Saturday, November 23, 2013 at his home. He was born April 11, 1961 in Bath, NY the son of Robert and Patricia Grosfelt Simms. David was a graduate of Haverling Central School. He worked as a certified nurse's assistant and was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was predeceased by...

Diane S. Knowles

Diane S. Knowles

Nov 18, 2013

Diane S Knowles Diane S. Knowles, 64, of Campbell, after a long and courageous battle with cancer was finally called home to be with God on Monday November, 18 2013. She was born March 7, 1949 to Lawrence and Ann (Spencer) Ostrander. She was raised in the town of Avoca, NY where she graduated from Avoca Central School in 1967...

Robert C. Smith

Robert C. Smith

Nov 10, 2013

Robert C. Smith, age 75, of Avoca, NY, lost his battle with cancer on Sunday, November 10, 2013 in Bath, NY. He was born July 26, 1938 in Avoca, NY the son of Clair M. and Anna Hoad Smith. He was a United States Army Veteran and a member of the Avoca American Legion. He retired from Dresser Rand in...

Debbie L. Russell

Debbie L. Russell

Nov 8, 2013

Debbie L. Russell, age 50, of Bath, NY died Friday, November 8, 2013 at home after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born April 8, 1963 in the town of Urbana, NY the daughter of David and Sally Cooper Hughes. Debbie and her husband were supporters of many biker benefit rides and enjoyed their Harley's. She enjoyed gardening, music,...

Benjamin J. 'Bg' Balcer

Benjamin J. 'Bg' Balcer

Nov 7, 2013

Benjamin BG'J. Balcer, age 68, of Hornell, NY, died Thursday, November 7, 2013 at the McAuley Manor in Hornell. He was born May 4, 195 in Bath, NY the son of Benjamin and Julie Ilnicki Balcer. Benjamin worked at the Steuben ARC for many years. He was a frequent participator in the Special Olympics, and won many trophies for his...

Phillip J. Lough

Phillip J. Lough

Nov 1, 2013

Phillip J. Lough, age 28, of Bath, NY left this world on Saturday November 2, 2013 in Corning, NY. Phillip was the beloved son of his mother Lena Knapp Smith and step father Donald Smith of Bath, NY and father J. Scott Lough and step mother Tonya Lough of West Virginia. He attended Haverling Central School. Phillip loved his family,...

Kathleen E. Beebe

Kathleen E. Beebe

Nov 1, 2013

Kathleen E. Beebe, age 63, of Bath, NY, died Friday, November 1, 2013 at the Arnot Ogden Medical Center, Elmira, NY. She was born in Bath October 9, 1950 the daughter of Frederick and Mary Fisk Beebe. She was a homemaker. She is survived by her daughter Denise Beebe of Bath, NY, step brother John Beebe of Bath, NY and...

Jean L. Stratton

Jean L. Stratton

Nov 1, 2013

Jean L. Stratton, age 74, of Bath, NY, died Friday, November 1, 2013 at home. She was born in Campbell, NY October 23, 1939 the daughter of Walter and Dorothy Graham. Jean was a RN at the Steuben County Infirmary and the Bath VAMC for many years. She also worked at a nursing home in Kissimee FL. She was a...

Alexander E. Eichorn

Alexander E. Eichorn

Oct 27, 2013

Alexander E. Eichorn, Jr., age 79, of Bath, NY died Sunday, October 27, 2013 at the Taylor Health Center, Bath, NY. He was born May 20, 1934 in Cohocton, NY the son of Alexander E. Sr. and Freida Mae Vanderhoef Eichorn. Mr. Eichorn was an U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War. He worked at the...

Joyce Jamieson Benton

Joyce Jamieson Benton

Oct 23, 2013

Joyce Jamieson Benton, age 58, of Bath, NY died Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at the Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY. She was born in Bridgeton, NJ January 13, 1955, the daughter of Kenneth and Mary Gilbert Hall. Joyce was an U.S. Army veteran with eight years active duty and 31 years with the Department of the Army where she worked...

Rita D. Dwyer

Rita D. Dwyer

Oct 15, 2013

Rita Dierdorf Dwyer, born January 3, 1926, in Syracuse, NY, died peacefully on October 15, 2013 in her own bed. She was predeceased by the love of her life, Robert Emmett Dwyer, and was the last of the amazing Dierdorf children, having been predeceased by siblings Dorothy Redington, Henrietta Soukup, Paul Dierdorf, Mary Evans, and Agnes Pelkey. She is survived...

Robert Sargent Sampson

Robert Sargent Sampson

Oct 12, 2013

Robert S. Sampson, age 84, died Saturday, October 12, 2013 at Elcor Health Services in Horseheads, NY. Bob formerly lived in Bath and Hammondsport NY. He was born April 11, 1929 in Bridgeport, CT, the son of Edward Norton and Ruth Daley Sampson. He received his Bachelors Degree in Agricultural Engineering from Michigan State University, where he met Julieanne Dolores...

Margaret Louise Musso

Margaret Louise Musso

Oct 8, 2013

Margaret Louise Musso, age 66, of Bath, NY died Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at the Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA. She was born July 18, 1947 in Philipsburg, PA the daughter of Wilbert E. and Vera Smith. She was a Registered Nurse at the Bath V.A.M.C. for 35 years and she was a member of the Centenary United Methodist...

Wayne E. Burlingame

Wayne E. Burlingame

Oct 5, 2013

Wayne E. Burlingame died Saturday October 5, 2013 at Arnot Ogden in Elmira following open heart surgery after a short illness. He was an Army Veteran, a lifetime member of the VFW and a former member of the Hammondsport Legion. Wayne worked at Corning Inc. from 1948 until he retired in 1987. He was born January 21, 1930 to Oscar...

Wayne Russell Bubbs

Wayne Russell Bubbs

Sep 18, 2013

Wayne R. Bubbs was born January 31, 1948 in Olean, NY and died September 18, 2013. I had a very good life. Graduated 1966, went into the Navy 1968. Thanks to Jim Russo, had great duty on aircraft carrier the Wasp. Worked 38 years on construction as a laborer #1355, equipment operator #832 and also worked for Cold Spring gas...