Obituaries

Frederick A. Rider

Frederick A. Rider

Dec 31, 2012

Frederick A. Rider, age 63, of Bath, NY died Monday, December 31, 2012 at home. He was born August 20, 1949 in Waterloo, NY the son of Harry and Flora Mae Tighe Rider. He was an Army Veteran. He had worked at Monroe Muffler and at Lakeview Mini Mart in Bath. He was always helping others anyway he could, and...

Doris June Richardson

Doris June Richardson

Dec 22, 2012

June Richardson, age 95, of Bath, NY died Saturday, December 22, 2012 at the Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital. She was born June 15, 1917 in Howard, New York the daughter of Zypha and Helen Ross Swift. Mrs. Richardson was a retired Teacher from the Avoca Central School. She was a past member of the Bath Country Club and a member...

Barbara V. Borkowski

Barbara V. Borkowski

Dec 17, 2012

Barbara Victoria Borkowski (nee Benyak) 83, formerly of Beaver Dams, NY, passed away Monday, December 17, 2012 at Founder's Pavilion in Corning. She was born in Salemville, Pennsylvannia on December 11, 1929, the daughter of the late Robert and Mary Benyak. She was the youngest of 11 siblings . She was the wife of Frank Borkowski (Sr.), whom she married...

Lois E. Jimerson

Lois E. Jimerson

Dec 16, 2012

Lois E. Jimerson, age 74, of Bath, NY died Sunday, December 16, 2012 at home. She was born January 15, 1938 in Bath, NY the daughter of Eugene and Ireta Croffut Demonstay. She had worked at the Bath V.A.M.C. food service. Lois enjoyed her close friends at Lakeview Apartments and loved to play cards everyday. She was an avid Elvis...

Walter Beh 'Beh' Herter

Walter Beh 'Beh' Herter

Dec 15, 2012

Walter Beh Herter, Jr., age 76, of Prattsburgh, NY died Saturday, December 15, 2012 at the Arnot Ogden Medical Center, Elmira, NY. He was born April 23, 1936 in Cincinnati Ohio the son of Dr. Walter Beh Sr. and Ruth Cameron Herter. Mr. Herter was a member of the St. James Episcopal Church in Hammondsport, the Elks Club and the...

William D. 'Bill' Sherwood

William D. 'Bill' Sherwood

Dec 7, 2012

Bath, NY-William D. "Bill" Sherwood, formerly of Howard, NY passed away Friday, December 7, 2012 at the Taylor Health Center. Born November 3, 1927 in the town of Bath to the late Dan and Florence Sherwood. He was one of four children. Bill met Joyce A. Newman as a young man. They fell in love and were married on June...

Robert J. Ramsey

Robert J. Ramsey

Dec 3, 2012

Robert J. Ramsey, age 52, of Bath, NY, died Monday, December 3, 2012 at home. He was born in Painesville, Ohio May 18, 1960, the son of Louis and Maureen Shepard Ramsey. Bob moved back to this area from Florida about two years ago. He worked at Smart Systems in Bath and enjoyed his career as a Welder/Fabricator and held...

Lois B. Barnes

Lois B. Barnes

Nov 24, 2012

Lois B. Barnes, age 82, of Bath, NY died November 24, 2012 at home. She was born June 8, 1930 in Bath the daughter of Arthur and Cynthia Anderson Burleson. She was a member of the Bath Baptist Church and the Ira Davenport Hospital Women's Auxilliary. Lois was a graduate of Haverling High School in 1949 and Cobleskill Agriculture and...

Walter Durward Sprague

Walter Durward Sprague

Nov 21, 2012

Walter "Sonny" D. Sprague, age 70, of Campbell, NY, died Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at the Bath Veterans Administration Medical Center, Bath, NY. He was born July 24, 1942 in Bath the son of Durward and Cora Fuller Sprague. He was an Air Force Veteran. He was retired from Hakes Construction. He is survived by his children, Tammy Sprague of...

John E. Ambrosone

John E. Ambrosone

Nov 20, 2012

John E. Ambrosone, age 65 of Bath, NY died suddenly, Tuesday morning, November 20, 2012. He is survived by his wife, Cheryl (Hero) Ambrosone; his daughter Sarah Ambrosone and his two grand children Wyatt and Joselyn, as well as sisters Mary (Ray) Helmer of Hornell and Margaret Erway, brother-in-law Charles Hero, and a niece, nephews and their families. He is...

Barbara E. Horton Taft

Barbara E. Horton Taft

Nov 13, 2012

Visitation 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Thursday, November 15, 2012 Fagan's Inc. Funeral Home 31 West Morris St. Bath, New York, United States 14810 Visitation 12:00 am - 1:00 pm Friday, November 16, 2012 Fagan's Inc. Funeral Home 31 West Morris St. Bath, New York, United States 14810 Funeral Service 1:00 pm Friday, November 16, 2012 Fagan's Funeral Home Bath,...

Collin R. Knowles

Collin R. Knowles

Nov 12, 2012

Collin R. Knowles, age 14, of Campbell, NY died Monday, November 12, 2012. He was a student at the Campbell-Savona High School. A Candlelight Vigil will be held at the Campbell Savona High School on Thursday November 15th at 6:00 pm. Memorial donations may be made to Memorial Sloan Kettering Osteosarcoma Research, 633 Third Avenue 28th Floor, New York, NY...

Hazel D. Pruyn

Hazel D. Pruyn

Nov 10, 2012

Hazel D. Pruyn, age 103, of Bath, NY, died Saturday, November 10, 2012 at the Steuben County Health Care Facility. She was born September 23, 1909 in Yonkers, NY, Hazel Elizabeth Dykes, the youngest of seven children. Her father died when she was 6 months old and she was raised by her single widowed mother. She married John I. Pruyn...

Beatrice F. Wells

Beatrice F. Wells

Nov 3, 2012

Beatrice Kathryn Fluent Wells, age 96, of Bath, NY, died November 3, 2012 at the Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital. She retired from the New York Telephone Company, Bath, New York after many years as an operator. Bea was a life member of the Telephone Pioneers of America, Keshequa Winnebago Club, Steuben County Historical Society and a member since birth, of...

James P. Murphy

James P. Murphy

Oct 28, 2012

James P. Murphy, age 87, of Bath, NY died Sunday, October 28, 2012 at the Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital. He was born December 15, 1924 in Bath, the son of John W. and Grace I. Proctor Murphy. Mr. Murphy was retired from the Bath V.A.M.C. after serving 30 years as a Fireman and he was a World War II Army...

Betty J. Gerrity

Betty J. Gerrity

Oct 23, 2012

Member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Farmington, NY and the Ladies Circle of Cohocton. Betty volunteered as a nurse at Camp Good Days in Branchport and Rochester. She resided in Avoca, NY for many years then moved to Victor, NY in 1997 to be closer to her family. Visitation 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Sunday, October 28, 2012 Fagan's...

John O. Payne

John O. Payne

Oct 13, 2012

John O. Payne, age 61, of Bath, NY, died Saturday, October 13, 2012 at the Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital, Bath, NY. He was born in Hornell, NY November 1, 1950, the son of Grover and Dorothy Stiles Payne. He was employed at Philips Lighting Company in Bath. He was a Vietnam Army and Navy veteran. John was an exceptional musician...

Bruce R. Grant

Bruce R. Grant

Oct 12, 2012

On October 12, 2012, Bruce R. Grant II, age 63, died from complications of COPD and lung cancer. Bruce was born in Corning, New York on November 3, 1948 to Bruce R. Grant and Jeanne (Smock) Grant. He was a graduate of Corning East High School and Corning Community College. He was an active US Marine during the Vietnam War...

Marian J. Burd

Marian J. Burd

Oct 3, 2012

Marian J. Burd, age 73, of Bath, NY died Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at the Steuben County Health Care Facility. She was born in Bath, NY May 26, 1939 the daughter of Joseph and Mary Romance Aftuck. Mrs. Burd was a switchboard operator at Lakeview Memorial Hospital in Bath and also worked several years for Sonyea State Hospital and the...

William Scott 'Billy' Fitzwater

William Scott 'Billy' Fitzwater

Sep 28, 2012

William "Billy" Scott Fitzwater, 48, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, September 28, with his family by his side after a gallant battle with cancer. Billy was born on February 13, 1964 in Penn Yan, NY. He is survived by his loving wife, Tammy (Hillman), and children Troy and Olivia; his father F. Elwood Fitzwater and siblings Mark, Audrey,...