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Winthrop, NY Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Winthrop and St. Regis Falls, NY area
Robert E. Mcgreevy
Jun 2, 2022
Robert E. McGreevy, 60, of Winthrop, NY, passed away on Thursday, June 2 following a nine year battle against terminal cancer. Rob died at his home surrounded by his loving family, while under hospice care. Arrangements are entrusted to Hammill Funeral Home in Winthrop. As per his wishes, there will be no calling hours. In celebration of Rob’s life, friends...
Mary L. Coffey
May 25, 2022
Mary Louise Law (Corbett) Coffey passed away on Saturday, May 28th 2022. She was born April 29th, 1940 to Elsie Morrell Law and Forest Law who have predeceased her. Mary was the youngest child of Elsie and Forest's, but had many sisters (step) and brothers (step) from previous marriages. And, many more cousins, nieces and nephews who were like sisters...
Richard Jewell Austin, Sr.
May 20, 2022
Brasher Falls – Richard Jewell Austin, Sr., 81, passed away unexpectedly at the Highland Nursing Home on Friday May 20, 2022. Richard was born on December 23, 1940, in Sharon, CT, son of the late Clifford George and Mary Elizabeth (Jewell) Austin. He married Janet Louise Coons on April 28, 1962. She predeceased him on March 4, 1998. Richard retired...
Elizabeth J. Blackmer
May 19, 2022
Winthrop - Elizabeth Jean Blackmer, 69, passed away at her home on May 19, 2022, surrounded by her loving family. Arrangements are entrusted to Hammill Funeral Home in Winthrop. Following her wishes, there will be no calling hours. A Celebration of Life Gathering will be held on Friday, June 3rd from 4 pm to 6 pm at the American Legion...
Eugene Lawrence Dissottle
May 16, 2022
Winthrop- Mr. Eugene L. Dissottle passed away on Saturday May 14th, 2022 surrounded by his children and family. Eugene was born to the late Lewis and Marjorie (Dashno) Dissottle in Massena on January 1st, 1946. He served in the Navy during the Vietnam war, and married Frieda Wadleigh Dissottle. Eugene enjoyed doing things with his hands, such as woodworking or...
Barbara A. Lafave
May 4, 2022
Brasher Falls – Barbara A. LaFave, 79, passed away at her home on Wednesday May 4, 2022. Following her wishes there will be no calling hours. Arrangements are entrusted to Hammill Funeral Home in Winthrop. A graveside service will be held at Carville Cemetery in Helena on June 10th at 2 pm. Barbara was born in South Bombay on March...
Glenn "Butch" Arquiett Jr.
Apr 28, 2022
South Colton - Glenn E. "Butch" Arquiett, 60, passed away Thursday evening, April 28, 2022, at Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center in Ogdensburg. Butch was born on April 8, 1962, in Malone, son of the late Glenn E. and Jean V. (Dillabough) Arquiett. He proudly served in the US Army from 1981 to 1985. He joined the NYS Department of Corrections, working...
Norma B. Topping
Apr 26, 2022
Norma Burns Topping, 98, died peacefully on April 26, 2022 at her daughter’s home in Brasher Falls NY. Norma was born to Carl & Ethel Richardson in Winthrop, New York. She graduated from Brasher-Stockholm school in 1941 and went to Malone Adirondack school for business. She then went to work at Alcoa in the store room and married Ed Burns...
Janice L. Olszewski
Apr 24, 2022
Santa Clara- Janice L. Olszewski, 66, passed away at home on Sunday, April 24th, 2022. Arrangements have been entrusted to Hammill Funeral Home in St. Regis Falls and in keeping with Janice's wishes there will be no public services. She was born in Ware, Massachusetts on January 28th, 1956 to the late Stephen and Cora (Conway) Olszewski. Janice worked as...
Frances L. Austin
Apr 19, 2022
Saint Regis Falls - Frances Lillian Austin passed away peacefully in her sleep at the Canton Potsdam Hospital on April 19, 2022. Frances was born in Liverpool, England on September 24, 1924, to Francis Crewdson and Hilda (Martin) Crewdson where she grew up. Frances was working as a telephone operator in London during the Blitz of WW2. She met her...
Patricia L. Parks
Apr 13, 2022
Patricia L. (Tharrett) Parks of Brasher Falls passed away on Wednesday, April 13th, 2022. Pat was born on April 16th, 1944 in Potsdam, New York to the late Ida Jane (VanAlstine) and James A. Tharrett. She grew up in Nicholville, lived in various places throughout New York and in the Midwest and returned home to live in Nicholville 22 years...
Judy Wever
Apr 12, 2022
St. Regis Falls – Mrs. Julia R. Wever (known to all as Judy), passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at the Alice Hyde Medical Center. She was 87. The daughter of Floyd C. and Edna (Johnston) Rockhill, she was born on January 1, 1935. After graduating from St. Regis Falls Central School, she attended business school in Syracuse. She...
Kathryn A. Smith
Apr 11, 2022
Brasher Falls – Kathryn A. Smith, 70, passed away Monday, April 11, 2022, after her battle with a couple of debilitating diseases, was over. Kathryn was born in Massena on March 23, 1952, daughter of the late Robert J. and Marion E. (MacPherson) Patterson, Sr. On September 19, 1970, she married Walton G. “Wally” Smith at Grace United Methodist Church,...
Mary G. Shorette
Apr 10, 2022
Helena - Mary Genevieve Shorette died on Sunday, April 10th, 2022 at St. Joseph's Home, as she had been in failing health. Mrs. Shorette was born May 16th, 1934 in Brasher, the daughter of the late Henry and Sarah (Ford) Savage. She graduated from Massena High School in 1952, married Bernard Shorette in August of 1953 and the two resided...
Richard A. Ward
Apr 3, 2022
Richard Allen Ward of Massena Passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, April 3, 2022 with a Special Friend and some of his family by his side. He was a kind, compassionate, forgiving and loving man who will be missed by all who knew him. Richard was born in Potsdam, New York on April 23, 1950, one of 11...
Annamarie Foster
Mar 24, 2022
Brasher Falls – Ms. AnnaMarie (Jenkins) Foster, 63, passed away in the comfort of her home on Thursday March 24, 2022, surrounded by her family. Arrangements are entrusted to Hammill Funeral Home in Winthrop. Following Anna’s wishes there will be no services at this time and her family will host a Celebration of Life at a later date. Anna was...
Veronica R. Rochefort
Mar 23, 2022
Massena – Veronica R. “Ronnie” Rochefort, 75, passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2022, at UVMC in Burlington, VT. Arrangements are entrusted to Hammill Funeral Home in Winthrop. Ronnie was born on June 6, 1946, in Massena, daughter of the late John and Ella (Myers) Beckstead. She graduated from Holy Family High School in 1964. She married Jacques Rochefort on February...
Beverly Page
Mar 12, 2022
Winthrop – Beverly Idona Page, 88, passed away peacefully in her sleep on March 12, 2022, with her family at her side. Beverly was born in Dickinson Center to Eleanor Holmes and Francis Shatraw. She graduated from St. Lawrence Central School in 1951 and later that year on October 6th she married Wendell Page. They lived in Buckton in the...
Frances F. Delacruz
Mar 11, 2022
Frances “Franny” F. Delacruz, 83, of Brasher Falls, went home to God on Friday, March 11th, 2022, with loving friends by her side. She married the late Jose A. Delacruz on July 7th 1980, in Springfield Massachusetts, and the two spent many years together. Franny was a devout Christian, and a prayer warrior. She attended Life in His Arms Community...
Charlene F. Lavare
Mar 11, 2022
Charlene Frances Lavare 55 of Massena NY passed away Friday March 11, 2022, at Canton Potsdam Hospital surrounded by her loving children. Following her wishes, her family will honor her life privately. Arrangements are entrusted to Hammill Funeral Home in Winthrop. Charlene was born September 17, 1966 in Potsdam NY to the late Agatha Theresa Caskinette and the late Charles...
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