Obituaries

Winthrop, NY Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Winthrop and St. Regis Falls, NY area

Michael L. Best

Michael L. Best

Sep 4, 2011

Michael L. Best, 59, of Winthrop/Brasher Falls, passed away Sunday morning (Sept. 4, 2011) at his home, surrounded with the love and support of his family and Hospice. Arrangements are entrusted to the Hammill Funeral Home in Winthrop. Michael was born on October 4, 1951 in Potsdam, son of Lloyd A. and Grace E. Rufa Best. He graduated from St....

Barbara A. Hulse

Barbara A. Hulse

Aug 29, 2011

Winthrop- Barbara A. Hulse, 79, passed away peacefully Monday (August 29, 2011) at the home of Leroy & Ann Hulse, where she had been in failing health under the care of hospice and her family. Arrangements are entrusted with the Hammill Funeral Home, Winthrop. Barbara was born December 14, 1931, in Massena the daughter of the late Leroy and Mayfred...

Martin M. Savage

Martin M. Savage

Aug 26, 2011

Moira- Mr. Martin M. Savage, 55, passed away Friday August 26, 2011 at his home with the love and support of his family. Arrangements have been entrusted with Hammill Funeral Home, Winthrop. Martin was born on September 24, 1955 in Malone, to the late Emry and Rita (French) Savage. Martin was raised and educated locally. On July 16, 2000; after...

Steven J. Simons

Steven J. Simons

Aug 26, 2011

Brasher Falls- Mr. Steven J. Simons, 68, passed away Friday August 26, 2011 at the Massena Memorial Hospital with the love and support of his family. Arrangements have been entrusted with Hammill Funeral Home, Winthrop. Steven was born on May 24, 1943 in Potsdam to Steven and Doris (Lonkey) Simons Sr. He was raised and educated locally, graduating from Massena...

Karl B. Grow

Karl B. Grow

Aug 19, 2011

Brasher Falls - Karl B. Grow, 67, passed away Friday morning (Aug. 19, 2011) at AMC-Uihlein in Lake Placid. Arrangements are entrusted to the Hammill Funeral Home in Winthrop. Karl was born on June 7, 1944 in Potsdam, son of the late Bernard R. and Jeanne M. Gauthier Grow. He graduated from St. Lawrence Central in 1962 and from Paul...

Bernice M. Walker

Bernice M. Walker

Aug 15, 2011

Malone - Bernice M. (Dufrane) Walker, 73 formerly of St. Regis Falls, passed away unexpectedly Monday Morning at the Alice Hyde Medical Center. Mrs. Walker was born January 26, 1938 in St. Regis Falls the daughter of the late William and Bernice (Surprise) Dufrane, where she was educated locally. On December 16, 1974 she married Cecil R. Walker in Dickinson...

Raymond L. Austin

Raymond L. Austin

Jul 27, 2011

St. Regis Falls - Raymond L. Austin, age 89 passed away July 27, 2011 at Massena Memorial Hospital, for a short time he was a resident of the St. Regis Nursing Home, Massena. Arrangements are entrusted with the Hammill Funeral Home, St. Regis Falls Mr. Austin was born March 11, 1922 in St. Regis Falls the son of the late...

Wilbur W. Scott

Wilbur W. Scott

Jul 23, 2011

Lawrence - Wilbur W. Scott, Jr., 82, passed away Saturday, July 23, 2011, in the comfort of his home. He was born on July 4, 1929 in Hawthorne, NJ, son of the late Wilber and Angela Bellows Scott. He went to Buckton Schools and graduated from North Lawrence High School, where he played football and basketball. He attended Canton ATI,...

Frank S. Towles

Frank S. Towles

Jul 22, 2011

St. Regis Falls - Graveside services for Frank Sochia Towles will be Friday at 2:30pm at Forest Cemetery in St. Regis Falls. Visitation will be at the Hammill Funeral Home in St. Regis Falls Friday from 1 to 2.

Virginia M. Chapman

Virginia M. Chapman

Jul 11, 2011

Massena - Virginia M. Chapman, 87, Winthrop, passed away Monday July 11, 2011 at the Highland Nursing Home. Arrangements are entrusted with the Hammill Funeral Home, Winthrop. Virginia was born February 8, 1924 in Tupper Lake, NY. She grew up in Conifer, NY and graduated from Tupper Lake High School in 1942. She received her Registered Nurse degree from St....

Allen J. Carvel

Allen J. Carvel

Jul 3, 2011

Winthrop - Allen J. Carvel, 90, passed away Sunday, July 03, 2011, in the privacy and comfort of his friend's home, June Lavine, with his family and Hospice attending to his needs. Arrangements are entrusted to the Hammill Funeral Home in Winthrop. Mr. Carvel was born on January 3, 1921 in Brasher, son of the late Allen J. and Ellen...

Edith S. M. Monica

Edith S. M. Monica

Jul 3, 2011

Sandy Creek - Edith Searles Monica, 91, died Sunday, July 3, 2001. Arrangements are entrusted to the Hammill Funeral Home in Winthrop. Mrs. Monica was born on January 31, 1920 in Clifton, NJ, daughter of the late Royal J. and Leila D. Morrow Searles. The oldest of 13 children and raised during the Depression, she was accustomed to responsibility, and...

Roger C. Hartson

Roger C. Hartson

Jun 30, 2011

St. Regis Falls - Roger C. Hartson, 60, passed away Thursday, June 30, 2011, in the privacy and comfort of his home, under the loving care of his family and Hospice. Arrangements are entrusted to the Hammill Funeral Home in Winthrop. Roger was born on July 29, 1950 in Potsdam, son of the late Carlton T. and Elizabeth Brothers Hartson....

Viola May Ballard

Viola May Ballard

Jun 28, 2011

Brasher Falls - Viola May Ballard, 88, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at her home. Arrangements are entrusted to the Hammill Funeral Home in Winthrop. She was born on August 3, 1922 in Malone, daughter of the late William John and Minnie Hanna Gonyea Shanty. Her husband, Howard Ballard and her son, William Ballard, predeceased her. Graveside services will...

Robert O. Miller

Robert O. Miller

Jun 27, 2011

Brasher Falls- Robert O. Miller, 73, passed away peacefully Monday, June 27, 2011 in the comfort and privacy of his home with the love and support of his family by his side. Arrangements are entrusted to the Hammill Funeral Home in Winthrop. Robert was born on November 14, 1937 in Hopkinton, son of the late Howard N. and Catherine A....

David M. Foster

David M. Foster

Jun 23, 2011

North Lawrence - David Morton Foster, Sr. age 72, passed away Thursday (6/23/11) morning. Mr. Foster had been a resident of the Franklin County Nursing Home since April, where he received excellent care from the entire nursing home staff. Arrangements are entrusted with the Hammill Funeral Home, Winthrop. David was born July 23, 1938 in Potsdam, son the late Clifford...

William J. Dubois

William J. Dubois

Jun 22, 2011

Buckton - William J. DuBois, 79, passed away Wednesday, June 22, 2011, at his home, peacefully with his family and Hospice caring for his needs. Arrangements are entrusted to the Hammill Funeral Home in Winthrop. Mr. DuBois was born on June 24, 1931 in Malone, son of the late Leon O. and Anna R. Roy DuBois. He attended Buckton School...

Grace M. Jenkins

Grace M. Jenkins

Jun 19, 2011

Grace Jenkins passed away early Sunday morning, June 19th at her home in Winthrop, after a 2 year battle with cancer. Arrangements are entrusted to the Hammill Funeral Home in Winthrop. She was preceded in death by her husband of 43 years Howard Jenkins Jr., a daughter Brenda Montgomery, brothers and sisters Blanche Gunn, Howard Sochia, James Sochia, Edith Reagan,...

Michael P. Snyder

Michael P. Snyder

Jun 2, 2011

Raymondville- Michael Paul Snyder, 53 of Raymondville passed away Thursday (June 2, 2011) morning at Massena Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are entrusted with the Hammill Funeral Home, Winthrop. Michael was born December 17, 1957 the son of the late Roy J. and Vera (Phillips) Snyder. He was a 1976 graduate of St. Lawrence Central School. November 10, 1977 he enlisted into...

Jean C. Dewey

Jean C. Dewey

May 20, 2011

Dickinson Center - Jean C. Dewey, 81 passed away Friday afternoon at the Highlands at Brighton Nursing Home, in Rochester, where she had just recently moved. Arrangements are entrusted with the Hammill Funeral Home Jean was born in Dickinson on June 1, 1929, daughter of the late Joseph and Lavinia (Morey) Ploof. She attended Dickinson and St. Regis Falls Schools....