All Obituaries

St. Johnsville – Leonard a. Davis, 82 of St. Johnsville and formerly of Ilion, NY passed away peacefully on Thursday March 21, 2019 at the St. Johnsville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. He was born July 4, 1936 in Orlando, Florida the son of the late Leonard E. and Viola (Williams) Davis and was educated in Orlando, Florida. Mr. Davis was a United States Navy career veteran, enlisting on March 29, 1955 and was honorably discharged on January 3, 1974 with the rank of EN2. Leonard...

Herkimer – William T. Eck, 61, of Herkimer passed away peacefully on Thursday March 21, 2019 in the privacy of his home. He was born February 14, 1958 in Pennsylvania the son of Karl and Helen (Gallencamp) Eck and was educated locally. He is survived by his sister, Heidi Moran and her family in Tumwater, Washington and many friends in the Mohawk Valley. A memorial service will take place on Tuesday April 4, 2019 at 10:00 am from the Vincent A. Enea Funeral Service, (next to NBT...

St. Johnsville - Pooran Malchan, 80 a resident of the St. Johnsville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center passed away peacefully on Friday March 8, 2019 at that facility. Pooran was born March 16, 1938 in Trinidad, West Indies and was educated locally. In his younger years he enjoyed playing soccer and swimming. He was of the Buddhist faith. He is survived by the staff and residents of the St. Johnsville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Graveside services will take place in the spring at...

St. Johnsville - Joyce DiLorenzo of St. Johnsville, NY, passed away peacefully on March 6, 2019 surrounded by her family. Born in St. Johnsville on May 7, 1929, Joyce Greene was the only child of Harold and Kathleen Harrod Greene. She graduated from St. Johnsville Central School in 1947 and attended the First Methodist Church. Joyce completed secretarial studies in Utica, NY and subsequently worked in the office at the Palatine Dye Company in St. Johnsville until 1957 when she married...

James P. Tomei age 60, of Little Falls NY passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, NY. Jim was born on August 1, 1958, in Little Falls, NY, the son of the late Frank J. (Masle) Tomei and Maryellen Colwell Tomei. In June of 1977, Jim graduated from the Little Falls High School and enlisted in The United States Navy, completing boot camp training for Aviation Structural Mechanics (AME) in Great Lakes, Illinois. He then was stationed at The LeMoore Naval Air...

Herkimer - Karen L. Hutton, 65, a life long Herkimer resident, passed away peacefully on Monday February 18, 2019 at her home. She was born July 8, 1953 in Herkimer the daughter of the late Harold L. and Irene (Stempski) Hutton, Sr. Karen was a graduate of Herkimer High School, class of 1971 and furthered her education at Herkimer County Community College where she earned her Associates Degree in Liberal Arts. For the past 10 years, Karen was employed as a Sales Associate in the Infant...

Herkimer – Claudia Jean Murray, 85 a resident of Valley Residential in East Herkimer, passed away peacefully on Tuesday Morning February 5, 2019. Although our hearts are heavy to say goodbye to our beautiful mother here on earth, we are comforted by knowing our heavenly father, our dad and grandparents are welcoming her home with open arms. She was born on January 8, 1934 in Herkimer, the daughter of the late Francis and Claude Carter. On January 8, 1953 she was joined in marriage to...

Connor Francis Gage died unexpectedly in Burlington, Vermont.  Connor was a freshman studying neuroscience with aspirations of entering the medical profession.  He succumbed to hypothermia and exposure to extreme cold temperatures in the morning of 2/2/19.  Despite heroic efforts, he could not be resuscitated and was pronounced dead on the scene. Connor was the son of Ronald W. Gage Jr. of Frankfort, NY and his mother Dorothy Connor and husband Dr. Norman Freund of Little...

Herkimer - Paul A. Reynolds, 58, of Herkimer passed away unexpectedly on Friday February 1, 2019.   He was born January 3, 1961 in Utica, NY the son of the late Paul James and Carol Marion (Chrzanowski) Reynolds. He was very active in daily activities of the Herkimer Area Resource Center, Adult Day Care Center. He loved his music, his movies, outings and road trips.  He will be sadly missed by all of his family which includes the residents and staff at his home. He is survived...

Herkimer – Julia A. Reals, 71, a life long Herkimer resident, passed away peacefully on Sunday January 27, 2019 at Oneida Healthcare Center, Oneida, NY with her loving and devoted family by her side. She was born July 12, 1947 in Herkimer the daughter of the late Joseph and Lena (Fiorentino) Sudakow and was a graduate of Herkimer High School, class of 1965. She was united in marriage to Andrew L. Reals on March 6, 1976 at the former St. Joseph’s Church in Herkimer. Julia...