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Joseph G. Firlik Iii
May 25, 2017
Joseph G. Firlik III, 78, of 25093 Sanford Road, Calcium, passed May 25, 2017 at his home.
Joe was born on March 26, 1939, in Albany, NY, son of Joseph G. and Janet Sullivan Firlik, Jr. He graduated from Elizabethtown High School in 1957.
Following school he married Sylvia Prevost on October 3, 1959. Joe...
Sylvia Nichols Mcelhone Armitta
May 23, 2017
Sylvia Nichols McElhone Armitta, 73, of Sale Creek TN and formerly of Watertown, NY and Thousand Oaks, CA passed away unexpectedly due to a sudden illness on May 23, 2017 at the University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville after a 34 year fight with cancer. Sylvia was born July 29, 1943, daughter of the late Phyllis Watkins and the...
Julia E. Belcher
May 21, 2017
Julia E. Belcher, 100, of County Rte 53, Dexter passed away May 21, 2017 at Samaritan Keep Home. She had been a resident there since March 2013. Mrs. Belcher was born November 25, 1916, daughter of Ernest L. and Clara Seeber Miner. She spent much of her young and married life at her home in Dexter. She graduated from Dexter...
Betty J. Miller
May 17, 2017
Betty J. Miller, age 84 formerly of Brownville; passed away Wednesday morning at St. Luke's' Hospital, New Hartford, NY. Betty was born February 9, 1933 in Watertown, the daughter of David and Gertrude Knapp Miller. She attended schools in Adams Center, Belleville and Brownville. Betty worked at Jefferson County Rehabilitation Center on West Main St. Watertown. She is survived by...
Donald E. Partridge
May 17, 2017
Donald E. Partridge, 84, longtime resident of Watertown, passed away peacefully in his sleep on May 17, 2017.
Calling hours will be held Noon to 2 p.m. Monday, May 22 at the Hart & Bruce Funeral Home, 117 North Massey Street, Watertown.
The funeral services will follow at 2 p.m. at the funeral home with...
Helen M. Howard
May 15, 2017
Helen M. Howard, 80, of 24428 Rt. 11, Calcium, passed May 15, 2017 at her home.
Calling hours will be 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, May 18 at the Hart & Bruce Funeral Home, with a funeral service to follow at 1 p.m. at the funeral home.
Burial will follow in N. Watertown Cemetery....
Marlow G. Burt
May 14, 2017
BURT, MARLOW GERMAIN Passed away Sunday May 14, 2017 after a valiant 35 year battle with Parkinson's disease. Marlow was born in Oswego, NY on December 28, 1935 to Alice (Germain) and Arthur Burt. He served in the U.S. Army Radar Signal Corp after graduating from Strong Vincent High School in Erie, PA. He received his Bachelor's degree in education...
Bernard C. Graham
May 11, 2017
Bernard Carl Graham, 89, of 22503 Riverbend Dr. East, Watertown, passed May 11, 2017 at Country Manor Nursing and Rehab Center in Carthage. He was born on May 29, 1927 in Watertown, son of Kenneth D. and Grace G. Taylor Graham. He attended Watertown High School. He entered the US Navy on May 31, 1945 and was honorably discharged...
Doris D. Walters
May 10, 2017
Doris D. Walters, 95 formerly of Sackets Harbor, NY passed away May 10th, 2017 in Portland Oregon where she has resided for the past several years. Doris was born January 23, 1922 in Detroit, Michigan the daughter of Ceylon and Mabel Shaver Daine. She graduated from Watertown High School in 1939. Doris was a Telephone Technician working for a Telephone...
Kay M. Perry
May 9, 2017
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Kay M. Perry, 77, of Watertown, passed May 9, 2017, at Samaritan Medical Center. There will be no calling hours or funeral service at this time. Arrangements are with Hart & Bruce Funeral Home, Watertown. Born Aug. 20, 1939, in Malone, NY, the daughter of Marshall and Mildred Howard Jones, she graduated from Watertown High School....
Cheryl Pandy
May 9, 2017
Cheryl Ann Pandy, 65, of Madrid, NY, passed May 9, 2017 at Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse.
She was born on October 20, 1951 in Buffalo, NY daughter of Lester and Grace Carney Pandy. She graduated from Lancaster Central High School in 1969 and then attended Bryant Stratton Business School in Buffalo.
Following school Cheryl...
Warren K. Pitre
May 6, 2017
Warren K. Pitre, 76, of 30124 NYS Rt. 3, Black River, passed May 6, 2017 at the Carthage Area Hospital.
There will be no calling hours or funeral service. Arrangements are with the Bruce Funeral Home, Black River.
Born on January 3, 1941 in Ogdensburg, NY, son of Jeddie I. and Dorothy ( Baker) Pitre,...
Cynthia Shaw
May 1, 2017
Cynthia Shaw, age 58 of Watertown, formerly of Brownville, passed away Monday evening at Samaritan Keep Home. Cynthia was born November 30, 1958 in Albany, NY the daughter of Robert and Olive "Sally" Fountain Shaw. She graduated from General Brown High School in 1976. She attended JCC and Plattsburgh University. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Church, Brownville, and...
Richard E. Madill
Apr 30, 2017
Richard E. Madill, 74 of 22999 Spring Valley Dr., Watertown, passed April 30, 2017 at the Lewis County Residential Health Care Facility.
The funeral service will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, May 6 at Asbury United Methodist Church, Watertown.
Burial will follow in the Brookside Cemetery.
Calling hours will be 4 to 7...
Leon F. Podvin
Apr 28, 2017
Leon F. Podvin, 74, of 17120 County Rt. 53, Dexter, passed April 28, 2017 at his home where he was under the care of his family and Hospice of Jefferson County.
The funeral service with military honors will be held 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 2 at the Hart & Bruce Funeral Home, Watertown.
Calling hours...
Helen C. "Honey" Mullen
Apr 27, 2017
Helen C. "Honey" Mullen, 95 of Dexter, passed away at Hospice at Ellis Farm Thursday morning with her family at her side. Helen was born January 30, 1922 in Little Falls, NY the daughter of Michael and Mary Gaffney Carraher Jr. She graduated from Canton High School and joined the Marine Corps in 1943 and was honorably discharged in 1945...
Barbara Gunn
Apr 26, 2017
Barbara M. Gunn, 74 of County Rte 59 Dexter, passed away Wednesday evening at her home with her family at her side. Barbara was born October 1, 1942 in Auburn, NY the daughter of Edward and Phyllis Pudlo Wawrzazek. She graduated from Auburn High School and SUNY Oswego with a teaching degree. She married Roger W. Gunn on June 29,...
Jay A. Walter
Apr 24, 2017
Jay A. Walter, age 78 of Sackets Harbor, passed away Monday morning at Hospice at Ellis Farm. Jay was born October 3, 1938 in Buffalo, the son of Julius and Mildred Austin Walter. He graduated from Kensington High School and Paul Smiths' College. Jay was an Eagle Scout and received a certificate in 1953 for saving a life. Jay entered...
Dawn Marie Paul
Apr 24, 2017
Dawn Marie Paul, 46, of 22662 Lewis St., Watertown, passed April 24, 2017 at home.
Calling hours will be held 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, April 28 at the Hart & Bruce Funeral Home.
A graveside service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, April 29 at Sunnyside Cemetery.
Born February 14, 1971 in Watertown,...
Susan A. Kirch
Apr 23, 2017
Susan A. Kirch, 62 of Glen Park and formerly of Pillar Point; passed away unexpectedly at her home in Glen Park Sunday evening. She was born on December 19, 1954 in Watertown, the daughter of Reginald and Lorna Hewlett Potter. She graduated from General Brown High School in 1973. Susan married Dale Kirch in 1974. She lived on Pillar Point...
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