All Obituaries

Clayton E. Williams, MGT, USAF retired, 97, of Chenango Forks passed away on September 22, 2022. He was predeceased by wife, Elsie and brother, Donald. He is survived by his sister, Phyllis Shoemaker; several cousins and many nieces and nephews. Clayton served as a Flight Engineer and Alternate Co-Pilot on B24 Liberator bombers with the 43rd Bomb Group, Pacific during WWII. At the end of WWII, he was re-assigned to the 433rd Troup Carrier SQ stationed at Tachikawa, Japan as a Flight Engineer...

Jean Louise Nober Delaney formerly of Greene   Jean Louise Nober Delaney, 88, of Dover DE, transitioned to eternal life on September 12, 2022 of natural causes.  She was born on  August 18, 1934 daughter of the late George and Helen Nober in Bergenfield, NJ where she grew up with her family. She was also predeceased by her sister, Matilda Cain. Jean is survived by her beloved husband, Michael Delaney; sister, Dora (Bob)...

Irving DeBruce Youngs, 100, of Oxford passed away on September 5, 2022. He was predeceased by his wife, Marietta Mead; son, Douglas P. Youngs; grandson, Donald Heck; granddaughter, Carlene Youngs; 7 brothers and 5 sisters.. Bruce is survived by 2 daughters and son-in-law, Ella, Janice and James D. Smith; grandson, Matthew S. Smith and wife, Danielle; great-granddaughters, DJ, Justess and Reghan; grandsons, Bruce Youngs and wife, Lori and their family, Steve Youngs and wife Jodi and their...

Lewis S. Pepper, 79, of Greene passed away September 1, 2022. He was predeceased by his parents, William and Florence Pepper and sisters, Beverly Pepper and Joan Baker. Lewis is survived by his sister and brother-in-law, Florence and Ken Anders of Greene; 2 brothers and sisters-in-law, William and Gayle Pepper of Pennsylvania and Robert and Marlene Pepper of Binghamton; nieces and nephews. Lewis enjoyed art and playing cards. A graveside service will be held 10:00am Tuesday at Riverview...

Norman Lee Wiggins, 80, of Oxford passed away on Tuesday, August 30, 2022. He was born on March 6, 1942 in New Berlin son of the late  Harold and Marian Pearsall Wiggins. He was also predeceased by his wife and mother of his children, Mary P. Scanlon Wiggins and sister, Thelma Manley. Norm is survived by his wife of 20 years, Sylvia Wiggins of Oxford; 3 sons and daughters-in-law, Norman and Debora Wiggins, Jeffrey and Elizabeth Wiggins, John and Heather Wiggins; 4 daughters and 3...

June S. Excell, 95, of Greene passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 27, 2022. She was predeceased by her husband, Donald; 2 sons, Chadd and Todd and by a nephew, Jay. June is survived by daughter, Jody Diaz and Dave; son and daughter-in-law, Shane and Sharon Excell; daughter-in-law, Suzanne Excell; 3 grandchildren, Brynne Diaz, Holly (Nick) Excell, Emily (Shakeal) Darby; 2 great-grandchildren, Logan and Malia; brother and sister-in-law, William and Janice Yager; brother-in-law and...

Thomas Christopher (“Chris”) Purple of Canastota passed away on Saturday August 12, 2022. He was born on November 19, 1949 to Paul Vincent Purple and Margaret June Purple of Hillcrest.  He graduated from Greene Central High School in 1968 and wasted no time pursuing his passion of skydiving.  Chris spent much of his time hiking or biking on the Erie Canal as well as several trails in the Canastota area.  He loved watching NASCAR and Indy Car racing.  He is...

David VanSlooten Jr., 85, of Greene passed away Monday, August 8, 2022. He was predeceased by his parents, Emily and David VanSlooten Sr. and brother, Robert. David is survived by his wife, Joan; children, Debbie, James and Christopher; brother, Richard (Lorraine); sister, Joni (Michael) Paino and several nieces and nephews. Starting in his early teens, David worked on the family dairy farm and also helped raise chickens for the Babcock’s farm. He then worked for Raymond Corporation...