“A teacher, clerk, notetaker, poet, orator, and Mother of Calvary Baptist Church, were only a few ways to describe the life of Mother Anita Reed, who during the early morning hours of Friday November 27, 2009, went to be with her Lord and Savior...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 25, 2026 20:58
Obituary of “Mother Anita Reed,” Ithaca Journal, December 3, 2009, 4A.
"William Tyler, for many years steward of the City Club, and one of the best liked colored residents here, died last night of consumption, at Saranac, in the Adirondacks. When tidings came to his brother, John H. Tyler, the ice-cream maker, 10...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 21, 2025 00:52
"William Tyler, Former Steward of City Club, Dies in the Adirondacks," Ithaca Daily Journal, May 19, 1905, 3.
Manning’s Ithaca Directory, March 1949 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
"Loving Harris, 60, died unexpectedly Wednesday afternoon, May 25, 1955, at the home of Mrs. Lucy L. Stephens, 107 Hillside Drive, where he lived and was employed as gardner. He was seized with a heart attack while mowing the lawn. He was als...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 18, 2026 17:40
Obituary of Loving Harris, Ithaca Journal, May 26, 1955, 5.
"William G. Johnson died this morning at six o'clock at his late home, "The Nook." He had been ailing since January 19 last when he was injured by a sleigh. He spent last evening at the residence of his sister, Mrs. J. B. Sprague and left for hi...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 09, 2026 17:35
Obituary of Williamn G. Johnson, Ithaca Daily News, March 4, 1897, np, Fultonhistory.org
"State of New-York--Tompkins County Surrogate Court, March 5, 1866 To the County Judge of the County of Tompkins The petition of George McChain General Guardian of Ellen E Thomas + other children of Thomas H. Thomas deceased Respectfully Represe...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on June 07, 2026 01:45
"Estate of Thomas H. Thomas, Petition for Adm." Thomas H Thomas, New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999, Ancestry.com
“Miss Georgia Hare, 79, longtime attorney in Groton and Tompkins County, who lived at the Syracuse Hotel, died today, Aug. 7, 1961 in the Crouse-Irving Hospital, Syracuse. The retired attorney was the first woman lawyer to practice in Tompkin...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 21, 2026 14:29
“Georgia Hare, Dies Today In Syracuse,” Ithaca Journal, August 7, 1961, 2.
“Ithaca, N. Y.- -Frank A. Spencer, 63 years old, once a world famous jockey, and for the past 14 years head groom at the State Veterinary College at Cornell University, died at Ithaca Memorial Hospital from pneumonia on April 6. He had been a...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 22, 2024 18:06
"Frank Spencer, Famous Jockey, Dies at Ithaca: Made Two Trips Around World Riding for Foxhall Keane," New York Age (New York, NY), April 23, 1927, ...
"James J. Van Natta, 89, of 329 Dubois Rd., Ithaca, died at home Wednesday July 17, 1991. Born in Ithaca on Oct. 28, 1901, he was the son of the late John J. and Kittie Aldrich Van Natta. A 1929 graduate of Cornell University, he was employed by t...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 18, 2025 20:08
Obituary, James J Van Natta, Ithaca Journal, July 18, 1991, 4.
"...Mrs. Helen A. Henry, aged seventy-two years, died Saturday at the home of her sister, Mrs. Lucy I. Suzey of 119 Cleveland avenue. She leaves three sisters, Mrs. Lucy I. Suzey of Ithaca, Mrs. Maria Maxfield and Mrs. Anna E. King of Penn Yan. ...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on June 13, 2026 20:40
"Aged Ithacans Are Buried on Sunday," Star-Gazette (Elmira, NY), April 30, 1912, 2.
"Ithaca-Sylvester Thomas Suzey died at his home 119 Wheat street, of general debility. The deceased was 73 years of age and was commonly known as 'vet.' He was a veteran of the Civiil War, having joined the Company B, Eighth Regiment, U.S. colored...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on June 10, 2026 00:12
Obituary of Sylvester Thomas Suzey, Star-Gazette (Elmira, NY), January 15, 1908, 5.
“The death of Nestor Lennon, actor, a former resident of this city, occurred in New York on October 14. Mr. Lennon’s family was well known here by the older residents. Mr. Lennon left here when about 17 years old, to go on the stage. He succeeded...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 09, 2026 00:00
“Well Known Actor, Former Ithaca, Dies In New York,” Ithaca Daily News, October 24, 1913, 2.
“Davage G. Browne, 67, of 112 Cleveland Ave., died Saturday, Dec. 2, 1972, at Tompkins County Hospital, after a long illness. He was the son of Mrs. Nellie DeEtta Browne and the late Marshall G. Browne. He was a past deacon of St. James AME Zi...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 19, 2026 02:26
Obituary of Davage G. Browne, Ithaca Journal, December 4, 1972, 5.
“Mrs. Bessie L. Jones, 83, of 132 Cleveland Ave., died Thursday, Aug. 24, 1972 at her home. Mrs. Jones was the widow of the late Allen B. Jones. She was a member of the A.M.E. Zion Church and the Cic Club. She is survived by two sons, Herman J...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 19, 2026 02:38
Obituary of Mrs. Bessie L. Jones, Ithaca Journal, August 24, 1972, 4.
“Peter Webb, 72, died of pneumonia at 10:30 this morning at the home of his sister, Mrs. Lemuel Vam Dyke in Caroline. He had been employed in Ithaca for some time. Surviving are his sister, Mrs. Van Dyke; and two nieces, Mrs. Bradford Bailor a...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on June 15, 2026 01:03
Obituary of [Simon] Peter Webb, Ithaca Journal, January 30, 1932, 5.
"Mr. George McCormick died at his residence No. 59 North Geneva street, at 8 o'clock last evening. The younger business men in Ithaca have nearly all entered upon the scene since the subject of this brief sketch retired from active life, but to th...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 25, 2024 18:14
"Death of George McCormick," Ithaca Daily Journal, March 28, 1883, 3.
“John H. Collins, 76, for over 60 years a resident of Ithaca and until four years ago actively engaged in business in this city, died this morning at his home, 312 South Aurora Street, following a long illness. Mr. Collins had been in ill health...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 26, 2026 01:33
“John Collins Dead; Ithaca Business Man,” Ithaca Journal-News, March 26, 1930, 7.
“The death of Miss Belle Cowdrey, which occurred about 1 o'clock Sunday morning at her residence on East State street, marked the conclusion of a life story as unusual and as interesting as any to be found in fiction. Miss Cowdrey was believed b...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on June 16, 2026 17:50
“Death Claims One of Ithaca’s Oldest Citizens,” Ithaca Journal, February 27, 1922, 5.