"Mrs. Maude Hopkins Bailor, aged 37, wife of Louis Bailor, died at her home in Scranton Tuesday of pneumonia. She formerly resided in Ithaca, and was a member of the Zion Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband, Louise Bailor; a daugh...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 13, 2026 03:20
"Deaths and Funerals: Mrs. Maude Hopkins Bailor," Ithaca Journal-News, December 23, 1920, 5.
"John C. Wye, 73, of 117 Cleveland Ave, died today, Nov. 7, 1947, in Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He was a member and chorister of the senior choir of the St. James A.M.E. Zion Church and a member of the Men of Zion of that church and a...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 02, 2026 01:57
Obituary of John C. Wye, Ithaca Journal, November 7, 1947, 5.
"The silk mill which will be operated by Ernest and Herman Levy, in the old Ithaca Calendar Clock Company building will be opened about April 1, it was stated today.... The silk mill will give employment to between 150 and 200 persons of which the...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 26, 2024 18:02
"About 200 To Be Employed By Silk Mill,” Ithaca Journal, January 11, 1919, 3.
“A former resident of Ithaca, George Small, 86, a lumberman, died Oct. 11, 1936, at his home in New Westminster, B. C., Canada. Born in Southampton, England, Mr. Small came to Ithaca as a young man, remaining until 30 years ago when he moved west...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 13, 2026 03:10
“Deaths and Funerals: George Small,” Ithaca Journal, November 25, 1936, 3.
"Alonzo H. Brown, 87, of 228 Cleveland Ave, well known in Ithaca for his more than 30 years as a porter and messenger with the Lehigh Valley Railroad, died at his home today, Aug 24, 1862." -Member of the A.M.E. Zion Church, member and former past...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 18, 2026 17:48
"Alonzo Brown Dies at 87," Ithaca Journal, August 24, 1962, 3.
“The North Side Pharmacy has been purchased by Harry Ryerson and Frank Thorpe from the estate of the late Lee H Daniels. Ryerson and Thorpe, who have been in the drug business in Ithaca for some 27 years, worked for the late C. W. (Bob) Daniels w...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 16, 2026 20:14
“Pharmacy Changes Ownership,” Ithaca Journal, February 9, 1950, 9
507 N Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 107 N Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1888)
“Mrs. Elvira Pollio, 62, of 602 W Buffalo St., died this morning, May 19, 1958, in Memorial Hospital, after a long illness. She and her husband, Vincenzo Pollio, who survives her, are the proprietors of Joe’s Restaurant, which they opened in 1933...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 03, 2026 20:54
“Mrs. Pollio Dead at 62,” Ithaca Journal, May 19, 1958, 3.
“...The Sanitary Ice Cream and Milk Company was recently taken over by a number of Tompkins County milk producers. A statement of the company’s plan to eliminate the ‘middleman’ says: ‘Recognizing that economic conditions of the day demand the eli...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 10, 2026 21:21
“Sanitary Company Will Sell Milk At 13 Cents February 1,” Ithaca Journal-News January 22, 1921, 5.
"Mrs. Lula May Wye, 81, of 119 Cleveland Ave, died Friday May 18, 1962, at her home. She was a member of the Good Will Gospel Chorus of the A.M.E. Zion Church and of the Willing Workers Club, the Jollyettes and Needle Crafters. She is survived by...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 02, 2026 02:02
Obituary of Lula May Wye, Ithaca Journal, May 18, 1962, 2.
"Miss Catherine McManus of 222 S Geneva St., died Tuesday Feb 12, 1957 at Oakhill Manor. A native of Aurora, she was employed for 35 years in the pattern department of Rothschild's. She retired in 1949. She was a member of the League of the Sa...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 20, 2026 00:14
"Deaths, Funerals: Miss Catherine McManus," Ithaca Journal, February 13, 1957, 2.
"John F. Brown, 73, of 406 S Plain Street, died at 2 o'clock Sunday morning, Oct. 23. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 25, at the home. The Rev. D. M. Byrd will officiate. Burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery. H...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 05, 2025 19:33
"Deaths and Funerals: John F. Brown," Ithaca Journal, October 24, 1932, 5.
“Samuel Grover, a colored man who with his wife was employed by B. I. Norton at Groton, died suddenly on Monday of last week. The funeral was held at the home of Mr. Norton on Thursday; burial at Ledyard. Mr. Grover was born at King Ferry, and for...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 30, 2026 16:00
“The Village Notes,” Genoa Tribune (Genoa, New York), December 18, 1903, 5.
“Tompkins County will acquire the Tompkins Trust building after county legislators voted unanimously in favor of the move. The legislature wants to use the building, at 106 to 112 North Tioga St., to relocate the History Center from the Gateway Bu...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 01, 2025 14:21
Matt Steecker, “Tompkins Trust building buy OK’d,” Ithaca Journal, June 8, 2017, 1A.
110 N Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1952) 106 N Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 8 N Tioga St Ithaca
“Professor Juan E. Reyna, 102, former professor of agricultural engineering at Cornell University, died Monday, Oct. 7, 1974, in Lakeside Nursing Home. Born in Mexico, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Crescencio Reyna of San Juan Plantation, Morelos, ...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 15, 2025 20:15
“J. Reyna, CU Prof, Dies, 102,” Ithaca Journal, October 8, 1974, 4.
"Albert Frederick Johnson, 56, of 111 Cleveland Ave., Ithaca, died Saturday, Dec. 17, 1983, at Tompkins Community Hospital. A native of Ithaca, he was the son of the late Charles P. and Bertha M. Moss Johnson. Johnson was a graduate of the Ith...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 18, 2026 19:42
"Deaths, Albert Frederick Johnson," Ithaca Journal, December 19, 1983, 5.
"Frank Snyder, 92, of 310 Farm St., died Friday, Mar. 31, 1950, at the Cleary Nursing Home, 207 N. Albany St.... Son of the late Jacob Snyder, an early resident and after whom Snyder Hill was named, he lived on Snyder Hill for many years and helpe...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 24, 2025 00:38
Obituary of Frank Snyder, Ithaca Journal, April 1, 1950, 3.
“Through it all Urban Renewal led the way with detail work, like…demolishing the old Central Fire Station at 208 E Seneca St. and the old Savings and Loan Assn. building on the south side of the Tuning Fork.”
Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 01, 2025 18:44
Judith Horstman, “Hotel Block: Construction Start in ’72?,” Ithaca Journal, January 1, 1972, 6.