All Obituaries

Palmyra; Smith, Martha Alice,; died on Friday, March 9, 2023 at the age of 85.   A Memorial Service for Martha will be held at 2 PM on Saturday, May 6, 2023 at Farmington Friends Meeting, 187 CR 8, Farmington NY. Interment will be in West Amboy Cemetery. Please consider memorials to Cornell Cooperative Extension 4-H Programs, 1581 Route 88 North, Newark NY 14522.       Martha was born on March 14, 1937 in Bethlehem, Kentucky. She was a master seamstress...

PALMYRA: Giles, Eleanor M. “Ellie”; died on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at the age of 89. Family and friends are invited to call from 5-7pm on Wednesday, March 15 at the Robert L. Yost Funeral Home, Inc., 123 W. Main St., Palmyra. Please join the family for a committal service in Palmyra Cemetery at 12pm (noon) on Thursday, March 16 followed by a memorial service and reception at Western Presbyterian Church of Palmyra at 1pm. Memorials may be directed to Western Presbyterian Church,...

PALMYRA: Cook, Richard T. “Dick”; died on Monday, March 6, 2023 at the age of 72. Family and friends are invited to call from 4-6pm on Thursday, March 9 at the Robert L. Yost Funeral Home, Inc., 123 W. Main St., Palmyra. A funeral service will follow calling at 6pm. Please consider donations in Dick’s memory to the Palmyra Moose Lodge, 3808 NY-31, Palmyra, NY 14522 or to Palmyra Community Center, 424 Stafford St, Palmyra, NY 14522.      Dick was born on...

PALMYRA: Brasser, Richard W. “Dick”. Pastor Dick Brasser went to his Lord and savior on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at the age of 85. He was born in Millport, NY on January 4, 1938 the son of George and Mabel Brasser. Dick and the former Judith Duty were married on May 24, 1959 in Millport, NY. Dick graduated from Davis Bible College in Johnson City and served the Lord as a Baptist Pastor for over 55 years; the last 22 years at the Palmyra Bible Baptist Church in Palmyra, NY....

Marion: Hutt, Peter William; went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at the age of 83. The family will receive friends from 10:30am to 12(noon) on Saturday, February 25 at the East Palmyra Christian Reformed Church, 2057 E. Palmyra-Port Gibson, Rd., Palmyra, NY 14522. A funeral service will follow at 12pm (noon) with military honors accorded following the service. Burial will be in Marion Cemetery, with a reception in the church hall immediately following the...

Palmyra: Lebrecht, Joyce M.; died on Monday, February 13, 2023 at the age of 71. Please join the family for graveside committal prayers at 1pm on Monday, February 20 in St. Anne' Cemetery in Palmyra. A celebration of Joyce's life will immediatley follow the burial at Palmyra Bible Baptist Church, 1206 Canandaigua Rd., Palmyra. Joyce was born on April 13, 1951 in Potsdam, NY the daughter of Sylas and Violet Hartwick Smith. She was an avid crafter and enjoyed visiting with family and...

PALMYRA: Nesbitt, Keith F.; died on Sunday, February 12, 2023 at the age of 65. Keith’s family will receive friends from 10-11am on Saturday, February 18 at the Grace Baptist Church of Marion, 3040 Walworth Rd, Marion, NY. A memorial service will be held immediately following at 11am. Private family burial will be in Palmyra Village Cemetery.      Keith was born on October 15,1957 in Canandaigua, NY the son of Francis D. and Edith Brown Nesbitt. He was a veteran of...

Robert E. Daly, Jr.; Bob Daly was born October 20, 1938 in Elmira, N.Y. the sixth child of Robert E. Daly and Beatrice Macdonald Daly. He is survived by his wife Victoria Waters Daly, his children Timothy (wife Clare), Matthew, Christine, and Robert III; grandchildren Elizabeth (Daniel) Calvert, Madeleine (George) Mohun, Joseph Daly, and Veronica; and great grandchildren Clare, Rex, Jacob, and Molly Mohun. A graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology, Bob retired as a senior development...

Bradford, Robert H.; died on Saturday, February 4, 2023 at the age of 82. All services will be private.

  PALMYRA: Duhaime, Rachel M.; died on Thursday, December 22, 2022 at the age of 88. A private gathering will be held at the family’s convenience. In Lieu of flowers please consider memorials Cross Creek Church, 3700 State Route 31, Palmyra, NY 14522, https://crosscreek.church/giving/    Rachel is survived by  her husband Robert; daughters Jean Dovan and Rita West; grandchildren Brandon (Melissa) West and Andrew (Cristina) Rich and 5 great-grandchildren. She...