Ellen was born on September 29, 1918. She was the daughter of William T. Vinson and Debra Benjamin Vinson. Ellen attended Camptown, PA, schools. Throughout her life, she worked as a cab driver for Yellow Cab of Ithaca, NY, worked as a nurse at The Odd Fellows and The Reconstruction Home, and worked at the Montessori School in Ithaca as a janitor.
Bob BakerNORTH LANSING, NY - A man unequalled in generosity of spirit and nature, Dr. Robert C. Baker, passed quietly early Monday morning at his home in North Lansing. He was known as the "Edison of the poultry industry" for his work in developing new food products. With the lifelong support of his wife, Jacoba, he was able to motivate his children, students, and friends to achieve their greatest potential. To him, everyone was of value-everyone shone in his presence. He was 84 years old.
Dr. Baker was born in Newark, NY, December 29, 1921, and was raised on a fruit farm in Sodus, NY. He and Jacoba Munson began their 60+ year long life together when they were married in 1944.
ELMIRA - Troy Jeffrey Chisolm, age 31 of Elmira, died Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at his residence. Troy was born August 15, 1974, a son of Jefferson and Constance Chisolm. Funeral Services will be private. Burial will be Tuesday (February 28, 2006) at Oxford Cemetery in Oxford, PA. Arrangements were completed by the Herson Funeral Home, Ithaca.
Mrs. Schuler was born May 29, 1908 in Egypt, PA, a daughter of the late George S. and Florence Klein Moyer. She was the wife of the late Edward J. Schuler who died June 23, 1996.
Born August 26, 1935 in Attleboro, Massachusettes, he was a son of the late Dale Forest and Helen Alice (nee Lindstrom) Worrall. He attended Attleboro High School, Dean Academy Prep School, Franklin, Mass., and Bryant College. During his youth, he spent summers on Cape Cod where he developed a true love for the ocean and beaches. This fondness has been passed on to his family. On January 30, 1965, he married Frances Genevieve Orzechowski, who survives and resides in Trumansburg. Mr. Worrall was employed as a Sales Representative for Balfour, Inc. for forty years. He will be remembered as a loving and dedicated husband and father, always putting his family first.
Nancy BabcockITHACA - Nancy Keyes Babcock, age 76, of Cayuga Heights, Ithaca, NY, died Friday, December 23, 2005, at Bridges of Cornell Heights, from Alzheimer’s Disease. She passed quietly and peacefully in her bed after a brief interval of congestion and fever.Nancy was predeceased by her father, Hugh Tallman Keyes; mother, Faye Elizabeth Keyes; sister, Faye Elizabeth Smith; and brother, Robert S. (Sharon) Keyes, all of Birmingham, MI. Brother, Richard Irwin (Marilyn) Keyes, survives her in Gaylord, MI.
Born June 16, 1915 in Groton, New York, he was a son of the late Earl and Norma (nee Decamp) Cobb. Mr. Cobb was an Insurance Agent for Nationwide Insurance Company, retiring in 1977. He was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church of Ithaca since 1928, a member of Ithaca Senior Citizens and was a charter member of The Ithaca Cayuga Rotary Club. He served as a long term Seargant at Arms and boasted perfect attendance for his many years of membership and was a Paul Harris Fellow.
Barbara and Bill remained at Cornell following their graduate work. Bill was a professor in Plant Pathology at the College of Agriculture and Barbara taught Food Chemistry, first in the College of Home Economics and then at the College of Hotel Administration.
Mr. Phillips was a lifelong resident of Ithaca and a son of the late Claude & Lena Wilson Phillips. On May 15, 2005 he celebrated 66 years of marriage with his wife, Helen Myers Phillips.
Mrs. June was born July 19, 1927 in Ithaca, a daughter of the late John & Florence Linderman Fish. She recently celebrated 60 years of marriage with her husband, Alfred F. June Sr.
Mrs. Bangs was born March 31, 1913 in Salisbury, PA, a daughter of the late Irwin J. & Cora Newman Engle. She was the wife if the late Professor O. Ernest Bangs who died August 10, 1995.
