Obituaries

TURIN-Jean Irene Leitner, 88, formerly of Whiskey Lane, passed away on Saturday March 7, 2026 at Lewis County Residential Healthcare Facility. The funeral will be at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday March 14, 2026 at Iseneker Funeral Home Inc. with Holley DeLapo, Certified Lay Servant, officiating. Spring burial will be in Turin Cemetery. Calling hours will be from 1:00 pm. to 3:00 p.m. prior to the funeral service, at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Jean’s name ...

LOWVILLE- Rachael Z. Widrick, 96, of Brookside Circle, passed away on Saturday morning, March 7, 2026 at the Lewis County General Hospital, Lowville. Rachael was born on March 1, 1930 at home in the Town of Croghan, a daughter of the late David H. and Veronica Widrick Zehr. She attended country school at Belfort and worked for Climax Manufacturing in Castorland and did domestic work before her marriage. On May 26, 1949 she married Sherwood D. Widrick at Lowville Mennonite Church with Rev. ...

CROGHAN/BEAVER FALLS- Joanne T. Austin of Steepleview Courts, formerly of Beaver Falls, passed away on Friday March 6, 2026 at the Lewis County Health System Hospital. Joanne was born on August 3, 1936, a daughter of the late Elmer Taylor Sr. and Mary Smith Taylor. She was a 1954 graduate of Beaver River Central School, where she loved music. On June 26, 1954, she married Kenneth Austin, son of Verda and Leon Austin, at Beaver Falls Methodist Church with Rev. Leonard Bass officiating. ...

GLENFIELD- Paul Thomas Eagan, 74, of Otter Creek Road, passed away Wednesday evening, March 4, 2026 at his home under the loving care of his family and Lewis County Hospice. Calling hours are from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 12, 2026 at Iseneker Funeral Home, Inc., with a closing prayer at 3:00 p.m.  Burial will be at the convenience of the family.  Contributions may be made in memory of Paul to Friends of Lewis County Hospice, P.O. Box 266, Lowville, NY ...

LOWVILLE – Berneda Mary Hirschy Farney, 96, of Bardo Road, passed away at Lewis County General Hospital on February 28th, 2026, with her family by her ...

Tamara Ann Kessler (Radziewicz), lovingly known to family and friends as "Tammy," 64, of Largo, FL. passed away on February 19, 2026. Formerly residing in Lowville, NY, Tammy was a graduate of Richfield Springs High School. She married her husband, Scott, on November 11, 2023, was Catholic in faith, and she was a member of the Lowville Fire Department Aux. from 1988 to 2019, as well as the American Legion Aux. since 2012. Before her time working as a home cleaner in Largo's ...

COPENHAGEN-Marge Lyndaker was born Marjorie Jean Smith on April 10, 1958 in Watertown, NY and passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, Thursday, February 26th. She married Jeffry Lyndaker on May 6, 1978. She and Dad spent over fifty years together building a home. Collecting treasures at auctions, using their own hands to form wood from her childhood home and their own land into floors, cupboards, and trim, and filling that space with her family.  She was a friend, a partner, a ...

LOWVILLE – Elwin J. Woolschlager, 85, of Waters Road, passed away on Sunday morning, February 22, 2026, at his home under the loving care of his family and Lewis County Hospice. Calling hours will be held from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 1, 2026 at Iseneker Funeral Home, Inc., Lowville.  A graveside service with Military Honors will be held tentatively at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 9, 2026 at the Apostolic Christian Cemetery, Croghan.  In lieu of flowers, ...

LOWVILLE- Paul Joseph Nagy, age 81, passed away on February 18, 2026, at Cambridge Senior Living Center in Hudson, WI. Born September 28, 1944, in Lowville, New York, to Michael Joseph Nagy and Eunita (Bealuk) Nagy. He graduated from General Martin Central School in Glenfield, New York. Growing up, Paul loved reading books and developed an abiding interest in history and classical music. Paul earned a Bachelor of Arts in linguistics from Harper College in Binghamton, New York. He went on ...

COPENHAGEN-Kim C. Sorci, 57, of Phalen Dr., passed away on Saturday, February 14, 2026 at Samaritan Medical Center, Watertown after a brief illness. Kim is survived by her three children, Ashley Sorci of Copenhagen, Alicia Sorci of Florida; and Ayden Sorci of Copenhagen; her cherished granddaughter Amelia Sorci of Copenhagen; uncles, aunts and cousins.  She is predeceased by her parents. Kim, was born on December 24, 1968 in Poughkeepsie, NY, a daughter of the late Donald A. and Sarah ...