Edith Vanetta Sterling Canniff of North Carolina and formerly of Binghamton

Edith Canniff, 89, passed away Friday May 28, 2010 in North Carolina. She was predeceased by her parents; Merton and Margaret Sterling; her husband Harold Canniff; two infant children; 5 sisters, Mary Mills, Bertha McManamon, Altha Sterling, Gladys Sterling Moore, Thelma Sterling; 5 brothers, Merton , Fred, William, John , Theodore Sterling; two brothers-in-law, James and Paul Canniff. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Carol and Tom Schutte, NC; 5 grandchildren, David Dent, NC; Christina (Mike) Zitt, OH, Michelle (Craig) Zuiderweg, Ca, Thomas (Lisa) Schutte, NC, Michael (Sherry) Schutte, NC: 7 great grandchildren, Anthony (Eden) Manus, Ca, Devon Manus , Ca; Julia and Paul Johnson, Ca, Helena and Megan Schutte, NC, Logan Zitt, OH; one brother, Walter Sterling, Ca; two sisters, Anna Belle Brooking, Pa, Margaret Arlen Specht,NY; 3 sisters-in-law, Gladys Grant, NY, Nancy Canniff, NY, Rosa Sterling, Ca; many nieces and nephews. Edith graduated from Afton High School, Afton, NY. She lived in the Binghamton area until 1997 at which time she moved to Wilmington NC with her daughter and son-in-law Carol and Tom Schutte. She was a member of Faith Baptist Church, ( now know as Faith Bible Church) Binghamton and Freedom Baptist Church of Wilmington, NC and also attended St Mark's Catholic Church in Wilmington NC for the past several years. She enjoyed her church, flowers, birds, getting in the pool, traveling, NASCAR races and hot air ballooning. Funeral services will be at the Ernest H Parsons Funeral Home, Inc 71 Main St, Binghamton on Friday June 4 at 11:00 am. The Rev. John Treischmann will officiate. Burial will be in the Vestal Park Cemetery, Vestal, NY. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 10:00 am until the time of the service.