Obituaries

Mary Volsko Slowinski

Mary Volsko Slowinski

Dec 8, 2009

Mary Volsko Slowinski, 93, of Camillus, passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at Community General Hospital. Born in Syracuse on Friday, March 24, 1916, she was the daughter of Julia and Stephen Volsko. While a teen, she relocated to the Lyndhurst, New Jersey area where she met and later married Matthew Slowinski in May 1935. It was there that she...

Mark S. Miller

Mark S. Miller

Dec 7, 2009

Mark S. Miller, 52, of Warners, passed away Monday, December 7, 2009 at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center. Born on Saturday, June 1, 1957, he was the son of Charles Samuel Miller Jr. and Elma Jane Weisbrod. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse area, he graduated from West Genesee High School and Onondaga Community College. Mark was employed by Case...

Lois Betts Michalowski

Lois Betts Michalowski

Dec 7, 2009

Lois Michalowski, 96, of Camillus, passed away Monday, December 7, 2009 at Van Duyn Home & Hospital. Born in Rochester on Friday, April 4, 1913, she was the daughter of Benjamin Butler Betts and Irene Belle Hill Betts. After spending her early years in Rochester, she also lived in St. Petersburg, Florida before moving to the Syracuse area in the...

Elizabeth Risser

Elizabeth Risser

Dec 6, 2009

Elizabeth M. Risser, 88, formerly of Camillus, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2009 in Canandaigua. Born on Monday, August 1, 1921, she was the daughter of Menno Horst and Lizzie Stern Risser. She was raised in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania and moved to Camillus in 1967. She resided in Canandaigua since 2008. Elizabeth worked as a legal secretary for many years. She...

Donna (Uhl) Brown

Donna (Uhl) Brown

Dec 5, 2009

Donna (Uhl) Brown, 69, of Fairmount, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2009 at Crouse Hospital. Born in Syracuse on Friday, July 5, 1940, she was the daughter of Edward Joseph Uhl and Calista Ruth Peck Uhl. She lived in Fairmount since September 1971. Donna was employed by Niagara Mohawk for 14 years. She was a communicant of Holy Family Church...

Debora L. MacDowell-Wicks

Debora L. MacDowell-Wicks

Dec 4, 2009

Debora L. MacDowell-Wicks, 52 of Syracuse, passed away Friday at home. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse area, Debora was a graduate of Onondaga Community College and went on to become a respiratory therapist for Cortland Hospital. Surviving are her daughter, Brooke (Matthew) Mazely of Houston, TX; son, Robert Wicks of Marcellus; parents, Herbert and Arlene MacDowell; sister, Barbara (Frank)...

John 'Jack" Atkinson

John 'Jack" Atkinson

Dec 3, 2009

John F. “Jack” Atkinson, 72, of Skaneateles, passed away Thursday, December 3, 2009 at Community General Hospital. Born in Summit, New Jersey on Friday, June 25, 1937, he was the son of Joseph George Atkinson and Fredith Ella Larner Atkinson. He lived in Skaneateles for 35 years. John was a 1955 graduate of Geneva High School and the College of...

Virginia H. Koes

Virginia H. Koes

Dec 2, 2009

Virginia “Ginny” L. (Henry) Koes, 85, of Syracuse, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday December 2, 2009 due to health complications. Ginny was born in Auburn, NY on Thursday, January 17, 1924, but lived and worked all of her adult life in Syracuse. She married Edward G. Koes in January of 1954 and they resided at their current home in Onondaga Hill...

Angeline Masella

Angeline Masella

Dec 2, 2009

Angeline Masella, 81, of Solvay, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday December 2, 2009 at Van Duyn Home & Hospital. Born in Syracuse on Sunday, February 19, 1928, she was the daughter of Nicholas Masella and Carmela Charles Masella. She lived in Solvay most of her life and was a graduate of Central High School....

Caesar Manni

Caesar Manni

Dec 1, 2009

Caesar R. Manni, 83, of Marcellus, passed away Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at Crouse Hospital. Born in Syracuse on Saturday, November 20, 1926, he was the son of Enrico and Frances Mercedes Bischi Manni. He lived most of his life in Camillus. Caesar was a veteran of the Army and Merchant Marines. He was employed for 33 years with Niagara...

Margaret A. Miller

Margaret A. Miller

Dec 1, 2009

Margaret A. (Salanger) Miller, 87, of Fairmount Hills, passed away Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at Community General Hospital after a short illness. Born in Syracuse on Monday, April 17, 1922, she was the daughter of James Francis Salanger and Alice Coakley Salanger. She lived in the Camillus-Fairmount area since 1954. A communicant of Holy Family Church, Margaret was also a...

Madeline Sholders

Madeline Sholders

Nov 28, 2009

Madeline Sholders, 71, of North Syracuse, passed away Saturday, November 28, 2009 at University Hospital. Born in the Bronx on Tuesday, October 18, 1938, she was the daughter of Nicholas Perrone and Grace Catricala Perrone. After spending her early years in the Bronx, she later resided in Titusville, Florida, San Jose and Riverside, California. She moved to North Syracuse in...

Phyllis J. Byrne

Phyllis J. Byrne

Nov 24, 2009

Phyllis J. Byrne, 64, of Solvay, passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2009 surrounded by her family at the home of her daughter in Lakeland. Born in Syracuse on Tuesday, June 26, 1945, she was the daughter of Clifford Rockwell and Marion Elizabeth Platt Rockwell. She was employed by Bennett Co. Phyllis enjoyed Bingo and traveling to the Turning Stone Casino....

Shirley Ethel Trombetta

Shirley Ethel Trombetta

Nov 23, 2009

Shirley E. Trombetta, 84, of Rochester, passed away Monday, November 23, 2009 at Kirkhaven Nursing Home. Born on Sunday, April 12, 1925, she was the daughter of Henry LeRoy Miller and Ethel Knobles Miller. She lived in Blossvale for 15 years before moving back to Rochester in 2004. Shirley was employed with Strong Memorial Hospital as a medical secretary. Shirley...

Francis Leslie 'Les' Mollach

Francis Leslie 'Les' Mollach

Nov 22, 2009

Francis Leslie “Les” Mollach, 76, of Syracuse, passed away Sunday, November 22, 2009 at home. Born in Newark, New Jersey on Friday, November 3, 1933, he was the son of Francis Leslie Mollach and Gevevra Antoinette Lechtrecher Mollach. He lived in the Syracuse area for more than 50 years. An Air Force veteran of the Korean Conflict, Les was stationed...

John A. Quinn

John A. Quinn

Nov 16, 2009

John A. Quinn, 81, a lifetime resident of Syracuse, passed away peacefully Monday, November 16, 2009 at home. Born on Monday, July 16, 1928, he was the son of John Andrew Quinn Sr. and Johanna Emily Schmidt Quinn. An Army veteran, he was employed by Carrier Corp. for 29 years, retiring in 1988. Formerly an avid hunter and fisherman, John...

Marian W. Rice

Marian W. Rice

Nov 15, 2009

Marian W. Rice, 93, of Camillus, passed away Sunday, November 15, 2009 at St. Camillus Health & Rehabilitation Center. Born in Voorheesville on April 1, 1916, she was the daughter of Fred N. Wood and Ethel Udell Wood. She lived there for 16 years until moving to the Camillus area in 1962. Marian graduated from Green Mt. Junior College in...

Kathleen 'Petey', 'Peachy' Horsman

Kathleen 'Petey', 'Peachy' Horsman

Nov 11, 2009

Kathleen “Petey,” “Peachy,” Horsman, 91, formerly of Camillus, passed away Wednesday, November 11, 2009 in Norristown, Pennsylvania at the home of her daughter, Nancy Houyoux. Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana on Wednesday, December 26, 1917, she was the daughter of Martin August and Alice Catherine Gilmartin Greven and granddaughter of Edward J. and Catherine Lynch Gilmartin, founders of Gilmartin Lumber...

Peter A. Dundon

Peter A. Dundon

Nov 8, 2009

Peter A. Dundon, 61, of Camillus, passed away Sunday, November 8, 2009 at Community General Hospital. Born in Auburn on Saturday, September 4, 1948, he lived in Boston, Liverpool and Whitesboro before moving to Camillus more than 20 years ago. A graduate of Auburn High School and Bentley University in Boston, Peter was employed by Agway for 27 years. He...

Ruth Edson Gratzer

Ruth Edson Gratzer

Oct 28, 2009

Ruth Edson Gratzer, 77, formerly of Camillus, passed away Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at Rosewood Heights Health Center. Born on Saturday, February 13, 1932, she was the daughter of Thomas William Edson and Ruth Hills Gardiner Edson. She lived in Utica for 14 years and then Syracuse until moving to Camillus in 1962. Ruth was a music teacher, music director,...

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