Obituaries
Hilda L. West
Feb 16, 2010
Hilda Sessler West, 94, of Syracuse, passed away Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at Van Duyn Home & Hospital. A lifetime resident of Syracuse, she was born on Saturday, June 19, 1915 and was the daughter of William George Hepfner and Freda Traenkle Hepfner. She was a graduate of North High School. Hilda was a technician at University Hospital and St....
Anne M. Dwyer
Feb 14, 2010
Anne M. Dwyer, 99, of Tipperary Hill, passed away Sunday, February 14, 2010 at home. Born in Syracuse on Sunday, October 23, 1910, she was the daughter of Edmond J. Dwyer and Ellen Frances Roach Dwyer. A lifetime resident of Syracuse, she was a graduate of St. Lucy's School and attended Central City Business Institute. Anne was employed by the...
William John Bachar
Feb 13, 2010
William J. Bachar, 85, of Camillus, passed away Saturday, February 13, 2010 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Born in Skaneateles on Wednesday, July 23, 1924, he was the son of John Bachar and Susie Otruba Bachar. He was a lifetime resident of the Camillus area. He was a 1942 graduate of Marcellus High School and attended Syracuse University. William...
John G. Sobecki
Feb 12, 2010
John G. Sobecki, 88, of Taunton, passed away Friday, February 12, 2010 at Crouse Hospital. Born in Syracuse on Friday, May 6, 1921, he was the son of Francis Sobecki and Tillie Nowicki Sobecki. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse area, he was a veteran of World War II and received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. John was employed...
Dorothy Jane Dennis
Feb 10, 2010
Dorothy J. Dennis, 79, of Syracuse, and a beloved sister, aunt and great aunt, passed away Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at Community General Hospital. A lifetime resident of Syracuse, she was born on Tuesday, May 6, 1930. Dorothy was employed by King Storage & Storage for approximately 20 years. She was a communicant of Most Holy Rosary Church. She loved...
Joseph Ralph Battisti
Feb 9, 2010
Joseph Ralph Battisti, 83, of Syracuse, passed away Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at the VA Medical Center in Buffalo. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse area, he was born on Tuesday, May 4, 1926 and was the son of Gregory Battisti and Mary Paduana Battisti. Joseph was an Army veteran of World War II and a Purple Heart recipient. Surviving...
Henry W. Schramm
Feb 7, 2010
Henry W. Schramm, 86, of Camillus, died Sunday, February 7, 2010 at Van Duyn Home & Hospital. Born in Brooklyn on Sunday, January 13, 1924, he was the son of Henry Schramm and Mae Wall Schramm. He was a lifetime resident of the Syracuse area. A graduate of Richmond Hill High School and Syracuse University, he was a veteran of...
Chrishell Marie Agonito
Feb 6, 2010
Chrishell Marie Agonito, 37, of Camillus, passed away Saturday, February 6, 2010 at Community General Hospital. Born in Syracuse on Tuesday, August 15, 1972, she was a lifetime resident of the Syracuse and Camillus area. She was a 1990 graduate of Nottingham High School. Chrishell provided child care in her home for several years. A devoted loving wife, mother, daughter...
James E. Bottrill
Feb 6, 2010
James E. Bottrill, 65, of Syracuse, passed away Saturday, February 6, 2010 at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center. Born in Syracuse on Friday, June 2, 1944, he was a lifetime resident of the Syracuse area. He was employed by LeMoyne College for 10 years, retiring in 2009. James was also formerly employed by R.E. Dietz Co. for 25 years as...
Helen Yale
Feb 5, 2010
Helen Yale, 86, of Camillus, passed away Friday, February 5, 2010 at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center. She was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania and was a resident of the Syracuse area since 1959. After a varied career in the nursing field, Helen retired from Blue Cross Blue Shield of CNY. She was predeceased by her husband, Roy William Yale. Surviving...
Paula Jean McGann
Feb 1, 2010
After her long courageous battle with breast cancer, with her family at her side, Paula was escorted home by the angels on Monday, February 1, 2010. Born in Auburn on Sunday, July 22, 1956, she was the daughter of Clifton Michael Blaisdell and Elizabeth Kowal Blaisdell McDonald. She moved to Syracuse in 1971 and graduated from Henninger High School in...
Charles A. Petit
Jan 30, 2010
Charles A. Petit, 78, of Camillus, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday at home. Born in Buffalo, he lived in Horseheads for 15 years before moving to Camillus in 1979. Charles was a civil engineer for Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt, retiring in 1995 after more than 20 years. He was an Army veteran of the Korean Conflict...
Paula J. Relyea
Jan 28, 2010
Paula J. Relyea, 47, of Camillus, passed away Thursday, January 28, 2010 at Francis House after a courageous 12-year fight with cancer. She was born in Malone on Sunday, December 9, 1962 and was the daughter of Earl Roswell Cutler and Wilda Florence Rabideau Cutler. She was raised in Moira and lived in Liverpool after college until moving to Camillus...
Ellie Hammon
Jan 27, 2010
Ellie Hammon, 79, of Camillus, passed away Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at home. Born in Utica on Friday, January 23, 1931, she was the daughter of Vincent Locey and Martha Stricker Locey. She lived in the Syracuse area until moving to Camillus in 1963. Ellie was a graduate of Utica Free Academy. She was employed by the Internal Revenue Service...
Robert G. Gabor
Jan 25, 2010
Robert G. Gabor, 85, of Westvale, passed away Monday, January 25, 2010 at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center. Born and raised in the “Skunk City” section, Bob was a lifetime resident of the Syracuse area. He graduated from Most Holy Rosary High School in 1942. Robert served in General Patton’s Third Army as an automatic rifleman, a survivor of the...
Helen G. Kanaley
Jan 24, 2010
Helen Geiger Kanaley, 99, of Camillus, passed away Sunday, January 24, 2010 at home. Born in Syracuse on Tuesday, May 31, 1910, she was the daughter of Fred Geiger and Christina Ecklerline Geiger. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse area, she graduated from Syracuse Normal School. Helen taught elementary school for 10 years with the Syracuse City School District. A...
Marie C. Mosey
Jan 18, 2010
Marie C. Mosey, 67, of Syracuse, passed away Monday, January 18, 2010 at home, surrounded by her family after a long battle with colon cancer. Born in Binghamton on Sunday, February 1, 1942, she was the daughter of Dr. John Timothy Kane and Marie Hand Kane. She was a graduate of St. Joseph's School of Nursing. Marie was always taking...
Gilson Smith
Jan 16, 2010
Gilson C. Smith, 69, of Camillus, passed away Saturday at Community General Hospital. Born in Wantagh, he was a lifetime resident of the Syracuse area. Gilson graduated from Wantagh High School, SUNY Cortland and Syracuse University. He taught for 34 years at East Syracuse Minoa School District, retiring in 1996. An avid NY Mets baseball fan, he also enjoyed fishing,...
James Sweeney
Jan 12, 2010
James T. Sweeney, 85, of Fairmount, passed away Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Born in Fairport on Sunday, August 10, 1924, he was the son of Frank Sweeney and Margaret Neary Sweeney. James was owner of Snelling & Snelling, retiring in 1987 after 27 years. An Air Force veteran of World War II, he was...
Mary Reedy
Jan 10, 2010
Mary G. Reedy, 93, of Fairmount, passed away Sunday, January 10, 2010 at Community General Hospital. Born in Mayville, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, October 18, 1916, she was the daughter of Paul Milea and Mary Casille Milea. Mary lived in Syracuse since 1953. She was a communicant of Holy Family Church and member of the funeral choir. She enjoyed bowling and...