Obituaries

Mildred J. Gettler

Mildred J. Gettler

Jul 4, 2009

Mildred Gettler, 89, of Boca Raton, Florida, died Saturday, July 4, 2009 at University Hospital. Born in Brooklyn, New York on Sunday, November 23, 1919, she was the daughter of Joseph Raymond Caufield and Margaret Gomo Caufield. Surviving are her daughters and son-in-law, Celeste Dunne of Camillus and Joyce and Robert Sefton of Long Island; and grandchildren, Tracey Whitney, Scott...

Tsun-Ting Charles Li

Tsun-Ting Charles Li

Jun 22, 2009

Tsun-Ting Charles Li, 74, of Manlius, passed away Monday, June 22, 2009 at Crouse Hospital. Born in Taichung, Taiwan on Friday, January 11, 1935, he was the son of Song-Chien Li and Tung-Mei Lin Li. An immigrant from Taiwan, he moved to the Syracuse area in 1978. Charles received a bachelor's degree from Tunghai University in Taiwan in 1959. He...

Wendell L. Provencher

Wendell L. Provencher

Jun 18, 2009

Wendell L. Provencher, 53, of Syracuse, passed away Thursday, June 18, 2009 at University Hospital. Born on Monday, October 10, 1955, he was the son of Leeland Provencher and Virginia McGlennon Provencher. He was a lifetime resident of Syracuse. A friendly person, Wendell enjoyed the outdoors, country music and roller skating. Surviving are his brother, Kevin; and sister, Lorna Guthrie....

William Edwards Tyler

William Edwards Tyler

Jun 17, 2009

William Edwards Tyler, 89, of Fairmount, passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Utica. Born in Syracuse on Saturday, November 29, 1919 he was the son of Thomas Tyler and Susan Edwards Tyle. He lived in Fairmount for 55 years. Bill was a 1937 graduate of Vocational High School. He was an Army Air Corps...

Barry W. Edgar

Barry W. Edgar

Jun 14, 2009

Barry W. Edgar, 63, of Cicero, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2009 at Crouse Hospital. Born in Cortland on Wednesday, March 27, 1946, he was the son of Glendon Edgar and Pauline Rice Edgar. He moved to Cicero in 1995. Barry was a Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. He was employed with Pall Trinity in Cortland for 39 years....

Rev. Joseph R. Wright, C.M.

Rev. Joseph R. Wright, C.M.

Jun 13, 2009

Rev. Joseph R. Wright, C.M., 81, died Saturday, June 13, 2009 at St. Vincent’s Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Born in Syracuse on Thursday, December 22, 1927, Father Wright graduated from Onondaga Valley Academy and St. Joseph’s Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. Father Weight was ordained a Vincentian priest in 1954. Throughout his 55 years as a priest, he worked as...

Paulyne Denmark

Paulyne Denmark

Jun 11, 2009

Paulyne Denmark, 77, formerly of Baldwinsville, passed away Thursday, June 11, 2009 at home. Born in Elmira on Monday, September 7, 1931, she was the daughter of Archibald Baxter Denson and Ida Bell Gingher Denson. She lived in Waterloo from 1972 until moving to the Syracuse area in 2004. Paulyne was a graduate of Elmira Heights High School and a...

Richard D. Saunders

Richard D. Saunders

Jun 10, 2009

Richard D. Saunders, 70, of Fairmount, passed away Wednesday at Crouse Hospital. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse area, he was a graduate of Solvay High School and was a Navy veteran. He was a toolmaker with Valenite Metals for more than 20 years and also a former security guard for Guardsmark. Richard was a communicant of Holy Family Church,...

Richard D. Saunders

Richard D. Saunders

Jun 10, 2009

Richard D. Saunders, 70, of Fairmount, passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at Crouse Hospital. Born in Syracuse on Wednesday, September 28, 1938, he was the son of Richard Saunders and Mabel Kirkpatrick Saunders. He was a lifetime resident of the Syracuse area and graduate of Solvay High School. He was a Navy veteran. Richard was a toolmaker with Valenite...

Russell M. Davis

Russell M. Davis

Jun 8, 2009

Russell M. Davis, 89, of Solvay, passed away Monday, June 8, 2009 at Sunnyside Care Center. Born in Syracuse on Tuesday, April 6, 1920, he was the son of James Arthur Davis and Georgia Mae Russell Davis. He spent his early years in Syracuse and lived in Camillus, Manlius, Cleveland and Lakeland, Florida before moving to Solvay seven years ago....

Vernon 'Bud' Sherwood

Vernon 'Bud' Sherwood

Jun 7, 2009

Vernon “Bud” Sherwood, 83, of Oswego, passed away Sunday, June 7, 2009 after a courageous battle with leukemia. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend. The only child of Frank and Mary Sherwood, Bud was born in Onondaga Hill on Wednesday, August 26, 1925. He lived in the Syracuse area until his retirement in 1986. Bud spent the...

Howard E. Zufelt

Howard E. Zufelt

Jun 5, 2009

Howard E. Zufelt, 84, of Camillus, passed away Friday, June 5, 2009 at Community General Hospital. Born in Tully on Wednesday, May 13, 1925, he was the son of Lester Zufelt and Pauline Cook Zufelt. He lived in Pulaski for 30 years before moving to Camillus 50 years ago. Howard was a Navy veteran of World War II. He owned...

Frank William Appleton

Frank William Appleton

Jun 4, 2009

Frank W. Appleton, 41, of Liverpool, passed away Thursday, June 4, 2009 at home. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse area, he was born on Tuesday, May 21, 1968 to Tracey Appleton and June Rocco Appleton. He graduated from Cicero North Syracuse High School and ITT Technical Institute. Frank was employed for two years with Gartner Equipment and previously for...

Olga Petrovets

Olga Petrovets

Jun 2, 2009

Olga Petrovets, 73, of Solvay, passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at home. Born in Perebrody, Ukraine on Sunday, July 28, 1935, she was the daughter of Ivan and Agafia Evsovich. She moved to the United States in 1989 and lived in Solvay since 1997. Olga was a member of the First Ukrainian Pentecostal Church. She enjoyed the outdoors, her...

Arthur W. Lange

Arthur W. Lange

May 31, 2009

Arthur W. Lange, 75, of Camillus, passed away Sunday, May 31, 2009 at Community General Hospital. Born in Oneida on Sunday, June 11, 1933, he was the son of Raymond Lange and Sadie Kathryn Brown Lange. After spending his early years in Oneida, he lived in Camillus for 41 years. He attended Pratt University in New York City and Mohawk...

David F. 'Danny' Daniels

David F. 'Danny' Daniels

May 29, 2009

David F. “Danny” Daniels, 75, of Camillus, passed away Friday, May 29, 2009 at Community General Hospital. Born in Syracuse on Tuesday, June 27, 1933, he was the son of Frederick Henry Daniels and Ruth Margaret Flannery Daniels. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse area, Danny was a 1951 graduate of Central Tech and attended Syracuse University. A contractor and...

George 'David' McAllister

George 'David' McAllister

May 26, 2009

George “David” McAllister, 57, of Skaneateles, passed away Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at Community General Hospital. Born in Syracuse on Sunday, September 2, 1951, he was the son of Thomas Frank McAllister and Amelia Wright McAllister. He lived in Camillus until moving to Skaneateles 25 years ago. David was an A-1 carpenter, working for various construction companies before retiring from...

Edward W. Peck

Edward W. Peck

May 26, 2009

Edward W. Peck, 91, of Oneida and formerly of Fairmount Hills, passed away Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at Oneida Healthcare Center. Born in Syracuse on Monday, October 15, 1917, he was the son of Lee Peck and Hattie Lemke Peck. He lived in Fairmount and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina until moving to Oneida in 1993. A graduate of St. Vincent...

Ada Caldwell Clark

Ada Caldwell Clark

May 25, 2009

Ada Caldwell Clark, 98, of Williamsburg, Virginia and formerly of Syracuse, passed away Monday, May 25, 2009. Born in New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada on Sunday, December 18, 1910, she was the daughter of Robert Caldwell and Anabelle Morrison Caldwell. A resident of Syracuse for 65 years, she lived in St. Petersburg, Florida before moving to Williamsburg, Virginia 15 years ago....

William J. O'Hern

William J. O'Hern

May 22, 2009

William J. “Cowboy” O'Hern, 95, of Fairmount, passed away Friday, May 22, 2009 at home. Born in Syracuse on Saturday, November 22, 1913, he was the son of William Joseph O’Hern and Elisabeth Veronica Fahey O’Hern. He lived in Fairmount for 57 years. William was formerly employed by BOCES Onondaga-Madison, retiring in 1975, and Genesee Brewing Co. He was an...

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