Obituaries
Nikolay Pashchuk
Oct 24, 2021
Nikolay Pashchuk, 89, of Baldwinsville, passed away Sunday. Born in Knyazhe, Ukraine, he moved to the Syracuse area in September of 1992. Nikolay was a member of the First Ukrainian Pentecostal Church. He was a truck driver for 30 years and loved reading the Bible, being a handyman and spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren and great grandchildren....
Donald E. Lewis, Jr.
Oct 23, 2021
Donald E. Lewis Jr., 54, passed away on October 23 at home. He was born in Nuremberg, Germany to Donald and Joan Lewis on February 27, 1967, the youngest, with four older sisters. The family resided in the Cicero North Syracuse area with Don graduating from CNS in 1985. He went on to serve honorably in the army in Operation...
Gerald Richard Lukowski
Oct 23, 2021
Gerald Richard Lukowski, 64, of Camillus, passed away Saturday, October 23 at Kindred Hospital, NJ. A lifetime resident of Camillus, Gerald was a graduate of West Genesee High School. He was employed as a diesel mechanic for Saunders Leasing System for ten years and later employed by Syracuse Office Equipment for nine years. Gerald was a communicant of St. Joseph’s...
Charles E. "Ted" Duxbury
Oct 21, 2021
Charles E. “Ted” Duxbury, 86, of Syracuse passed away Thursday at Crouse Hospital. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse area, Ted was a graduate of Baldwinsville Academy. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. Employed by Upstate Medical Center for more than 30 years, he retired in 1996. Ted was a member of the Pompey Club for...
Dorothy "Dottie" J. Cleary
Oct 21, 2021
Dorothy “Dottie” J. Cleary, 86, of Lakeland, passed away Thursday at home with her family by her side. She leaves her five loving daughters to join her beloved late husband, Edward. Born in Syracuse, she lived in Camillus until moving to Lakeland in 1993. A graduate of Vocational High School, Dottie was employed with W.T. Grant in Camillus for six...
Matilde "Tillie" DeSocio
Oct 19, 2021
Matilde “Tillie” DeSocio, 77, of Camillus, passed away peacefully after a long illness Tuesday, at St. Joseph's Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Born in Roccacasale, Italy, Matilde immigrated and moved to the Syracuse area in 1953. She worked at Continental Insurance, General Electric, Crum & Forster and Kemper Insurance where she was a clerical supervisor for many years. A...
Kelly J. Duncan
Oct 18, 2021
Kelly Jane Duncan, 62, of Camillus, passed away Monday at Francis House. She was predeceased by her parents, David and Nives Duncan. Surviving are her brother, David Duncan; and sister, Claudia Miceli.
George Chuposka
Oct 18, 2021
George Chuposka, 82, of Syracuse, passed away Monday, October 18. Born in Gilberton, PA, he was a graduate of Gilberton High School. He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served in Germany in the Advanced Infantry. He was a member of the Valley American Legion. An active communicant of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, he was a member...
Frank E. Butler
Oct 17, 2021
Frank E. Butler, 69, formerly of Fairmount, passed away Sunday at Loretto Cunningham. Born in Massena to the late Ethel and Elwood Butler, Frank graduated from SUNY Canton in 1973 before moving to Syracuse. He was employed for years by Sears at both the Camillus and Shoppingtown Malls in outside sales and in-house security. Frank was also the owner of...
Robert J. Amerman
Oct 15, 2021
Robert J. Amerman, 82, of Camillus, passed away Friday at Crouse Hospital. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse area, he was a U.S. Navy veteran. Robert was a truck driver for the Teamsters Local 317 for more than 30 years and later a bus driver for the West Genesee Central School District. He was a member of the Camillus Elks...
Daniel J. Bronchetti
Oct 12, 2021
Daniel Joseph Bronchetti, 72, of Syracuse passed away peacefully with this family by his side on Tuesday. Born in Massena to Joseph and Mary Bronchetti, he graduated from Oswego State in 1971 with a degree in mathematics education. While at Oswego, he was a member of the golf team and represented Oswego in the national tournament. Daniel began his 39-year...
Frank J. Romano
Oct 10, 2021
Frank J. Romano, 92, of Murrells Inlet, SC, formerly of Camillus, passed away Sunday at home. Born in Solvay, he lived in Camillus before moving to South Carolina in 2020. A 1948 graduate of Solvay High School, Frank was a sergeant in the Army Reserve. He was a master plumber starting his career at Charles Plumbing & Heating, later becoming...
Shirley Helen Orr
Oct 9, 2021
Shirley Helen Orr, 92, of Syracuse, passed away Saturday at Upstate University Hospital. A lifetime resident of Syracuse, Shirley was a graduate of Split Rock High School. She was employed as a secretary most her life at various companies prior to retirement. Shirley was predeceased by her husband, Leslie; daughter, Deborah Orr; three brothers and one sister. Surviving are her...
Rose Marie Gosson
Oct 8, 2021
Rose M. (Recckio) Gosson, 89, of Camillus, passed away Friday at Francis House. Born in Montezuma to the late Vito and Frances Recckio, she graduated from Port Byron Central School and resided in Camillus for 53 years. Rose was married on June 23, 1956 to James T. Gosson of Solvay. In 1996 she retired after 27 years as a claims...
James W. Crockett
Oct 7, 2021
James W. “Jim” Crockett, 77, passed away peacefully at home on October 7, 2021, after a lengthy and courageous struggle with Alzheimer’s disease, surrounded by love and his family. Jim was born in Syracuse, NY on January 4, 1944, and grew up on the Northside. He graduated from Eastwood High School in 1962 and attended Syracuse University before moving to...
Matthew Elliott Hynes
Oct 6, 2021
Matthew Elliott Hynes of Tully passed away on Wednesday, October 6, 2021. Matt was a graduate of Tully High School. He worked for NY State as a therapy aide at the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities. Matt was a kind, generous and spiritual person and will be greatly missed. Matt was predeceased by his grandparents, Edwin and Dorothy Roulston...
Vincent A. Pigula
Oct 5, 2021
Vincent A. Pigula, 70, of Henderson, NV and formerly of Camillus, passed away on Tuesday, October 5 after a short illness. Born in Camillus on February 3, 1951, Vince spent most of his life in Rochester until retiring to Henderson, NV. He was a graduate of the Albany College of Pharmacy and earned a Master’s of Business from Rochester Institute...
Roberta Kay Betts von Sneidern
Oct 5, 2021
Roberta Kay Betts von Sneidern, a longtime resident of Baldwinsville, NY, passed away peacefully while in hospice care at her Canton St. home on Tuesday, October 5th, after a battle with lung cancer. Born Roberta Kay Pringle in Warners, NY, she had lived in Baldwinsville, and previously in Syracuse with husband Alvar “Mike” von Sneidern, until his death in October...
Edwin Elliott Roulston
Oct 5, 2021
Edwin Elliott Roulston, Sr., 95 of Syracuse passed away after a brief illness Tuesday, at St. Joseph’s hospital, surrounded by his loving family. Part of the greatest generation, Ed was born and raised in Malden, MA. After serving in WW2, he graduated from Boston University, becoming the first member of his family to earn a college degree. Ed was employed...
William H. Benderski
Oct 4, 2021
William H. Benderski, 66, of Syracuse, passed away peacefully Monday at Upstate University Hospital after a long battle with cancer. Bill was born in Syracuse on April 7, 1955. After graduating from Bishop Ludden High School in 1973, he went on to get his radio operator’s license. Bill proudly worked at Gianelli Sausage for 50 years, holding several positions over...