Obituaries
Marcia A. Ramsden
Mar 24, 2015
Marcia A. Ramsden, 79, of Camillus, passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at Crouse Hospital after a long illness. Born in Syracuse, she lived in Camillus since 1964 and was a member of Immanuel United Methodist Church. Marcia enjoyed golf, travel, piano and playing cards with her friends. She was an avid supporter of the West Genesee Marching Band and...
Peter F. LeFevre
Mar 24, 2015
Peter F. LeFevre, 77, of Camillus, passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at home. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse area, he was a graduate of Solvay High School. Peter retired in 2011 after 25 years with Centro and previously worked in the insurance industry for many years. He loved spending time with his family and was an avid dog...
Clare D. Fatcheric
Mar 24, 2015
Clare D. Fatcheric, 76, of Syracuse, passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at St. Joseph's Hospital Center. Born in Cadyville, she lived in Syracuse since 1956. Clare was employed by Verizon for more than 30 years. She enjoyed camping on Lake Ontario and spending time with her family. Clare was predeceased by her four brothers and one sister. Surviving are...
Loretta Martin Backus
Mar 22, 2015
Loretta Martin Backus, 96, of Camillus, passed away Sunday, March 22, 2015 at Van Duyn Rehabilitation & Nursing. Born in Chateaugay, she lived in Camillus most of her life. Loretta retired from Syroco, Inc. after 12 years and was previously employed with GE. She was a communicant of Holy Family Church and enjoyed spending time with her family. Loretta was...
Leo T. Cosgrove
Mar 20, 2015
Leo T. Cosgrove, 84, of Fairmount, passed away Friday at St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center. Born in Old Forge, PA, he lived in Baltimore, MD before moving to Syracuse and was a graduate of Central High School. Leo was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War. He retired in 1986 from AT&T after 30 years. He enjoyed golfing with...
Bill Krichbaum Sr.
Mar 20, 2015
Bill Krichbaum Sr., 74, of Camillus, passed away Friday, March 20, 2015 at home. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse area, he was a graduate of North Syracuse High School and Bryant & Stratton College. Bill began his career at Lincoln Bank where he spent 20 years before joining Hanford Pharmaceuticals. He retired in 2008 as vice president of sales....
Helene A. Clark
Mar 19, 2015
Helene Clark, 79, of Warners, passed away Thursday, March 19 at Iroquois Nursing Home, surrounded by family. Helene retired from Penn Traffic after 25 years. She enjoyed the outdoors, bus trips to the casino, bird watching and gardening. Surviving are her husband of 58 years, Richard; son, Richard Clark Jr. of Annapolis, MD; daughters, Kathy (John) Salati of Baldwinsville, Sheila...
Alice D. Karlander
Mar 18, 2015
Alice D. Karlander, 83, of Liverpool, passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at University Hospital. Born in Schoharie to Leon and Louise Groff, she lived in Cairo, NY for most of her life before moving to Liverpool in 2011. Alice retired after many years as a home health aide and previously worked 25 years for Becker Electronics. She was a...
Maryann U. Marciniak
Mar 16, 2015
Maryann U. Marciniak, 83, of Naples, FL, died peacefully Monday, March 16, 2015 at Crouse Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Schenectady to Francis "Frank" and Frances (Wrzesczinski) Nowak, she was a graduate of Mont Pleasant High School in Schenectady and Mildred Elly Business School in Albany. Maryann worked outside the home for a short period of time. She...
Irene McPhillips
Mar 12, 2015
Irene McPhillips, 86, of Syracuse, passed away Thursday, March 12, 2015 at Upstate University Hospital at Community General. Born and raised in the Bronx, she lived in Syracuse since 1955. Irene was predeceased by her husband, Patrick, in 2010; three brothers and four sisters. Surviving are her son, Patrick Jr. (Peggy) of Camillus; daughter, Julie (Brian) Messenger of Trumansburg; sister,...
Donna J. Congdon
Mar 11, 2015
Donna J. Congdon, 73, of Warners, passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse area, she lived in Warners for 53 years. Donna was a graduate of C.W. Baker High School and was employed with Camillus Cutlery for 18 years. She was a member of Warners Fire Dept. Ladies' Auxiliary...
June Ingraham
Mar 7, 2015
June Watchorn Ingraham, 88, of Baldwinsville, died peacefully on Saturday, March 7, 2015. Born in Richmond, Ontario to parents Rev. W.J. and Pearl Watchorn, she was the youngest of eight. She moved to the U.S. in the 1940s with her father and stepmother, Violet. June married Fred A. Ingraham of Syracuse in 1946 and located to Camillus. They owned and...
Mary C. Wilson
Mar 6, 2015
Mary C. Wilson, 94, of Syracuse, passed away Friday, March 6, 2015 at St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center. Born and raised in Schenectady, Mary lived in the Syracuse area since 1961. She attended the University of Kansas and retired from the Onondaga County District Attorney's Office. She was also a long time member of Westvale Golf Club. Mary was predeceased...
Michael A. Markinson
Mar 5, 2015
Michael A. Markinson, 88, of Fairmount, passed away Thursday, March 5, 2015 at Francis House. Born in Scranton, PA, he was a navy veteran of World War II, having served in the Pacific Theatre. He was a recipient of the Pacific Theatre Ribbon, American Theatre Ribbon and Victory Medal. Michael moved to Syracuse with his family after the war. He...
Daniel "DJ" Cook
Mar 4, 2015
Daniel "DJ" Cook, 64, of Marietta, passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at Auburn Community Hospital. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse area, he was a veteran of the US Army. DJ was employed with the NY State Canals for 42 years retiring as a dredge captain, following in the footsteps of his father, the late Daniel H. Cook. DJ...
Florence E. Wright
Mar 2, 2015
Florence E. Wright, 88, of Fairmount, passed away Monday, March 2, 2015 at Van Duyn Rehabilitation & Nursing. Born in Tyre, NY, she lived in Fairmount since 1945. She was employed by the West Genesee Central School District for more than 15 years. During World War II, Florence worked at the NYS Fairgrounds helping load box cars and was formerly...
Ana C. Figueiredo
Feb 28, 2015
Ana C. Figueiredo, 95, of Fairmount and formerly of Solvay, passed away Saturday, February 28, 2015 at The Centers at St. Camillus. She lived in Portugal and Solvay before moving to Fairmount in 1978. Ana was employed by Syracuse China Corp. for 20 years, retiring in 1974. A communicant of Holy Family Church, she made more than 11,000 rosaries for...
Michael Bliss
Feb 26, 2015
Michael Bliss, 69, of Camillus, passed away Thursday, February 26, 2015 at University Hospital. Born in Syracuse, he was raised in Baldwinsville and lived in Lakeland for 34 years before moving to Camillus in 2012. He was a graduate of C.W. Baker High School and Bryant & Stratton. He served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. Michael retired...
Charles T. Holdrege
Feb 26, 2015
Charles T. Holdrege, 85, of Camillus, passed away Thursday, February 26, 2015 at University Hospital. Born and raised in the DeRuyter area, he lived in Camillus since 1956. Chuck was a graduate of Fabius High School and Syracuse University. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He retired in 1987 after 37 years as a pharmaceutical chemist with...
Frances Comuntzis
Feb 24, 2015
Frances (Coffin) Comuntzis, 77, of Camillus, passed away Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at Francis House. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse area, she was a graduate of Eastwood High School and Syracuse University. Frances was employed for over 10 years with ARC of Onondaga. She was a communicant of Holy Family Church. Fran spent many years volunteering at Francis House...