Obituaries

Jun 26, 2013

Shelley E. Ward, 57, of Syracuse, passed away Wednesday June 26, 2013 at James Square Health & Rehabilitation Centre. A graduate of Liverpool High School, Shelley also attended the New York Restaurant School and was the owner of TuTu Venue Restaurant. She was director of food services at James Square. Shelley was predeceased by her parents, Richard and Carol Ward....

Jun 25, 2013

Marilyn Whittles Del Signore, 83, of Liverpool, passed away Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center. Born in Utica, she graduated from New York Mills High School and moved to Syracuse in 1965. Marilyn retired in 1988 after 20 years with Sears Roebuck & Co. A communicant of St. Rose of Lima Church, she loved spending time...

Jun 21, 2013

Richard “Dick” Vito Simone Sr., 88, formerly of Camillus, passed away Friday, June 21, 2013 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Born and raised on the north side of Syracuse, Dick lived in Camillus for more than 50 years. A graduate of North High School and Syracuse University, he was an Army veteran of WW II. After an illustrious 40-plus...

Jun 17, 2013

Charles F. Valls, 87, of Camillus, passed away Monday at Sunnyside Care Center. Born in New York City, he lived in Forest Hills, Bergenfield, NJ, San Juan, PR and Brazil before moving to Camillus in 1977. A 1951 graduate of RPI, Charlie retired in 1983 after 31 years with Carrier Corp. He was a Navy veteran of World War II...

Jun 12, 2013

Doris Mae Donahue, 85, of Camillus, passed away Wednesday at Upstate University Hospital at Community General. Born in Honesdale, PA, she was a lifetime resident of the Camillus area and a 1945 graduate of Most Holy Rosary. She was a teacher's aide with the West Genesee Central School District and previously worked for Bell Telephone. A communicant of St. Joseph's...

Jun 12, 2013

Christopher Jon Keller, 41, of Camillus, passed away Wednesday at Crouse Hospital. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse area, he was a 1990 graduate of West Genesee High School. Chris was a technician for 17 years with Verizon. He was an associate member of the NY Tractor Puller’s Assoc. An avid hunter, he also enjoyed coaching little league baseball and...

Jun 9, 2013

Robert J. Dooley, 87, of Camillus, passed away peacefully at his home Sunday, June 9, 2013 after a brief yet courageous battle with cancer. Born on Thursday, April 8, 1926 in Troy, he lived in the Syracuse area most of his life, including the past 57 years in Camillus. Bob served in the Navy during World War II, married the...

Jun 8, 2013

Rosemary A. Fuller, 84, of Camillus, passed away Saturday, June 8, 2013 at Loretto.  Born in Syracuse on Sunday, December 30, 1928, she was raised by Harold and Ethel Suits.  She lived in Camillus from 1956 until moving to Sandy Pond in 1972.  She returned to Camillus in 2001.   A graduate of Solvay High School, Rosemary retired in 1990...

Jun 1, 2013

Edward H. Dobie, 75, of Marcellus, passed away Saturday. Born in Waterloo, he lived in Syracuse before moving to Stuart, Florida for 20 years. Ed returned to Syracuse in 2012. He was a graduate of Waterloo High School and Cortland State College. Ed owned and operated car washes in Syracuse. He was able to enjoy his passion for fishing by...

May 29, 2013

Ann Skurat Theiss, 93, passed away Wednesday May 29, 2013 at home. She lived in Camillus for more than 50 years. Ann was a communicant of Holy Family Church. She enjoyed spending time with her children and grandchildren. Ann was predeceased by her husband, Bertram, in 2009. Surviving are her sons, Richard (Tarja) of San Diego, CA, Thomas (Katherine) of...

May 26, 2013

Gary M. Ingersoll, 58, of Camillus, passed away Sunday, May 26, 2013 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Born in Fulton on Thursday, June 24, 1954, he resided in Oswego and Florida before returning to the Syracuse area in 1989. Gary lived in Camillus since 1991. He was a graduate of G. Ray Bodley High School and a 1976 graduate of SUNY...

May 25, 2013

Harold “Doc” Orvis, M.D., 89, of Onondaga Hill, passed away Saturday, May 25, 2013 at Van Duyn Home & Hospital. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Sunday, January 13, 1924, he lived in West Chester, Pennsylvania until moving to Syracuse in 2003. “Doc” served in the Air Force and was a graduate of Guilford College in North Carolina and Columbia University...

May 25, 2013

Elloree Channels, 89, of Syracuse, passed away Saturday, May 25, 2013 at Iroquois Nursing Home. She was born in Enoree, South Carolina on Wednesday, December 12, 1923. After spending her early years in Enoree, she resided in Vineland, New Jersey until moving to Syracuse in 2011 to be closer to family. Elloree was a 1941 graduate of Cross Anchor High...

May 24, 2013

Anna Milchen, 98, of Liverpool, passed away Friday, May 24, 2013 at Francis House. Born in Syracuse on Monday, April 26, 1915, she was a lifetime resident of the Syracuse area. She resided in East Syracuse for 52 years before moving to Parkrose. A graduate of Blodgett High School, Anna retired from Fisher Body Division of General Motors Corp. after...

May 24, 2013

Doris Stanton Morey, 96, of Camillus, passed away Friday, May 24, 2013 at James Square Health & Rehabilitation Centre. Born on Saturday, December 2, 1916, in Syracuse, she was the daughter of Harry and Alpha Gifford Stanton. Married in 1940 to Howard K. Morey, her husband of nearly 65 years passed away in 2005. She joined him in heaven on...

May 23, 2013

May 23, 2013

Hendrikus “Henry” Gerlach, 94, of Camillus, passed away peacefully on Thursday May 23, 2013. Henry was a gentle, kind and generous soul who brightened the day of all he met. His passion and loves of his life were his wife of 64 years, Dina, and his family. He worked hard his entire life to make his family’s lives the best...

May 19, 2013

Marcus John Varik, “The Big Guy”, 58, of Marcellus, passed from this earth on Sunday May 19, 2013, surrounded by his family after bravely battling cancer since last summer. Marcus was an extraordinary man, a talented artisan, having designed stained glass which hang in many homes and businesses in Central New York. He was a collector of memorabilia and a...

May 18, 2013

Horace E. Sherman, 81, of Camillus, passed away Saturday, May 18, 2013 at home. Born in Elbridge on Thursday, October 22, 1931, he was the son of William Edward Sherman and Fannie Mae (Tanner) Sherman. He lived in Camillus since 1968. He attended Auburn Central High School and was a Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War. Horace retired in...

May 12, 2013

Doris Giovanni, 88, of Camillus, passed away Sunday, May 12, 2013. She was born in Amsterdam, New York on Monday, December 29, 1924 and was the daughter of Richard Davis and Theresa (Cohen) Davis. She lived in Amsterdam, until she moved to Camillus in 2003. Doris was a graduate of W.H. Lynch High School. After many years at home raising...