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Mrs. Freddie Mae Dickerson
Jan 8, 2011
Mrs. Freddie Mae Dickerson, 75, of Syracuse, passed away Saturday, January 8, 2011 at Central Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center. Born in New York City on Wednesday, August 7, 1935, she was the daughter of Fred Mason and Ema Taylor Mason. Freddie Mae moved to Syracuse in 2008. She was formerly employed by the World Trade Center. She enjoyed roses...
Joyce Meagher Kenney
Jan 8, 2011
Joyce Meagher Kenney, 77, of Baldwinsville, passed away Saturday, January 8, 2011 at home. Born in Syracuse on Tuesday, August 8, 1933, she was the daughter of John A. Meagher and Loretta Woodlock Meagher. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse area, she was a graduate of St. Patrick's High School. Joyce also received a bachelor's degree from LeMoyne College and...
Catherine M. Dennis
Jan 4, 2011
Catherine M. Dennis, 93, of Camillus, passed away Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at Community General Hospital. Born in Syracuse on Saturday, July 14, 1917, she was the daughter of Michael Joseph Spellman and Alice Margaret Walsh Spellman. She lived in Camillus since 1994. Catherine retired in 1974 after 35 years with Inland Fisher Guide. A communicant of St. Charles Borromeo...
Zakary James-Timothy Pilcher
Dec 31, 2010
Zakary James Timothy Pilcher, three-month old infant, of Camillus, passed away Friday, December 31, 2010 at home. Born in Syracuse on September 4, he was the son of Cory Pilcher and Kristine MacDowell, of Camillus. Zakary is also survived by his sister, Alexandria Leigh MacDowell; paternal grandparents, Nicole and Steven Pilcher of Cleveland; maternal grandparents, Cynthia and Timothy Belknap of...
Ronald "Butch" Wisnoski
Dec 30, 2010
Ronald “Butch” Wisnoski, 71, of Camillus, passed away Thursday at home, surrounded by his loving family. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse/ Camillus area, he was employed by Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. for 37 years, retiring in 1995. Butch attended St. Patrick's High School and was an Army veteran. He was also a member of Camillus Elks Lodge and Niagara...
Anna Smaha
Dec 29, 2010
Anna Dumka Smaha died peacefully on Wednesday, December 29, 2010 with her daughter, Maria at her side. Born on Friday, July 4, 1930 in Zniatyn, Sokalskyi Raion, Ukraine, she was the oldest child of Ivan and Stefania Dumka. Staunch Ukrainian nationalists, her parents raised her to love God, Ukraine, and to help those in need. They also nurtured her independent...
David M. Hayes
Dec 28, 2010
David M. Hayes, 73, of Syracuse, passed away Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at home. Born in Marcellus on Wednesday, April 14, 1937, he was the son of Edward Leo Hayes and Caroline Margaret Fraylinger Hayes. He was a graduate of Marcellus High School. David lived in Syracuse most of his life and was employed many years as a union drywall...
Frederick G. Homeyer
Dec 24, 2010
Frederick G. Homeyer, 93, of Syracuse, passed away Friday, December 24, 2010 at Loretto. Born in Syracuse on Monday, September 10, 1917, he was the son of Conrad Homeyer and Mary "Mae" Corrigan Homeyer. A lifetime resident of Camillus, he was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II. Fred was employed for 42 years by Crouse-Hinds. He was...
Thomas F. Dowling
Dec 24, 2010
Thomas F. Dowling, 86, of Camillus, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 24, 2010 at James Square Health & Rehabilitation Centre. Born in Manhattan on Tuesday, November 25, 1924, he was the son of John Dowling and Mary Hayden Dowling. He lived in Camillus since 1976. Tom was employed by Nationwide Insurance Co. for 35 years, retiring in 1988. He...
David R. Scutt
Dec 20, 2010
David R. Scutt, 69, of Clay, passed away Monday, December 20, 2010. Born on Christmas Day in 1940, he spent his early years in Solvay. He lived in Syracuse most of his life. David was a 1959 graduate of Solvay High School and was employed by Onondaga County for more than 20 years. He was a communicant of St. Cecilia's...
Jack Strobel
Dec 19, 2010
Jack Strobel, 84, of Warners, passed away Sunday, December 19, 2010 at Newark Wayne Community Hospital, after a period of declining health in an otherwise full active life. Born in Gainfarm, Austria on Sunday, January 31, 1926, he was the son on Raymund Strobel and Rosa Tietz Strobel. Jack came to the United States in 1934 and was a graduate...
Dorothy "Dottie" Massie
Dec 18, 2010
Dorothy “Dottie” Massie, 84, of Camillus, passed away peacefully Saturday, December 18, 2010 at Stonehedge Health & Rehabilitation Center in Chittenango, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Racine, Wisconsin on Sunday, August 1, 1926, she was the daughter of August Sauer Elmer and Mildred Gertrude Clark. She lived most of her life in Syracuse and was employed 15 years...
Kent G. Wheeler Sr.
Dec 18, 2010
Kent G. Wheeler Sr., 82, of Camillus, passed away Saturday, December 18, 2010 at Van Duyn Home & Hospital. Born in Syracuse on Saturday, May 5, 1928, he was the son of Ralph Edward Wheeler Sr. and Grace Edna Wheeler. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse and Camillus area, he was a Navy veteran of World War II. Kent retired...
Sharon D. Catalino
Dec 11, 2010
Sharon D. Catalino, 66, of Syracuse, passed away Saturday, December 11, 2010 at Upstate University Hospital. She was born in Syracuse on Saturday, July 1, 1944. She was a loving wife and mother who was especially devoted to her grandchildren. Sharon loved life and she fought actively for the rights of the unborn and the elderly with both the local...
Sarah J. Krisak
Dec 9, 2010
Sarah J. Krisak, 88, of Fairmount, passed way Thursday, December 9, 2010 at Van Duyn Home & Hospital. Born in Pittston, Pennsylvania on Saturday, April 29, 1922, she was the daughter of Rocco Yemma and Rose Vallone Yemma. She graduated from Pittston High School and lived in Washington, DC until moving to the Syracuse area in 1945. Sarah was employed...
Joseph B. Costello II
Dec 6, 2010
Joseph B. Costello II, formerly of Syracuse, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, December 6 in Divide, CO. Joe was raised in Syracuse and moved to Colorado in 1978. He started working at the NY Telephone Co. when he was 18 and transferred to the U.S. West Telephone Co. in Colorado Springs, retiring in December 2000. He was a lineman up...
Charles E. Fehlau
Dec 5, 2010
Charles E. Fehlau, 84, of Syracuse, died peacefully at home on Sunday, December 5, 2010 after a short illness. Born on Tuesday, August 10, 1926, he was raised in Lewiston, Maine and was the son of the late Rev. Edgar R. Fehlau and Esther (Pennekamp) Fehlau. After high school, Chuck enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War II and...
Beverly Zavalauskas
Dec 3, 2010
Beverly Zavalauskas, 83, was called home to Heaven on Friday, December 3, 2010 while residing at Syracuse Home Association in Baldwinsville, surrounded by her loving family. A lifetime resident of Syracuse, she was born on Monday, September 26, 1927 and was the daughter of William E. Jenkins and Mary I. Nolan Jenkins. She was a communicant of Holy Family Church...
Edward J. Gorman
Dec 2, 2010
Edward J. Gorman, 69, of Baldwinsville and formerly of Fairmount, passed away Thursday, December 2, 2010 at Syracuse Home Association. Born in Syracuse on Monday, February 3, 1941, he was the son of Ruth Lilley Gorman and Edward J. Gorman. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse area, he was employed by Crucible Steel Corp. for 37 years. Ed was an...
Nancy (Conklin) Carter
Nov 28, 2010
Nancy (Conklin) Carter, 65, of Geddes, passed away Sunday, November 28, 2010 at home with her beloved companion, her dog, Lily, by her side. Born on Wednesday, June 27, 1945, she was the daughter of Alenson Roscoe Conklin Jr. and Eleanor M. Gettman Conklin. She was raised in Liverpool and lived in North Syracuse until moving to Geddes over a...

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