Obituaries
John George Woods
May 5, 2010
John G. “Woody” Woods, 59, of Syracuse, passed away Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at Community General Hospital. Born in Syracuse on Monday, August 21, 1950, he was the son of John D. Woods and Rita Krystosik Woods. Woody grew up in Camillus and lived in Solvay since 1980. He was a 1969 graduate of West Genesee High School and an...
E. Margaret "Peg" Fear
May 3, 2010
E. Margaret “Peg” Fear, 88, of Camillus, passed away Monday, May 3, 2010 at Van Duyn Home & Hospital. Born in Malone on Monday, March 27, 1922, she was the daughter of Henry Arthur Coughlin and Kathleen Cecelia Sweeney Coughlin. She lived in the Syracuse area most of her life. Peg was a graduate of SUNY College of Technology at...
Dorothy E. Bowman
May 1, 2010
Dorothy E. Bowman, 83, of Westvale, passed away Saturday, May 1, 2010 at home. Born on Thursday, May 6, 1926, she was the daughter of Albert David Esselstyn and Jane Kilburn Esselstyn. A lifetime resident of Syracuse, she was employed by American Greeting Card Company. She was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church. Dorothy was predeceased by her husband...
Mary Eleanor Flynn
Apr 30, 2010
Mary Eleanor Flynn, 94, of Camillus, passed away Friday, April 30, 2010 at Sunnyside Care Center, East Syracuse. Born in Syracuse on Friday, June 25, 1915, she was the daughter of Jeremiah Manton and Mary E. Warden Manton. She lived in Camillus for 54 years. Mary retired in 1977 after 35 years with A&P Food Stores. A communicant of St....
Marilyn J. Holm
Apr 29, 2010
Marilyn J. Holm, 50, of Memphis, passed away Thursday, April 29, 2010 at University Hospital. Born in Schenectady on Tuesday, August 4, 1959, she moved to Syracuse in 1983 and lived in the Jordan-Elbridge area for the last 10 years. Marilyn was a 1983 graduate of SUNY Potsdam with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and was employed with the Jordan-Elbridge...
Kathleen M. Yager
Apr 27, 2010
Kathleen “Katie” M. Yager, 88, of Syracuse, passed away Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at Van Duyn Home & Hospital. A lifetime resident of Syracuse, she was born on Wednesday, November 9, 1921 and was the daughter of Grant Harrison and Louise Scheirer Harrison. Kathleen was employed by Merchants National Bank. She was a communicant of Our Lady of Peace Church...
Kenneth E. McElligott
Apr 26, 2010
Kenneth E. McElligott, 75, of Camillus, passed away Monday, April 26, 2010 at St. Camillus Health & Rehabilitation Center. Born in Manhattan on Tuesday, May 8, 1934, he was the son of Thomas Patrick McElligott and Margaret Mary White McElligott. He was raised in New York City and lived in Arizona until moving to Camillus in 2005. Ken was a...
Stanley P. Olech
Apr 26, 2010
Stanley P. Olech, 82, of Camillus, passed away Monday, April 26, 2010 at University Hospital. Born in Syracuse on Sunday, September 18, 1927, he was the son of Frank Olech and Helen Cochran Olech. He lived in Camillus for 46 years. He was a graduate of Solvay High School. Stanley was a radiological engineer for Picker X-ray Co., Upstate Medical...
Beatrice Burgess
Apr 22, 2010
Beatrice L. Burgess, 93, of Weedsport passed away Thursday, April 22, 2010. Born in Seneca Falls on Wednesday, November 15, 1916, she was the daughter of Stephen Durling and Margeurite G. Bracht Durling. She retired from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Barbara was predeceased by her husband, Paul. Surviving are her daughter, Barbara Reney of Weedsport; son, Robert Burgess of Arkansas; four...
Irene R. Stieber
Apr 20, 2010
Irene D. Stieber, 81, of Camillus, passed away Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at Auburn Nursing Home. Born in Auburn on Monday, October 29, 1928, she was the daughter of Martin Durgala and Anna Matus Durgala. She lived in Camillus for 55 years. Irene retired in 1993 after 28 years with GTE Sylvania and was previously employed by Sears Roebuck and...
Mary Ellis
Apr 19, 2010
Mary T. Ellis, 79, of Omaha, Nebraska, formerly of Camillus, passed away Monday, April 19, 2010 in Methodist Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska. Born in Manhattan on Saturday, June 7, 1930, she was the daughter of Patrick Dowd and Nellie Flynn Dowd. She was raised in the Bronx, lived in Garden City, Omaha, Nebraska and Lafayette, Indiana before settling in Syracuse during...
Donald M. Bloeser
Apr 15, 2010
Donald Mills Bloeser, 84, of Camillus, passed away Thursday, April 15, 2010 at Community General Hospital. Born in Erie, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, September 23, 1925, he was the son of Carl Bloeser and Mildred Mills Bloeser. He lived in Camillus for 40 years. Donald was a veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was employed for many years with Chrysler Corp....
George Pavlyak
Apr 14, 2010
George Pavlyak, 89, of Fairmount, passed away Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Born in Auburn on Sunday, April 25, 1920, he was the son of Michael Pavlyak and Nellie Kocur Pavlyak. He lived in the Syracuse area since 1953. George was an Army veteran of World War II. He was employed for over 30 years with...
Helen Turverey Maslyn
Apr 11, 2010
Helen Turverey Maslyn, 88, of Rochester, formerly of Syracuse, passed away peacefully Sunday, April 11, 2010 in Rochester. She was born in Syracuse on Monday, August 22, 1921. Helen and her first husband, Ray, were very active in the Presbyterian church. She was elected the first woman moderator of the Presbytery. In the late ‘70s, Helen and Ray moved to...
Bonita L. Brown
Apr 6, 2010
Bonita L. Brown, 60, of Camillus, passed away Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at Community General Hospital. Born in Syracuse on Wednesday, April 27, 1949, she lived in Camillus for 32 years. Bonita was a graduate of Solvay High School and Crouse School of Nursing. She retired in 1987 after 17 years with Crouse Hospital. She was devoted to her family...
William J. Persaile
Apr 6, 2010
William J. Persaile, 87, of Geddes, passed away Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at St. Camillus Health & Rehabilitation Center. Born in Lebanon, New York on Monday, October 16, 1922, he was the son of Domenico Persiali and Carolina Grandi Persiali. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse area, he was a graduate of Central High School and General Motors Institute. He...
Harlan W. Hudson
Apr 4, 2010
Harlan W. Hudson, 88, of Lakeland, Florida, and formerly of Camillus, passed away Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010 of heart disease. He was a partner for 40 years with his three brothers in Manorcrest Farms, Camillus. Born in Plainville, he grew up in Baldwinsville, moving to Camillus in 1943 when they purchased the farm. Through the years, Harlan received widespread...
Adam Haahr
Apr 4, 2010
Adam Charles Haahr, infant son of David R. and Erica J. Haahr, of North Syracuse, passed away Saturday at Community General Hospital. Surviving in addition to his parents are his brother, Ethan; maternal grandparents, Robert and Jeanne Huss of Syracuse; and paternal grandparents, Sharon Haahr of Liverpool and Robert (Elizabeth) Haahr of Clay. Services will be private. Adam will be...
Robert 'Bob' Sims
Apr 3, 2010
Robert “Bob” Sims, 61, of Clay, passed away Saturday April 3, 2010, surrounded by his family at Francis House after a long, courageous battle with cancer. Born in Syracuse on Monday, January 24, 1949, he lived in Camillus before moving to Clay in 1973. Bob was employed by Longley Jones. He served in the National Guard from 1970-1993 and was...
Eleanor Mosch
Mar 26, 2010
Eleanor June Koch Mosch, 90, of Camillus, passed away on Friday, March 26, 2010. Born on Monday, February 9, 1920, she was the daughter of James DeSpirito and Johanna Staats DeSpirito. After spending her early years in Solvay, she resided in Camillus for the past 70 years. She was a communicant of St. Joseph's Church. Eleanor enjoyed flowers, gardening, decorating...