Obituaries

Charles M. Barry

Charles M. Barry

Dec 14, 2009

Charles M. Barry, 80, of Camillus, passed away Monday, December 14, 2009 at home. Born in Syracuse on Friday, October 25, 1929, he was the son of Charles Barry and Margaret Morgan Barry. He spent his early years in Marcellus before moving to California and later residing in Camillus. Charles was a graduate of Marcellus High School and Niagara University....

Christine (Hogan) Porter

Christine (Hogan) Porter

Dec 11, 2009

Christine (Hogan) Porter, 62, of Sacramento, California, formerly of Syracuse, passed away Friday, December 11, 2009. Born in Cuba, New York on Tuesday, March 18, 1947, she was the daughter of John Edward Hogan and Vivian Fern Ransier. Surviving are her daughter, Laurle Jones; sons, Jeff, John, and Edward Barnard; 13 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brothers, John, Gordon, Hugh, Terence, and...

Joseph Rocco Morabito

Joseph Rocco Morabito

Dec 10, 2009

J.R. Morabito, 56, a resident of Camillus, and beloved brother, father, son and friend, succumbed to a long term illness on Thursday, December 10, 2009 at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center. Born in Syracuse on Thursday, November 19, 1953, he was a 1971 graduate of West Genesee High School and graduate of Syracuse University with a degree in environmental science...

Lisa Brown (Turo)

Lisa Brown (Turo)

Dec 9, 2009

Lisa (Turo) Brown, 41, of Liverpool, passed away Wednesday, December 9, 2009. Born in Syracuse on Monday, February 12, 1968, she was the daughter of Russell B. Brown and Mary N. Detrick Brown. Lisa was employed for five years with Taco Bell in Liverpool. She enjoyed the outdoors, especially camping and loved spending time with her family. Surviving are her...

William Slifka

William Slifka

Dec 8, 2009

William Slifka, 84, of Syracuse, passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center. Born in Syracuse on Friday, August 14, 1925, he was the son of Nestor Slifka and Mary Ozogar Slifka. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse area, he served the federal government for a total of 38 years, retiring as an electronic quality assurance...

Mary Volsko Slowinski

Mary Volsko Slowinski

Dec 8, 2009

Mary Volsko Slowinski, 93, of Camillus, passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at Community General Hospital. Born in Syracuse on Friday, March 24, 1916, she was the daughter of Julia and Stephen Volsko. While a teen, she relocated to the Lyndhurst, New Jersey area where she met and later married Matthew Slowinski in May 1935. It was there that she...

Mark S. Miller

Mark S. Miller

Dec 7, 2009

Mark S. Miller, 52, of Warners, passed away Monday, December 7, 2009 at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center. Born on Saturday, June 1, 1957, he was the son of Charles Samuel Miller Jr. and Elma Jane Weisbrod. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse area, he graduated from West Genesee High School and Onondaga Community College. Mark was employed by Case...

Lois Betts Michalowski

Lois Betts Michalowski

Dec 7, 2009

Lois Michalowski, 96, of Camillus, passed away Monday, December 7, 2009 at Van Duyn Home & Hospital. Born in Rochester on Friday, April 4, 1913, she was the daughter of Benjamin Butler Betts and Irene Belle Hill Betts. After spending her early years in Rochester, she also lived in St. Petersburg, Florida before moving to the Syracuse area in the...

Elizabeth Risser

Elizabeth Risser

Dec 6, 2009

Elizabeth M. Risser, 88, formerly of Camillus, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2009 in Canandaigua. Born on Monday, August 1, 1921, she was the daughter of Menno Horst and Lizzie Stern Risser. She was raised in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania and moved to Camillus in 1967. She resided in Canandaigua since 2008. Elizabeth worked as a legal secretary for many years. She...

Donna (Uhl) Brown

Donna (Uhl) Brown

Dec 5, 2009

Donna (Uhl) Brown, 69, of Fairmount, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2009 at Crouse Hospital. Born in Syracuse on Friday, July 5, 1940, she was the daughter of Edward Joseph Uhl and Calista Ruth Peck Uhl. She lived in Fairmount since September 1971. Donna was employed by Niagara Mohawk for 14 years. She was a communicant of Holy Family Church...

Debora L. MacDowell-Wicks

Debora L. MacDowell-Wicks

Dec 4, 2009

Debora L. MacDowell-Wicks, 52 of Syracuse, passed away Friday at home. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse area, Debora was a graduate of Onondaga Community College and went on to become a respiratory therapist for Cortland Hospital. Surviving are her daughter, Brooke (Matthew) Mazely of Houston, TX; son, Robert Wicks of Marcellus; parents, Herbert and Arlene MacDowell; sister, Barbara (Frank)...

John 'Jack" Atkinson

John 'Jack" Atkinson

Dec 3, 2009

John F. “Jack” Atkinson, 72, of Skaneateles, passed away Thursday, December 3, 2009 at Community General Hospital. Born in Summit, New Jersey on Friday, June 25, 1937, he was the son of Joseph George Atkinson and Fredith Ella Larner Atkinson. He lived in Skaneateles for 35 years. John was a 1955 graduate of Geneva High School and the College of...

Virginia H. Koes

Virginia H. Koes

Dec 2, 2009

Virginia “Ginny” L. (Henry) Koes, 85, of Syracuse, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday December 2, 2009 due to health complications. Ginny was born in Auburn, NY on Thursday, January 17, 1924, but lived and worked all of her adult life in Syracuse. She married Edward G. Koes in January of 1954 and they resided at their current home in Onondaga Hill...

Angeline Masella

Angeline Masella

Dec 2, 2009

Angeline Masella, 81, of Solvay, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday December 2, 2009 at Van Duyn Home & Hospital. Born in Syracuse on Sunday, February 19, 1928, she was the daughter of Nicholas Masella and Carmela Charles Masella. She lived in Solvay most of her life and was a graduate of Central High School....

Caesar Manni

Caesar Manni

Dec 1, 2009

Caesar R. Manni, 83, of Marcellus, passed away Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at Crouse Hospital. Born in Syracuse on Saturday, November 20, 1926, he was the son of Enrico and Frances Mercedes Bischi Manni. He lived most of his life in Camillus. Caesar was a veteran of the Army and Merchant Marines. He was employed for 33 years with Niagara...

Margaret A. Miller

Margaret A. Miller

Dec 1, 2009

Margaret A. (Salanger) Miller, 87, of Fairmount Hills, passed away Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at Community General Hospital after a short illness. Born in Syracuse on Monday, April 17, 1922, she was the daughter of James Francis Salanger and Alice Coakley Salanger. She lived in the Camillus-Fairmount area since 1954. A communicant of Holy Family Church, Margaret was also a...

Madeline Sholders

Madeline Sholders

Nov 28, 2009

Madeline Sholders, 71, of North Syracuse, passed away Saturday, November 28, 2009 at University Hospital. Born in the Bronx on Tuesday, October 18, 1938, she was the daughter of Nicholas Perrone and Grace Catricala Perrone. After spending her early years in the Bronx, she later resided in Titusville, Florida, San Jose and Riverside, California. She moved to North Syracuse in...

Phyllis J. Byrne

Phyllis J. Byrne

Nov 24, 2009

Phyllis J. Byrne, 64, of Solvay, passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2009 surrounded by her family at the home of her daughter in Lakeland. Born in Syracuse on Tuesday, June 26, 1945, she was the daughter of Clifford Rockwell and Marion Elizabeth Platt Rockwell. She was employed by Bennett Co. Phyllis enjoyed Bingo and traveling to the Turning Stone Casino....

Shirley Ethel Trombetta

Shirley Ethel Trombetta

Nov 23, 2009

Shirley E. Trombetta, 84, of Rochester, passed away Monday, November 23, 2009 at Kirkhaven Nursing Home. Born on Sunday, April 12, 1925, she was the daughter of Henry LeRoy Miller and Ethel Knobles Miller. She lived in Blossvale for 15 years before moving back to Rochester in 2004. Shirley was employed with Strong Memorial Hospital as a medical secretary. Shirley...

Francis Leslie 'Les' Mollach

Francis Leslie 'Les' Mollach

Nov 22, 2009

Francis Leslie “Les” Mollach, 76, of Syracuse, passed away Sunday, November 22, 2009 at home. Born in Newark, New Jersey on Friday, November 3, 1933, he was the son of Francis Leslie Mollach and Gevevra Antoinette Lechtrecher Mollach. He lived in the Syracuse area for more than 50 years. An Air Force veteran of the Korean Conflict, Les was stationed...