Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
John A. Quinn
Nov 16, 2009
John A. Quinn, 81, a lifetime resident of Syracuse, passed away peacefully Monday, November 16, 2009 at home. Born on Monday, July 16, 1928, he was the son of John Andrew Quinn Sr. and Johanna Emily Schmidt Quinn. An Army veteran, he was employed by Carrier Corp. for 29 years, retiring in 1988. Formerly an avid hunter and fisherman, John...
Marian W. Rice
Nov 15, 2009
Marian W. Rice, 93, of Camillus, passed away Sunday, November 15, 2009 at St. Camillus Health & Rehabilitation Center. Born in Voorheesville on April 1, 1916, she was the daughter of Fred N. Wood and Ethel Udell Wood. She lived there for 16 years until moving to the Camillus area in 1962. Marian graduated from Green Mt. Junior College in...
Kathleen 'Petey', 'Peachy' Horsman
Nov 11, 2009
Kathleen “Petey,” “Peachy,” Horsman, 91, formerly of Camillus, passed away Wednesday, November 11, 2009 in Norristown, Pennsylvania at the home of her daughter, Nancy Houyoux. Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana on Wednesday, December 26, 1917, she was the daughter of Martin August and Alice Catherine Gilmartin Greven and granddaughter of Edward J. and Catherine Lynch Gilmartin, founders of Gilmartin Lumber...
Peter A. Dundon
Nov 8, 2009
Peter A. Dundon, 61, of Camillus, passed away Sunday, November 8, 2009 at Community General Hospital. Born in Auburn on Saturday, September 4, 1948, he lived in Boston, Liverpool and Whitesboro before moving to Camillus more than 20 years ago. A graduate of Auburn High School and Bentley University in Boston, Peter was employed by Agway for 27 years. He...
Ruth Edson Gratzer
Oct 28, 2009
Ruth Edson Gratzer, 77, formerly of Camillus, passed away Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at Rosewood Heights Health Center. Born on Saturday, February 13, 1932, she was the daughter of Thomas William Edson and Ruth Hills Gardiner Edson. She lived in Utica for 14 years and then Syracuse until moving to Camillus in 1962. Ruth was a music teacher, music director,...
Allison Munro
Oct 26, 2009
Allison Munro, 50, of Camillus, passed away Monday, October 26, 2009 at home after a long illness. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse area, she was born on Friday, February 6, 1959. She graduated from West Genesee High School and Bryant & Stratton College. Allison was an Air Force veteran. She was employed with Elmcrest Children’s Center. An avid runner,...
R. Page Norton
Oct 25, 2009
R. Page Norton, 76, of Camillus, passed away Sunday, October 25, 2009 at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center. Born in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, January 3, 1933, he was the son of R. Page Norton Sr. and Madeline Louise Phelps Norton. He spent his early years in Clarks Summit and Windsor, NY. Page later moved to the Syracuse area...
Robert 'Bob' Stanley Schmidt
Oct 24, 2009
Robert “Bob” S. Schmidt Sr., 85, of Camillus, passed away Sunday, October 25, 2009 at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center. He was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin on Friday, March 7, 1924 and was the son of Stanley W. and Ruth Katharine Hammer Schmidt. He was raised in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin until moving to Burnett, Wisconsin where he lived for...
Margaret Eleanor 'Queenie' Cronin
Oct 22, 2009
Margaret Eleanor “Queenie” Cronin, 85, of Syracuse, passed away on Thursday, October 22, 2009 at Van Duyn Home & Hospital. Born in Syracuse on Wednesday, April 23, 1924, she was the daughter of William John Driscoll and Genevieve Irene Harvey Driscoll. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse area, she graduated from St. Anthony's High School in 1942. A communicant of...
Robert Bishop
Oct 17, 2009
Robert H. Bishop, 56, of Liverpool, passed away on Saturday, October 17, 2009. Born in Syracuse on Thursday, May 28, 1953, he was a resident of the Syracuse area for many years. He also lived in Florida for several years. Robert was a graduate of Syracuse University and a Navy veteran. He was previously employed by New Venture Gear. A...
William V. Kwasigroch
Oct 17, 2009
William V. Kwasigroch, 80 of Fairmount, passed away on Saturday, October 17, 2009. Born in Syracuse on Monday, August 19, 1929, he was the son of Vincent and Helen Jasinski Kwasigroch. He was a life resident of the Syracuse area. William was a member of the first graduating class from LeMoyne College in 1951 and received his master’s degree from...
Frances V. 'Francine' Fatcheric
Oct 7, 2009
Frances V. “Francine” Fatcheric, 89, of Camillus, passed away Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center. Born in Syracuse on Sunday, March 28, 1920, she was the daughter of Peter Pigula and Anna Haliczko Pigula. She lived in Camillus since 1954. Francine was a graduate of Powelson Business Institute and the M. Louis Hair Institute in New...







