Obituaries
Donna M. Clary
Apr 5, 2016
Donna M. Clary, 56, of Syracuse, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at Francis House. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse area, she was a 1978 graduate of Cicero High School. Donna worked for over 10 years at Aspen Dental. She was a communicant of Holy Family Church and loved to cook and spend time with her family. Donna was...
Ronald F. Brooks
Apr 3, 2016
Ronald F. Brooks, 64, of Daytona Beach, FL and formerly of Syracuse passed away Sunday, April 3 at Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach. A graduate of East Syracuse Minoa High School, he was a lifetime resident of the Syracuse area before moving to Daytona Beach in 2000. Ron enjoyed spending time at the beach and going to Turning...
Shirley Honors Perkins
Apr 2, 2016
Shirley H. Perkins, 87, of Fairmount, passed away peacefully April 2, 2016 at home surrounded by her family. A devoted wife and mother, she was born and raised in Skaneateles Falls and resided in Fairmount for 60 years. Shirley was a graduate of Skaneateles High School. After raising her family, she went back to work at Syracuse Merchandisers until the...
Joseph Prince
Mar 26, 2016
Joseph Prince, 79, of Syracuse, passed away Saturday, March 26, 2016 at University Hospital. A lifetime resident of Syracuse, he was a Marine Corps veteran. A professional boxer in his early years, Joseph owned Pal Joey's Bar in Solvay for over 30 years and also worked as a mechanic at Sears. He loved spending time with family at his camp...
Patricia A. Amodio
Mar 20, 2016
Patricia "Patty" A. Amodio, 75, of Syracuse, passed away Sunday, March 20, 2016 at Tampa General Hospital. She was a lifelong resident of the Syracuse area. In 1958, Patty was in the first graduating class of West Genesee High School. She spent her winters in Florida with her husband and loved to garden, fish and go camping. Patricia was predeceased...
Robert F. Kenific
Mar 19, 2016
Robert F. Kenific, 85, of Camillus, passed away Saturday. Born in Niagara Falls in 1930, Bob had lived in Camillus since 1971. He was a 1952 graduate of Niagara University. A Navy veteran, Robert served aboard the Destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy as a naval officer for more than three years and worked as a salesman with business equipment for...
Norma Mae Baker
Mar 17, 2016
Norma Mae Baker, 91, of Fairmount, passed away Thursday, March 17, 2016 at HPH Hospice Care Center, Lecanto, Florida. Born in Fall River, MA, she lived in Fairmount from 1980 to 2008 and was a member of Westvale Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Since 2010, she has lived with her son, Robert, in Florida. Norma was predeceased by her husband, Robert, in...
Wilbur "Will" E. Brisson
Mar 16, 2016
Wilbur “Will” Brisson passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 surrounded by his family. Will was born in Salem, MA on July 3, 1926 into a tight-knit French Canadian immigrant community to Eva and Edward Brisson. The day after Wilbur turned 17, he enlisted in the Navy and served in both the Atlantic and Pacific arenas of WWII aboard...
Mildred Wesolowski Horrigan
Mar 14, 2016
Mildred Wesolowski Horrigan, 91, of Camillus, passed away Monday, March 14, 2016 at home surrounded by her loving family. Born in Dunkirk, she was a lifetime resident of the Syracuse area and graduated from Vocational High School. Mildred was employed with Tobin and Lorenzo restaurants for over 20 years and previously worked for GE as a parts assembler. She was...
Helen E. Gryniewicz
Mar 13, 2016
Helen E. Gryniewicz, 80, of Camillus, passed away Sunday, March 13, 2016 at home. Born in Syracuse, she graduated from North High School and lived in Camillus since 1961. Helen was employed 42 years with Carrier Corp., retiring in 1999. She was a communicant of St. Joseph's Church and a member of the Carrier Women's Club and Carrier Retirees Association....
James M. Peterson
Mar 11, 2016
James M. Peterson, 47, of Syracuse, passed away Friday, March 11, 2016 at home. Born in Syracuse, he lived mostly in the Syracuse and Binghamton areas. He was an Army veteran. James was an electrician for several years and last year reached journeyman status. A lover of mechanics, he enjoyed riding his Harley. James played various instruments and enjoyed drawing and...
John Banas Sr.
Mar 9, 2016
John Banas Sr., 83, of Camillus, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at home. Born in Jamesville, he was a lifetime resident of the Camillus area. He was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War and the radio operator on the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. John worked for Syracuse University for many years and was previously employed with General Crush...
Amon Ellis
Mar 9, 2016
Amon Ellis, 93, of Syracuse, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at The Centers at St. Camillus. Born in Robbins, TN, he moved to Liverpool in 1930. A Bronze Star recipient, he served in the Army during WW II. Amon worked as a carpenter for over 60 years. An avid Yankees fan, he was a former Valley Babe Ruth baseball...
Ann Stanko Ravera
Mar 8, 2016
Ann Ravera, 89, of Syracuse, died Tuesday, March 8, 2016. She was born in Endicott in 1926. Ann attended Union Endicott High School where she played cornet in the U.E. marching band. After the war, she married Louis Ravera in 1950. The couple moved to Ithaca, where Ann worked at Morse Chain while Lou attended law school. In the years...
John E. Failoni
Mar 7, 2016
John E. Failoni, 95, passed away Monday morning March 7, 2016 during a temporary rehabilitation stay at St. Camillus. A lifetime resident of CNY, he was a family first, patriotic, take charge guy who valued the truth, spoke it directly and held strong opinions. For 68 years, he was blessed to have his beloved wife, Dorothy, by his side. She...
Thomas R. Benjamin
Mar 4, 2016
Thomas R. Benjamin, 60, of Syracuse, passed away Friday, March 4, 2016 at James Square Health & Rehabilitation Centre. Born in Kingston, NY, he lived in Syracuse since 1961 and was employed by One Source Financial for 33 years before retiring in 2005. Thomas was an avid Yankees and Philadelphia Eagles fan and enjoyed spending time with his family and...
William F. McIntyre
Feb 27, 2016
William "Bill" F. McIntyre, 77, of Camillus, passed away Saturday, February 27 at home. He was born in Syracuse and lived in Camillus. A graduate of CBA and Le Moyne College, he was employed by Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. Bill was predeceased by his wife, Pat "Nellie"; and daughters, Mary Ellen and Anne Mary. Surviving are his daughter, Kristin (Steve) Wilson;...
Robert C. "Bob" Dixon
Feb 25, 2016
Robert C. “Bob” Dixon, 90, of Camillus, passed away Thursday at The Centers at St. Camillus. Born in Syracuse, he lived in Camillus since 1958 and was a graduate of St. Lucy's School. He was a sergeant with the Rainbow Division in the Army serving in WW II in Germany, where he fought at the Battle of the Bulge. Bob...
Elizabeth Kenney Salvetti
Feb 24, 2016
Elizabeth Kenney Salvetti, 97, of Camillus, passed away Wednesday at St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center. Born and raised in Jordan, she lived in Solvay before moving to Camillus in 1986. She was a graduate of Jordan High School and St. Joseph's School of Nursing. Elizabeth retired in 1989 after 20 years with St. Joseph's Hospital and was a member of...
Richard Johnson
Feb 21, 2016
Richard Johnson, of Syracuse, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 21, 2016 at the age of 78, surrounded by his family. He grew up in Cardiff. Richard was a hard worker, retiring from Allied Chemical, and then driving a taxicab until 2014. He loved tennis, Jim's Fish Fry, reminiscing with his siblings, college basketball and his sister Eileen's spice cake....
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