Dr. Harlan London
Dec 19, 2022
Dr. Harlan London, long-time professor of Child and Family Studies at Syracuse University, passed from this life to eternity… Born February 5, 1929 and reared on the London Family owned farm “in the Delta of Arkansas.” Harlan was one of six boys and two girls born to Robert London, Sr., and Marie Scruggs London, who walked one mile to and...
Robert Vanderhoek
Dec 5, 2022
Robert Alan Vanderhoek, 91, of Dewitt passed away peacefully Monday, December 5 , 2022 following an extended illness. Born in Niagara Falls the son of Daniel G and Ethel Vanderhoek. He was a graduate with honors of Cornell University’s School of Mechanical Engineering. During his time at Cornell he was active in the ARMY ROTC, following graduation he served in...
Lynne McCormick
Nov 5, 2022
Lynne McCormick, 84 of Syracuse passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on November 5, 2022. Born in Syracuse to Arnold and Marion Dettor, she graduated from Nottingham High School and Skidmore College. She began her career as an executive assistant at Agway after the birth of her daughter Traci. In 1969, Lynne took a vacation to Old Forge and...
Norma Tonkin
Nov 4, 2022
Norma J (Beeman) Tonkin passed away November 4, 2022. She touched the lives of so many, as a Wife, Mother, Mother-in-law, Grandmother, and Great Grandmother. She inspired countless children of the Syracuse community over 30 years as a devoted and beloved nursery school teacher at Erwin Methodist Nursery School.
She was born in Chittenango and began mothering at an early...
Kathleen Curry Freeman Gibson
Nov 3, 2022
Kathleen Freeman Gibson passed away peacefully at home on November 3, 2022 with her loving husband Mark Gibson Sr. by her side. Born May 20, 1952 to the late Thomas and Mary Curry in Syracuse; Kathleen is survived by her husband Mark; her children Matthew, John, Genesis and Joshua, her step-son Mark Jr; sisters Mary and Eileen, brothers John and Steve;...
Rolf Leininger
Oct 21, 2022
Rolf Leininger, 93, passed away on October 21, 2022 at the Nottingham RHCF. Born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1929, he immigrated to the United States in 1959 and later became a naturalized United States citizen. He graduated from Staatsbauschule Stuttgard, continued graduate studies and earned M.S.C.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from Syracuse University. Rolf worked 4 years as...
Stan Nowakowski
Oct 19, 2022
Stan Dominik Nowakowski passed away at age 73 on October 19th 2022 in the comfort of his family. Stan (also known as “Stosh”) was born in Poznan, Poland. He went on to attend the Polytechnic University in Poznan, Poland, where he earned his graduate degree in Electrical Engineering. He immigrated to the United States in 1981 and immediately found work at...
Barbara Turner Bennett
Oct 19, 2022
Barbara Turner Bennett, 95, of Syracuse, died peacefully on Wednesday, October 19, 2022. Raised in Binghamton, NY, she was a graduate of SU, remaining in Syracuse after graduation to work, marry and raise a family. Her career as a highly valued administrator began at Easy Washer Co. and ended as Assistant Dean, Syracuse University School of Architecture in 1992. She...
Sandra Strickland
Sep 28, 2022
Sandra L. Strickland, 79, passed away peacefully at home on September 28, 2022 as a result of acute complications after a long illness. Sandra was Born in Pittsburgh in 1943 to Mary Lou Kuntz and her husband, Lt. Lester White. She was later adopted by Lt. Marshall Groover when her mother remarried after Lt. White was killed in the WWII....