All Obituaries

    Laura J. Kavanaugh, 90, a resident of Oswego passed away on May 16, 2020 at her home.     Born in Oswego, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Laura (Tenney) Bradley. She was a graduate of the Oswego High School and had received her Associate's degree in Nursing from the Irving General Hospital.    She was an LPN at the Irving General Hospital in Syracuse, the Oswego Hospital and the Pontiac Nursing Home.    Laura was the...

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Roger T. Clark, 60, a resident of Oswego passed away on May 6, 2020 with his family by his side. Born in Fulton, he was a son of the late Sherwin and Ellen (Egan) Clark and was a graduate of the Oswego High Scool He was employed with the City of Oswego as the maintenance operator for the Waste Water Treatment Plant. Roger took great pride in traveling to watch his boys no matter what sports they played. He loved the Redskins and the pranks with his brothers were never ending. Roger was...

   Ronald O. Pryor, 79, of Lakeview Road died peacefully on May 5, 2020 with his family by his side.    Born in Scriba, he was a son of the late Cecil Pryor and Lois (Bellinger) Pryor of Oswego and had attended Oswego schools.    Ronnie retired from the Armstrong World Wide Industry after 37 years.    Ronnie enjoyed the outdoors as he was an avid fisherman, hunter and he enjoyed his many years of snowmobiling.    Surviving besides his...

John Joseph Gabriel Jr. “Gabe” died peacefully in his home on May 5th with his wife and daughter by his side. Gabe was born on December 3rd in Buffalo NY to John Gabriel and Ruth Hollinger. He attended McKinley High School before becoming an apprentice plumber and fitter and joining U.A. Plumbers and Steamfitters Union Local 22. Besides his trade, athletics were Gabe’s passion. He was a lifelong Buffalo Bills, New York Yankees and Syracuse Orange fan. Gabe was inducted in...

William R. Clare, age 92, of Dade City, FL passed away at his home on May 4, 2020. He was born on October 9, 1927 in Oswego, NY to parents Albert Clare & Catherine (Reed) Clare. William grew up on his family farm in New York and loved to tell his children and grandchildren about how much he hated churning butter on the farm! When he was 17 years old, William joined the United States Navy and was a proud veteran. After his time in the military he went on to become the Deputy Chief of the...

Robert T (Chow) Culeton passed away peacefully at his home at age 83 on Monday, April 20, 2020 surrounded by his loving family. Robert was born in Oswego on July 2, 1936 to Myrtle and Leo Culeton, as the youngest of four siblings. Robert married the love of his life Noreen (Regan) in 1958 and after being honorably discharged from the United States Army in 1959 they returned to Oswego. Together “Chow and Nonie” had five children. In 1959 Robert joined the United Association Local...

Linzy ( Rick) (Riggs) Dennis, a resident of Hannibal passed away on April 20 at the Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. Surviving are his wife of 20 years, April D. Brooks, his children, Elizabeth A. Arnold of Solvay, Anthony A, Arnold of Texas, Joshua T. Arnold of Oswego, Meggie E.M. Cunningham of Liverpool, Kah'leek Sullivan of Hannibal, three foster children, ten grandchildren, a sister, Valerie (Rodney Adams) Dennis of Ga. and nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his mother,...

   Sally V. Thompson, 85, a resident of Oswego passed away on April 18 at the Oswego Hospital.    She was born in Paint Rock, Alabama and was the daughter of the late Art and Eva (Jonen) Kimbrough.    Sally was a homemaker who enjoyed spending time with her family.    Surviving are her children, Robert C. (Rob) Thompson and Pamela J. (Thompson, DiGregorio) Reynolds both of Oswego, grandsons, Mark L. DiGregorio Jr., Michael E. DiGregorio, Nelson R....

Merle A. Ochsenbein,93, a resident of Oswego passed away on March 23 at her home with her family by her side. Born in Oswego, she was a daughter of the late Arlo and Florence (View) Bundy and was a graduate of the Oswego High School. She was the first secretary at Northern Steel and was an avid gardener. She was a longtime member of the Trinity United Methodist Church and was a 50 year member of the Altar Guild. Surviving are her daughter, Gail Joyce of Oswego, her son, Gary (Laurie...