 The photograph shows the quilt square created for the Alumni Quilt Click on the "thumbnail" photo to expand it. Click on your browser's "back" button to return to this page. Gail Capsello ('54) created this square. |
Obituaries
Elizabeth Fowler Farrington (’36), 90, died February 14, 2009, in Syracuse. Betty was the daughter of Helen Fowler and George Fowler, for whom Fowler High School is named. She graduated from SU in 1940 and was an active member of SU’s Orange Pack and football programs. She was secretary of the SU Alumni Association and volunteered for several years with Meals on Wheels. She is survived by her husband Charles, children (all Nottingham alumni) Lynne Allen of Windham Center, CT, Nancy Dunaway of Oakton, VA, and Charles Jr. of Chestnut Hill, MA, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Elizabeth "Betty" Stafford ('36), 87, died January 23, 2006, in Syracuse. She was a graduate of Central City Business Institute. Upon graduation she was a secretary in the Syracuse City school district, working primarily at Seymour and H.W. Smith Schools, retiring in 1982.Dr. Martin F. Hilfinger Jr., 87, of Syracuse and Tully, NY, died Feb. 2, 2006, in Syracuse. He was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Hamilton College. After graduating summa cum laude from the Syracuse College of Medicine, he served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during WW II. He became an associate Professor of Pathology at the College of Medicine in Syracuse, and was appointed in 1963 as Onondaga County's first full time Medical Examiner, a position he held for the next 20 years. In 1963 he was selected to the Sports Illustrated Silver Anniversary All-America Football Team, given for lifetime achievements in Athletics and Medicine. A specialist in the Pathology of Cancer, he received the annual award of NY State division of the American Cancer Society in 1956. He is survived by the former Nancy Taylor (’36) , his wife of 63 years; daughters, Sarah (Tom) Tomb (’63) and Heidi Wilson, both of Fayetteville, NY; a son, Martin, III (’62)(Nyla) of Tully, NY.
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