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Obituary of Ron Hummel, died August 21, 2006 -- sent by Joe Brill

August 21, 2006 Ronald S. Hummel, 70, of Fayetteville, died suddenly on Monday. Born in Endicott, he graduated from LaFayette College. Ronald was a self-employed financial consultant and owner of Hamilton White House. He was a member of the DeWitt Community Church, active in the American Society and in Troop 51 of the Boy Scouts of America. He was vice president of finance and on the Board of Directors for Hospice. Mr. Hummel organized the annual fund raiser, Light up the White House, during the holiday seasons. He was predeceased by a son, David Hummel, in 1989. Survivors: his wife, Susan; a daughter, Cynthia (Peter) Taylor of Manlius; a son, Robert (Nancy) Hummel of Richmond, VA; four grandchildren, Kathryn and Timothy Hummel, Hannah and Jackson Taylor; his brothers and sister-in-law, Mrs. Arthur Bean and Mr. and Mrs. G. William Daly; and several nieces and nephews. Memorial Service: 11 a.m. Friday at DeWitt Community Church. Private burial in Fayetteville Cemetery. Calling hours will be Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. at Eaton-Tubbs-Schepp Funeral Home, 7191 E. Genesee St., Fayetteville

Published in the Syracuse Post Standard on 8/24/2006. Obituary in syracuse.com

Obituary of Jack Selner, died July 20, 2006 -- found by Joe Brill --

SELNER, JOHN C., M.D. John C. Selner, M.D., 70, died July 20. He is survived by his wife Joan, his children Susan (Terrence) Wright, Daniel (Carol), Mary Beth (Michael) O'Hagan, Peter (Stacia) and Amy (Bo) Brustkern, 13 grandchildren, his brothers David and Michael and sisters Dorothy and Patricia. Dr. Selner graduated from the University of Notre Dame and Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University in Chicago. He practiced medicine in Denver from 1967 to 1996. Prior to his retirement he was clinical professor at the University of Colorado. He founded the Aspen Allergy Conference in 1983. He was active in the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and served as president 1992-93. The rosary will be said and personal remembrances shared at Horan and McConaty Family Chapel, 1091 S. Colorado Blvd., at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 25. Funeral Mass will be held at St. Vincent de Paul Church, 2375 E. Arizona, Denver, at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 26. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Arrupe Jesuit High School, John C. Selner Scholarship Fund, 4343 Utica St., Denver, CO 80212.

Published in the Denver Newspaper Agency from 7/22/2006 - 7/25/2006. Obituary in www.legacy.com You can view and sign his guest book until July 22, 2007.

Obituary of John Mee, died June 7, 2004 -- found by CJE

John William Mee, 67, of Ajijic, in the Sierra Madre of western Mexico, died Monday, June 7, at home in Ajijic after a long illness. The son of William Robert Mee and Ellen Frances Pickley, he was born November 10, 1936 in Endicott, N.Y. Mr. Mee was a 1954 graduate of Union-Endicott High School and was awarded an SB in Mathematics by Fordham College in 1958. After serving with U.S. Army Counterintelligence in Germany, Mr. Mee earned an MS in Mathematics from Fordham University, and subsequently, a master's degree in Education from SUNY Albany and certification as principal and chief school officer. Mr. Mee, a distance runner in high school and a forward on Fordham's varsity soccer team, taught Mathematics and coached soccer at The Storm King School, a prep school for boys in Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y., from 1960 until 1963, when he joined the faculty of Newburgh Free Academy, Newburgh, N.Y. After several years of teaching, he became as assistant principal at NFA, then vice-principal. A few years later, he was appointed principal of his own school, North Junior High in Newburgh, where he served until his retirement in 1994. Among his achievements at North High were the institution of an honors program based in part on the study of Latin and a sharp reduction in truancy and drug use by a student body caught in a deteriorating urban environment. The success of his efforts can be judged in part by the students from more prosperous suburbs who paid tuition to study at North High in preference to their own schools. He was especially proud that both the attendance and the grades of North High students improved during every year of his tenure. Upon returning to Mexico, Mr. Mee was a member of the Lake Chapala Society and director of its active Book Club, which met each Tuesday at his home. Casamee, at the corner of Paseo de las Olas and El Camino Real in La Floresta, was frequently the site of large receptions and dinner parties in the Lakeside community. On each Fourth of July, as many as 50 friends and neighbors gathered there for a fiesta, which included Mr. Mee's reading of the Declaration of Independence, followed by a fireworks display.

Mr. Mee is survived by his wife, the former Martha J. Ochse, Ajijic; four children by a previous marriage, John Andrew Mee, Washington, D.C., Jennifer Morris and Mary Jane Cibik, both of Atlanta, Ga., Christopher Mee, Highland Mills, N.Y.; and a brother, Mike Mee, of Endicott and Cambridge, Mass. Mr. Mee's first marriage, to Gail Catherine Cluff, of Newfoundland, N.J., in 1961, ended in divorce. He is also survived by Mrs. Mee's two daughters by a previous marriage, Joanna Giddings, Old Greenwich, Conn., and Dr. Virginia Symons, Mountain View, Calif. Joanna, Virginia, and Virginia's husband, the eternally resourceful Billy Symons, as well as their daughter Samantha, two years old, were of inestimable help and support in Mr. Mee's final days. He is also survived by the memories of those friends whose lives he touched during his years in Ajijic. Memorial services are to be held on Saturday, June 12, at St. Andrew's, Ajijic, where he will be interred. A second service is to arranged at St. Patrick's Church in Central Valley, N.Y.

Listed 06/09/04 in Binghamton Press and Sun-Bulletin Obituary in Pressconnects.com

Obituary of Theodore Kucera, died August 9, 2001 -- received from John Mee

Theodore Kucera, 64, a resident of Ft. Meyers, Fla., died at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Fla. on August 9, 2001. He served in the U.S. Navy and retired from the New York State Dept. of Labor in 1998 after 34 years of service. Ted loved and enjoyed his family, friends, hobbies and books. He spent many pleasurable hours shelling and birding on Sanibel Island, Fla. He is survived by his wife, Wanda Kucera, Ft. Meyers, Fla.; two sisters, Mary Somers, Vestal, N.Y., and Carol Kucera, Oxnard, Calif.; three nieces, Terri Bojan and Lisa Macuch, Endwell, N.Y. and Ann-Marie Kucera, Oxnard, Calif. He was preceded in death by his parents, Tony and Julia Kucera and his brother, Robert Kucera. The family will hold a Memorial service on Wednesday in Vestal, N.Y. Contributions may be made to J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge, 1 Wildlife Dr., Sanibel Island, Fla. 33957.

Listed 08/13/01 in Binghamton Press and Sun-Bulletin Obituary in Pressconnects.com

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