Passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Thursday, August 21, 2014. He is survived by his loving wife, Dorothy; children, Laura (Eric) Leeper, John II, Ann (Dan) Raziel; 3 grandchildren, Ana, Alek and Ella. Jack was a loving husband, father, grandfather, athlete and musician. He worked as a volunteer at Lakeside Memorial Hospital for over 30 years and served in the United States Air Force.
Charlie was the devoted caregiver of his wife, Julie, who was confined to a wheelchair due to multiple sclerosis. During the fall he could often be found with his sons and friends at his deer camp in Angelica, New York. Charlie loved model trains, sailing, hunting, fishing, and tennis. Charlie was struck with a stroke in 2008 and never returned to the tennis courts or even his home. He died in 2014.
Adams Basin, NY and Bonita Springs, FL.: September 18, 2016. Age 75. Survived by his wife of 51 years, Judith and their children Kellie (Peter), Scott (Stacey), and Eric (Heather) and his grandchildren Willard Orcutt, AC Bolda, Grace Hunter, Gavin Hunter, and Bennett Hunter and his beloved dogs, Marney and Bismark.
Born in Pittston, PA, graduated Dickinson College and moved to Adams Basin, NY in 1971. He was a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army. He worked for Bausch & Lomb for 17 years before starting Optem, an optical engineering and manufacturing company, where he retired as President and CEO after 19 years. In 2007, Willard and Judy founded The Hunter Institute for Early Childhood Learning which is based out of Florida Gulf Coast University.
His passions were family and friends, tennis, biking and gardening.
Spencerport: February 5, 2017 at age 94. Don was born March, 24, 1922 in Candor, N.Y., son of the late Leon and Myrtle Lee. He had many fond memories of growing up when his family moved to Newark, N.Y. He enlisted into the US Army Air Corp. in 1942, where he served as a radio operator, navigator, and mechanic until being honorably discharged in 1946. On June 14th, 1947 he married his true love, Mary Arlene Landschoot. They soon bought a love home in Spencerport. He began teaching for the Rochester City School district, and also held many part time jobs, including Kodak, Gleasons, painting houses, and selling mutual funds to support his family. Don also found time to enjoy his many passions, including his family, tennis, golf, gardening, chess, music and reading. He was extremely well versed on every subject imaginable. He is predeceased by his wife Mary, son Steven, sister Marion and is survived by his daughters Laurie (Ned) Potts, Kathleen (Keith) Adams, sister Joyce, brother Wayne, many relatives and friends. Healthy living, and lots of laughter led to a long active life and acuteness of mind.
Rochester - At age 86, formerly of the Town of Greece, but recently living with family in Texas, Herk was called home to his beloved, departed wife on her birthday February 17, 2020 at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas.
Herk was born in Arcade, New York on July 23, 1933, the youngest of four siblings, to the late Carroll W. Hughes and late Margaret A. Hughes (Davis). He was raised "in the best possible place in the World" full of caring people, friends to grow with, fast cars, fields to run, creeks to swim and hills to sled.
Herk graduated from SUNY Fredonia in 1957, after two years in the Army. He received his Master's from Ball State University in 1968. He retired as band instructor from the West Irondequoit school district after 26 years.
For a man that often said "you are very lucky to have just one good friend" Herk ironically had countless friends. His life-long friend Jim, literally formed Herk's understanding of friendship. Don "saved his life" by tolerating his early Tennis days - giving him a focus to jog and be healthy. Parkie and Tom (including Don, and so many others) shared the next decades (40+ years) of Tennis and camaraderie. Tony gruffly, but humorously cared for Herk's vehicles and italian food addiction. Eric was his Church "buddy" at Aldersgate. Dave, Chick, Lenny, Buddy, and Billy (and so many more) allowed him the privilege to be accomplished as a Jazz and Dixieland Trombonist. The talented Jon allowed Herk to play his trombone from Canada, to New Orleans to Jamaica and to Spain.
Family was the center of his thinking. Herk was at his mother's bedside at her passing. He would recount through teary eyes the loss of his Uncle Ray. He never missed visiting hospital "being there" both before and after illness. Herk revered his Dad, spending long days with his father practicing banjo, singing songs, and making needed travel. For his brother Lawrence who was a foundational influence on his youth, Herk and his family traveled frequently to "be there". His brother Don shaped Herk's early, foundational experience with big band performance. His sister Janice was a loving connection to the past and the eternal. Known as "Uncle Herkie" to his nephews and nieces he was an endearing and outright hilarious figure. However, his familial devotion was most evident in the love he showed his wife in her declining years. But, most importantly as Herk often declared, he was happiest having "been there" with his Beloved on the road or the high seas as they travelled the 50 States and saw the Pyramids.
Floyd is survived by one son Cary Hughes and his "precious" wife Jennifer Hughes (Hong), two "perfect and amazing" grandchildren David Hughes and Catherine Hughes; a sister Janice Jankovits; and sisters-in-law Joyce Hughes and Sally Hughes; along with many cousins, nieces, and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 54 years, his parents, his two brothers Donald Hughes and Lawrence Hughes, and his brother-in-law Charles Jankovits.