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Rosemary H. Stonecipher

11/7/2022

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    Rosemary Helen Stonecipher passed away peacefully Sunday November 6th. She was born on June 14, 1939 and lived to be 83 years old, residing the last 60 years at her home in Skaneateles, NY. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Harold Stonecipher (85), as well as her sons Allan (55) and Pete (49). She also has two sisters, Terry Kotlarz (66), who lives across the street from her in Skaneateles, Jeanette Hauver (80) who lives in Marquette, Michigan, and her brother Peter Kotlarz (70) who now resides in Long Beach, California. She has two grandchildren from her son Pete and his wife Lauren; they are Zoe (15) and Chase (13), and all live in Mount Kisco, NY. Her brother John Kotlarz, who lived in Cicero, NY with his wife Donna, passed away in 2011, at 61 years old.
     She graduated from Skaneateles Central High school in 1956. After high school she started working at Sylvania in Camillus, NY. Shortly thereafter she met her future Husband in 1957 through a mutual friend, Rosemary Peltz, in Syracuse, NY.  After Sylvania she moved on to work at the R.E. Dietz Company in Syracuse doing clerical work in the executive office.
     She began growing her family in 1967 with her first son Allan, and then again with her second son Pete in 1972.
The 1970’s saw her move to a local law firm in downtown Skaneateles, named Milford, Lynch and Shannon, where she continued her secretarial role until the mid to late 1980’s. By the start of the 1990’s she had moved on to her last place of employment, Onondaga Community College, first supporting the president’s office before moving on to the English department. She retired in 1999.
     Rosemary lived an active outdoor life from her early childhood, raised on her father’s farm in Skaneateles in the 1940’s. Growing up around life stock, farming, and gardening all types of fruits, vegetables and flowers, she developed a passion and care for all things nature related. She fell in love with photography and flowers, and the two worlds were forever intertwined. She was very active and social, usually acting as ring leader and organizer of parties and events with her ever growing group of friends. As a child she hosted school friends for ice skating parties on the pond at the farm. As a young adult in the neighborhood, she was always hosting summer pool parties and winter holiday gatherings. And Rosemary was masterful at arranging, organizing, preparing and executing plans for any kind of event big or small, which is why she was also so successful in her professional career.
     Rosemary was a very caring, selfless person who always wanted to share the things she loved with others in hopes of bringing them happiness. Her love for roses and flower arranging prompted her to start teaching flower arranging classes at Onondaga Community College. The days she had a class to teach and was preparing materials and gathering supplies were always a little brighter for her, and she took a great deal of pride and joy from sharing this skill with others.
     She was constantly watching, tracking, interacting, and photographing nature and birds. She took this hobby and evolved it into a greeting card business, where she would take photographs of her favorite nature scenes, animals and flowers, then assemble them on card stock and package each by hand before selling to the local gift shops and stores in town. Never to make a profit or compete with Hallmark, but to share what she thought was pretty or inspiring through her own eyes with others.
     She grew up camping with her family, making pilgrimages to Nick’s Lake in Old Forge NY, and introduced it to her own family at a young age. Starting in the 1980’s she took a permanent camping spot in a small camp ground called Sugar Creek Glen in Danville, NY. In the 2000’s she and Harold moved their camping trips closer to home and relocated to new grounds for the summers and fall just outside of Cortland.
     Rosemary loved travelling, and documenting all the trips with pictures as well. She would still talk about her trip to Hawaii, which she earned as a reward when she was a part time sales rep for Amway and became one of their top producers. She also visited relatives in California, Michigan, and Toronto Canada, as well as made road trips for flower shows and sightseeing excursions to Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and New York City.
     Rosemary’s love for birds, specifically bluebirds, whose numbers are shrinking in Central New York, is what drove her and her sister Terry to make great efforts to promote nesting and the return of the species locally near their own homes in Skaneateles. Because of this cause that meant so much to her, we ask that:
     Any donations on her behalf (which is so incredibly generous, so thank you) can be made to: The New York State Bluebird Society. Details can be found at www.nysbs.org
 
    Funeral service will be held on Thursday, November 10th at 10am at St. Mary’s of the Lake Church, Skaneateles.
To send condolences, visit robertdgrayfuneralhome.com.

 


7 Comments
James MacKillop
11/8/2022 01:26:59 pm

Although I have not seen Rosemary in more than twenty years, I think of her only with fondness I was the OCC English Department chair in 1987 when she moved from the president's office to ours. Her professionalism and aplomb were a welcome step up from her predecessor. She soon revealed herself as a kind and contained person, never getting ruffled, able to deal with the loud-mouths, student and faculty, who would come to her desk. Twelve years later when I retired, she co-chaired the committee than ran the celebration. Everything done with taste and care. She was one of the finest people at the College, and I revere her.

James MacKillop, Ph. D.

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Greg Tanner
11/10/2022 11:34:50 am

I did not know Rosemary, but her son Peter is my colleague. We are all very sorry for the loss of your mother.

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Paulette Price
11/10/2022 06:16:19 pm

Such a beautiful and outstanding obit.
So sorry Terry and family.
Hold tight to your memories, they will sustain
you to help you find peace.

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Sheila Osborne
11/17/2022 11:39:05 am

I enjoyed meeting and working with Rosemary while at OCC. Such a kind, friendly and talented person. And she grew some of the best Christmas trees! Thoughts and prayers to the family.

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