Richard Martin Jorolemon

1944 - 2006  (61 years)

• Name	Richard Martin Jorolemon  [1]
  Born	6 Jun 1944	Auburn, NY   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Mar 2006	Auburn Memorial Hospital, Port Byron, NY   [2]
  	car accident
  Person ID	I223	Blum Genealogy
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	Leland Ralph Jorolemon,   b. 30 Jan 1908, Weedsport, Cayuga Co., New York, USA ,   d. 23 Dec 1962, Weedsport, Cayuga Co., New York, USA  (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Hazel Louise Sarr,   b. 8 Sep 1916, Port Byron, Cayuga, New York, USA ,   d. 11 Oct 2009, Auburn, Cayuga, New York, USA  (Age 93 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F120	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	A. Jetty
  Children	1. M.R. Jorolemon   2. M.J. Jorolemon   3. R. Jorolemon   4. J.L. Jorolemon
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2019
  Family ID	F124	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary PORT BYRON < Mr. Richard M. "Dick" Jorolemon, 61, of 12 Green St., Port Byron, was pronounced dead Monday morning March 13, 2006, in the emergency room of Auburn Memorial Hospital, after being stricken while driving his trunk on Green Street. Mr. Jorolemon was born June 6, 1944, in Auburn, the son of Leland and Hazel Sarr Jorolemon. He graduated from Weedsport High School. He served in the Navy from 1963 until 1970. His last assignment was aboard the USS Little Rock as a GMG2. He served off the coast of Vietnam and received various medals including the Vietnam Service Medal and two Bronze Stars. After his discharge he was a self-employed carpenter. He also worked at J&L Carpet in Auburn for a time, and for Frank Steigerwald Electric, Auburn. He worked as a contractor at Wells College in Aurora for 13 years. He married the former Arden Jetty, Aug. 16, 1975 at the Port Byron Federated Church, with the Rev. Barton Van Fliet officiating. He was twice past commander of the Port Byron American Legion Post 257 John-Cole. He was a past county commander of the American Legion of Cayuga County. He was a former Boy Scout leader, an umpire for Port Byron Little League Baseball for many years, a former member of the Port Byron Village Planning Board, a volunteer cook at Unity House in Auburn, a volunteer for many civic organizations in Cayuga County, where he was noted for his barbecued chicken. He played Santa Claus for various nursing homes in the Cayuga County area. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign War, Croghan NY. He was president of the Dollar for Scholars organization and a sports booster at Port Byron Central School. In 1989, he was a state trap-shooting champion. Being an avid deer hunter, he belonged to many hunting clubs in the Lewis County area; most recently the Bindle Hunting Club in Castorland, N.Y. Surviving besides his wife, is his mother, Hazel, of Auburn; two sons and their wives, Dr. Michael and Kathleen of Memphis, N.Y., and Sgt. Richard "Rick" of the 10th Mountain Division deployed in Afghanistan and Dawn of Watertown; two daughters and their husbands, Mary Jo and Eric Norfolk of Port Byron, and Jessica and Jason McGowan of Palmyra; 10 grandchildren; one brother and his wife, Edgar and Kris of Williamson; and one sister and her husband, Marcella and Nathan Navarro of Brookdale Ill.; aunts, nieces, nephews and cousins. One sister, Sandra VanHoover of Liverpool, died in 1981. The funeral will be 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, at Jewell Funeral Home, Weedsport, with the Rev. Jeffrey Aiosa officiating, and military honors provided by the U.S. Navy. Following cremation, Mr. Jorolemon"s remains will be buried at sea by the Navy. Calling hours will be 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, at the funeral home. Donations can be made in his name to the Port Byron Volunteer Fire Department Ambulance Fund, Utica Street, Port Byron, NY 13140. To send a message to the family, sign our guest book at www.auburnpub.com and click on obituaries. This obituary was originally published in The Citizen (Auburn, NY).

  
  

• Sources

  [S14] Edgar Lee Jorolemon, Letters from. [S93] Social Security Death Index.