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In Memoriam

Roberta Elizabeth Truesdell
1934-2025

ROBERTA ELIZABETH TRUESDELL
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EDMESTON—Roberta Elizabeth (Bobbie) Truesdell, Syracuse, age 90 on Saturday, January 25, 2025 passed on from this earthly existence after a long illness. 

She was born October 13, 1934 in the Town of Middlefield, New York.

Roberta grew up on a working dairy farm on Mill Creek Road, just North of the Village of Edmeston, New York. She graduated from Edmeston Central School in 1952 and from Crouse-Irving School of Nursing in 1955. As a representative of her class, she delivered the Senior Address at graduation, which was held at Henricks Chapel. Almost her entire professional career was as a labor and delivery nurse at what is currently Crouse Hospital, Syracuse.

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