Wilma S. Rondomanski

Wilma S. Rondomanski, 94, who had been a life-long resident of Fulton, New York, passed suddenly at her home at Linden Ponds in Hingham, MA on December 26, 2014. She had been a resident of the senior living community since 2008.

Wilma graduated from Fulton High School and went on to receive her bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University where she met her husband, Chet.  Together they raised their five daughters in their former home on West First Street, South in Fulton.   She had an engaging personality and was occasionally outspoken but always sincere.

While her career was her dedication to her family, Wilma’s avocation was in business and sales — a trait followed by her daughters.  In early years, she worked part-time at her family’s business, Stanley Candy & Tobacco Co., and later was co-publisher and advertising sales representative of The Fulton Patriot for many years with her brother, Joseph. The Fulton Patriot survived until recently as one of the state’s oldest weekly newspapers.

Wilma was prominent in local and state Republican politics for nearly two decades, serving as vice-chair of the Oswego County Republican Committee and representing the county as a member of the New York State Republican Committee.  

She was an avid Syracuse University athletics fan and for years she and her husband were active members of the University Club and the SU Orange Pack.  They were also members of the Oswego Country Club for years. 

Wilma was a life-long communicant of Holy Family-St. Michael’s Church where she was a member of the Altar Rosary Society.  While in Fulton, she was active in the Fulton Women’s Club, the Friends of History in Fulton, and as a member of the A. L. Lee Memorial Hospital Auxiliary where she was a long-time volunteer at the snack bar.  She also enjoyed supporting ethnic traditions within the activities of the Fulton Polish Home.  

In recent years she looked forward to spending time visiting her daughters and vacationing with their families in Florida and on Cape Cod. Wilma also became an avid bridge player and enjoyed her many new friends at Linden Ponds.

She was predeceased by her husband Chester in 1999 and brother Joseph Swiatlowski in 2008.  She is survived by her five daughters, Kasia (Joel) Bulkley of Jupiter, FL, Frances (Gay) Pomeroy of Dewitt, NY, Carol Hughes of Dover, MA, Patricia (Bill) Quinn of Hingham, MA, and Anne (Karl) Rohrmeier of Bellport, NY; 11 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren.  She is also survived by a niece, Alicia Calagiovanni of Syracuse. 

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday January 2nd at The Church of the Resurrection, Hingham, MA.  Interment will be in the spring at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Fulton, NY. 

At the request of the family, contributions in her memory may be made to the Friends of History in Fulton, 177 South First St, Fulton, NY 13069 or to the Polish Home Scholarship Fund, 153 West First St., Fulton. NY 13069.