ET's Obituary

Please view ET's obituary at http://www.falardeaufh.com/obituaries/obit.php?id=2007-188. It will appear in print in tomorrow's edition of the Syracuse Post Standard (www.syracuse.com).

Elizabeth Ann “ET” Tillery, age 47, Baldwinsville, NY

So then, beach, bluff and wave, farewell!
I bear with me
No token stone nor glittering shell,
But long and oft shall Memory tell
Of this brief thoughtful hour of musing by the sea.

- John Greenleaf Whittier, from the poem Hampton Beach


At 2:45 am on Monday, August 20, 2007, we bade farewell to a dear friend, a loving mother and cherished sister. ET endured her painful illness with a strength and grace that inspires us all.

Elizabeth’s journey began in Hampton, NH on March 29, 1960. She paused in Haverhill, Ma. and Alexandria, Va., resting finally in Baldwinsville, NY. Her path has touched the lives of so many, and she leaves an enduring legacy in her children, and in the loving memory of all who knew her. Although our lives will never be the same, her touch has set us all on a better course.

ET is survived by her children, Rachael Tillery, Aaron Tillery, Brandon Smith and Austin Smith, all of Baldwinsville, NY; mother Marion Chandler, Baldwinsville, NY; sisters Patricia Nelson, Sanford, Me. and Jody Chandler, Maynard, Ma.; brothers Robert Chandler, Great Mills, Md., James Chandler, Highland, Md., and Michael Chandler, Portland, Or.; fiancé Michael Smith, Baldwinsville, NY.; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins, and countless friends and colleagues.

Elizabeth, in life you taught us the value of kindness, honesty and humility. In your passing you teach us the beauty of strength and grace. May we all live our lives with the kindness that you’ve shown us, and leave this earth with the grace that you have borne. Ever present in all our hearts, you will be long missed, never forgotten, always cherished.

Services will be held at 12:00 on Monday, August 27, at St. Mary’s of the Assumption Catholic Church, 47 Syracuse Street, Baldwinsville, NY, with interment at Riverview Cemetery, Baldwinsville. Following interment, a reception for family and friends will be held at St. Mary’s, followed by a gathering at ET’s home in Baldwinsville.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Palliative Care Unit of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Syracuse, NY, or to Hospice Care of Central New York.