PLYMOUTH – Alexander F. Prusinowski, 86, of Beaver Meadow Road, Plymouth, passed away Friday, Feb. 23, 2007, at his home.
Born on March 17, 1920, in Syracuse, Alexander grew up there and attended the local schools. As a young man, he worked at the Syracuse Foundry and also in the CCC Camps in Idaho prior to entering the Navy and serving his country during World War II. Following his military duty, Alexander worked as a general construction laborer for JGA Construction in Syracuse, from which he retired. In the 1980s, he began coming to Beaver Meadow and established a home there, becoming a permanent Chenango County resident in 1987. Alexander was a long-time member and past commander of American Legion Pulaski Post 1650 in Syracuse, and was a founding member and the first drum major of the PLAV Brigadiers Drum and Bugle Corps in Syracuse. He was also a member of the South Otselic American Legion. A nature lover, he was a good cook and liked to dance. He had a generous heart but a thrifty nature, enjoying giving out presents but using care in how much he spent.
Alexander is survived by his children: Theodore Prusinowski of West Monroe, John Prusinowski of Liverpool, and Mary Ann Bierman and husband John of Raleigh, N.C.; by his grandchildren: Andrew Prusinowski and wife Lisa of Brewerton, Lisa Prusinowski and fiancé Dan Doyle of Cicero, Adam Prusinowski and wife Sue of Denver, Colo.; Christopher Bierman and wife Tiffany of Wisconsin, and John Bierman of Plattsburgh; and by his great grandchildren, Maggie Prusinowski of Brewerton and Luke Bierman of Wisconsin. Alexander was predeceased by his wife, Frances Wisowaty Prusinowski, and by his sisters, Hattie and Frances.
Funeral services for Alexander will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday from the R.J. Fahy Funeral Home, Norwich. The Rev. Lester Smith, pastor of St. Malachy’s Catholic Church of Sherburne, will officiate. Entombment will be on Friday, in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Dewitt, with a prayer service there at noon.
Friends are invited to call at the R.J. Fahy Funeral Home on Thursday from 4 to 7:30 p.m.