Calemas M. Waterman

Westernville - Calemas M. Waterman, 93, of Kirk Road, passed away on Thursday, January 6, 2011, at Rome Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She was born in Boonville on February 5, 1917, a daughter of Johnnie R. and Nellie (McCormick) Platt. Calemas grew up in the town of Western, where she received her education in rural schools. She married Walter E. Waterman at the Rome Methodist Church parsonage. Mr. Waterman, a retiree of the former Griffiss AFB in Rome, died on May 16, 1982. Mrs. Waterman loved children; she devoted her life to caring for children of her family and friends. She attended the North Western United Methodist Church, and was a member and past president of both Harland J. Hennessey Post VFW Ladies Auxiliary, Boonville and Western Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, Westernville. She also was a member of the Senior Citizens of Western. Calemas is survived by a son, Sherwood Waterman of Westernville; two daughters, Lorraine Lanston and husband, Dan of Westernville, Glenda Buczek and husband, Teddy of Floyd; a daughter-in- law, Annette of Westernville; a sister, Eunice O'Brien of Westernville; twelve grandchildren, twenty great-grandchildren, and seven great-great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by a son, Darrell, on June 19, 1998; a sister, Isabell Brownell; two grandsons, Thomas Buczek and David Waterman; and three brothers, Clifford, Donald, and Maynard. Her funeral will be Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at the Trainor Funeral Home, Inc., 143 Schuyler Street, Boonville, where Rev. Jody Haier, pastor of the North Western United Methodist Church will officiate. Private interment will be in Westernville Cemetery. Visitation is Saturday from 12:00 noon until the funeral. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, Memorial Processing Center, 6725 Lyons St. PO Box 7, East Syracuse, NY 13057-0007. Please us the "Sign Guestbook" link below to leave an online message of sympathy, or to share a memory of Calemas.