Sharon D. Catalino, 66, of Syracuse, passed away Saturday, December 11, 2010 at Upstate University Hospital. She was born in Syracuse on Saturday, July 1, 1944. She was a loving wife and mother who was especially devoted to her grandchildren. Sharon loved life and she fought actively for the rights of the unborn and the elderly with both the local and national Right-to-Life Associations. She was faith-filled and was an active communicant of Holy Family Church where she was a member of the Respect-for-Life and Bereavement Committees and Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration.

Sharon enjoyed knitting, quilting and flower gardening.

Sharon was predeceased by her parents, Audrey and C. Marshall Dygert.

Surviving are her husband of 46 years, Philip; son and daughter-in-law, Thomas and Sharon Catalino; daughters and sons-in-law, Kerrie and James Carranti and Nicole and Peter DeBraal; grandchildren, Nicholas, Alexandra and Adrianna Catalino, Benjamin and Emma Carranti and Nathan DeBraal; brother, Marshall Dygert of LaFayette; and several nieces and nephews.

Relatives and friends may call Monday, December 13 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Buranich Funeral Home, 5431 W. Genesee St., Camillus.
Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 14 from the funeral home and 10 a.m. in Holy Family Church where a funeral Mass will be celebrated. Sharon will be laid to rest in White Chapel Memory Gardens, DeWitt.

Contributions may be made to Syracuse Right-to-Life, 15 Deerfield Rd., Liverpool, NY 13090-2318 or to Holy Family Church, 127 Chapel Dr., Syracuse, NY 13219.