Emily Lachendro Triggs, 88, of Baldwinsville passed away Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at St. Josephs Hospital. She was the youngest of nine children growing up on a farm in Adena, Ohio. Emily was an Army Nurse Corp. Veteran, serving as 1st Lt. In the Battle of the Bulge. She also served in the support of the D-Day Invasion. Emily was a 1953 graduate of Syracuse University earning her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing education. She was a graduate of Wheeling Hospital of Nursing in Wheeling, WV where she received her RN. Emily was an Instructor Supervisor at SUNY Upstate. She later started the Utilization and Review Department at Upstate and later became Director of Quality Utilization Management in 1983 where she held that position until her retirement in 1986. Emily was past president of the United University Professions and founder and past president of Womans Garden Club of Baldwinsville. Emily was an active member of Friends of the Library in Baldwinsville and a long time choir member of St. Mary's Church. Since her retirement, Emily continued to be an avid gardener who was always in awe of nature's beauty. Emily traveled to Poland where she taught English to Polish high school students. She was predeceased by her husband John in 1962

Survivors: Two daughters, Mary (Chris) Allen of Camillus and Barbara (Anthony) Anscombe of Chicago; 3 sons, John F Triggs III of Nashville, Robert (Carol) Triggs of Syracuse and David Triggs of New Mexico; her sister Jenny Petrilla of Warren, Ohio; 8 grandchildren, John Triggs, Kathleen Triggs Kennard, Jacqueline Triggs, Gregory and Katherine Allen, Madeline, Bridget and Caroline Anscombe and Great Grandson, Jack Kennard and many beloved nieces and nephews of Ohio.

Services: 9:30 a.m. Saturday, October 23, 2010 at Falardeau Funeral Home and 10 a.m. in St. Mary's Church. Burial, St. Mary's Cemetery, Baldwinsville. Calling hours, 4-7pm Friday, October 22, 2010 at the funeral home, 93 Downer St., Baldwinsville.

Contributions: St. Mary's Church Choir, 47 Syracuse Street, Baldwinsville, NY 13027 or the Baldwinsville Friends of the Library, 33 East Genesee Street, Baldwinsville, NY 13027.