Birth date: Dec 5, 1978 Death date: May 28, 2018
Emily Anne Ponto, 39, of Syracuse, NY passed away on May 28, 2018 after a battle with cancer. She will be forever remembered for her sweetness, smarts, quick-witted and sometimes silly sense of humor, loyalty, selflessness, and ab Read Obituary
Emily was my manager and mentor through the leadership development program. She has positively impacted me and always looked out for the best interest of her employees. Emily had great work ethics and goes beyond and beyond to ensure her employee succeeds. I’m very grateful for all that she’s done and the impact that she’s made to her employees will continue to live on.
My sincere condolences to Emily’s family, I am so sorry for your loss, may your cherish memories of Emily be a healing force of strength for you to draw on, please find comfort in our heavenly Father’s promise of one day in the very near future of reuniting Emily with her family, where sickness and death will no longer be remembered and that one day the pain of losing our love ones will be just a memory and our pain and suffering will be a thing of the past, and we can cry tears of joy as we welcome back the ones that we love so much because of God’s love for us expressed through the ransom sacrifice of his Son, Jesus Christ – Isaiah 25:8, Isaiah 33:24.
With caring thoughts,
I am so sorry for your loss. I hired Emily for a summer internship when I was with GE Supply in the late 1990's She was a great worker, always diligent and thorough in every task she took on. Emily took great initiative and was a pleasure to have that summer.
The last time I saw her was last fall while shopping at Wegman's in Fairmount. I was so shocked to hear that she has passed away. Please accept my condolences.
David DiMaggio
I was so shocked and saddened to learn of Emily's passing. She hired into our organization at Lockheed Martin back in the early 2000's. She was so full of energy and spirit which she never lost as her career progressed. You can see that from the other comments below. We loved her here because she so willingly gave of herself to help others and her teams be successful. It's also what made her so endearing to everyone here that knew her. She will be truly missed.
I offer my heartfelt condolences to Emily's family -- may God bless you and please know her family here at LM is thinking and praying for you all.
Sincerely,
Tom Vitale
Emily and I took skating lessons together at Meachem, and she grew up down Searlwyn from my grandparents. I remember her as being FUN FUN FUN! I’m so sorry to hear of her passing. Sending love and peace to her family and friends.
As I couldn’t attend the funeral I spent the time going through the lovely video of pictures
Emily certainly had a smile that would light up any room.
When I stayed with Eileen 3yrs ago Emily took a day off work and drove us up to The St Lawrence river. We had a lovely lunch and a boat trip around the Thousand Islands.
She was such a beautiful person Inwardly and Outwardly.
My thoughts and prayers are with Eileen & all the family on this very sad day 😢
God bless you Emily with love from Maria, mum’s cousin XXX
Emily was my manager at work in previous years and later became my friend. She’s was special, that was evident from the moment you met her. I am still in disbelief this really happened to someone like her. It was a true pleasure to have met her and share many memories with her. Will always remember you Emily!
Lois Cheney wrote "People move in and out of each other’s lives, and each leaves his mark on the other. You find you are made up of bits and pieces of all who have touched your life, and you are more because of it, and you would be less if they had not touched you." I worked with Emily for only a short time, but she was a rare individual who saw beyond the mask and into the hearts of people. She always saw the good and believed that the glass was half full. I will miss working with her.
M. Hsu
Dear Eileen
I've just read your beautiful words about your Emily. I cannot imagine the pain of your loss, nor the pain you both must have shared during these past two years. You have painted us a glimpse of her sweetness, her silliness, her warmth, and her competence, as well as page can communicate a life, or a love.
We are not supposed to bury our daughters. I am so sorry for your loss.
You, and your family are in my thoughts and in my prayers.
Tim Redmond
My deepest thoughts are with Eileen and the family. On the various times I met her she was always full of smiles and a joy who connected with everyone she met. I will mostly remember her love of and natural eye for photography, which helped captured so many great memories (including my parents turning up out of surprise in NY) and a real inspiration going forward to take more photos (and travel more). She will be dearly missed and her spirit will live on in everyone she met and again my thoughts are with those close to her.
Matt Newby (London, UK).
