Obituary of Evelyn Ehrlich

Evelyn Ehrlich, formerly of Syracuse died October 29, 2015, at the age of 86. She was born February 13, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan to Matthew Talvitie and Eva Talvitie (Seppala). She graduated from Wayne State University in Detroit majoring in Chemistry. She was an instructor in chemistry at Hobart College where she met her husband and love of her life Robert Ehrlich. While raising four childen and helping her husband run a dairy farm she went back to school and earned a Masters of Library Science. She held positions as head cataloger at Alfred University’s Herrick Memorial Library and was chief scientific librarian at NASA’s Wallops Island facility in Maryland. Following the death of her husband she moved to Syracuse in 1986 where she worked as a computer specialist at SUNY Upstate’s Heme/Onc Research Unit until she retired in 1995. Evelyn was an avid classical musician and played piano, organ, and clarinet. She was very active in the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Syracuse in later years serving as a leader of a Chalice Circle. She was very active in philanthropies and spent untold hours volunteering for Literacy Volunteers, the Red Cross, 4H and other community organizations. She was predeceased by her husband and son Miles. She is survived by her daughters Karen Ehrlich and Susan Stern, and her son Garth as well as her brother Carl Talvitie and six grandchildren. Services are private. In lieu of flowers please send donations to Heifer International at www.heifer.org. Share a memory at www.smithandwalkerfh.com