Robert C. Loomis, 93, of Onondaga Hill and longtime former resident of LaFayette and Fayetteville, passed away at Upstate Community Hospital on September 6, 2019. He was born in Ossining, NY where he graduated High School. He received his B.S. in Bible from Wheaton College and an M.A. in Anthropology from Columbia University. He served in the Army in Europe during WWII.

He was a lay Missionary and Bible translator in the Marshall Islands. In his professional career, he was a programmer for Readers Digest, systems analyst for Burroughs Corp. and Carrier Corp., and Computer Systems Manager at SU and ESF.

Robert also taught computer science at Auburn and Onon daga Community Colleges. In his retirement he continued to enjoy working with computers, designing and coding software systems.

He was predeceased by his wife of 67 years, Ruby L. Loomis; his parents, Harold V. and Clare M. Loomis; step-mother, Gertrude K. Loomis; brothers, Lynn and Donald; and his sister, Mary Loomis.

He is survived by his children, Marshall, Jonathan (Diane), Harold (Ann) and Alice Loomis; grandchildren, Emily (Adam) Cole, Melissa Loomis, Rebecca Loomis and Holly Corby; and great-grandchildren, Aaron and Oliver Cole.

A memorial service is planned for the Spring.

Contributions may be made to honorflight.org.