Eric Anthony Reynolds

Clyde: Eric Anthony Reynolds passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, April 14, 2022. He celebrated his 85th birthday on February 13, 2022. He was born that date in 1937 in Middlesex, London. The family relocated to Calne, Wiltshire during the Battle of Britain in 1940, World War II.

Eric immigrated to the United States in 1953, where he attended John Marshall High School, graduating with an American diploma to match his British school completion at John Bentley in Calne, Wiltshire, UK. He was an avid English football player on both sides of the Atlantic, including playing semi-pro out of Rochester for the Hispanolas.

Eric was most recently the NYS Health Program Administrator for the Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Program, Central New York Region, out of Syracuse, NY, since 1994. He previously held positions of State Surveyor and Civil Rights Officer for the Rochester Region of the Department of Health from 1987 to 1994. Prior to that, he was a Human Rights Specialist at the NYS Division of Human Rights, Syracuse Region, from 1984 to 1987. He retired from State Service in 2003.

Eric was a state-certified early childhood educator and teacher for grades K-12. He directed the Head Start Program in Sodus, NY, in the mid-1970s. He earned his BA in zoology from the University of Hawaii in Honolulu and his Master's in education from SUNY Oswego.

Eric was a Vietnam-era U.S. Army veteran, serving as a surgical medic at Tripler Hospital in Honolulu and, prior to that, in Texas.

Eric is predeceased by parents Charles Beamont Reynolds in 1985 and Edith Annie Vatter Reynolds in 1978, both of Middlesex, London, UK, more recently of Canada and Duxbury, MA; by three sisters, Marjorie in 2005 in Surrey, UK; Peggy Scott (James) in 2010 in Ontario, Canada; and Audrey Benedict (John) in Massachusetts in 2016; and a brother, Charles Bertram Robert Reynolds (Patricia) in 1983 in Merseyside, Cheshire, UK.

Eric is survived by his wife, Dorothy L. Abrams, with whom he created the WebPATH Center, a spiritual healing and ritual center. He is also survived by two sons, Eric Neil Reynolds and Keith Geoffrey Charles (Julie) Reynolds, as well as two grandchildren and several cousins, nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews. He will be missed by all.

Friends and family will be notified of a private memorial service later in the spring. There will be no calling hours. Condolences may be expressed at www.HSNORTON.com.

In lieu of flowers, please send support to World Central Kitchen, 200 Massachusetts Ave, 7th Floor, Washington, D.C., DC 20001. Online donations are accepted through their website: wck.org.