Richard Stopa
Dec 25, 2009
Richard K. Stopa fell asleep in death on Friday, December 25, 2009 in the Eastern Niagara Hospital in Newfane at the age of 75. He was born August 22, 1934 in Lewiston, the son of the late Michael and Helen (Mietlicki) Stopa. Richard worked for General Motors Harrison Radiator in Lockport and retired in 1999 after 45 years of...
Joyce Peterson
Dec 22, 2009
Joyce Olin Peterson, age 81, longtime resident of Lewiston and Niagara Falls, died Tuesday December 22, 2009 in Mount St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, after a brief illness. Joyce was born October 18, 1928 in Rockford, IL, the daughter of the late George and Mathilda (Lindquist) Olin. She graduated from the University of Illinois, Champaign in Urbana, IL with...
Lynne Baker
Dec 20, 2009
Lynne Olds Baker, 77 of Ransomville went to be with her heavenly father on Sunday December 20, 2009 at Mt. St. Mary's Hospital, surrounded by her children. She was the daughter of the late Henry and Marie (Bennett) Reubens. Lynne was raised in Sanborn and attended local schools. She spent most of her life working on the family fruit...
James Laughton
Dec 18, 2009
James Bruce Laughton (Lewiston NY) died peacefully and surrounded by love on Friday, December 18, 2009. He was born March 11, 1914, son of James and Mary Ellen (Ball) Laughton, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON. Jim attended Niagara University before joining his father in Laughton BLD. Co., Niagara. In 1955 he moved to Lewiston and became a U.S. Citizen. He worked as...
Sharon Carriere
Dec 15, 2009
Sharon Carriere, age 67, formerly of Phoenix, AZ, died Tuesday December 15, 2009 in the Fairchild Manor Nursing Home in Lewiston, after a lengthy illness. Sharon was born January 6, 1942 in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of the late Lucien and Ivy (Corbet) Carriere and was a 1960 graduate of Lewiston Porter High School. She worked for the...
Robert Lowe
Dec 14, 2009
Robert Bryce Lowe at age 83 went to be with The Heavenly Father and the Loved ones who have passed before him on Monday, December 14, 2009 in Niagara Hospice House in Lockport. Robert was born July 21, 1926 in San Francisco, CA, the son of the late Thomas J. "Jack" and Wilhelmina "Minnie" (Senechal) Lowe. At the age...
Eleanor Piper
Dec 14, 2009
Eleanor L. Piper, age 91 of Lewiston, died Monday December 14, 2009 in the Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital in Buffalo, after a brief illness. Eleanor was born in November 13, 1918 in Cheektowaga, NY, the daughter of the late Fred and Mabel (Mohr) Berger. In 1942 she married Henry C. Piper and they moved to Lewiston. Henry predeceased...
Dale Woodring
Dec 10, 2009
Dale R. Woodring, age 60 of Lewiston, died Thursday December 10, 2009 at his residence under the loving care of his family, close friends, and Niagara Hospice. Dale was born August 8, 1949 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of Esther (Adams) Woodring of Lewiston and the late Mahlon C. Woodring. He attended Lewiston Porter High School and was...
Roberta Blasius
Dec 8, 2009
Roberta "Robin" F. Blasius, age 68, formerly of Ransomville, died Tuesday December 8, 2009 in the ElderWood Health Care at Heathwood in Williamsville, after a courageous fight with Multiple Sclerosis. Robin was born October 29, 1941 in Evanston, IL, the daughter of the late Robert L. and Alma C. (Clarke) Fontaine. In 1963 she received her B.A. from Ohio...
Donald Cantara
Dec 6, 2009
Donald L. Cantara, age 77 of Lewiston, died Sunday December 6, 2009 in Our Lady of Peace Nursing Residence in Lewiston, after a lengthy illness. Donald was born April 8, 1932 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late LeRoy and Evelyn H. (LeBar) Cantara and was a graduate of Niagara Falls High School. He married Patricia G....
Carl Ganshaw
Dec 1, 2009
Carl "Kelly" F. Ganshaw, age 92 of the Town of Cambria, died Tuesday December 1, 2009 at his residence under the loving care of his family and Niagara Hospice. Carl was born February 17, 1917 in the Town of Wilson, the son of the late Herman and Rose (Koeppen) Ganshaw. He was a lifelong vegetable farmer and at the...
Wanda Winchester
Nov 29, 2009
Wanda Winchester, age 83 of Lewiston, died Sunday November 29, 2009 in Mount St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, under the care of Niagara Hospice. Wanda was born March 3, 1926 in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of the late John and Mary (Kazmierski) Trybala. She attended local schools and was a 1944 graduate of Niagara Falls High School. Wanda...
Roger Holycross
Nov 29, 2009
Roger O. Holycross, age 67 of Ransomville, died Sunday November 29, 2009 in the Niagara Hospice House in Lockport, surrounded by his loving family. Roger was born December 6, 1941 in Cleveland, OH, the son of the late Clayton O. and Ruth Ann (Kronika) Holycross. His family moved to Youngstown in 1955 and he graduated from Lewiston Porter High...
Irven Rolfe
Nov 27, 2009
Irven H. Rolfe, age 89 of Model City NY, died Friday November 27, 2009 at his residence under the loving care of his family and Niagara Hospice. Irven was born May 23, 1920 in Pennsgrove, NJ, the son of the late Herman D. and Betsy (Robinson) Rolfe and has lived here for over 60 years. He was an U.S....
Mabel Kolloff
Nov 26, 2009
Mabel Kolloff, age 101 formerly of River Rd,. in Youngstown, died Thursday November 26, 2009 in the Fairchild Manor Nursing Home in Lewiston, after a lengthy illness. Mabel was born March 21, 1908 in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of the late William and Jenny (Leaderhouse) Kolloff. She was a graduate of Niagara Falls High School and Buffalo State...
Josephine Ganshaw
Nov 24, 2009
Josephine "Jo" M. Ganshaw, age 81, a lifelong resident of the Town of Cambria, died Tuesday November 24, 2009 in Niagara Hospice House in Lockport, surrounded by her loving family. Jo was born November 18, 1928 in the Town of Cambria, the daughter of the late Rudolph and Ella (Kneeppel) Hillman. She attended a one room schoolhouse on Ridge...
Georgine Baldwin
Nov 21, 2009
Georgine Pillittere Baldwin, age 44 of Lewiston died Saturday November 21, 2009 in Niagara Hospice House in Lockport, after a lengthy illness. Georgine was born July 3, 1965 in Buffalo, NY, the daughter of former Assemblyman Joseph T. and Joan (Bella) Pillittere of Lewiston. She was a 1983 graduate of Lewiston Porter High School where she was Valedictorian of...
Deborah Thompson
Nov 19, 2009
Deborah L. Thompson, age 56 of Youngstown, died Thursday November 19, 2009 at her father's residence in Ransomville, after a lengthy illness. Deborah was born May 31, 1953 in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of Louis D. Gardiner, Sr. of Ransomville and the late Margaret (Coder) Gardiner. She was a 1971 graduate of Wilson High School and was a...
Clifford Olson
Nov 17, 2009
Clifford J. Olson, age 89 of Lewiston, returned home to the Lord on Tuesday November 17, 2009, at his residence surrounded by his family. Mr. Olson was born September 19, 1920 in New York City, NY, the son of the late Jonathan A. and Esther (Carlson) Olson. He received his Bachelor's Degree from Hofstra University and his Master's from...
Anne Gibson
Nov 15, 2009
Anne Ogden Gibson, age 86 of Lewiston, died Sunday November 15, 2009 in Mount St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, after a brief illness. Anne was born May 30, 1923 in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of the late Fred Florin and Gertrude (Everett) Ogden and lived most of her life in Youngstown and moved to Lewiston in the mid...
