Cecile Bryan
Dec 22, 2017
Cecile (Labonte) Bryan of Youngstown, NY passed away at home surrounded by her children on December 22, 2017, after a battle with lung cancer. Cecile was born in Ottawa, Ontario to Leo and Valeda Labonte. She was the youngest of six children and moved to the states after getting married to Kenneth Bryan in 1965. Ken and Cecile were...
Bernice "Bonnie" Miller
Dec 21, 2017
Bernice “Bonnie” H. Miller, age 62 of Ransomville, died Thursday December 21, 2017 in Mt. St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston after a lengthy illness. Bonnie was born December 6, 1955 in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of the late Henry J. and Helen (Banach) Ketch and has lived in Ransomville since 1963. She worked on the Assembly Line at...
Richard Schimschack, Sr.
Dec 21, 2017
Richard D. Schimschack, Sr., age 69 of Lewiston, died Thursday December 21, 2017 in Mt. St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, after a brief illness. Richard was born May 27, 1948 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late Robert and Margaret (Powley) Schimschack and he attended Niagara Wheatfield Schools. A Vietnam Veteran, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy...
George Spatar, Jr.
Dec 21, 2017
George E. Spatar, Jr., age 90 of Lewiston, died Thursday December 21, 2017 in Mercy Hospital of Buffalo after a brief illness. George was born May 20, 1927 in Buffalo, NY, the son of the late George E. Sr. and Antonette (Memuir) Spatar. He was raised in Ontario and was a graduate of St. Patrick High School. A Veteran...
Thomas Parker
Dec 20, 2017
Thomas E. Parker celebrated life fully for 64 years with 30 of those years with his best friend, love of his life, and everything, Maryann (Cross); together they had two amazing children they are so very proud of, Rachel and Charles and their beautiful daughter-in-law, Leticia. He was a loving and devoted son to Eleanor and the late Russell,...
Victor T. Paul
Dec 18, 2017
Victor T. Paul, age 88, lifelong resident of Lewiston, died Monday December 18, 2017 in Niagara Hospice House in Lockport.
Victor was born June 17, 1929 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late Calvin and Ruth (Wilson) Paul. He was a 1947 graduate of the Lewiston Red Brick High School. A Veteran of...
George Gaunt
Dec 18, 2017
George Gaunt, age 95, formerly of North Tonawanda, died unexpectedly at his home in Ransomville on Monday December 18, 2017. George was born June 15, 1922 in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of the late Stewart and Mary (MacCarther) Gaunt. A Veteran of WW II, he served in the U.S. Army from January 1943 to his honorable discharge as a...
Peter Maclaren
Dec 18, 2017
Peter C. MacLaren, 76, of Lewiston, died unexpectedly on Monday, December 18, 2017. Born on December 8, 1941 in Niagara Falls, NY, Peter was the son of the late Donald and Helen (Cameron) MacLaren. A graduate of Niagara Falls High School, Peter honorably served in the US Army from 1960-1963. He married Eileen Albion in 1965 and has resided...
Joseph "Mitch" Dufort
Dec 16, 2017
Joseph M. “Mitch” DuFort, age 51 of Niagara Falls NY, died unexpectedly at his residence on Saturday December 16, 2017. Mitch was born December 15, 1966 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late Mitchell and Sybil (Law) DuFort and was a 1983 graduate of Niagara Falls High School. He was employed as the manager of the Red...
Doris Bish
Dec 10, 2017
Doris N. Bish, age 88 of Sanborn, passed into the arms of her Lord on Sunday December 10, 2017, surrounded by her family in Niagara Hospice House in Lockport. Doris was born December 28, 1928 in Summerville, PA, the daughter of the late Milo and Ethel M. (Sayers) Himes and was a graduate of Clarion Limestone High School. On...
Dora Johnston
Dec 6, 2017
Dora M. Johnston, age 88 of Ransomville, died Wednesday December 6, 2017 in Mt. St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston after a brief illness. Dora was born, June 16, 1929 in Sanborn, NY, the daughter of the late Arthur and Mary Marie (Benthin) Schuler. On January 25, 1956 she married John R. Johnston and they lived in Youngstown for many...
Franklin "Frank" Wright
Dec 3, 2017
Franklin L. "Frank" Wright, age 84 of Lewiston, died Sunday December 3, 2017 at his home under the loving care of his family and Niagara Hospice. Frank was born July 30, 1933 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late Lester and Laura C. (Flack) Wright. He graduated from Trott Vocational High School in 1951 and went to...
Lena "Sally" Phillips
Nov 30, 2017
Lena “Sally” M. Phillips, age 94 of Youngstown, died peacefully on Thursday November 30, 2017 with family by her side, at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. Sally was born on October 27, 1923 in Wellsville, NY, the daughter of the late Howard and Frances (Brown) Voorhees. She had worked as a Nurse’s Aide at Jones Memorial Hospital in Wellsville...
Elizabeth "Betty" Clark
Nov 28, 2017
Elizabeth "Betty" Clark, age 93 of Lewiston, died Tuesday November 28, 2017 in Mt. St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston after a brief illness. Betty was born September 9, 1924 in Broomall, PA, the daughter of the late Jesse and Alice (Mullen) Wilds. On November 17, 1947 she married Earl Clark and they had resided in Lewiston since 1947. Earl...
Eileen Hertel
Nov 26, 2017
Eileen M. Hertel, age 86 of Lockport, formerly of Ransomville, passed into the arms of her Savior on Sunday November 26, 2017 in Our Lady of Peace Nursing Care Residence in Lewiston. Eileen was born February 14, 1931 in Niagara Falls, NY the daughter of the late William F. and Lily (Waddell) Moran. She was a 1948 graduate of...
Robert Band, Jr.
Nov 26, 2017
Robert A. "Bob" Band, Jr., age 57 of Youngstown NY, died Sunday November 26, 2017 in the Buffalo General Medical Center after a long illness. Bob was born February 25, 1960 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late Robert A. Sr. and Joyce (Raybon) Band Gall. He was a 1978 graduate of Lewiston-Porter High School and had...
Jean Eber
Nov 25, 2017
Eber, Jean Elizabeth (Nee Deering) Nov. 25, 2017, of Lewiston formerly of Eggertsville. Cherished daughter of her late parents Charles A. and Gertrude Deering; dear wife of the late Martin Eber; most beloved “little sis” of Nancy Deering, Charles (late Betsy and Arlene) and the late Paul (Bev); kind aunt of Patrick, Jeffery, the late William, Matthew, Robert and...
Kenneth Edwards
Nov 23, 2017
Kenneth R. Edwards, age 95 of Youngstown died Wednesday November 22, 2017 in the Northgate Health Care Facility in the Town of Wheatfield after a short illness. Ken was born May 7, 1922 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late Kenneth W. and Helen (Grome) Edwards and has been a resident of Youngstown since 1972. He worked...
Betty Manchester
Nov 21, 2017
Betty J. "Betsy" "Bets" Manchester, age 75 of Ransomville, died unexpectedly at her residence on Tuesday November 21, 2017. Betty was born March 12, 1942 in Clarion, PA, the daughter of the late John and Judy (Smith) Aaron. She was a graduate of LaSalle High School and received her cosmetology license. Betty married Paul H. Manchester on September 8,...
Michelle Jones
Nov 19, 2017
Michelle R. Jones, age 52 of Niagara Falls NY, passed away peacefully Sunday November 19, 2017 in Mt. St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, after a long illness. Michelle was born January 18, 1965 in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of Duane Robinson of Ransomville and the late Bonnie (Abel) Robinson. She was a graduate of Wilson High School and...
