Shirley Miller
Jul 24, 2017
Shirley Ulrich Miller, age 95, formerly of Lewiston, died Monday July 24, 2017 in the Good Samaritan Lutheran Health Care Center in Delmar, NY, after a long illness. Shirley was born October 20, 1921 in Niagara Falls, NY. She was a graduate of Lafayette High School in Buffalo where she also attended business school. Shirley was a partner with...
Rev. Robert Bellingham
Jul 21, 2017
The Rev. Robert Bellingham Pastor Emeritus for the Presbytery of Western New York The Rev. Robert Bellingham, age 87 of Lewiston, died peacefully in his home on Friday July 21, 2017 under the loving care of his family. Rev. Bellingham was born December 24, 1929 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, the son of the late Joseph and Ellen (Spaxmon) Bellingham....
Marilyn Furry
Jul 19, 2017
Marilyn R. Furry, age 83 of Youngstown, died peacefully in her home on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Marilyn was born December 7, 1933 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, the daughter of the late Norman and Helen (Blair) Johnston. On June 11, 1955 she married Frank Furry and they moved from Canada in 1977 and resided in Youngstown since 1996....
Andrew Napier
Jul 19, 2017
Andrew C. Napier, age 36 of Youngstown, died unexpectedly on Wednesday July 19, 2017 in Mt. St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston. Andrew was born November 10, 1980 in Lewiston, NY, the son of Elizabeth A. (Laidlaw) Napier of Youngstown and Thomas Napier of Lewiston. He was a 1999 graduate of St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute and received his Bachelor of...
Mary Patricia Irish
Jul 13, 2017
Mary Patricia Irish (nee Braas), a longtime Lewistonian, passed away at the Niagara Hospice House in Lockport on Thursday, July 13, 2017 at the age of 87. Know to many as Pat, she was born in Niagara Falls, NY, on July 21, 1929 to the late Paul and Mabel (Gates) Braas. Pat had worked at both Sears and E.I....
Sandra Mann Ormsby
Jul 11, 2017
Sandra Mann Ormsby, 72, a Niagara Falls native and longtime resident of Lewiston, died Tuesday, July 11, of injuries sustained in a fall in her home. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William A. (Gladys I.) Mann, Sandra was born March 16, 1945, in Niagara Falls, living there before moving to Lewiston as a teenager. She attended the former...
Geraldine Messer
Jul 9, 2017
Geraldine Messer, age 90 of North Tonawanda, died Sunday July 9, 2017 in the Northgate Health Care Facility in Wheatfield. Geraldine was born December 23, 1926 in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of the late James Allen and Minnie Bell (Ferguson) Messer and was a graduate of LaSalle High School. She served as Superintendent of the Bookkeeping Department for...
Christine Luskin
Jul 8, 2017
Christine R. Luskin, age 95 of Lewiston NY, died Saturday July 8, 2017 in the Northgate Health Care Facility in Wheatfield after a long illness. Christine was born December 25, 1921 in the Town of Lewiston, the daughter of the late Clarence and Lillie (Kneepple) Landers. She married Richard E. Luskin on August 4, 1951. He predeceased her in...
Jerry Black
Jul 7, 2017
Jerry E. "Fuzzy" Black, age 70 of North Tonawanda, died Friday July 7, 2017 in the Northgate Health Care Facility in Wheatfield. Jerry was born August 25, 1946 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late William Carl and Louise (Diez) Black and was a 1964 graduate of Lewiston-Porter High School. He was employed as a Custodian by...
Joan Kadziolka
Jul 3, 2017
Joan E. Kadziolka, age 81 of Wilson NY, died Monday July 3, 2017 at her home in Wilson after a brief illness. Joan was born October 3, 1935 in Buffalo, the daughter of the late Martin and Dorothy (Krege) Scholl and was a graduate of Girls Vocational High School. She married Edward K. Kadziolka in 1955 and they moved...
David Austin
Jul 1, 2017
David W."Joe" Austin, age 77, of Barker, died Saturday July 1, 2017 at his home under the loving care of his family and Niagara Hospice. Joe was born December 28, 1939 in Ransomville, NY, the son of the late Fred and Marjorie (Drinkwalter) Austin and lived most of his life in Barker. He worked as a Heavy Equipment Operator...
Louise Tata
Jun 24, 2017
Louise F. Tata, age 85 lifelong resident of Niagara Falls NY,went to be with the Lord on Saturday June 24, 2017 in the Northgate Health Care Facility in Wheatfield. Louise was born March 17, 1932 in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of the late Frederick and Venita (Wells) Harris and was a graduate of Niagara Falls High School. On...
Kristina Nelson
Jun 20, 2017
Kristina L. Nelson, age 67 of Youngstown, died Tuesday June 20, 2017 at her home under the loving care of her family and Niagara Hospice. Kristina was born October 14, 1949 in Buffalo, NY, the daughter of the late Heinz and Louise (Stiefel) Kroll and was a graduate of Cardinal O'Hara High School. On June 22, 1968 she married...
Roger Adamson
Jun 17, 2017
Roger M. Adamson, age 77 of Ransomville, died Saturday June 17, 2017 in Mt. St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, after a lengthy illness. Roger was born November 17, 1939 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late Leo D. and Hazel (Baldwin) Adamson. He was a 1957 graduate of Wilson High School and has lived in Ransomville the...
Gitta Sabey
Jun 16, 2017
Gitta B. Sabey, age 94 formerly of Wilson, died Friday June 16, 2017 in Our Lady of Peace Nursing Care Residence in Lewiston, after a lengthy illness. Gitta was born May 18, 1923 in Dietersdorf, Germany, the daughter of the late Georg and Kunigunda (Liedel) Kohlbauer. She met her husband, Carl L. Sabey during WW II and moved to...
Virginia Smithson
Jun 9, 2017
Virginia I. Smithson; 92 of Youngstown, NY died Friday June 9. 2017 in Our Lady of Peace with her son Bruce and Family by her side. Born in Lewiston, NY on February 19, 1925 to the late Milton and Frances (Hillman) Crane. In her early years Virginia worked in the cafeteria at Woolworth’s Dept. Store and later was a...
Judy Ault
Jun 3, 2017
Judy A. Ault, age 74 of Ransomville, died Saturday June 3, 2017 in the Niagara Hospice House in Lockport after a short illness. Judy was born December 31, 1942 in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of the late Donald F. and Marie C. (York) DeTamble. She had various careers through the years. Judy made and sold crafts on the...
Thomas Vaverchak
Jun 2, 2017
Thomas P. Vaverchak, age 73 of Lewiston, died unexpectedly at his residence on Friday June 2, 2017. Tom was born January 31, 1944 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late Edward P. and Margaret (Pitonyak) Vaverchak. He began working for Niagara Mohawk on August 19, 1963. When he retired from National Grid on July 1, 1999 he...
Harry Pyle
May 31, 2017
Harry F. Pyle, age 68 of Lewiston, died Wednesday May 31, 2017 at his home under the loving care of his family and Niagara Hospice. Harry was born January 27, 1949 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late John J. and Marjorie Mae (Patterson) Pyle. He was a U.S. Navy Vietnam era veteran, serving from 1969 to...
Roland Bradley
May 31, 2017
Roland Lee Bradley, age 65 of Ransomville, died unexpectedly on Wednesday May 31, 2017 in the Buffalo General Medical Center. Lee was born June 4, 1951in Ransomville, NY, the son of Betty (Norman) Daniels and the late Rolland "Spike" Bradley. A lifelong resident of Ransomville, Lee was a 1969 graduate of Wilson High School. He was a U.S. Navy...
