Charles "Chuck" Oliphant
Aug 7, 2014
Charles "Chuck" Oliphant, age 86 of Ransomville died Thursday August 7, 2014 in Our Lady of Peace Nursing Care Residence in Lewiston after a lengthy illness. Chuck was born Jul 22, 1928 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late Ennis and Margaret (Heywang) Oliphant. He was Trouble Lineman employed by Niagara Mohawk Power Corp for 35 years,...
Joan Shepherd
Jul 31, 2014
Joan Shepherd, age 76 of Lewiston, died Thursday July 31, 2014 in the Niagara Hospice House in Lockport, after a lengthy illness. Joan was born January 26, 1938 in Ransomville, the daughter of the late Leland and Iva (Stacey) Warner and lived there her whole life until moving to Lewiston 3 years ago. She was a Housekeeper, employed by...
Robert Reed
Jul 30, 2014
Robert R. “Skip” Reed, age 79 formerly of Youngstown and Lewiston, died Wednesday July 30, 2014 in Suffern, NY where he has resided the last year. Skip was born January 8, 1935 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late Russell B. and Estelle E. (Trench) Reed and attended local schools. He was an U.S. Army Veteran serving...
Andrew Prieto
Jul 24, 2014
Andrew Prieto, age 81 of Niagara Falls NY, died Thursday July 24, 2014 in the Schoellkopf Health Center in Niagara Falls, NY. Andrew was born February 28, 1933 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late Andrew and Rena (Arcane) Prieto. He attended local schools and received his bachelor's degree in Sociology from the University of Buffalo. Andrew...
Shirley Schisler
Jul 18, 2014
Shirley N. Schisler, age 84 of Youngstown, died unexpectedly at her residence on Friday July 18, 2014. Shirley was born January 13, 1930 in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of the late Paul and Mary (Winges) Hertz. She was a 1947 graduate of LaSalle High School. On March 26, 1949 she married Eugene J. Schisler and they moved to...
Dolores Waite
Jul 17, 2014
Dolores A. Waite, 83, of Lockport, NY, went home to be with the Lord on July 17, 2014 in Eastern Niagara Hospital, Lockport, after a lengthy illness. Born in Niagara Falls, NY on July 14, 1931 to the late Albert and Anne (Gilroy) Mulligan and was a graduate of Wilson High School 1949. In the same year she was...
William Holroyd
Jul 12, 2014
William Holroyd, 91, of Lewiston, NY, died on Saturday, July 12, 2014 in Niagara Hospice House, Lockport, after a lengthy illness. Born in Springfield, MA on March 20, 1923 to the late Joseph W. and Sarah (Hay) Holroyd. Bill Graduated from Eastern District High School, Brooklyn, NY in 1942, where he excelled as a Scholar Athlete. Bill then enlisted...
Paul Schmoyer
Jul 7, 2014
Paul J Schmoyer, age 90 of Youngstown and Ft. Myers, FL, died Monday July 7, 2014 in Mt. St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, after a lengthy illness. Paul was born May 2, 1924 in Weehawken, N.J., the son of the late Rev. Dr. Arthur and Maude (Smith) Schmoyer. A Veteran of WW II, he served in the U.S. Army...
Mark Senek
Jun 30, 2014
Mark J. "Timer" Senek, age 57 of Ransomville, died unexpectedly on Monday June 30, 2014 in Mt. St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston. Mark was born March 22, 1957 in Ransomville, the son of the late John and Clarabell B. (Lederhouse) Senek. He was a 1976 graduate of Wilson High School and has worked on his family's farm his whole...
Doretta Nashwinter
Jun 27, 2014
Doretta A. Nashwinter, age 90 of Sanborn, passed away peacefully in her home on Friday, June 27, 2014. Doretta was born March 29, 1924 in Clearfield, PA, the daughter of the late Albert and Victoria (Brown) Nearhood. She married Lawrence E. Nashwinter on July 18, 1942. Lawrence predeceased her on August 2, 1990. Doretta had worked at Twin Fair,...
Patricia Lemaitre
Jun 27, 2014
Patricia M. LeMaitre, age 73 of Youngstown NY formerly of Albany, died Friday June 27, 2014 in the Buffalo General Medical Center in Buffalo, NY after a brief illness.. Pat was born April 23, 1941 in Albany, NY, the daughter of the late Charles and Mary (Kelley) Reid. She was a 1959 graduate of Bethlehem Central High School and...
Daisy Bell
Jun 26, 2014
Daisy N. Bell, age 103 of Lewiston died Thursday June 26, 2014 in Our Lady Of Peace Nursing Care Residence in Lewiston, after a brief illness. Daisy was born June 10, 1910 in Tallahassee, FL, the daughter of the late Lewis L. and Ruth F. (Page) Nichols and has lived in the Niagara Falls area since the 1930's. During...
Robert Rose
Jun 19, 2014
Robert G. Rose, age 82 of Lewiston, died Thursday June 19, 2014 in Niagara Hospice House in Lockport, after a lengthy illness. Bob was born February 3, 1932 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late Glenn and Janet C. (Combe) Rose. A lifelong area resident, he was a 1950 graduate of the Lewiston Red Brick School. On...
Gerald Goodman
Jun 17, 2014
Newfane - Gerald E. "Ed" Goodman died suddenly at his home on Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at the age of 59. Ed was born July 24, 1954 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late Malcolm E. and Betty Jane (Oliphant) Goodman. He was a 1972 graduate of Newfane High School and had attended Niagara County Community College....
William Leggett
Jun 16, 2014
William J. "Hoppy" Leggett, age 82 of Ransomville, died Monday June 16, 2014 in the Niagara Hospice House in Lockport, after a long illness. Hoppy was born November 2, 1931 on his family's farm in the Town of Lewiston, the son of the late Lawrence and Pearl (Pfeffer) Leggett. He graduated from Wilson High School in 1951 and joined...
Elaine Moltrup
Jun 16, 2014
Elaine Diane (Clement) Moltrup, age 56, of Newfane, NY, entered into heaven at her home under Hospice Care on June 16, 2014. A longtime resident of Ransomville, Elaine graduated from Wilson High School in 1976. During her youth, she traveled and sang in New Image for 4 years. As a lifelong member of the Ransomville Free Methodist Church, she...
Virginia Mcmurtry
Jun 11, 2014
Virginia L. "Ginny" McMurtry, age 83 of Youngstown, died Wednesday June 11, 2014 in Clare Bridge of Niagara in North Tonawanda, after a long illness. Ginny was born February 14, 1931 in Rochester, NY, the daughter of the late Robert and Ruth (Marvin) Downing. She attended local schools in Avon, NY and graduated from Alfred University in 1953 with...
Jose Garcia
Jun 1, 2014
Jose M. Garcia, age 80 of Ransomville, died unexpectedly at his residence on Sunday June 1, 2014. Jose was born August 14, 1933 in the Town of Saltillo in Coahuila, Mexico, the son of the late Jesus and Maria (Amador) Garcia. He was an U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean War, serving from 1953 to his honorable discharge in...
Douglas F. Diez
May 31, 2014
Douglas F. Diez, age 68, of Ransomville, died peacefully surrounded by his family, on Saturday May 31, 2014 in the Niagara Hospice House in Lockport, after a long illness. Doug was born August 6, 1945 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late Frank P. and Francis L. (Swick) Diez. He was a 1963 graduate of Lewiston-Porter High...
Donald Smith
May 26, 2014
Donald R. Smith, age 64 of Ransomville died unexpectedly on Monday May 26, 2014 in Mt. St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, NY. Don was born August 4, 1949 in Spencer, WV, the son of Betty (Taylor) Smith of Ransomville and the late Homer E. Smith. An U.S. Army Veteran of Vietnam, he served from August of 1967 to his...
