
Ida Lombardi
Oct 8, 2013
Ida Lombardi, age 84 of Lewiston, died Tuesday October 8, 2013 in Mt. St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, after a brief illness.. Ida was born September 9, 1929 in Ceprano, Frosinone, Italy, the daughter of the late Rocco and Maria (Palleschi) D'Amico. On January 17, 1949 she married Vincent "Vinnie" Lombardi. They immigrated to Detroit in 1958 and moved...

Catherine Szostak
Oct 7, 2013
Catherine D. Szostak, age 93 formerly of Oxbow Lane in Lewiston, died Monday October 7, 2013 in Our Lady of Peace Nursing Care Residence in Lewiston, after a lengthy illness. Catherine was born May 29, 1920 in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of the late Joseph and Teresa (Rufran) D'Amato. She was a 1938 graduate of Niagara Falls High...

Dorothy Cunningham
Oct 5, 2013
Dorothy A. Cunningham, age 86 of Lewiston died Saturday October 5, 2013 in the Conesus Lake Nursing Home in Livonia, NY. Dorothy was born May 21, 1927 in Rochester, NY, the daughter of the late Willis and Helen (Knapp) Smith. She was a graduate of East High School in Rochester and a 1949 graduate of Buffalo State Teachers College...

Michele Figura
Sep 29, 2013
Michele Figura, age 61 of Ransomville, died unexpectedly on Sunday September 29, 2013 in Mt. St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston. Michele was born December 10, 1951 in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of the late Daniel and Mayme (Antolene) DeLill. She was a 1969 graduate of Lewiston Porter High School and became a licensed hair dresser, working for Francesco's...

George Faery
Sep 24, 2013
George T. Faery, age 91 of Ransomville, died Tuesday September 24, 2013 in Our Lady of Peace Nursing Care Residence in Lewiston, after a long illness. George was born March 8, 1922 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late Fred and Grace (Magorian) Faery and was a lifelong resident of the Town of Cambria. He was the...

Robert Burtwell
Sep 22, 2013
Robert Frederick Burtwell, age 101 of Ransomville died Sunday September 22, 2013 in Medina Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Robert was born November 11, 1911 in St. Catharine's Ontario, Canada, the son of the late Robert M. and Eva (Anderson) Burtwell and lived in the Niagara Region of Ontario until moving to Ransomville in 1964. On August 20,...

Kathleen Swann
Sep 21, 2013
Kathleen P. (Krawczyk) Swann, age 74 of Lewiston, died Saturday September 21, 2013 in Mt. St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, after a lengthy illness.. Kathleen was born March 26, 1939 in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of the late Francis and Anne (Maitland) Connolly and was a graduate of St. Mary's High School. She has resided in Lewiston the...

Duesalina Sue Kifer
Sep 20, 2013
Duesalina Sue Kifer, age 100 of Niagara Falls NY, died Friday September 20, 2013 in Niagara Hospice House in Lockport, where she celebrated her 100th birthday on August 28th of this year. Sue was born August 28, 1913 in Clymer, PA, the daughter of the late Alfredo and Theodora (Mantani) Amici. In 1942 she married Howard Kifer and they...

Alvin Ogg
Sep 18, 2013
Alvin C. Ogg, 79, of Lewiston, New York passed away September 18, 2013 after a lengthy illness, surrounded by his loving family and under the devoted and compassionate care of the staff at Our Lady of Peace Nursing Home. He was born on June 13, 1934 in Swissvale, Pennsylvania, the only child of the late Alvin W. and Margaret...

Chester Sulinski, Sr.
Sep 17, 2013
Chester Richard Sulinski, Sr., age 74 of Ransomville, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Tuesday, September 17, 2013. Chet was born December 31, 1938 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late Stanley and Elfreda (Kcuik) Sulinski and was a 1956 graduate of Lewiston Porter High School. He was employed by TAM Ceramics in Niagara Falls, NY...

Gerald Skene
Sep 16, 2013
Gerald A. Skene, age 75 of Lewiston, died Monday September 16, 2013 in Mt. St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, after a brief illness. Gerry was born October 14, 1937 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late George A. and Norine (Best) Skene and has lived in Lewiston the past 20 years. He graduated from Niagara Falls High...

Nicholas Holstrom
Sep 13, 2013
Nicholas J. Holstrom, age 25 of North Tonawanda, died Friday September 13, 2013 in Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo after a yearlong battle with cancer. Nicholas was born August 25, 1988 in Lockport, the son of Heidi (Holstrom) Jeffrey and Phillip Carden. He was a 2006 graduate of Starpoint High School and served in the U. S. Marine...

Lynn Doyle
Sep 11, 2013
Lynn Ann Doyle, age 59 of Lockport, died Wednesday September 11, 2013 at her residence under the loving care of her family and Niagara Hospice. Lynn was born September 20,1953 in Buffalo, NY, the daughter of the late Marcas and Betty Jane (Reich) Harter. She attended Kenmore East High School and began a career in the U.S. Air Force...

Margery Cornell Gatley
Sep 8, 2013
Margery S. Cornell Gatley, age 89, formerly of Ransomville, died Sunday September 8, 2013 in Dunstable, MA after a brief illness. Margery was born March 8, 1924 in Youngstown, the daughter of the late Howard and Bessie (Truesdale) Carter and was a 1942 graduate of Youngstown High School. She was a former member of the Ransomville Baptist Church and...

Clayton Pardee, Jr.
Sep 6, 2013
Clayton T. "Buddy" Pardee, Jr., age 60 formerly of Youngstown, died Friday September 6, 2013 in the Eastern Niagara Hospital in Newfane after a lengthy illness. Buddy was born January 28, 1953 in Franklin, OH, the son of the late Clayton Sr. and Beverly (Gunzelman) Pardee. He grew up in Youngstown and was a 1974 graduate of Lew Port...

Glenn Ostrihon
Sep 3, 2013
Glenn R. Ostrihon, age 76 of Ransomville, died Tuesday September 3, 2013 in Mount St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, after a brief illness. Glenn was born October 22, 1936 in Pontiac, MI, the only son of the late Helen (Hosner) Ostrihon Rizzon. He served in the U.S. Air Force as a jet engine mechanic from 1956 to his honorable...

Jeffrey Smith
Aug 31, 2013
Jeffrey A. "Smitty" Smith, age 69 of Lewiston and Niagara Falls, died Saturday August 31, 2013 in Our Lady of Peace Nursing Care Residence in Lewiston. Smitty was born October 18, 1943 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late Lawrence and Alona (Austin) Smith and was a 1961 graduate of Lewiston Porter High School. He had served...

Christine Palmatier
Aug 30, 2013
Christine E. Palmatier, age 25, of Winter Haven, FL passed away on Friday, August 30, 2013 at Good Shepard Hospice Facility in Lakeland, FL of cystic fibrosis. She was born April 13, 1988 in Niagara Falls, NY. She was adopted in June 1992 by her foster parents, Curt and Sharon Palmatier. After Curt passed away, Sharon remarried Al Strasburg...

Jean Beukema
Aug 30, 2013
Jean V. Beukema, age 96 of the Town of Niagara, formerly of Wilson, died unexpectedly on Friday August 30, 2013 at her son's residence. Jean was born August 20, 1917 in the Town of Shelby, NY, the daughter of the late Edward and Florence (Sybrant) Van Brocklin. She held a Master's Degree in Library Science and for 20 years...

Rosemarie Moyer
Aug 29, 2013
Rosemarie Moyer, age 94 of Lewiston NY, died Thursday August 29, 2013 in Our Lady of Peace Nursing Care Residence in Lewiston, after a short illness. Rosemarie was born May 10, 1919 in Austin, PA, the daughter of the late John and Molly (Glatz) Miklitsch. She attended Sacred Heart Parochial School and graduated from Niagara Falls High School in...