Robert Harrigan
Sep 21, 2016
ROBERT JOHN HARRIGAN Jan. 22, 1941 ~ Sept. 21, 2016 On Wednesday, September 21, 2016, Robert John Harrigan, with family by his side, passed away peacefully. The youngest of 12 children born in 1941, son of James and Gertrude Harrigan, Robert grew up in the City of Niagara Falls, New York. He was naturally athletic and earned the nickname...
Robin Schmidt-Abe
Sep 20, 2016
Robin Dorothy Schmidt-Abe, age 44 of Manhattan, NY, passed away Tuesday September 20, 2016 in the Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan following a courageous battle with leukemia. Robin was born June 2, 1972 in Lewiston, NY, the daughter of Kathleen (Roblee) of the Town of Niagara and the late Robert G. Schmidt. She grew up in the Town of...
Vera Crowell
Sep 18, 2016
Vera Mae Crowell, age 96 of Youngstown NY, died Sunday September 18, 2016 in her home, surrounded by her loving family. Vera was born September 11, 1920 in Axtel, TX, the daughter of the late Charles and Thecla (Kramer) Weissinger and was raised in New Jersey. She graduated from Teaneck High School in 1936 at age 16 and worked...
Janice Gawne
Sep 18, 2016
Janice R. Gawne, age 83 formerly of the Town of Cambria and Medina, died Sunday September 18, 2016 in the NYS Veterans Home in Batavia. Janice was born June 26, 1933 in Buffalo, the daughter of the late Jeanette Gardner and her step father, Archibald Hamers . She married Howard F. Gawne, II on August 21, 1954 and they...
Eleanor Diez
Sep 14, 2016
Eleanor Julia (née Strahan) Diez, 94, died Wednesday September 14, 2016, at the Odd Fellow & Rebekah Health Center in Lockport, New York. Eleanor is survived by her sons Neiland Diez of Charleston, SC, and Raymond (Suzanne) Dietz of Youngstown, NY; grandchildren, Olivia Belter, Jessica Dietz (fiancé Martin Doherty), and Aaron (Denise) Dietz; great-grandchildren, Zachary, Tyler, and Evan Belter,...
Robert Stepien
Sep 10, 2016
Robert Zygmund Stepien, of Lewiston, formerly of Houston, Texas, died unexpectedly at home on Saturday morning, September 10, 2016.He was 51. He was born at the Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center on October 23, 1964, the son of Robert E. and Christine M. (Tylock)Stepien. Robert was a conscientious student at Lewiston Porter Central School District, graduating in 1982. While...
Lee Bickford
Sep 10, 2016
Lee Wadsworth Bickford, age 98, formerly of Niagara Falls, passed away peacefully on Saturday September 10, 2016 in Our Lady of Peace Nursing Care Residence in Lewiston, after a lengthy illness. Born in Wilson, NY on August 31, 1918, Lee was the son of the late Evelyn (Carrigan) and Frank Bickford and was a 1937 graduate of Wilson High...
Patsy Pearson
Sep 4, 2016
Patsy J. Pearson, age 83, died unexpectedly on Sunday September 4, 2016 at her home in Sanborn where she had resided the past 25 years. Patsy was born September 4, 1933 in West Decatur, PA, the daughter of the late Leonard and Mary (Fleck) Kyler and was a graduate of Phillipsburg High School in Pennsylvania. She enjoyed gaming at...
Lorraine Thomson
Aug 30, 2016
Lorraine M.B. Thomson, age 83 of Lewiston, died Tuesday August 30, 2016 in Niagara Hospice House in Lockport, after a long illness. Lorraine was born September 16, 1932 in East York, Ontario, Canada, the daughter of the late Thomas and Janet C. (Forbes) Paterson. She was raised in Niagara Falls, NY and was a graduate of Trott Vocational High...
Doris Miller
Aug 28, 2016
Doris Miller, age 94, a lifelong resident of Lewiston, died Sunday August 28, 2016 in Mt. St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, after a brief illness. Doris was born August 16, 1922 in the Town of Lewiston, the daughter of the late Durwood M. and Irene (Young) Leggett. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Education from Niagara University and began...
James Griebner
Aug 27, 2016
James Robert Griebner, age 54 of Lewiston, died unexpectedly on Saturday, August 27, 2016 at his residence. Jim was born May 21, 1962 in Lewiston, NY, the son of the late Robert C. and Lois (Rickert) Griebner. He graduated from Lewiston Porter High School in 1980 and then completed diesel mechanic school in Ohio. Jim has had a long...
Katherine Snyder
Aug 26, 2016
Katherine S. "Katie" Snyder, age 78 of the Town of Niagara, entered into rest on Friday August 26, 2016 surrounded by her loving family and friends after a long and courageous battle with Leukemia. Katie was born February 15, 1938 in Brooklyn, NY, the daughter of the late Harry S. and Gertrude (Malarky) Biddle and has was a graduate...
Mary Sonberg
Aug 24, 2016
Mary Kathleen "Kathy" Sonberg, age 67 of Newfane, died Wednesday, August 24, 2016, at Niagara Hospice House in Lockport surrounded by and under the loving care of her family. Kathy was born November 27, 1948 in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of the late John J. and Mary Louise (Woomer) Sever. After the death of her father, Kathy’s mother...
Douglas Diez
Aug 23, 2016
Douglas Stuart Diez, 49, of Cape Canaveral, FL, died on Tuesday, August 23, 2016. He was born March 10, 1967 in Lewiston, the son of Connie L. (Campbell) and the late Douglas F. Diez. He graduated from Lewiston-Porter High School in 1985 and from Bucknell University in 1989 as Highest Standing in his Chemical Engineering Class. He was employed...
Perry Favero
Aug 22, 2016
Perry J. Facero, age 57 of Titusville, FL, died Monday August 22, 2016 under Hospice care in Titusville. Perry was born April 30. 1959 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late Joseph and Phyllis (Barner) Favero and was a graduate of Bishop Duffy High School. Perry served in the U.S. Navy from 1977 to 1979. While in...
Robert C. Sayers
Aug 21, 2016
Robert C. Sayers, age 88 of Youngstown, passed away on Sunday August 21, 2016 surrounded by his family, after a brief illness. Bob was born May 20, 1928 in Clarksburg, WV, the son of the late Floyd D. and Opal L. (Simmons) Sayers. He was a 1947 graduate of Bridgeport High School in Bridgeport, WV and a 1950 graduate...
Wayne Thompson
Aug 9, 2016
Ransomville, Wayne C. Thompson, age 66 of Ransomville NY, died Tuesday (8/16) in the Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston, NY. Wayne C. "Grumpy" Thompson, 66, of Ransomville died unexpectedly Tuesday August 9, 2016. Born in Niagara Falls, N.Y. on September 2, 1949 to the late Richard C. and Irene (Kransinski) Thompson, Wayne was a graduate of Lewiston Porter HIgh...
Conrad Clingenpeel
Aug 6, 2016
Conrad Moon Clingenpeel 78, of Lewiston NY and formally of Centerville, OH, passed away on Saturday, August 6, 2016. Surviving is his wife Jean Ann Clingenpeel originally of Welland Ontario Canada, He was the son of the late Joel Samuel Clingenpeel and Mary Eleanor Moon Clingenpeel of Burkeville, Va. He had four children Tamela Elizabeth Clingenpeel Caballero and husband...
Howard Shipston
Jul 26, 2016
Howard E. "Ted" Shipston, age 69 of Ransomville, died Tuesday July 26, 2016 at his home under the loving care of his family, after a lengthy illness. Ted was born February 19, 1947 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, the son of the late Howard T. and Mary Ruth (Connolly) Shipston. He was raised in Youngstown and was a 1966 graduate...
John Roberts, Jr.
Jul 22, 2016
John G. Roberts, Jr. was ushered into heaven encircled by the tender devotion of family and in the loving arms of the woman he called “my beautiful wife,” Dawn Guild Roberts. John was the cherished father of Lynn Gerwitz (Randy), Susan Senick (Scott), Shannon Briggs (Edward), and Brian Roberts, whom he loved unconditionally and who were unfailingly by his...
