Mark Cantara
Sep 29, 2014
Mark D. Cantara, age 52, lifelong resident of Lewiston, died Monday September 29, 2014 in Niagara Hospice House in Lockport. Mark was born February 22, 1962 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late Donald L. and Patricia G. (Moore) Cantara, and was a 1980 graduate of Lewiston-Porter High School. He was a Motor Equipment Operator for the...
Judith St. Onge
Sep 24, 2014
Judith A. "Judy" St. Onge, age 66 of the Town of Cambria, died Wednesday September 24, 2014 in the Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital in Amherst, after a lengthy illness. Judy was born February 12, 1948 in Lockport, NY, the daughter of the late LeRoy and Eleanor (Tompkins) Zastrow. A lifelong resident of the Town of Cambria, Judy was a...
William "Bill" Wakeman
Sep 23, 2014
William “Bill” Ross Wakeman, age 91 of Ransomville, NY, passed away peacefully on Tuesday September 23, 2014 at the Northgate Manor Nursing Home in Wheatfield, NY under the care of Niagara Hospice. Bill was born June 23, 1923 in Rochester, NY, and grew up in Niagara Falls, NY. He was the son of the late William Ross and Cora...
John Clement
Sep 19, 2014
John K. Clement, 79, of Ransomville, NY, passed away on Friday, September 19, 2014 in Mt. St. Mary's Hospital after a lengthy illness. Born in Niagara Falls, NY on January 25, 1935 to the late M. Kenneth and Ruth L. (Edwards) Clement and has been a lifelong resident of Ransomville. John attended and graduated from Wilson High School, Robert...
Noreen O'Connell
Sep 18, 2014
Noreen E. O'Connell, age 64 of Lewiston died Thursday September 18, 2014 in Mt. St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, after a lengthy illness. Noreen was born February 8, 1950 in Springfield, MA, the daughter of the late Francis and Rosemary (Strain) Sloan. She and her family moved to Cranford, NJ in 1961 and she graduated from Cranford High School...
Sidney Walton
Sep 14, 2014
Sidney G. Walton, age 92 of Lewiston, died Sunday September 14, 2014 at his home under the loving care of his family. Sidney was born November 3, 1921 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, the eldest son of Frank and Dorothy (Mason) Walton of Southampton, England. He moved to Niagara Falls, NY and attended local city schools, graduating from LaSalle High...
Alexander Jekielek
Sep 13, 2014
Alexander Jekielek, Jr., age 76 of Lewiston, died Saturday September 13, 2014 in Mt. St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, after a lengthy illness. Alexander was born February 23, 1938 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late Alexander and Irene (Sobieniak) Jekielek and was a 1955 graduate of Trott Vocational High School. He began a career with the...
Richard "Dick" Young
Sep 13, 2014
Richard "Dick" W. Young Jr., age 81 of Lewiston died Saturday September 13, 2014 in Niagara Hospice House in Lockport, after a lengthy illness. Dick was born March 20, 1933 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late Richard W. and Phyllis (Hoey) Young. He attended local schools, was a 1951 graduate of Niagara Falls High School ,...
John Given
Sep 5, 2014
John Dion Given, age 85 of Youngstown passed away Friday September 5, 2014 under the care of Niagara Hospice in Northgate Manor Nursing Home in Wheatfield after a brief illness. John was born October 4, 1928 in Natick, MA, the son of the late William J Given of Edinburgh, Scotland and Evelyn (Dion) Given of Lyon, France. He graduated...
Dorothy Farrell
Sep 5, 2014
Dorothy M. Farrell, age 100 of Lewiston, died Friday September 5, 2014 in Our Lady of Peace Nursing Care Residence in Lewiston, after a lengthy illness. Dorothy was born March 6, 1914 in Phelan, Ontario, Canada, the daughter of the late Alexander and Harriet (Michimen) Eastman. She came to the United States with her family in 1927 and she...
Vivian "Vicki" Marshall
Aug 31, 2014
Vivian “Vicki” G. Marshall, age 75 of Lewiston, NY, died Sunday August 31, 2014 in NY Presbyterian Hospital in New York, NY, after a lengthy illness. Vicki was born January 15, 1939 in New York, NY, the daughter of the late Morris and Eve (Axel) Goldberg and was raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. After graduating from Sophie Newcomb College of...
Clair Henneman
Aug 27, 2014
Clair E. Henneman, age 95 formerly of Niagara Falls, NY, died Wednesday August 27, 2014 in ElderWood Health Care at Williamsville after a long illness. Clair was born May 28, 1919 in Punxsutawney, PA, the son of the late William J. and Esther M. (Vanderpool) Henneman. He was an U.S. Army veteran of WW II serving from March of...
Peter Casella
Aug 27, 2014
Peter F. Casella, a former patent and licensing executive of Hooker Chemical Co. and Occidental Petroleum Corporation and a nationally recognized authority on patents and licensing died on August 27, 2014 at his home in Lewiston, NY. He was 92 years old. Mr. Casella headed the Patent and Licensing Department at Hooker and, subsequently Occidental Chemical, for nearly thirty...
Joan Dougherty
Aug 22, 2014
Joan M. Dougherty, age 82, affectionately known as the "Queen of Tuscarora St." in Lewiston, died Friday August 22, 2014 at her daughter's home in Ft. Walton Beach, FL while under the loving care of her family and Covenant Hospice of Florida. Joan was born October 13, 1931 in Lewiston, the daughter of the late Victor J. and Violet...
Edison Brown
Aug 10, 2014
Edison Brown, age 97, formerly of Youngstown, passed away peacefully on August 10, 2014 in hospice at Community North Hospital, Indianapolis, In. After a stroke in 2012, Ed moved toAllisonvilie Meadows Nursing Home, Fishers, In. He was born in Buffalo, New York, on December 17,1916 to the late Sophia(Brown) Allen nee Haseley. The family moved to Niagara Falls early...
Edith Tweed
Aug 10, 2014
Edith J. Tweed, 72, of the Village of Youngstown, died on Sunday, August 10, 2014, at her residence under the care of her family and Niagara Hospice. Born in Youngstown, NY on August 4, 1942 to the late Mack and Dicie (Robinson) Tweed and has been a lifelong resident. She graduated from Lewiston Porter High School in 1960. Edith...
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...
