Margaret Tower
Nov 18, 2012
Margaret I. Tower, age 89, lifelong resident of Ransomville and Youngstown, died Sunday November 18, 2012 at her home after a lengthy illness. Margaret was born December 23 1922 in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of the late Elmer D. and Florence I. (Adams) Truesdale. On August 28, 1939 she married Richard P. "Dick" Tower and they enjoyed their...
Carol Ripson
Nov 13, 2012
Carol H. Ripson, age 89 lifelong resident of Ransomville and Wilson, died Tuesday November 13, 2012 in the Niagara Rehabilitation and Health Center in Niagara Falls after a long illness. Carol was born June 19, 1923 in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of the late John L. and Myrtle (Hotchkin) Ripson. She was a graduate of Wilson High School...
Hilda Schoonover
Nov 10, 2012
Hilda Wieland Schoonover, 95, formerly of Lewiston, NY, passed away on Saturday, November 10, 2012. Mrs. Schoonover was a lifetime member of the First Presbyterian Church of Lewiston, NY. Elkins Funeral Home in Florence, AL and Hardison Funeral Home in Lewiston, NY are coordinating arrangements. Memorial services will be held in the Old Stone Church on Monday, November 19,...
Joseph Paul Retton, Jr.
Nov 10, 2012
Joseph Paul Retton, Jr., age 64 of Ransomville died Saturday November 10, 2012 at his residence while under the loving care of his family and Niagara Hospice. Paul was born March 28, 1948 in Fairmont, WV, the son of Ellen (Girod) Retton of Niagara Falls and the late Joseph Paul Retton, Sr. He attended LaSalle Senior High School and...
Wilfred Jones, Sr.
Nov 4, 2012
Wilfred A. "Will" Jones, Sr., age 71 of Ransomville, died Sunday November 4, 2012 at his residence under the loving care of his family and Niagara Hospice. Will was born August 30, 1941 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late Ralph and Delina (Bouly) Jones. He owned and operated AJJ Appliance Repair in the Town of Niagara...
Elizabeth Devole
Nov 1, 2012
Elizabeth J. Devole, age 65 of the Town of Cambria, died Thursday November 1, 2012 in the Eastern Niagara Hospital Newfane after a brief illness. Elizabeth was born September 29, 1947 in Olean, NY, the daughter of the late Arthur and Minnie (Schultz) Smiley and lived here most of her life. On October 8, 1966 she married Glenn A....
Dorothy Dieter
Nov 1, 2012
Dorothy M. Dieter, age 86 of Lewiston, formerly of Balmer Rd. in Youngstown, died Thursday November 1, 2012 in Niagara Hospice House in Lockport. Dorothy was born November 10, 1925 in Salamanca, NY, the daughter of the late Adam and Katherine (Simsick) Matusik. She graduated from Salamanca High School in 1943 and married Robert G. Dieter, of Alleghany, in...
Katherine Hurd
Oct 31, 2012
Katherine R. Hurd, age 91 of Youngstown died Wednesday October 31, 2012 in Mt. St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston. Katherine was born May 25, 1921 in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of the late Cornelius and Katherine (Kumpf) Stewart and was a 1939 graduate of Niagara Falls, High School. On April 12, 1947 she married Richard Hurd. They moved...
Lawrence Grimm
Oct 29, 2012
Lawrence W. Grimm, age 90 of Ransomville, died at his home on Monday October 29, 2012. Larry was born January 17, 1922 in Ransomville, the son of the late Roy and L. Inez (Brookins) Grimm. He was a 1939 graduate of Wilson High School and worked at Occidental Chemical Co. in Niagara Falls for 38 years, retiring in 1980...
John Kelly
Oct 24, 2012
John P. Kelly, age 79 of Youngstown , formerly of Warwick, NY and Ft. Myers, FL, died Wednesday October 24, 2012 surrounded by his family, in Niagara Hospice House in Lockport, NY. John was born July 28, 1933 in Teaneck, NJ, the son of the late Joseph A. and Margaret (Coleman) Kelly. He was a graduate of Dumont High...
Edward Matson
Oct 21, 2012
Edward "Eddie" C. Matson, age 78 of Ransomville died Sunday October 21, 2012 in the Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, after a long illness. Eddie was born May 2, 1934 in Brockway, PA, the son of the late Elton L. and Edith J. (Stitt) Matson. He served in the U.S. Army from 1956 to his honorable discharge in...
Joseph Pizzuto
Oct 20, 2012
Colonel Joseph Salvatore Pizzuto, USAF Retired, age 78, passed away on Saturday, October 20, 2012 at Mt. Saint Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, after a brief illness. Elder son of Sicilian immigrants, the late Pasquale and Maria (Puleo) Pizzuto, Joseph was born in Chicago, Illinois on October 22, 1933 and was raised with his younger brother, Salvatore (Sam). He attended...
Elizabeth Oliphant
Oct 14, 2012
Elizabeth A. "Betsy" Oliphant, age 83 of Ransomville died Sunday October 14, 2012 in Our Lady of Peace Nursing Residence in Lewiston, after a lengthy illness. Betsy was born January 25, 1929 in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of the late Leslie E. and Annie (Hailey) Ross. She grew up in Lewiston and was a graduate of the Lewiston...
Kenneth Jones
Oct 4, 2012
Kenneth P. Jones, 85, lifelong resident of the Niagara region, died on Thursday, October 4, 2012, at his Lewiston residence due to complications of congestive heart failure and diabetes. He was born in Pittston, PA, on April 8, 1927, the son of Harry and Hazel Jones, and grew up in Niagara Falls. He attended Niagara Falls High School, then...
Philip Voelker
Oct 4, 2012
Philip David Voelker, age 68 of Ransomville, went home to the Lord on Thursday October 4, 2012 in Buffalo General Hospital after a brief illness. Philip was born July 19, 1944 in Lockport and had attended Lockport Schools. He was the son of the late Theodore and Anna (Radloff) Voelker. Philip married Janice Moeller on July 26, 1986 and...
Eleanor Murphy
Oct 2, 2012
Eleanor C. Murphy, age 85 formerly of Niagara Falls, NY, died Tuesday October 2, 2012 in the Autumn Ridge Assisted Living of Clarkson in Holly, MI after a lengthy illness. Eleanor was born January 21, 1927 in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of the late George and Frances (Theis) Weidert. She was a graduate of Trott Vocational High School...
Donald Brown
Sep 28, 2012
Donald J. Brown, age 75 of Ransomville NY, died Friday September 28, 2012 at his residence under the loving care of his family. Don was born January 7, 1937 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of Edith (Shred) Brown Lemery of St. Catharine's Ontario and the late Eugene Brown. A Korean and Vietnam War Veteran, he joined the U.S....
Louise Moore
Sep 27, 2012
Louise S. Moore, age 81 of Ransomville died Thursday September 27, 2012 at her residence under the loving care of her family and Niagara Hospice. Louise was born December 16, 1930 in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of the late Wilhelm and Louise (Zoeblin) Haefele. She attended Niagara Falls High School and graduated in 1948. She then went to...
Mary H. Rickard
Sep 24, 2012
Mary Helen (Bissell) Rickard, age 83 of the Tuscarora Indian Nation, passed away Monday September 24, 2012 in Mt. St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston. Mary was born in December 17, 1928 in Buffalo, NY, the daughter of the late Harry and Emma (Judd) Bissell. She was a Seamstress at the Seneca Niagara Casino with her twin sister, Edith, for...
James Proper
Sep 22, 2012
James A. Proper, age 70, of Ransomville died Saturday September 22, 2012 at his residence while under the loving care of his family and Niagara Hospice. James was born August 5, 1942 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late John and Stella (Padlo) Proper. A lifelong resident of Ransomville, he graduated in 1959 from Lewiston Porter High...
