Mary Gueli
May 18, 2012
Mary M. Gueli, age 85 of Lockport , died Friday May 18, 2012 in the Eastern Niagara Hospital Lockport after a long illness. She has been a resident of the Odd Fellow & Rebekah Health Facility and of Briarwood in Lockport since 2005. Previous to that she had lived in Wilson. Mary was born February 15, 1927 in Buffalo,...
Edward Francis Eames
May 15, 2012
Edward Francis "Curly" "Fran" Eames, age 80 of Lewiston died Tuesday May 15, 2012 in Mt. St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, while under the care of Niagara Hospice. Fran was born March 4, 1932 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late Walter M. and Kathleen (Hogan) Eames and was in the first graduating class of Bishop Duffy...
Stanley Beczkowski
May 13, 2012
Stanley J. "Whitey" Beczkowski, age 91 of Wilson died Sunday May 13, 2012 in Eastern Niagara Hospital Newfane. Whitey was born March 31, 1921 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late Joseph and Nellie (Bak) Beczkowski. He grew up in tough times, a child of the Great Depression. As a teenager, in the 1930s, he went west...
Lewis Lauer
May 13, 2012
Lewis F. Lauer, 86, formerly of Youngstown, NY, passed away under the loving care of his family and hospice on Sunday, May 13, 2012 at the home of his daughter and son in law in Newark, DE. Born on October 13, 1925 in Niagara Falls,NY, Lew was the son of the late Lewis and Lillian (Pearson) Lauer and the...
Donald Wellar, Jr.
May 8, 2012
Donald E. "Donnie" Wellar, Jr., age 57 of Wilson, went to the arms of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Tuesday May 8, 2012 in the Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, after a lengthy illness. Donnie was born October 19, 1954 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of Mary (O'Donnell) Wellar of Niagara Falls and the late...
William Jeffery
May 8, 2012
William H. Jeffery, age 86 of Ransomville died Tuesday May 8, 2012 at his home under the loving care of his family and Niagara Hospice. William was born February 7, 1926 in Ransomville, the son of the late Clarence and Mabel (Gillis) Jeffery and was a lifelong resident. He was a 1944 graduate of Wilson High School and worked...
Kenneth Smith
May 7, 2012
Gasport, Kenneth A. Smith, age 60 died Monday May 7, 2012 at Absolut Care of Gasport where he has been a resident since 2005. Mr. Smith was born January 11, 1952 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late Alfred and Adelaine Smith. He was a self employed Insurance Broker in the Lewiston and Niagara Falls area. Private...
Joanne Sander
May 4, 2012
JoAnne F. Sander, age 66 formerly of the Town of Cambria, Friday May 4, 2012 in the Niagara Rehabilitation and Health Center in Niagara Falls, NY JoAnne was born August 13, 1945 in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of the late Sidney and Doris (Burleigh) Warrant. On September 28, 1963 she married Gary F. Sander in Grace Lutheran Church...
James Toohey
May 3, 2012
James R. "Jim" Toohey, age 65 of Buffalo, died unexpectedly at his residence on Thursday May 3, 2012. Jim was born August 20, 1946 in Lewiston, the son of the late Patrick and Ethel (Smith) Toohey. He was a 1964 graduate of Lewiston Porter High School and had attended New York University. Jim was s Vietnam U.S. Army Veteran,...
Anne Allen
May 3, 2012
Lantana, Fl Anne Marie (Stack) Allen, age 86 formerly of Lewiston, died on Thursday May 3, 2012 at her home in Florida while under the loving care of her family and Hospice of Palm Beach County. Anne was born April 20, 1926 in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of the late John and Mary (Brew) Stack. She was a...
Lillian Fryer
Apr 30, 2012
Lillian M. "Chick" Fryer, age 92 formerly of Ransomville, went to heaven to join her husband, Clarence and infant son, Charles, on Monday, April 30, 2012 in Mt. St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston after a brief illness. Lillian was born August 15, 1919 in Brooklyn, NY, the daughter of the late William and Sophie (Rheinheimer) Feuerbach. In 1943 she...
Sondra Wisby
Apr 29, 2012
Sondra L. Wisby, age 60 formerly of Ransomville, died Sunday April 29, 2012 at her home in Lewiston under the loving care of her family and Niagara Hospice. Sondra was born November 26, 1951 in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of the late Alex C. and Charlotte (Herbert) Lotterio. She was a 1969 graduate of Lewiston Porter High School...
Margaret Fournier
Apr 26, 2012
Margaret (Peg) (nee Dengate) Fournier, age 86, of Wilson, formerly of Niagara Falls and Ransomville, died at home under the care of Hospice. Peg was born October 27, 1925, in Lititz, Pennsylvania, the third child of the late Francis and Mary (McMahon) Dengate. She graduated from Sacred Heart Academy High School in Lititz, PA, and from Mercyhurst College in...
Zilpha Petty
Apr 26, 2012
Zilpha G. Petty, age 94 formerly of Wilson, entered into rest on Thursday April 26, 2012 at the Elderwood Health Care Center at Oakwood in Williamsville, NY. Zilpha was born July 3, 1917 in Ellington, NY, the daughter of the late Herman and Ruth (Robertson) Gates. She was a graduate of Houghton College and received her Master's Degree in...
Winifred Terryberry
Apr 23, 2012
Winifred B. Terryberry, age 100 formerly of Cayuga Dr. in Lewiston died Monday April 23, 2012 in Mt. St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, after a long illness. Winifred was born April 26, 1911 in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of the late Frank and Blanche (Shaptner) Currie. She had lived in Lewiston for 55 years and the last six...
J. Richard Moses
Apr 21, 2012
J. Richard "Dick" Moses, 85, of Collierville, TN died April 21, 2012. He is survived by his sister, Ann Palmer of Lewiston NY, two nephews and one niece. He leaves behind a legacy that includes four children (Chris of Kansas City, MO, Cathy of Phoenix, AZ, Robert of Fairfax Station, VA and Richard of Germantown, TN), eight grandchildren and...
David Kile
Apr 19, 2012
David R. Kile, age 90, formerly of Lewiston and Alden, NY, died Thursday April 19, 2012 in Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, NY. David was born in Romulus, NY, the son of the late David and Emma (Robbins) Kile. A veteran of WW II, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1945. On July 21, 1945...
Marjorie Oakes
Apr 18, 2012
Marjorie J. Oakes, age 76 of Ransomville died at her daughter's residence on her birthday, April 18, 2012, under the loving care of her family and Niagara Hospice after a courageous six year battle with cancer. Marjorie was born April 18, 1936 in Erie, PA, the daughter of the late Herman and Jessie (Stancliff) Werren and was a 1954...
Harold Irish
Apr 17, 2012
Harold R. Irish, age 96 , formerly a 60 year resident of Lewiston, died Tuesday April 17, 2012 in the Beechwood Continuing Care in Getzville where he has been a resident since 2008. Harold was born December 18, 1915 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late Ralph and Beulah (Bryning) Irish. He was a 1934 graduate of...
Nicky Kneepple
Apr 12, 2012
Nicky L. Kneepple, age 48 of Niagara Falls, died Thursday April 12, 2012 in Buffalo General Hospital after a lengthy illness. Nicky was born February 16, 1964 in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of John Richard Chamberlain of Ransomville and the late Alice May (Weed) Chamberlain. She married David W. Kneepple on April 18, 1982. Nicky enjoyed Bingo, playing...
