Marianne Zipp Hofheins, software company co-founder
June 4, 1950 Sept. 7, 2013 Marianne Zipp Hofheins of Williamsville, co-founder of a software company, died Sept. 7 after a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 63.Born in Tonawanda, she...
View ArticleAnthony J. Venditti, UPS labor relations manager
May 16, 1949 – Sept. 17, 2013Anthony J. Venditti, a former labor relations manager for United Parcel Services, died unexpectedly Tuesday in Sisters Hospital’s St. Joseph Campus, Cheektowaga. He was...
View ArticleRichard C. Braisted, retired researcher, yachtsman
Feb. 13, 1922 – Sept. 3, 2013Richard C. Braisted, of Williamsville, a retired Calspan researcher and yachtsman, died Tuesday in Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, Amherst. He was 91.Born in...
View ArticleWinifred H. Morrison, Ph.D., much-honored educator
Aug. 31, 1925 – Sept. 18, 2013Winifred H. Morrison, Ph.D., of Williamsville, a teacher, administrator and educational consultant, died Wednesday in Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, Amherst. She was...
View ArticleMary Jean Sloan, mental health social worker
April 1, 1938 – Sept. 17, 2013Mary Jean Sloan, a mental health social worker, died unexpectedly Tuesday in her Buffalo home. She was 75.Born Mary Jean Walker in Egypt, Miss., she came to Buffalo in...
View ArticleSister Mary Candace Kazmierczak, teacher, aide
March 5, 1927 – Sept. 18, 2013Sister Mary Candace Kazmierczak, a Felician sister who taught for 28 years in Catholic elementary schools then served as an aide at Villa Maria College, died Wednesday in...
View ArticleRev. Henry A. Schwede, minister, teacher, gourmet cook
April 13, 1941 – Sept. 18, 2013 The Rev. Henry A. Schwede, a retired United Church of Christ minister, died Wednesday in DeGraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, after a short illness. He was...
View ArticleSister Helen Welch, teacher, principal
Feb. 18, 1925 – Sept. 19, 2013Sister Helen Welch, Order of St. Francis, a teacher and principal, died Thursday at Stella Niagara Health Center. She was 88.A native of Columbus, Ohio, she graduated...
View ArticleAnthony B. Kalisz Jr., retired Buffalo police officer
Oct. 10, 1944 – Sept. 19, 2013Anthony B. Kalisz Jr. of Lockport, a retired Buffalo police officer, died Thursday in Niagara Hospice House. He was 68.Born in Buffalo, Mr. Kalisz was a graduated of...
View ArticleConstance A. (Cornell) Agro, of Hamburg, died Sept. 14.Leo L. Baldelli, of Lackawanna, died Sept. 17.John Bargnesi, died Sept. 17.Mildred M. Bleyle, 93, died Sept. 17.Robert H. Booker, died Sept....
View ArticleJoseph T. Todaro, WWII veteran, founded personnel agency
Jan. 30, 1925 – Sept. 18, 2013Joseph T. Todaro, an Army veteran of World War II and founder of a personnel agency, died Wednesday in Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Buffalo, after a long illness. He...
View ArticleDonald Paul McGuire, health care administrator
Nov. 14, 1940 – Sept. 16, 2013Donald Paul McGuire, a member of the McGuire family that owns several real estate and health care facilities in Western New York and Florida, died Monday in Sarasota,...
View ArticlePhillip J. Tabone Jr., school principal, cake designer, dies at 71
Nov. 11, 1941 - Sept. 19, 2013Phillip J. Tabone Jr., a primary school principal in East Pembroke and cake designer, died Thursday at the Hospice Wells House of the Beechwood Continuing Care Campus,...
View ArticleDr. Emanuel Amato, had long career as psychiatrist
Jan. 8, 1924 – Sept. 16, 2013When Dr. Emanuel Amato arrived in the United States in 1955 with $150 in his pocket and his medical degree from the University of Palermo in Sicily, he spoke virtually no...
View ArticlePaul Moran, Buffalo native won acclaim as sports writer who covered horse...
July 20, 1947 – Nov. 9, 2013Paul James Moran, a Buffalo native who was one of the nation’s most prominent writers on horse racing, died Saturday in a hospital in Saratoga Springs after a 3½-year...
View ArticleArea Deaths
Larry Aiello, retiree of U.S. Postal Service, WWII Army veteran, died Nov. 9.Francis Balcom, 90, died Nov. 9.Henry F. Becker, died Nov. 8.Robert C. Buckreis, 84, of Cheektowaga, former usher for...
View ArticleMichael P. Miller, FM radio personality who was popular as Iron Mike Bensson
(Oct. 17, 1953 — Nov. 7, 2013Michael Miller of Amherst, who spent years on the radio in Buffalo and St. Catharines, where he was known as Iron Mike Bensson, died Thursday from esophageal and stomach...
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Lena (Paulucci) Abramo, 91, of Tonawanda, died Nov. 11.Emma Arlene (Burlingame) Babcock, 94, of Machias, died Nov. 10. Calumbine “Cal” (Ciccone) Calandra, died Nov. 11.Amal S. Coston, died Nov....
View ArticleJohn Tavener, acclaimed British composer
Jan. 28, 1944 – Nov. 12, 2013LONDON (AP) – British composer John Tavener, whose career was boosted with the help of The Beatles and who often is remembered for the elegiac song performed as Princess...
View ArticleJoseph W. Kleinfelder Jr., retired Moog machinist
March 29, 1927 – Nov. 10, 2013A Mass of Christian Burial for Joseph William Kleinfelder Jr., a machinist at Moog and founder and president of the first BECCO/FMC Federal Credit Union, will be offered...
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