Neil A. Gowans, design engineer for Trico
Feb. 18, 1924 – Jan. 14, 2014Neil A. Gowans, of Cheektowaga, a retired design engineer for Trico Products, died Tuesday in Beechwood Continuing Care Wesley Rehabilitation Center, Getzville. He was...
View ArticleMarion E. Faller, photo artist, UB professor
Nov. 5, 1941 – Jan. 15, 2014Marion Evelyn Faller, of Clarence, a renowned documentary photo artist and professor of photography at the University at Buffalo, died Wednesday in Hospice Buffalo,...
View ArticleEugene R. Burgess Sr., teacher, guidance counselor
March 8, 1919 – Jan. 7, 2014Eugene R. Burgess Sr., of Hanford Bay and Hamburg, a teacher, coach and guidance counselor, died Jan. 7 in Buffalo Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He was 94.Born in Port...
View ArticleRichard H. Geitner, 92, owned historic Angola theater
Jan. 11, 1922 – Jan. 14, 2014Richard H. Geitner, longtime owner of Angola’s historic movie theater and a pilot during World War II, died Jan. 14. He was 92.Mr. Geitner was born in Silver Creek. He...
View ArticleSalvatore D’Auria, former Optimist Club president
July 8, 1923 – Dec. 23, 2013Salvatore Louis D’Auria, former president of the Optimist Club of Buffalo and a veteran of World War II, died Dec. 23 in Buffalo VA Medical Center. He was 90.Mr. D’Auria...
View ArticleArea Deaths
Steven D. Arnold, of East Aurora, died Jan. 14.Michael P. Barton, of Tonawanda, died Jan. 14.Edward Bayer, of Orchard Park, died Jan. 12.Anna M. (Dudak) Boskat, 86, seamstress and retired secretary at...
View ArticleDr. Charles W. Bishop, 93, UB professor of medicine
June 30, 1920 – Jan. 11, 2014Dr. Charles W. Bishop, an emeritus professor of medicine at the University at Buffalo, died Jan. 11 in his Amherst home after living with prostate cancer for more than a...
View ArticleJohn T. Manyon, helped transform Blue Shield of WNY
Oct. 7, 1925 – Jan. 16, 2014 John T. Manyon, who helped turn Blue Shield from a small local health insurer into a major force in health care, died Thursday after a short illness. He was 88.Mr. Manyon...
View ArticleHiroo Onoda, one of last Japanese WWII soldiers to surrender, dies at 91
Hiroo Onoda, an Imperial Japanese Army officer who remained at his jungle post on an island in the Philippines for 29 years, refusing to believe that World War II was over, and returned to a hero’s...
View ArticlePeter Cavaretta, longtime Sweet Home teacher
Aug. 5, 1925 – Jan. 18, 2014Peter N. Cavaretta, a teacher for 30 years in Sweet Home Central schools, died Saturday at Fox Run in Orchard Park. The former Amherst resident was 88.Born in Buffalo, he...
View ArticleDr. Donald Morton, who pioneered a cancer technique, dies at 79
Sept. 12, 1934 – Jan. 10, 2014Dr. Donald L. Morton, a son of an Appalachian coal miner who gained renown as a surgeon for helping to develop a widely used technique for detecting and treating certain...
View ArticleJosephine L. Fichera, executive secretary for Army Corps of Engineers
April 6, 1921 – Jan. 17, 2014Josephine L. Fichera, of Buffalo, an executive secretary for the Buffalo District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, died Friday in Hospice Buffalo, Cheektowaga. She was...
View ArticleChris Chataway, British runner and politician, dies at 82
Jan. 31, 1931 – Jan. 19, 2014Chris Chataway, the British runner who helped Roger Bannister achieve the first sub-4-minute mile then broke world records himself and became a member of Parliament and a...
View ArticleJoseph M. Promowicz, professional baseball player
Feb. 21, 1927 – Jan. 18, 2014NIAGARA FALLS – Joseph M. Promowicz, an Army veteran and professional baseball player in the St. Louis Cardinals organization, died Saturday at home. He was 86.Mr....
View ArticleMichael G. Lyons, Housing Authority supervisor
April 6, 1949 – Jan. 17, 2014Michael G. Lyons, of South Buffalo, a supervisor for the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority and a longtime member of the city’s Planning Board, died Friday in Niagara...
View ArticleNatalie P. Kaufman, Kaleida administrator, nurse
Oct. 13, 1960 – Jan. 18, 2014Natalie P. Kaufman, an administrator for Kaleida Health, died Saturday in her Clarence Center home after a long battle with ovarian cancer. She was 53.Born Natalie Turner...
View ArticleGeorge K. Minton, retired GM plant foreman
April 7, 1929 – Jan. 20, 2014George K. Minton, a retired auto plant foreman, died Monday under hospice care in his Grand Island home after a struggle with cancer. He was 84.The descendant of pioneer...
View ArticleMichael Nowak, who resumed skydiving after MS diagnosis
June 29, 1953 – Jan. 14, 2014Michael Nowak, of North Tonawanda, who used his love of skydiving to raise money to help people with multiple sclerosis following his own diagnosis, died Jan. 14 in...
View ArticleJohn G. Bihr, CPA, operated family grocery
May 15, 1936 – Jan. 14, 2014John Gottlieb Bihr, a certified public accountant who operated a family grocery in Orchard Park for 30 years, died unexpectedly Jan. 14 in Mercy Hospital. He was 77.Born in...
View ArticleArea Deaths
Robert G. Anetzberger, died Jan. 17.Mary J. (Michele) Ansteth, 92, of Snyder, died Jan. 17.Ralph J. Barone, 67, died Jan. 17.Bertha B. (Nowak) “Dolly” Belz, 90, died Jan. 17.David G. Bender Sr., of...
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