Edwina C. Czamara, school cafeteria manager
Feb. 19, 1925 – June 2, 2014Edwina C. Czamara, of Kenmore, retired cafeteria manager at Washington Elementary School in Kenmore, died Monday in ElderWood in Amherst after a short illness. She was...
View ArticleStephen J. Palmisano, architect for City of Buffalo
Feb. 2, 1933 – June 4, 2014Stephen Joseph Palmisano, of West Seneca, an architect for the City of Buffalo, died Wednesday in Mercy Hospital after a brief illness. He was 81.Born in Buffalo, he...
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Eddye Mae Bailey-Hairston, of Buffalo, teacher at Holy Innocence Day Care Center, died June 3.Margaret Ann Dombrowski, 79, of Hamburg, former nanny, died March 1.Ruth P. Goldstein, 95, of Buffalo,...
View ArticleMarjorie E. Amirian, longtime Amherst employee
Nov. 3, 1937 – June 6, 2014Marjorie E. Amirian, a longtime Town of Amherst employee, died Friday in her Williamsville home after a brief illness. She was 76.The former Marjorie Slojkowski was born in...
View ArticleKaren DeCrow, former president of NOW, dies at 76
Dec. 18, 1937 – June 6, 2014NEW YORK (AP) – Celebrated activist and civil rights lawyer Karen DeCrow, who led the National Organization for Women in the 1970s, died Friday at her home near Syracuse....
View ArticleBeverly Armstrong, former television anchor, poet
March 5, 1956 – May 26, 2014Beverly Armstrong, who was part of Buffalo’s first African-American television news anchor team in the 1980s, died May 26 in Columbia, S.C. She was 58.Born in Buffalo,...
View ArticleRose J. Santillo, popular country music singer
Sept. 12, 1932 – June 4, 2014Rose J. Santillo, known in some circles by her country performer names “Rose LeClaire” and “Tennesee Rose,” died Wednesday in Hospice House Brookside, Palm Harbor, Fla....
View ArticleAloysius Dziadaszek, founder of vending company
Aug. 30, 1942 – June 5, 2014Aloysius “Al D” Dziadaszek, founder of A-1 Vending Co. and a longtime resident of Cheektowaga, died Thursday in Mercy Hospital after a long illness. He was 71.Mr....
View ArticleJames M. Hilburger, hardware store owner
Jan. 21, 1929 – June 6, 2014James M. Hilburger, longtime owner of Hilburger Hardware in Kenmore, died Friday at home in Colden after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 85.Born in Buffalo, Mr....
View ArticleLucille Tarquini-Cuevas, barbershop, tavern owner
May 7, 1934 – June 6, 2014Lucille Tarquini-Cuevas, co-owner of Ray’s Gay 90s Barbershop and Ray’s Antique Tavern, died Friday at Beechwood Continuing Care, Getzville, of complications from congestive...
View ArticleJohn E. Hayes, 90, advertising agency founder
May 19, 1924 – June 5, 2014John E. “Jack” Hayes, of Orchard Park, a retired advertising executive, died Thursday in Mercy Hospital after a long illness. He was 90.Born in Buffalo, he graduated from...
View ArticleJospeh L. Fiorella, 92, Hengerer’s store manager
March 27, 1922 – June 8, 2014Joseph L. Fiorella, of Amherst, manager of the Hengerer’s department store in Eggertsville for more than 20 years, died Sunday in ElderWood Health Care, Amherst. He was...
View ArticleEleanor A. Pecoraro, noted for TV, radio commercials
June 23, 1936 – June 9, 2014Eleanor A. Pecoraro, the former office manager for River Front Auto Sales who became a celebrity in the dealership’s radio and TV commercials, died Monday in her...
View ArticleLorraine M. Rautenstrauch, dance studio owner
March 12, 1945 – June 10, 2014Lorraine Marion Rautenstrauch, of Cheektowaga, died Tuesday under care at Hospice of Buffalo, Cheektowaga, after a long illness with cancer. She was 69.Born Lorraine...
View ArticleBetty Lou Quigley, 91, retired registered nurse
Jan. 30, 1923 – June 9, 2014Betty Lou Quigley, of Buffalo and formerly of Tonawanda and Grampian Pa., a registered nurse, died Monday in Kenmore Mercy Hospital, Town of Tonawanda. She was 91.Born...
View ArticleShib P. Dutta, Roswell Park research scientist
Nov. 27, 1935 – June 11, 2014Shib Prasad Dutta, Ph.D., of Williamsville, a retired Roswell Park Cancer Institute research scientist, died Wednesday in Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, Amherst. He...
View ArticleRichard D. Chudzik, Buffalo police officer, caterer
Sept. 11, 1930 – June 11, 2014Richard D. Chudzik, a longtime Buffalo police officer and the founder of 7 C’s Catering, died Wednesday in the Center for Hospice and Palliative Care, in Cheektowaga...
View ArticleWillian H. Baumer, longtime UB philosophy professor
Oct. 7, 1932 – June 2, 2014William H. Baumer, Ph.D., of Clarence, a longtime philosophy professor at the University at Buffalo, died June 2 in Erie County Medical Center after a short illness. He was...
View ArticleJoyce Ann Doyle, instructor, championship rower
Sept. 3, 1935 - June 8, 2014Joyce Ann Doyle of Eden, a nursing instructor and championship rower, died Sunday in her daughter’s Amherst home after a lengthy illness. She was 78.Born Joyce Ann Werner...
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Ella J. Johnson, 74, died June 6.Donald A. Peterson, 87, of Grand Island, a World War II Marine Corps veteran, and General Motors employee, died June 12.Phillip Thompson, 89, a Dresser Industries...
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