Elwood M. “Woody” Wardlow, former News managing editor,...
March 5, 1924 – June 28, 2014Elwood M. “Woody” Wardlow, whose 27-year career at The Buffalo News included 10 years as managing editor for administration, died Saturday in Sarasota, Fla., where he had...
View ArticleVirginia L. McMurtry, Grand Island school nurse
Feb. 14, 1931 – June 11, 2014Virginia L. “Ginny” McMurtry of Youngstown, a longtime school nurse, died June 11 in Clare Bridge of Niagara in North Tonawanda after a long illness. She was 83.Born in...
View ArticleTonawanda Coke owner dies at age 92
For more than 35 years, J.D. Crane was the man behind one of Tonawanda’s biggest employers, an entrepreneur friends describe as self-made and independent.Along the way, he became embroiled in one of...
View ArticleJoseph M. Jayson, founded real estate, energy firms
Aug. 16, 1938 - June 27, 2014Joseph M. Jayson of Getzville, who founded real estate and energy exploration and production companies, died unexpectedly last Friday at his summer home in Fort Erie, Ont....
View ArticleChris George, longtime history professor
Aug. 26, 1928 – June 27, 2014Chris George, a longtime history teacher, died Friday in his Lackawanna home. He was 85.Born in Velusina, Macedonia, Mr. George immigrated to the United States as a child...
View ArticleDr. Keith M. Henderson, political science professor
May 24, 1934 – June 22, 2014Keith Meader Henderson, of Buffalo, a SUNY Buffalo State political science professor for 45 years, died June 22 in Erie County Medical Center of injuries suffered in a...
View ArticleArea Deaths
James S. Pryce, 80, of North Tonawanda, Navy Seabee veteran, served in Army Reserve 365th Hospital EVAC Unit for 25 years, retired civil service employee for Niagara Falls Army Reserve Base, died June...
View ArticleVincent J. Graber Sr., longtime New York State assemblyman, dies at 83
May 14, 1931 – July 2, 2014 Vincent J. Graber Sr., a political power in both Western New York and Albany as a New York State assemblyman and local political leader, died Wednesday in Lower Cape Fear...
View ArticleRichard Mellon Scaife, influential U.S. conservative, dies at 82
July 3, 1932 – July 4, 2014Richard Mellon Scaife, the Pittsburgh philanthropist and reclusive heir to the Mellon banking fortune, whose support for right-wing causes laid the foundations for America’s...
View ArticleMary Rodgers, composer who was part of musical dynasty, dies at 83
Jan. 11, 1931 – June 26, 2014Mary Rodgers, composer of the musical “Once Upon a Mattress” that helped make Carol Burnett a star and author of the “Freaky Friday” story, has died. She was 83.Rodgers...
View ArticleLongtime state assemblyman Graber dies at 83
May 14, 1931 – July 2, 2014 Vincent J. Graber Sr., a political power in both Western New York and Albany as a New York State assemblyman and local political leader, died Wednesday in Lower Cape Fear...
View ArticleHugh F. Brady, interfaith leader, former Catholic priest
April 14, 1926 – July 2, 2014Hugh F. Brady, a former Catholic priest who later became an interfaith leader, died Wednesday in his Buffalo home. He was 88.Mr. Brady made his life’s work one of both...
View ArticleLouis Brown, father of Nicole Brown Simpson, dies
July 3, 2014DANA POINT, Calif. (AP) – Louis Brown Jr., the father of O.J. Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson, has died at his Southern California home, a family attorney said Saturday. He was...
View ArticleSebastian J. Jacobi, co-founded family restaurants
Feb. 4, 1920 – July 4, 2014 Sebastian “Buster” J. Jacobi, a retired restaurateur, died Friday at Fox Run Assisted Living Facility in Orchard Park. He was 94.A Buffalo native, Mr. Jacobi entered World...
View ArticleRose Corigliano, name was inspiration for Rosina Foods
Aug. 8, 1929 – July 4, 2014Rose Corigliano of Amherst, the daughter of Italian immigrants, whose first name was the inspiration for one of the most well-known family businesses in Western New York,...
View ArticleBruce A.N. Kolesnick, UB special events official, radio host
June 1, 1954 – July 4, 2014Some knew Bruce Allen Nicholas Kolesnick for having “The Voice of God.” Mr. Kolesnick’s musically smooth baritone voice could be heard at virtually every University at...
View ArticleAnne Costello, author, editor, social worker
Jan. 30, 1937 – June 17, 2014 Anne Costello, mother, grandmother, social worker, editor and author known for her passionate, vibrant approach to work and life, died June 17 in Schofield Residence,...
View ArticleSister Ann Hughes, teacher, administrator
April 28, 1932 – July 6, 2014Sister Ann Hughes of the Religious Sisters of Mercy, formerly Sister Mary Kevin, teacher, principal, director of religious formation and minister of clinical pastoral...
View ArticleMichael ‘Mick’ Waclawski, quadriplegic, radio enthusiast
Dec. 31, 1961 – July 2, 2014Michael “Mick” Waclawski, of Buffalo, the first quadriplegic patient on a ventilator allowed to go home from Erie County Medical Center, died Wednesday in Kenmore Mercy...
View ArticleJohn C. Courtin, executive director of Darwin Martin House Restoration Corp.
Aug. 31, 1948 – June 29, 2014John Christopher Courtin, a founding member of the Martin House Restoration Corp. and its longtime executive director, died June 29 after a long illness. He was 65.Mr....
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