Paul J. Schmoyer, 90, retired contractor, veteran
May 2, 1924 – July 7, 2014Paul J. Schmoyer, a retired contractor from both Youngstown and Fort Myers, Fla., died Monday in Mount St. Mary’s Hospital, Lewiston. He was 90.Born in Weehawken, N.J., Mr....
View ArticleWilliam T. Grady, 92, retired Buffalo police officer
Jan. 17, 1922 – July 6, 2014William Thomas Grady, of East Aurora, a retired Buffalo police officer, died Sunday in Hospice Buffalo, Cheektowaga. He was 92.Born in Cleveland, he attended Kensington...
View ArticleJoseph R. Stillwell, 96, retired UB vice president
July 26, 1917 – July 5, 2014Joseph R. Stillwell, of Amherst, retired vice president of student affairs at the University at Buffalo, died Saturday in the Rosa Coplon Home, Getzville. He was 96.Born in...
View ArticleChristine M. Wolcott, former VA registered nurse
Nov. 6, 1946 – July 8, 2014Christine M. Wolcott, of West Seneca, a registered nurse, died Tuesday in Buffalo General Medical Center after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 67.Born...
View ArticleEdward Pitts, financial consultant, tax accountant
Oct. 24, 1931 – July 6, 2014Edward Pitts, longtime Buffalo resident and financial consultant, died Sunday in Veterans Affairs Medical Center after a long illness. He was 82.Born in Greenwood, S.C.,...
View ArticleJoseph V. Nicosia, 97, bricklayer, stonemason
March 26, 1917 – July 7, 2014Joseph V. Nicosia, of Orchard Park, a bricklayer and stonemason, died Monday in Absolut Care of Orchard Park after a short illness. He was 97.Born in Buffalo, he joined...
View ArticleMario J. Rossetti, retired state court justice
Oct. 23, 1935 – July 8, 2014Mario J. Rossetti, a retired justice of State Supreme Court who was assigned as a judge of the state Court of Claims for about 19 years, died Tuesday in his home in...
View ArticleDorothy S. Schaus, telephone company supervisor
Sept. 23, 1925 – July 1, 2014Dorothy S. Schaus, of Williamsville, a retired telephone company supervisor, died July 1 in Beechwood Continuing Care, Getzville, where she had been a resident for three...
View ArticleRosetta Menifee, devoted county AIDS educator
March 22, 1958 – June 11, 2014Rosetta Menifee, of Buffalo, who helped others with drug addiction and HIV after she overcame her own drug habit, died June 11 in Hospice Buffalo, Cheektowaga, after a...
View ArticleArea Deaths
Adelina Colosimo, 86, of Tonawanda, worked briefly at M. Wile and Co., died July 8.Jane Gosden, 94, of the Town of Tonawanda, former sales clerk at AM&A’s in Amherst, died July 6.Robert Allen...
View ArticleAngela Y. Hightower, stay-at-home mother survived innovative surgery in 2008
Nov. 9, 1965 – June 27, 2014Angela Y. Hightower, a mother and homemaker who survived pioneering kidney surgery in 2008, died June 27 in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. She was 48.Ms. Hightower was...
View ArticleMattie M. Thompson, 93, pianist and church organist
July 2, 1921 - July 8, 2014Mattie M. Thompson, a lifelong resident of Buffalo and church organist, died Tuesday under hospice care in Buffalo General Medical Center, six days after her 93rd...
View ArticleRobert Allen Moody, Army veteran and retired welder
July 29, 1943 – July 3, 2014Robert A. Moody, an Army veteran and retired welder, died July 3 in his Buffalo home. He was 70.The Buffalo native attended School 75 and Burgard Vocational High School. In...
View ArticleBruce Hoffman, Army veteran, Little League coach
July 9, 1952 – July 10, 2014Bruce Hoffman of Lancaster died unexpectedly Thursday from a heart attack at home. He was 62.Born in Buffalo, he graduated from Frontier High School and earned an associate...
View ArticleRichard F. Wiesinger, Calspan retiree, active volunteer
Richard F. “Dick” Wiesinger, of Clarence and Saranac Lake, who worked at Calspan Corp. for 40 years and was an active volunteer, died June 9 at his home in Clarence. He was 80.Mr. Wiesinger was born...
View ArticleMary S. Frenett, GMAC’s first female claims adjuster
Sept. 14, 1926 – July 10, 2014Mary S. Frenett, a U.S. immigrant in the early 1930s who went on to become the first female claims adjuster at GMAC in Buffalo, died Thursday in Mercy Hospital. She was...
View ArticlePhillip L. Tallmadge, glass designer, traveler
Dec. 28, 1993 – July 6, 2014Phillip L. Tallmadge, a recent graduate of North Tonawanda High School, died July 6 at his home under the care of Niagara Hospice. He was 20.Mr. Tallmadge had battled...
View ArticleSam Maislin, veteran defense attorney and former Amherst justice
Nov. 26, 1945 – July 12, 2014Sam Maislin, a veteran defense lawyer whose ubiquitous advertisements touted his expertise in drinking-and-driving cases, died Saturday in his Amherst home. The former...
View ArticleWilliam L. Bleyle, retired Buffalo News printer
Nov. 7, 1930 - July 11, 2014William L. Bleyle, of the Town of Tonawanda, a retired printer, Army veteran of the Korean War and rose enthusiast, died Friday in Rosa Coplon Living Center, Getzville,...
View ArticleRaymond W. Killian, 97, WWII Army veteran, retired president of Kittenger Furniture Co., died May 7.Donald S. Long Jr., 56, of Cheektowaga, died July 6,PattiAnne M. Schwab, 51, of West Seneca, died...
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