Guido A. Filicetti, longtime teacher, coach
Jan. 26, 1921 – Feb. 7, 2015Guido A. Filicetti, a longtime teacher and coach, died Saturday at his home in Lewiston while under the care of Niagara Hospice. He was 94.Born in Niagara Falls,... Read More
View ArticleClinton R. Wyckoff III, Buffalo industrialist
Sept. 9, 1938 – Feb. 8, 2015Clinton Randolph Wyckoff III, a Buffalo industrialist, died Sunday in the Cleveland Clinic in Weston, Fla., after a short illness. He was 76.Born in Buffalo, he... Read More
View ArticleJoan M. Effman, led Wyoming County Arts Council
April 27, 1941 – Feb. 9, 2015Joan M. Effman, former executive director of the Arts Council for Wyoming County, died Monday in her Buffalo home. A 19-year survivor of breast cancer, she was... Read More
View ArticleGrayce Arena, a co-founder of Valu Home Centers
Sept. 1, 1923 — Feb. 11, 2015Grayce Arena of Snyder, a co- founder of Valu Home Centers, died Wednesday in Buffalo General Hospital. She was 91.The former Grayce Amico was born in Buffalo.... Read More
View ArticleAnthony J. Fitzgibbons, 94, veteran, ex-firefighter
May 4, 1920 – Feb. 11, 2015Anthony J. Fitzgibbons, of West Seneca, a retired Buffalo firefighter and World War II infantryman who received two Purple Hearts, died Wednesday in Mercy Hospital ... Read...
View ArticleDomenico D’Angelo, retired teacher, legislator
Feb. 17, 1925 – Feb. 10, 2015Domenico D’Angelo, a retired teacher and county legislator, died Tuesday in the Weinberg Campus, Getzville. He was 89.Mr. D’Angelo taught French... Read More
View ArticleDaniel J. Trippie Sr., owned Transitown Collision
Jan. 10, 1943 – Feb. 10, 2015Daniel J. Trippie Sr. of Clarence, the longtime owner of a collision shop, died Tuesday in Buffalo General Medical Center after a short illness. He was 72.Born... Read More
View ArticleDawn L. Lauch, accomplished drapery designer
Nov. 4, 1956 – Feb. 10, 2015Dawn L. Lauck of Buffalo, an accomplished drapery designer who owned her own business, died Tuesday in St. John Baptist/Hospice Buffalo after a two-year fight... Read More
View ArticleArea Deaths
Barbara Jean Denk, 78, of Amherst, former administrative assistant, died Feb. 9.Michael K. Johnson Sr., 56, of Buffalo, died Feb. 2.Elizabeth “Barb” Lillard, 66, of Buffalo, retired... Read More
View ArticleFloris Sarver, longtime Getzville resident
Jan. 22, 1920 – Feb. 6, 2015Floris Sarver, a longtime resident of Getzville, died Feb. 6 at Blocher Homes in Williamsville under the care of Hospice Buffalo. She was 95.Born in Ellicottville,... Read...
View ArticleWanda Ann Williams, dedicated church leader
Sept. 11, 1949 – Feb. 11, 2015Wanda Ann Williams, a dedicated leader in three church congregations in Ohio and in Buffalo, died Wednesday after a long battle with cancer. She was 65.Mrs.... Read More
View ArticleRobert F. Plec, National Fuel serviceman
July 12, 1940 – Jan. 10, 2015Robert F. Plec, a National Fuel Gas senior serviceman, died of prostate cancer Jan. 10 after a long illness. He was 74.Mr. Plec, of Orchard Park, was born in... Read More
View ArticleJudy Milligan, South Buffalo community leader
Oct. 4, 1940 – Feb. 11, 2015Judy A. Milligan, a longtime South Buffalo community leader, died Wednesday at Hospice Buffalo in Cheektowaga after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. She was ... Read...
View ArticleBruno J. Mariani, Marines Corps veteran
April 30, 1926 – Feb. 8, 2015Bruno J. Mariani, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of World War II who survived the sinking of a transport ship in the South Pacific, died Feb. 8 at West Palm Beach... Read More
View ArticleDavid Carr, New York Times columnist, was champion and critic of the media
Feb. 12, 2015NEW YORK - David Carr, a writer who wriggled away from the demon of drug addiction to become an unlikely name-brand media columnist at the New York Times and the star of a documentary......
View ArticleDale J. Placey, retired American Brass metallurgist
June 12, 1942 – Feb. 9, 2015Dale J. Placey, a retired metallurgist and developmental manager in special products at Outokumpu American Brass, died Monday in Millard Fillmore Suburban... Read More
View ArticleJeraldine M. Barkley, teacher, social worker
Sept. 26, 1923 – Feb. 11, 2015Jeraldine M. “Jerry” Barkley, a retired probation officer who also worked as a social worker and schoolteacher, died Wednesday in Elderwood at... Read More
View ArticleHarold W. Sager, WWII veteran designed race cars
Feb. 25, 1926 – Jan. 31, 2015Harold W. Sager, a race car designer who specialized in refurbishing classic vehicles, died Jan. 31 in Mercy Hospital. He was 88. Mr. Sager was born in Buffalo... Read More
View ArticleSister Mary Martinelle Niemiec, CSSF, educator
Aug. 23, 1918 – Feb. 12, 2015Sister Mary Martinelle, 96, a Felician Sister for 78 years whose ministry focused on music and calligraphy, died Thursday in Blessed Mary Angela Care Center,... Read More
View ArticleNorman Maffei, Army veteran of World War II, cartoonist, artist who worked...
Oct. 28, 1923 – Feb. 13, 2015FRANKLINVILLE – In the maw of war, real artists grasp life – and death.Such was the case for lifelong Franklinville resident Norman Maffei, an Army ... Read More
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