B-6 The Buffalo May 12, 1989 CO Death Listings 62 ALKS Voldemars K. ALTHEN Beverly. J. (Ricketts) AMOS Glen BAKER William Sr. (Whitey) BERRA Victor L.
BROWN Fred W. CLARK Laura A. DELANO Beatrice M. FRANCZAK Geraldine E. (Young) GEISSLER Jean Kruse GRUPP Alice E.
GUSAKOV Nellie (Baldelli) HAHN Martha E. HEIN Dorothy L. (nee Muench) HEINTZ Joseph D. HOGUE Dominic R. (Dick) ILECKI Chester M.
KOLLMAR Wilbur K. KOTLIK Catherine le (Walter) KOZUB Anna (nee Sanak) KUSMIERCZYK Lawrence M. In Memoriam AMICO, Alfonso- -in loving memory of our beloved husband and father, who passed away May 12, 1964. You strived to follow faithfully the teaching of the Lord, serving your family and friends and asking no rewards. Sadly missed by WIFE JOSEPHINE, SONS, DAUGHTERS AND GRANDCHILDREN CALABRESE, Gene--Dad, life has never been the same since you left us one year ago today.
You're forever in our hearts and thoughts. Sadly Missed by, SUSIE, GARY, GARY JR. AND FITTY PILERI- To our dear husband, father and grandfather, Angelo, who passed away 3 yrs. ago today. You will always be in our thoughts and prayers.
Sadly missed by FAMILY RIZZUTO, Richard -In loving memory of my son who passed away a year ago. It broke my heart to loose you, but you did not go alone; for part of me went with you the day God took you home. Forever in our hearts MOTHER AND SISTERS MARILYN MILDRED AND FAMILIES TREDO, Ruth Dorothy- -Our dearest Mother. Loved and sadly missed by, SON CLYDE AND EVELYN Deaths ALKS- K. May 10, 1989.
Husband of Elza Cukurs Alks; father of Vila (Valdis) Ivansons of Wilmington, DE, Uldis (Annabelle) Alks of St. Louis, MO, Vitauts (Brigita) Alks and Zinta (Vidis) Malejs; grandfather of Iveta Olivier, Ivars Ivansons, Markus Alks, Inga, Peteris and Maris Males; brother of Roberts Alks of Australia. No prior visitation. Friends are invited to attend memorial service at the Chapel of Forest Lawn Cemetery, Saturday at 1 PM. Flowers gratefully declined.
Memorials may be made to Latvian Memorial Park Cemetery Rota, Elka Park, NY 12427. Arrangements by LOOMIS, OFFERS LOOMIS, INC. ALTHEN -Beverly J. (Ricketts) 6, 1989; mother of Beverly (John) Hassler, Craig (Kathi) Althen, David Althen; grandmother of eight grandchildren. Services were privately held.
Arrangements by the DIETRICH FUNERAL HOME INC. AMOS -Glen May 9, 1989. The family will receive friends Friday from 7-8 PM at the vice will be held Saturday at 1 PM. 995 Genesee St. where funeral serTHOMAS T.
EDWARDS FUNERAL A HOME BAKER -William Sr. (Whitey) May 9, 1989, beloved husband of Reggie (nee Kowalski); dear father of Deborah Diane Susan Donna K. and William J. (Barbara) Baker, brother of Edward (Mary Beth), Francis (Skip) and Ronald (Carolyn): nephew of Rita Schafsteck and William Finn. Funeral from the KOLANO FUNERAL HOME, 396 Amherst St.
(near Grant) Saturday 9 AM and Assumption Church 9:15 AM. Friends are invited. Family present 2-4 and 7-9 PM. Mr. Baker was a member of the Parish Holy Name Society whose members assemble Thursday 7 PM for prayers.
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(Kieffer) PRATT Sylvester H. Dr. RENNER William J. SCHMIDT J. George, Jr.
SCHWANZ Rose A. (nee Fintak) SCHWINDLER Margaret E. nee Bermel SHEELE Edward M. SLAVEN Ellen E. (Betty) SMITH Dorothy R.
(nee Barber) STACHOWIAK Alexander J. STRASSER Fred E. Sr. SWIATEK Clara (Nowak) WICKERSHAM Lorin R. "Wick" BERRA Victor L.
April 25, 1989; beloved husband of the late Monica (Golabiecki) Berra; dear father of David P. Berra; brother of Leonard (late Wanda), Theodore (Charlotte), Joseph (Dorothy), Edmund (Irene) Berra, Cecelia (Raymond) Blaszkowlak, Mary Ann (Bernard) Szafranski, Phyllis (John) Paianini; also survived by several nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Memorial Mass of Christian Burial in Transfiguration Church Saturday, March 13 at 9:30 AM. Arrangements by the BARRON-MILLER FUNERAL HOME, 1932 Bailey Ave. BROWN- -Fred W.
May 10, 1989, beloved husband of Edna (nee Curphey) Brown; dear father of Paul D. (Sharon), David B. of Denver, CO and Gary A. Brown; grandfather of Bethany and Alexander Brown; son of the late Fred and Bonnie Brown; brother of Gerald J. Brown.
The family will be present to receive friends on Thursday evening from 7-9 PM and Friday 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the (Amherst Chapel) AMIGONE FUNERAL HOME, 5200 Sheridan Dr. (corner of Hopkins Rd.) Williamsville, where funeral services will be held on Saturday at 9:30 AM. Friends invited. Flowers are gratefully decined. If desired, memorials may be made to The Chapel, North Forest Williamsville, NY 14221.
CLARK -Laura A. May 11, 1989 of Piffard, NY; beloved mother of John of Piffard, Ronald of Huntsville, TX, June Geihs of Rochester, NY, Betty, Burt of Methuen, MA and Carol Edwards of Williamsville, NY; also vived by 12 grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren. Friends may call at the WATSON FUNERAL HOME, 59 Lake Perry, NY on Friday from 7-9 PM and Saturday 3-5 and 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be Sunday, May 14 at 2 PM at the Funeral Home, burial at Glennwood Cemetery. Perry.
NY. DELANO- -Beatrice M. Of Buffalo, in Kenmore Mercy Hospital, Wednesday May 10, 1989, wife of the late George Delano; mother of Georgia Weber of Buffalo and Mabel Bandolas of Scottsdale, AZ; sister of Mary Gray of Waldick, NJ, Elmer and Ward Maurer, both of Niagara Falls and the late Gertrude, Carl and Leslie Maurer; grandmother of Leslie Townsend of Buffalo. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 AM at the LANE FUNERAL HOME, 8622 Buffalo Ave. Burial in Mount View Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. FRANCZAK -Geraldine E. (Young) May 10, 1989, beloved wife of the late Edward mother of Nancy Hermann, Eugene, Robert (Diane) and Thomas (Diane) Franczak; grandmother of Kathleen, Lori, Jill, Edward and Debra; loving great-grandmother of Christina, Amie, Wyatt, Edward and Michael; sister of George Young, Mrs. Robert (Patricia) Gapinski and the late Ross Young; also survived by many loving nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the JAMES E.
GRACE FUNERAL HOME, 335 Ontario Thursday 7-9 PM and Friday 2-4, 7-9 PM, where services will be held Saturday morning at 9 AM and in All Saints Church at 9:30. Friends invited. Mrs. Franczak was a member of the All Saints Church Altar and Rosary Society. GEISSLER- Jean Kruse May 10, 1989, wife of Herbert S.
Geissler; mother of Cynthia (Roger) Sikorski, Darlene (Paul) Kulaszewski, Karl Geissler and Karen (Philip) Cone; daughter of Edwin A. and the late Viola Kruse; sister of Clifford (Shirley) and the late Allen Kruse; grandmother of Daniel, Brenda and Philip Jr. The family will be present to receive friends Friday 2-4 and 7-9 PM at BEACH- TUYN FUNERAL HOME 5541 Main at Cayuga Williamsville. Friends are invited to attend a memorial service in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Williamsville, Saturday at 2 PM.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul's Lutheran Church Memorial Fund or the American Cancer Society. GRUPP-Alice E. May 10, 1989; sister of Howard E. Grupp and Mrs.
Louis (Marie) Cervi and the late Gertrude Kirchmyer, Evelyn Demmerle, Clarence Grupp. The family will receive friends Thursday from 7-9 and Friday from 2-4, 7-9 at the SIECK MAST FUNERAL HOME, 1009 Kensington Ave. where funeral will be held at 9:00 AM and a Mass of Christian Burial from St. James R.C. Church at 9:30.
GUSAKOV- Nellie (Baldelli) May 10, 1989, beloved wife of George; dear mother of Mary Ann Gusakov, Mrs. Steven (Julie) Sabshin and the late George; grandmother of Kimberlee Sabshin; sister of the late Gina Capodaglia, Anna Metioli and Amelia Dellacecca, Friends received Thursday from 7-9 and Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 at the West Seneca SIECK MAST FUNERAL HOME, 250 Orchard Park Rd. where funeral will be held Saturday at 9:30 AM and a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Bonaventure R.C. Church at 10 AM.
Mrs. Gusakov was a member of the West Seneca Home Bureau. HAMN-Martha E. In Buffalo NY, May 7, 1989; dear friend of the late Henry Kuehnen. A private funeral service was conducted at the convenience of the family.
HEINTZ -Joseph D. Suddenly May 10, 1989, beloved husband of Ruth (Berlinghoff) Heintz; father of Mrs. Leigh (Joan) Meininger, Mrs. R. Myron (Judith) Golde and J.
David Heintz also survived by nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Friends may call Thursday 7-9 PM and Friday 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the HARRY A. WEDEKINDT FUNERAL HOME INC, 280 Grover Cleveland Hwy. at N. Bailey.
Burial will be private. A memorial service will be held Monday at 7:30 PM at Kenilworth U.C.C., Dalton and Decatur Tonawanda, NY. Friends invited. If desired, memorials may be made to the above church. HEIN- Dorothy 1989; L.
wife (nee of Albert Muench) mother of May 11, Allen (Valerie), Barbara (Donald) Evertt, Carol Krause, Kathleen (Richard) Nolte and Robert (Carol) survived by 16 grandchildren and six great grandchildren; sister of Florence, Elmer (Mary), Evelyn (Richard) Oetinger, Kenneth (Pat), David and the late Alfred. Funeral services Saturday at 11 AM from the URBAN FUNERAL HOME, 3645 Genesee St. (2 blocks east of Union Rd) the family will be present Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM HOGUE -Dominic R. (Dick) April 29, 1989 of Buffalo, NY; beloved husband of Florence L. Zemrak Hogue; dear father of Patricia Buczynski and Timothy (Marianne) Hogue; grandfather of Richard Hogue; brother of Matt (Irma) Hogue of California, Mary Lou (Jack) Babbit of Holland, NY and Michael Hogue of Ohio.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend a memorial mass of Christian Burial at Visitation Church (Greene and Moreland Sts.) Saturday, May 13, 1989 at 1 PM. If desired, memorials may be made to the I.C. Unit of Kenmore Mercy Hospital, Keep Visitation Beautiful Program or St. Agnes School Fund. Mr.
Hogue was a tiree of Local U.A.W. Arrangements by the DIVINCENZO FUNERAL HOME. Flowers Comfort FTD' Arranged With Special United Florists of Western New York ILECKI -Chester M. May 10, 1989. Beloved husband of Lorraine (nee Malewski); dear son of Sophie and the late Bronislaus; brother of Bernice Jurewicz, Joseph, Alfreda Jachimiak, Mary Nowicki, Walter (Marian) and the late John (Gertrude), Charlotte Kolb and Irene (Joseph) Lesinski; survived by nieces and nephews.
Funeral services Saturday at 9:30 from the URBAN FUNERAL HOME, 3645 Genesee St. (2 blocks east of Union Rd.) and in St. Andrew's Church at 10 AM. The family will be present Thursday and Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM. Deceased was a member of 708 Post American Legion.
-Wilbur K. May 7, 1989, beloved husband of Doris Foley Kollmar; father of Carol (Dean) Billingsley and Kenneth Kollmar; brother of Jane (John) Meyers, the late Gordon and Donald Kolimar; grandfather of Debra Koslicki, Gregg Grabenstatter, Jennifer and Tania Kollmar; great-grandfather of Jonathan Koslicki. Friends are invited to attend a Memorial Mass of Christian Burial Saturday at 11 AM in St. Andrew's Church. Wilbur was a retiree of E.I.
DUpont and Company. Arrangements by GRECO FUNERAL HOME INC. KOTLIK-Catherine (Walter) May 11, 1989, of Silver Creek, NY, formerly of Hamburg, NY. Wife of Stephen; sister of Bro. John Walter S.J.
of NYC, Marian Walter Byrne, Richard Walter of NYC, Frances Walter Yochum of Gowanda, NY: also survived by Jean and Henry Gdula of Silver Creek, NY. Funeral from the W.L. FROEHLEY FUNERAL HOME, 84 Lake Hamburg, Saturday morning at 10:15 followed by Mass of Christian Burial at S.S. Peter and Paul Church, Hamburg at 10:45. Friends are invited.
Family present Friday 2-4 and 7-9 PM. Mrs. Kotlik was a honorary member of S.S. Peter and Paul Rosary and Altar Society. KOZUB -Anna (nee Sanak) May 11, 1989 of Lackawanna, NY; beloved wife of the late Frank J.
Kozub, Sr; dearest mother of Frank (Irene) Kozub Helen (John) Bratek, Bertha (Adolph) Bit. ka, Edward R. Kozub and the late John (Helena) Kozub of Poland, sister of Bernice Bodner and Anthony Sanak both of dren and 29 great grandchildren. Funeral Hobart, Ind; also at survived by 16 grandchilservice Saturday morning at 9 O'clock at the JOHN J. KACZOR FUNERAL HOME INC, 3748 South Park Ave, Blasdell and at Our Lady Of Victory Basilica at 9:30 internment in Holy Cross Cemetery, Friends invited.
Family present 2-4 an 7-9 PM KUSMIERCZYK- Lawrence M. Age 59, April 30, 1989, in San Antonio, TX, formerly of Lackawanna, NY, husband of Dolores (Dolly) Kusmierczyk of San Antonio; father of Cheryl (Craig) Mercer of Anderson, IN; grandfather of Chris, Ryan and Laurie Mercer of Anderson, IN; son of Walter Kusmierezyk, Sr. of Buffalo, NY; brother of Walter Leonard and Joseph Kusmierczyk all of Buffalo, NY; uncle of many nieces and nephews. Burial at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery with full Military Honors. Mr.
Kusmierczyk was Chief Master Sgt. in the U.S. Air Force, top NCO of the Air Force in 1977, served in Japan, Vietnam, Germany and the Philippines. He was retired after 30 years of service in the U.S. Air Force.
LODESTRO-Vincent J. May 9, 1989, of South Daytona, FL, merly of Buffalo, NY, husband of the late Lucy (nee Scioli) LoDestro; father of Libby (Tony) Rizzo, Lucy (Sam) Dominick, Tony and Vincent (Marianne) LoDestro; also survived by seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild; dearest friend of Irma Johnson; brother of Joseph (late Lucy) LoDestro, Phyllis (Joseph) Zarcone, Loretta (Harold) Parks and the late Rose LoDestro. Friends received at the GRECO FUNERAL HOME INC, 2909 Elmwood Ave. (near Sheridan Dr.) where funeral will be held Saturday morning at 8:45 and at St. Margaret's Church at 9:30.
Flowers gratefully declined. Family will be present Thursday evening 7-9 PM, Friday 2-4 and 7.9 PM. Jim was a Veteran of WW 11. LUCORE -Mildred H. (nee Christianson) May 10, 1989, wife of the late Sheridan Lucore; beloved mother of Mrs.
Fred (Patricia) Kruse, Mrs. Joseph C. (Alice) co and Mrs. Ralph (Wendy) Amoia; dear grandmother of Debra, Robin, Denise, Ralph, Lynda, David, Kristen and the late Bruce; great-grandmother of Mallory and David. Friends may call at the JOSEPH SPANO SONS FUNERAL HOME, 473 Niagara where funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 10 AM.
Pastor Kurt Goffed will officiate. Family present Friday 2-4 and 7-9. Flowers gratefully declined. Mrs. Lucore was a volunteer worker for the American Red Cross and Children's Hospital.
MAJ-Andrew. J. May 10, 1989. Beloved husband of Stella (nee Posluszny); loving father of Alfred (Dorothy) and Thomas; grandfather of Paul (Tracy), James (Deborah) and Mark; great-grandfather of Jessica, Jonathan, Paul Jr. and Sarah; brother of Jenny Posiuszny and the late Stella Kwiatkowski, John and Stephen; survived by nieces and nephews.
Funeral services Saturday at 8:45 AM from the URBAN FUNERAL HOME, 3645 Genesee St. (2 blocks east of Union Rd.) and in Corpus Christi Church at 9:30 AM. The family will be present Thursday and Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM. Deceased was a retired carpenter of Curtiss Wright Corp. -Roland D.
70, Of Perrysburg, NY, May 11, 1989, husband of Lucy (Wilson) Martindale; father of John (Jennie) of Yaphank, NY, Beverly Sanders of Acadia, FL, Nancy Martindale of Gowanda, NY; brother of Gordon of Gowanda, Alden of Kissimmee, FL, Mrs. Jean Harvey of Collins Center and the late Donald; survived by five grandchildren. Family will receive friends 7-9 Friday, 2-4 and 7-9 Saturday from the MENTLEY FUNERAL HOME, 105 E. Main Gowanda, NY. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 PM from the Perrysburg-Dayton United Methodist Church, Perrysburg, NY.
Flowers declined. Memorials may be made to the Perrysburg-Dayton United Methodist Church or the Gowanda Ambulance Service. MILIOTO- Michael May 10, 1989, beloved husband of Carmella (nee Manta) Milioto; devoted father of Mrs. Steve (Anna) Nowicki, Mrs. Carl A.
(Carmelina 'Maria') Fazzino, Mrs. David D. (Fran) Senker and the late Leonard Milioto; also survived by eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; dear brother of Russell (late Pauline) Milioto, Mrs. Frances (late Salvatore) Falzone, Carl (Rose) Milioto; brother-in-law of the late Carmen (Pauline) Manta. Friends may call at the JOSEPH SPANO SONS FUNERAL HOME 473 Niagara St.
Funeral Saturday at 8:15 AM, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Anthony of Padua Church at 9 AM. Family present Thursday, Friday 2-4, 7-9 PM. MILLER -Anna Brunner May 9, 1989, of Columbia, SC, Formerly of East Aurora, NY, wife of the late Paul mother of Paul R. (Karen) and Judie sister of Frances Fetrow and Walter F.
(Martha); grandmother of Gretchen 0. Miller, Michael Bond and Sandra Bond. No prior visitation. Private funeral with interment in Oakwood Cemetery. Memorial gifts to a charity of your choice.
Arrangements by the KENNETH HOWE FUNERAL HOME, East Aurora, NY. NOUD -Harold May 9, 1989, son of the late Elin Noud; friend of David Schwede. Friends may call at the JAMES E. GRACE FUNERAL HOME, 335 Ontario Friday 2-4 and 7-9 PM, where services will be held Saturday 11 AM. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the United Church of Christ, 398 Lincoln Buffalo, 14216.
Harold was an employee of Dunlop Tire. O'MEARA- -Helen en (Hogan) May 11, 1989, of Buffalo, NY, in her 103rd year. Wife of the late James O'Meara; dear mother of Mary (late Bart) Powers, Helen (John) Gareau, Joseph (Mary), William (Eileen) and the late Michael (Blanche), John (Martha) and Francis (Joan); grandmother of 27 grandchildren, 54 great-grandchildren and 25 great-greatgrandchildren. The family will be present to receive friends Friday from 12 noon-9 PM at the RAY O'CONNELL FUNERAL HOME 2286 South Park where funeral will be held Saturday morning at 8:15 followed by a Mass of Christian burial in St. Ambrose Church at 9:00.
Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery. PERONNE-Mary E. (Kieffer) May 10, 1989, wife of the late Robert M. Peronne; devoted mother of Jean Peronne, Robert (Wendy) Peronne and Julie Peronne; daughter of Frances Kieffer and the late Julius and Elizabeth (Sand) Kieffer; sister of Mary Ann Martin, John (Mary Ann) Kieffer, Mrs. Peter (Grace) Blenk and the late Rita Jarocki and Joseph Martin; dear friend of Jean Haas.
Friends may call Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the DIETRICH FUNERAL HOME, 2480 Kensington Amherst, where services will be held Saturday at 8:15 AM, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at Queen of Martyrs Church at 9 AM. Mrs. Peronne was a member of the Catholic Kolping Society. CARD OF THANKS 856-5555 Veronica Figler R. D.
Martindale, former worker at center NIAGARA FALLS A Mass of Christian Burial for Veronica Figler, a former operator of a drycleaning service, will be offered at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in St. Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Church, 2437 Niagara St. Prayers preceding the Mass will begin at 9:15 in the Zajac Funeral Home, 319 24th St. Mrs.
Figler, 82, of Upper Mountain Road. Lockport, died Wednesday (May 10, 1989) in Newfane Inter-Community Memorial Hospital. Burial will be in Holy Trinity Cemetery, Lewiston. A native of Buffalo, the former Veronica Lukaszewski lived in Niagara Falls for 48 years. She and her husband, John Figler, operated a dry-cleaning store during the 1940s and 1950s on Niagara Street near Third Street.
Her husband died in 1960. Mrs. Figler was one of the first people to move into Wrobel Towers when that apartment building was opened on Niagara Avenue. She moved to the Mount View Health Facility in Lockport five years ago. Survivors include a daughter, Carolyn Armentrout; a brother, Joseph Lukaszewski of Freedom; a sister.
Florence Kozak of Buffalo; two grandchildren, and two greatgrandchildren. PRATT- -Sylvester H. Dr. May 4, 1989, beloved husband of Dorothy; father of Melody H. Pratt, M.
D. of delphia, PA, Charles Donna E. and Marion J. Pratt. No prior visitation.
A Memorial service will be held Saturday, May 13, at 10:30 AM at the St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, 128 Pearl Buffalo, NY. Arrangements by the (Amherst Chapel) AMIGONE FUNERAL HOME, INC. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to St. Paul's Mission Fund.
RENNER -William Of Elma, NY, May 10, 1989, husband of the late Margaret F. Wahl Renner; dearest father of Mrs. Michael (Patsy) Stepien, William (Saundra) Renner Jr. of Mayetta, KS and the late Mrs. Sherry (Charlotte) Arnold of Wichita, KS; fond grandfather of Ann Renner, late Randall Renner, Brian (Nancy), Brandt (Barbara), Barry, Blair and Bonnie Arnold, Susan (Greg) Tanking, Sara, William and Paul Renner; also nine great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Friends and relatives are invited to attend a graveside service at St. Matthew's Cemetery, 2644 Clinton St. West Seneca, NY on Saturday morning at 9:30 AM. No prior visitation. Mr.
Renner was a retiree of Bethlehem Steel Co. and Union Local 2604. SCHMIDT J. George, Jr. Age 87, of Gowanda, May 10, 1989, husband of the former Charlotte Gee; father Alan G.
Schmidt of Amherst, Mrs. Eric (Irene Reed of Gerry, NY and Paul E. Schmidt of San Diego, CA; 13 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren; brother of the late Mildred Roffe and Irene Maine; survived by several nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the LEY FUNERAL HOME 105 E. Main Gowanda, 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Friday.
A Masonic Service to be held 8 PM Friday. A Memorial Service to be held Wednesday, May 17, at 7 PM, from the Trinity United Church of Christ, Erie wanda. Rev. Richard Hemann officiating. Interment in Pine Hill Cemetery.
Memorials to the Trinity United Church of Christ, Gowanda. SCHWANZ-Rose A. (nee Fintak) Of Eden, NY, May 9, 1989, wife of the late Aloysius Schwanz; mother of David (Dar. la), Donald (Diane), Mrs. Kenneth (Barbara) Winter and Mrs.
Samuel (Mary. anne) Leone; sister of Mrs. Mary Kaminski, Frederick Fintak, Mrs. Martha Ballard, Mrs. Irene Knoll, Robert Fintak, Mrs.
Kathleen Kaminski and the late Dorothy Martynowicz; also survived 12 grandchildren. Funeral from the ALD M. DEMMERLEY FUNERAL HOME, 21 Pierce Hamburg, NY, Saturday morning at 9:15 and from Immaculate Conception Church, Eden, at 10. Friends invited. Visiting hours day and Friday 2-4 and 7-9 PM.
Mrs. Schwanz was a member of the Eden nior Citizens. and St. Mary's Altar-Rosary Sodality, East Eden. -Margaret E.
(nee Bermel) Of Akron, NY, entered into rest, May 10, 1989; beloved wife of Frank J. Schwindler Sr; loving mother of Frank J. (Lorry) Schwindler Michael E. (Mary Ann) Schwindler, Mrs. Bernice (William) Farnsworth and William (Dona) Schwin.
dier; sister of Mrs. Anna Zutty and Mrs. Eva (Clyde) Shoemaker and the late chael and Frank Bermel and Susan Fix; also survived by 12 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. The family will be present Thursday from 7-9 PM and Friday 2-4 and 7-9 PM to receive friends at the BERNHARDT FUNERAL HOME, 130 Main Akron, NY. Prayer services will be held at 9 AM Saturday morning in the funeral home, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 AM in St.
Francis Roman Catholic Church, Corfu, NY. Friends invited. Burial will be in Acacia Park Cemetery, North Tonawanda. Mrs. Schwindier was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Wolcottsville Fire Co.
and an honorary member of the German American Musicians Association. -Edward M. May 10, 1989, husband of the late Alice Cooke Sheele; dearest father of Irene M. and John W. (Dolores) Sheele; fond grandfather of Linda M.
(Michael) Ridenour, Paula J. (Robert) Stuhr and Cheryl L. Rieser; also survived by two greatgrandchildren; beloved brother of Marion (Frank) Doerfler, the late William, August Sheele and Josephine Harper. The family will be present to receive friends Thursday 7-9 PM and Friday 2-4 and 7-9 PM at BEACH-TUYN FUNERAL HOME 5541 Main St. at Cayuga Williamsville, where services will be held Sat.
urday morning at 9 o'clock followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in S.S. Peter and Paul Church at 9:30. Friends are invited. SLAVEN-Ellen E. (Betty) May 11, 1989.
Sister of the late Ralph Slaven; sister-in-law of Edith Slaven; aunt of Neil Slaven, Joan Speca, Mary Slaven and Terrence Slaven. Friends are welcome to attend a memorial Mass of Christian al Saturday at 10:30 AM at Christ the King Church. Flowers are gratefully declined. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation in memory of Miss Slaven. SMITH -Dorothy R.
(nee Barber) May 10 1989; beloved wife of the late William F. Smith; loving and dear friend of Carl R. Miller; mother of Dorothy S. (George) Rehac, Margaret E. Johnson, Elizabeth M.
Smith, David W. (Donna) Smith and Gloria S. Surage; survived by eight loving grandchildren; dear sister of Gerald (Anna Mae), Theodore (Rita) and Wesley J. Barber. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 9:30 AM from the URBAN FUNERAL HOME 3645 Genesee St.
(2 blocks east of Union Rd) and at 10 AM in Mother of Divine Grace Church. The family will be present Thursday and Friday 2-4 and 7-9 PM. Flowers gratefully clined. Donations may be made to Mother of Divine Grace Church. -Alexander J.
May 10, 1989; beloved husband of Gloria (nee Shea); dear brother of Richard Stachowiak; survived by children and grandchildren. Mr. Stachowlak was a Veteran of W.W. Il and a member of the Buffalo Fancy Pigeon Club and George F. Lamm American Legion Post.
Memorial contributions may be sent to the S.P.C.A. Funeral arrangements were held at the convenience of the family. Arrangements by the DANIEL R. SMOLAREK FUNERAL HOME. STRASSER-Fred E.
Sr. May 11, 1989. Husband of Betty (nee co); father of Fred Jr. (Rhonda), Dennis (Genie), Linda (Don); survived by three grandchildren, Michael, Chrissy and Matthew; son of Catherine and the late Herbert; brother of Mary and the late Herbert Jr. Funeral services Monday at 9:30 AM from the URBAN FUNERAL HOME, 3645 Genesee St.
(2 blocks east of Union Rd.) and in Our Lady Help of Christians Church at 10 AM. Deceased was a member of Steamfitters Local 395 and former owner of A.C.H. Contractors. The family will be present Saturday and Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM. Services for Roland D.
Martindale, 70, of Perrysburg, a retired Gowanda Psychiatric Center employee and a past president of the center's employees association, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Perrysburg-Dayton United Methodist Church, Perrysburg. Martindale died Thursday (May 11, 1989) in Brooks Memorial Hospital, Dunkirk, after a long illness. Burial will be in the Collins Center Cemetery on Route 39. Martindale, who was born in Emmet Wright Funeral services for Emmet Wright, 68, a retired steel worker, will be held at 1 p.m.
Monday in St. Mark's AME Zion Church, 108 Dona Lackawanna. Wright, an Amherst resident the last two years, died Tuesday (May 9, 1989) in Veterans Hospital after a long illness. He will be buried in St. Matthew's Cemetery, Gardenville.
Employed by Bethlehem Steel Co. as a laborer, Wright retired in 1971 after more than 30 years with the firm. Born in Stanton, he moved to Lackawanna with his family when he was 3. He was a graduate of Lackawanna High School. A musician and singer, he played drums with the Lackawanna Senior High School Band and later with the Lucky Swingsters Band and the Ottis Bank Trio.
He sang with the Johnson Male Chorus, a Buffalo singing group, as well as the Men's Choir, Mass Choir and Zion Chorus at St. Mark's Church. Active at St. Mark's and its Sunday School, Wright was a member of the Stewards Board and a life member of the WHOM group. He was also a 32nd degree Mason, a member of Joppa Lodge 27 and the Knights of Templar.
As a youth, Wright served as an altar boy for the late Monsignor Nelson A. Baker in Our Lady of Victory Basilica. Wright is survived by wife, the former Alzora Glover; two daughters, Priscilla of Getzville and Elaine; two brothers, William and Henry; two sisters, Mary Singletary of Lackawanna and Margaret. and two grandchildren. Susanne A.
Tomko Services for Susanne A. Tomko, a graduate of Bryant and Stratton Business Institute, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Palmer Moravian Church, Easton, Pa. Burial will follow at Northhampton Memorial Shrine in Easton. Mrs.
Tomko, 42, died Wednesday (May 10, 1989) in St. Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem, after an illness of several months. The former Susanne Kindt was born in Easton July 30, 1946. She and her family lived in the Buffalo area when she was a student. Mrs.
Tomko graduated from Bryant and Stratton and Orchard Park High School. She married William M. Tomko Dec. 28, 1968. Mrs.
Tomko was a benefits administrator for James River Corp. in Milford, N.J., from 1985 to 1988. Before that, she was benefits coordinator for Bethlehem Steel in Bethlehem, for 12 years. Surviving are her husband, of Easton; a daughter, Stefanie L. of Easton; a son, Bryan P.
of Easton; her parents, Arnold and Ellen E. Kindt of Pinellas Park, a sister, Joanne Way of Grosse Point Park, and her grandmother, Stella S. Kindt of Largo, Fla. Donald E. Westfall FRANKLINVILLE Donald E.
Westfall, 56, of Route 98 South died Wednesday (May 10, 1989) in the Veterans Hospital in Buffalo after a long illness. He worked from 1977 to 1987 at the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. in Olean. Previous to this, he worked at Autometics in Anaheim, for 20 years. He was a Navy veteran of the Korean War and a member of the Franklinville, Post 9487, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He is survived by his wife, Leoti; two sons, Gregory of Santa Anna, and Tim of Charlotte, N.C.; a sister, Marie Rebbeor of Oswego; five brothers, Richard of Middlesex, N.J., Gerald and Thomas of Dade City, and Kenneth and David of Sardinia; his mother, Mable Westfall of Sardinia: 13 grandchildren; one greatgrandchild; and nine stepchildren. Funeral services will be held at p.m. Sunday in the Babbitt and Allen Funeral Home. I Additional obituaries C12 SWIATEK -Clara (Nowak) May 10, 1989; beloved wife of the late John Swiatek and the late Frank Lukasiewicz; dear mother of Dorothy (Ted) Buchalski, and the late Cecelia (Leo) Kisicki; also survived by four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; sister of Charlotte (John) Lewandowski, Harry (late Agnes) Nowak, Edward (late Connie) Nowak and pre-deceased by other brothers and sisters. Funeral service from the BARRONMILLER FUNERAL HOME 1932 Bailey Ave, near Walden Saturday at 9 AM and in St John Gualbert Church at 9:30 AM.
Family present Thursday 7 to 9 and Friday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM. Flowers gratefully declined. -Lorin R. "Wick" May 10, 1989, of Fort Pierce, FL, formerly of Grand Island, NY, husband of Beverly father of Delwin L. Wickersham of Canton, OH, Tom L.
Wickersham of Minerva, OH, Christie L. Imbornoni of Tempe, AZ, Cindy L. Seebach and Sandy L. McLaughlin, both of Canton; stepfather of Kelly Wing of Fort Pierce; brother of Kenneth Wickersham of Hanoverton, OH; also survived by 11 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held in Florida.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, PO Box 434, Fort Pierce, FL 34954-0434. Arrangements by HAISLEYHOBBS FUNERAL HOME, Fort Pierce. Salamanca, worked at the center for 25 years. He was a member of the Zoar Valley Campers and Hikers and a past assistant chief of the Collins Volunteer Fire Company. Survivors include his wife.
Lucy Wilson Martindale: a son. John of Yaphank; two daughters. Nancy of Gowanda and Beverly Sanders of Arcadia Park, two brothers. Gordon of Gowanda and Alden of Kissimmee, Fla; a sister, Jean Harvey of Collins Center, and five grandchildren. Mary Margaret Russell Holy Angels Academy alumnae gathered Thursday night to honor the memory volunteer school worker and longtime, telephone company supervisor Mary Margaret Russell, 65, who died March 31, 1989, in Philadelphia.
Miss Russell, who worked 38 years for New York Telephone Co. here before retiring in 1983, was stricken while attending a Philadelphia-area religious retreat with her twin sister, Sister John Patrick Russell of Holy Angels. Miss Russell died in St. Mary's Hospital, Langhorne, Pa. A native of North Buffalo, she was a graduate of School 64, Holy Angels Academy and D'Youville College, where she earned a degree in business administration in 1945.
After graduation, she joined the telephone company, serving as a business representative for five years and then as supervisor of the Kenmore business office until her retirement. She was an active member of the Telephone Pioneers of America and Holy Spirit Catholic Church in North Buffalo, and worked daily in the Holy Angels Academy alumnae development office since her retirement. "They considered her one of the staff, and she helped me with fund-raising," said Sister John Patrick, her sole survivor. Miss Russell was named as posthumous recipient of the Ruth Reinhardt Award for service to the academy, during ceremonies a at a alumnae reception Thursday evening. A Mass of Christian Burial was offered earlier in Holy Spirit Church, and burial was in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Chester A. Menkiena Sr. be offered at 10 a.m. Monday in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Payne Avenue, North Tonawanda, for Chester A.
Menkiena Sr. after prayers at 9:30 in the Saber Funeral Home, 549 Oliver North Tonawanda. Entombment will be at Riverdale Cemetery Mausoleum, Lewiston. Menkiena, 65, of Akron died Thursday (May 11, 1989) at DeGraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, after a lengthy illness. A native of Niagara Falls, he lived there for 52 years.
1976 he moved to North Tonawanda, where he lived for 10 years, before moving to Akron three years ago. He worked for the Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. as a serviceman in Niagara Falls, Dunkirk and Buffalo for 31 years, retiring in 1975. Survivors include his wife, the former Rose I. Vitovitch of Akron; a son, Chester A.
Jr. of North Tonawanda; a brother, John F. of Niagara Falls, and a grandson. A Mass of Christian Burial will Vincent J. Battaglia NIAGARA FALLS Vincent J.
Battaglia of Spruce Avenue, a former restaurant owner, died Thursday (May 11, 1989) in Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston. Born in Buffalo, Battaglia, 90, lived in Niagara Falls most of his life. He operated the former Jimmy's Steak House on Falls Street from 1951 to 1958 and Vincent's Italian Restaurant on Jefferson Avenue from 1958 to 1960. He was the widower of Lottie Kaminsky Battaglia, who died in 1950.
Survivors include a son, James three brothers, Russell, Samuel and Joseph; a sister, Rosalia Sanfilipo of Buffalo, and two grandchildren. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 9:30 a.m. Monday in St. Mary of the Cataract Catholic Church, 259 Fourth after prayers at 8:45 at Magaddino Memorial Chapel 1338 Niagara St. Burial will be in St.
Joseph's Cemetery. Gordon W. Ballstead Private funeral services for Gordon W. Ballstead, 69, a former Buffalo resident, have been held in Vancouver, Wash. A retired teacher, Ballstead died May 3, 1989, at his Vancouver home where he had lived for about 15 years.
Earlier he had resided in the Los Angeles area for about 25 years. Born in Pembroke, Ballstead moved to Buffalo with his family as a child and lived here about 25 years. He was a graduate of Burgard Vocational High School and the Wyoming Seminary, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. He held a master's degree from Columbia University, where he played football. He was also a World War II army veteran.
Ballstead is survived by a daughter, Sandra Gordon of Los Angeles, and a sister, Mary B. Wright of Rochester..
