Mr. Beckman was an officer in the Fire Bell Club of Buffalo, which supports the Buffalo Fire…
Looking for opportunities in 1972, Hazelet and his brother John bought Ralph’s La Hacienda, …
"Whenever there was a child, she would sit them down and just get them started reading," her…
Oct. 1, 1935 – Sept. 12, 2021
In addition to being a funeral director, Mr. Ross drove an ambulance and a school bus, ran a…
Nov. 26, 1928 – Sept. 12, 2021
Richard B. Kolbas was in the forefront of Ford Motor Co.’s modern efforts to put electric ve…
March 21, 1936 – Sept. 15, 2021
Mr. Chenez died at the Weinberg Campus in Amherst, where he had lived since January 2020.
Mrs. Downing encouraged her children to take risks and to choose the high road whenever poss…
As a student at Burgard Vocational High School, James C. Macris drew pictures of airplanes. …
Beginning as a substitute teacher in Buffalo schools, Mr. Vacanti made such an impression wi…
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Barbara J. Boardway, a registered nurse, led "a life of service that just never ended," said…
Donald W. Boyd Jr. was prominent in public relations, publications and marketing management …
Sister Mary Claire Doyle, CSSF, a teacher and guidance counselor in Catholic schools, died S…
Dr. Nascimben, a saxophonist, longtime music arranger and high school and college music teac…
He was author of more than 250 papers, chapters and books in various publications and journa…
Mr. Webb, who moved to Bonita Springs, Fla., in 2008, died in Windsor at Celebration Assiste…
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She taught primary grades for 38 years in several schools.
A founder of the Amherst Youth Hockey Association in 1964, when the town’s Audubon rink was …
Mr. Rumph was credited, along with doctors, in 1981 in the Journal of Trauma for his work in…
Mr. Dziedzic was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Service Med…
Frank J. and Josephine Sarago were inseparable from the time they were teenage sweethearts.
Arlee Daniels Jr. was well-known for his high-profile anti-violence work, leading rallies, b…
