Obituaries
Local obituaries for Batavia, New York and surrounding areas
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Mrs. Shirley T. Mowers
Mar 31, 2021
Bergen - Shirley T. Mowers, 97 of Bergen, passed away on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at Premier Genesee Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. Mrs. Mowers was born September 1, 1923 in Batavia, a daughter of the late Daniel Rich and Edna Spencer Rich. A graduate of Elba Central School, Shirley loved to sew and will be remembered as a wonderful...
Mr. Gerald E. Good
Mar 28, 2021
Batavia - Gerald E. Good, 79 of Batavia, passed away on Sunday, March 28, 2021 at his home under the care of HomeCare & Hospice surrounded by his loving family and friends. He was born September 27, 1941 in Batavia, a son of the late Raymond Good and Beatrice Sprague Good. Jerry worked for many years in the local farming...
Scott G. Clark
Mar 26, 2021
Scott G. Clark, 69, of Batavia and formerly of Massena, passed away on Friday, March 26, 2021 at United Memorial Medical Center in Batavia. Scott was born March 12, 1952 in Potsdam, a son of the late Walter and Virginia (DeLong) Clark. He loved cars and camping. Surviving are his daughter, Gina (Barrett) Doane of Batavia; his son, Kevin (Beth)...
Michael Edward King
Mar 23, 2021
Batavia - Michael Edward King, 57 of Batavia passed away on Tuesday, (March 23, 2021) at his home in Batavia. Mr. King was born June 12, 1963 in Batavia, a son of the late Edward King Jr. and Sharon (McEwen) Hillabush. Mike attended City Church in Batavia and enjoyed antique cars, muscle cars, and racing. He was a lover of...
Eleanor L. Cortright, "Nellie"
Mar 22, 2021
Eleanor L. Cortright, "Nellie", of Basom, passed away on her 91st birthday, Monday, March 22, 2021 at United Memorial Medical Center in Batavia. Eleanor was born March 22, 1930 in Williamsville, a daughter of the late Michael and Charlotte (Werner) Sullivan. Nellie loved spending time with her family and also camping at Bennington Camp Grounds. She enjoyed going to the...
Richard C. Parkman, Jr.
Mar 15, 2021
Batavia - Richard C. "Dick" Parkman, Jr., 79 of Batavia, passed away on Monday, (March 15, 2021) at LeRoy Village Green Residential Health Care Facility in LeRoy. Mr. Parkman was born May 6, 1941 in Buffalo, a son of the late Richard C. Parkman Sr. and Evelyn (Slocum) Parkman. He graduated from South Park High School in 1959 and Buffalo...
Mr. Jeffrey C. Bruce
Mar 15, 2021
Jeffrey was born March 16, 1958 in Warsaw, New York to the late Harold Bruce and Vivian McCracken. He leaves behind two children; daughter, Michelle (Chad) Oberther and a son, Joshua Bruce; their mother Mary (David Lane) Resch Bruce; a significant other, Maureen Corey; brothers, Harold Russell (Josie) Bruce, the late Richard Bruce, Terrence Bruce and Andrew (Rhonda) Bruce; sisters,...
Sophie R. "Sue" Tydelski
Mar 14, 2021
Sophie R. “Sue” Tydelski peacefully ascended to her Lord and Savior on Sunday, March 14, 2021. Sophie, 94 years young and a lifelong resident of Alexander, was just days from her 95th birthday on March 21st. She had been a resident at the Premier Genesee Center for Nursing in Batavia since October. She was married in 1946 to her loving...
Mr. Carl Yunker
Mar 13, 2021
Carl Yunker age 97, lifelong farmer and founder of what was to become CY Farms passed away peacefully at his home in Elba on March13, 2021. He was born to Louisa Yunker on August 28, 1923 at the family farmhouse in Sheldon, NY. He was raised by his mother and two older brothers Alfred and Otto; they ran the small...
Mary H. Kelly
Mar 10, 2021
Batavia - Mary Hart Kelly, 91 of Batavia, passed away on Wednesday, (March 10, 2021) at LeRoy Village Green Residential Health Care Facility in LeRoy. Ms. Kelly was born August 29, 1929 in Tionesta, Forest County, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late Bernard Matthew Kelly and Katherine (Hart) Kelly. In 1933 her family moved back to B.M. Kelly’s hometown, Ellicottville,...
Edward J. Olander
Mar 9, 2021
Rochester - Edward J. Olander, 79 of Rochester passed away on Tuesday, (March 9, 2021) at Hildebrandt Hospice Care Facility in Rochester. Mr. Olander was born September 25, 1941 in Amsterdam, New York a son of the late John and Agnes (Filuba) Olander. Edward graduated from Wilbur H. Lynch High School in Amsterdam in 1959 and joined the U.S. Army...
Mr. Stephen Robert Goff
Mar 9, 2021
Elba - Stephen Robert Goff, "Stork", age 64 of Elba, passed away on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. Stork was born on October 20, 1956 in Canandaigua, a son of Marguerite Park Goff of Batavia the late Robert A. Goff. Stork was the longtime owner and proprietor of the Stumblin' Inn in Elba and served...
Mrs. Barbara W. Stein
Mar 6, 2021
Bergen - Barbara W. Stein, age 89, longtime member of St. Brigid Church in Bergen, passed away on Saturday, March 6, 2021 at St. Ann’s Community in Rochester. Mrs. Stein was born April 23, 1931 in Warsaw, a daughter of the late Charles Francis Wright and Rosamond Eddy Wright. Barbara is the wife of Joseph F. Stein who passed away...
James P. Calarco
Mar 6, 2021
James P. Calarco, 74, of Byron, passed away on Saturday, March 6, 2021 at the Batavia VA Medical Center. James was born October 30, 1946 in Batavia, a son of the late Alphonso and Esther (Hundredmark) Calarco. A veteran, Jim served with the United States Navy from 1966-1969 aboard the USS Canberra. He was a member of St. Brigid Church,...
Mrs. Valera D. Radka
Mar 2, 2021
Oakfield - Valera Mae Dart Radka, loving wife and mother, died Tuesday March 2, 2021 at the LeRoy Village Green Residential Healthcare Facility. She was 95. Born in Batavia on September 11, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Rhoda Blossom Dart and Harold J. Dart. She was a 1943 graduate of Batavia High School. After high school, she...
Mrs. Gloria S. Stein
Feb 26, 2021
Churchville/Bergen - Gloria S. Stein, age 82, longtime member of St. Brigid's Church in Bergen, passed away on Friday, February 26, 2021 at United Memorial Medical Center in Batavia. Mrs. Stein was born May 24, 1938 in Batavia, a daughter of the late Robert Stone and Ruth Bresslin Stone. Gloria is the wife of Edward Stein who passed away on...
Cathleen M. Kosiorek
Feb 25, 2021
Batavia - Cathleen M. Kosiorek, 80 of Batavia and formerly of Stafford, passed away on Thursday, (February 25, 2021) at her home under the care of HomeCare & Hospice and her loving family. Mrs. Kosiorek was born May 19, 1940 in Staten Island, a daughter of the late James and Marguerite (Naples) Hackett. Cathleen was a graduate of Notre Dame...
Mrs. Lulu J. Kirkpatrick Tillotson
Feb 25, 2021
Lulu (Lou) J. Kirkpatrick Tillotson of Batavia, and formerly from Pavilion and Oakfield passed away on Thursday, February 25, 2021, at the age of 97. She was born on July 19, 1923, the daughter of John and Lillian (Root) Pask. Lou was a homemaker and graduated from Oakfield Alabama High School, enjoyed traveling in her younger years, liked to play...
Sheila M. Quincey
Feb 24, 2021
Sheila M. Quincey, 78, of Batavia passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at Cottage Grove Memory Care in Rochester, NY surrounded by her family. Sheila was born on February 4, 1943 in Batavia, NY. She was the daughter of the late Francis T. “Frenchie” and Bernice (Peters) Chatt and step-daughter to the late Marie P. (Eischen) Chatt. Sheila...
Mrs. Genevieve Versaggi
Feb 22, 2021
Oakfield - Genevieve Versaggi, age 85, of Oakfield passed away on Monday, February 22, 2021 at her home. Mrs. Versaggi was born August 4, 1935 in Buffalo, a daughter of the late Leo Kawacz and Stella Waclawski Kawacz. A longtime member of St. Padre Pio Parish in Oakfield, she enjoyed word puzzles, working crossword puzzles and Sudoku puzzles. Mr. &...
Mrs. Shirley T. Mowers
Mar 31, 2021
Bergen - Shirley T. Mowers, 97 of Bergen, passed away on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at Premier Genesee Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. Mrs. Mowers was born September 1, 1923 in Batavia, a daughter of the late Daniel Rich and Edna Spencer Rich. A graduate of Elba Central School, Shirley loved to sew and will be remembered as a wonderful...
Mr. Gerald E. Good
Mar 28, 2021
Batavia - Gerald E. Good, 79 of Batavia, passed away on Sunday, March 28, 2021 at his home under the care of HomeCare & Hospice surrounded by his loving family and friends. He was born September 27, 1941 in Batavia, a son of the late Raymond Good and Beatrice Sprague Good. Jerry worked for many years in the local farming...
Scott G. Clark
Mar 26, 2021
Scott G. Clark, 69, of Batavia and formerly of Massena, passed away on Friday, March 26, 2021 at United Memorial Medical Center in Batavia. Scott was born March 12, 1952 in Potsdam, a son of the late Walter and Virginia (DeLong) Clark. He loved cars and camping. Surviving are his daughter, Gina (Barrett) Doane of Batavia; his son, Kevin (Beth)...
Michael Edward King
Mar 23, 2021
Batavia - Michael Edward King, 57 of Batavia passed away on Tuesday, (March 23, 2021) at his home in Batavia. Mr. King was born June 12, 1963 in Batavia, a son of the late Edward King Jr. and Sharon (McEwen) Hillabush. Mike attended City Church in Batavia and enjoyed antique cars, muscle cars, and racing. He was a lover of...
Eleanor L. Cortright, "Nellie"
Mar 22, 2021
Eleanor L. Cortright, "Nellie", of Basom, passed away on her 91st birthday, Monday, March 22, 2021 at United Memorial Medical Center in Batavia. Eleanor was born March 22, 1930 in Williamsville, a daughter of the late Michael and Charlotte (Werner) Sullivan. Nellie loved spending time with her family and also camping at Bennington Camp Grounds. She enjoyed going to the...
Richard C. Parkman, Jr.
Mar 15, 2021
Batavia - Richard C. "Dick" Parkman, Jr., 79 of Batavia, passed away on Monday, (March 15, 2021) at LeRoy Village Green Residential Health Care Facility in LeRoy. Mr. Parkman was born May 6, 1941 in Buffalo, a son of the late Richard C. Parkman Sr. and Evelyn (Slocum) Parkman. He graduated from South Park High School in 1959 and Buffalo...
Mr. Jeffrey C. Bruce
Mar 15, 2021
Jeffrey was born March 16, 1958 in Warsaw, New York to the late Harold Bruce and Vivian McCracken. He leaves behind two children; daughter, Michelle (Chad) Oberther and a son, Joshua Bruce; their mother Mary (David Lane) Resch Bruce; a significant other, Maureen Corey; brothers, Harold Russell (Josie) Bruce, the late Richard Bruce, Terrence Bruce and Andrew (Rhonda) Bruce; sisters,...
Sophie R. "Sue" Tydelski
Mar 14, 2021
Sophie R. “Sue” Tydelski peacefully ascended to her Lord and Savior on Sunday, March 14, 2021. Sophie, 94 years young and a lifelong resident of Alexander, was just days from her 95th birthday on March 21st. She had been a resident at the Premier Genesee Center for Nursing in Batavia since October. She was married in 1946 to her loving...
Mr. Carl Yunker
Mar 13, 2021
Carl Yunker age 97, lifelong farmer and founder of what was to become CY Farms passed away peacefully at his home in Elba on March13, 2021. He was born to Louisa Yunker on August 28, 1923 at the family farmhouse in Sheldon, NY. He was raised by his mother and two older brothers Alfred and Otto; they ran the small...
Mary H. Kelly
Mar 10, 2021
Batavia - Mary Hart Kelly, 91 of Batavia, passed away on Wednesday, (March 10, 2021) at LeRoy Village Green Residential Health Care Facility in LeRoy. Ms. Kelly was born August 29, 1929 in Tionesta, Forest County, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late Bernard Matthew Kelly and Katherine (Hart) Kelly. In 1933 her family moved back to B.M. Kelly’s hometown, Ellicottville,...
Edward J. Olander
Mar 9, 2021
Rochester - Edward J. Olander, 79 of Rochester passed away on Tuesday, (March 9, 2021) at Hildebrandt Hospice Care Facility in Rochester. Mr. Olander was born September 25, 1941 in Amsterdam, New York a son of the late John and Agnes (Filuba) Olander. Edward graduated from Wilbur H. Lynch High School in Amsterdam in 1959 and joined the U.S. Army...
Mr. Stephen Robert Goff
Mar 9, 2021
Elba - Stephen Robert Goff, "Stork", age 64 of Elba, passed away on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. Stork was born on October 20, 1956 in Canandaigua, a son of Marguerite Park Goff of Batavia the late Robert A. Goff. Stork was the longtime owner and proprietor of the Stumblin' Inn in Elba and served...
Mrs. Barbara W. Stein
Mar 6, 2021
Bergen - Barbara W. Stein, age 89, longtime member of St. Brigid Church in Bergen, passed away on Saturday, March 6, 2021 at St. Ann’s Community in Rochester. Mrs. Stein was born April 23, 1931 in Warsaw, a daughter of the late Charles Francis Wright and Rosamond Eddy Wright. Barbara is the wife of Joseph F. Stein who passed away...
James P. Calarco
Mar 6, 2021
James P. Calarco, 74, of Byron, passed away on Saturday, March 6, 2021 at the Batavia VA Medical Center. James was born October 30, 1946 in Batavia, a son of the late Alphonso and Esther (Hundredmark) Calarco. A veteran, Jim served with the United States Navy from 1966-1969 aboard the USS Canberra. He was a member of St. Brigid Church,...
Mrs. Valera D. Radka
Mar 2, 2021
Oakfield - Valera Mae Dart Radka, loving wife and mother, died Tuesday March 2, 2021 at the LeRoy Village Green Residential Healthcare Facility. She was 95. Born in Batavia on September 11, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Rhoda Blossom Dart and Harold J. Dart. She was a 1943 graduate of Batavia High School. After high school, she...
Mrs. Gloria S. Stein
Feb 26, 2021
Churchville/Bergen - Gloria S. Stein, age 82, longtime member of St. Brigid's Church in Bergen, passed away on Friday, February 26, 2021 at United Memorial Medical Center in Batavia. Mrs. Stein was born May 24, 1938 in Batavia, a daughter of the late Robert Stone and Ruth Bresslin Stone. Gloria is the wife of Edward Stein who passed away on...
Cathleen M. Kosiorek
Feb 25, 2021
Batavia - Cathleen M. Kosiorek, 80 of Batavia and formerly of Stafford, passed away on Thursday, (February 25, 2021) at her home under the care of HomeCare & Hospice and her loving family. Mrs. Kosiorek was born May 19, 1940 in Staten Island, a daughter of the late James and Marguerite (Naples) Hackett. Cathleen was a graduate of Notre Dame...
Mrs. Lulu J. Kirkpatrick Tillotson
Feb 25, 2021
Lulu (Lou) J. Kirkpatrick Tillotson of Batavia, and formerly from Pavilion and Oakfield passed away on Thursday, February 25, 2021, at the age of 97. She was born on July 19, 1923, the daughter of John and Lillian (Root) Pask. Lou was a homemaker and graduated from Oakfield Alabama High School, enjoyed traveling in her younger years, liked to play...
Sheila M. Quincey
Feb 24, 2021
Sheila M. Quincey, 78, of Batavia passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at Cottage Grove Memory Care in Rochester, NY surrounded by her family. Sheila was born on February 4, 1943 in Batavia, NY. She was the daughter of the late Francis T. “Frenchie” and Bernice (Peters) Chatt and step-daughter to the late Marie P. (Eischen) Chatt. Sheila...
Mrs. Genevieve Versaggi
Feb 22, 2021
Oakfield - Genevieve Versaggi, age 85, of Oakfield passed away on Monday, February 22, 2021 at her home. Mrs. Versaggi was born August 4, 1935 in Buffalo, a daughter of the late Leo Kawacz and Stella Waclawski Kawacz. A longtime member of St. Padre Pio Parish in Oakfield, she enjoyed word puzzles, working crossword puzzles and Sudoku puzzles. Mr. &...
