Obituaries
Local obituaries for Batavia, New York and surrounding areas
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Temple D. Lewis
Nov 5, 2020
East Bethany - Temple D. Lewis, Jr., 82 of East Bethany passed away on November 5, 2020 at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. He was a resident of this community for 23 years and attended First Baptist Church in Batavia. He was born in 1938 at Vasser Hospital, Poughkeepsie, New York, and was the son of Evelyn Pervall Lewis and...
Thomas J. Feldman Sr.
Nov 4, 2020
Thomas (Tom) J. Feldman Sr. age 75, of Greenville, SC (and formerly of Little River, SC and Western NY) passed away peacefully on November 4th. Born on March 28, 1945 in Buffalo, NY; he was preceded in death by his parents Tony and Margaret Feldman. In 1967 he married GeorgAnn (Stoessel Smith), she survives. They recently celebrated 53 years together,...
Mr Donald D. Hilbert
Nov 3, 2020
Batavia - Donald D. Hilbert, age 90, of Batavia passed away on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Batavia. Mr. Hilbert was born April 28, 1930 in Batavia, a son of the late Gerald L. Hilbert and Doris E. Dillon Hilbert. A 1948 graduate from Batavia High School and graduate of the Erie County Technical...
Mr. Eric Anthony Easton
Oct 28, 2020
Mesa, Arizona - Eric Anthony Easton, 37 of Mesa, Arizona, formerly of Basom, New York, passed away most tragically on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 as a result of injuries sustained in an accident. Eric was born September 11, 1983 in Batavia, a son of Gerald Easton and Bernadette Corbelli Easton of Basom. Eric was an avid fisherman and enjoyed hunting...
Mr. Allan N. Parkhurst
Oct 28, 2020
Allan N. Parkhurst, age 88, passed away suddenly while with his family on October 28th, 2020. He was born in Corry, Pennsylvania on November 22, 1931 to Norman and Altha Falker Parkhurst. Allan worked with his father at an early age learning the plumbing trade at W.G. Maney in Batavia. In 1972, Allan retired from the US Air Force after...
John M. Quincey
Oct 27, 2020
John M. Quincey, 80, of Batavia, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at his home in Batavia under the care of his loving family. John was born Saturday, August 31, 1940 in Rochester, NY a son of the late James E. and Lucille (Favreau) Quincey. He graduated high school from Churchville-Chili Central in Churchville, NY in 1958. He...
Jason Christopher Hale
Oct 26, 2020
Batavia - Jason Christopher Hale, 49, of Batavia, passed away on Monday, (October 26, 2020) at Highland Hospital in Rochester. Mr. Hale was born December 7, 1970 in Batavia, a son of Richard and Sheila (Pribison) Hale of Corfu. He enjoyed fishing and playing the latest video games. He followed all forms of motorsports on TV: NASCAR, NHRA, INDYCAR, and...
Josephine A. Talone
Oct 25, 2020
Josephine A. Talone, 74, of Batavia, passed away on Sunday, October 25, 2020 at Rochester General Hospital. Josephine was born Tuesday, August 20, 1946 in Rochester, a daughter of the late Thomas and Pauline (Almalfa) Giunta. Josephine loved spending time with her family and adored her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She enjoyed baking and cooking and was wonderful at both. Surviving...
Mrs. Jean A. Richardson
Oct 24, 2020
Basom - Jean A. Richardson, age 82, of Basom, passed away on Saturday, October 24, 2020 at United Memorial Medical Center. Mrs. Richardson was born February 18, 1938 in Batavia, a daughter of the late Walter Wickham and Gladys Parsons Wickham. A graduate of Oakfield-Alabama Central School and the Highland School of Nursing in Rochester, Jean was a longtime member...
Ms. Deborah D. Dutton
Oct 20, 2020
Batavia - Deborah D. Dutton, age 64, of Batavia, passed away on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, following a brief illness. She was born November 23, 1955 in Batavia, a daughter of the late Laverne and Olive Boyce Dutton. She was currently employed at GCASA's Recovery Station in Batavia and attended Batavia City Church. An...
Joan F. Cole
Oct 20, 2020
Le Roy - Joan Cole , 85 of Le Roy passed away on Tuesday, (October 20, 2020) at Le Roy Village Green in Le Roy. Mrs. Cole was born November 27, 1934 in Hume, a daughter of the late Willard Ferris and Phoebe (Bailey) Ferris. She enjoyed puzzle books, cooking, baking, traveling and spending time with her family. Joan is...
Mr. Irel Dean Boyce
Oct 16, 2020
Elba - Irel Dean Boyce, age 87, of Elba passed away on Friday, October 16, 2020 at Hildebrandt Hospice Care Facility in Rochester surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Boyce was born October 25, 1932 in Elba, a son of the late Benjamin Boyce and Ogreta Frens Boyce. A retiree from Graham Manufacturing after over 30 years of employment, Dean...
Paul D. Kruppa
Oct 16, 2020
Paul D. Kruppa, 78, of Batavia, passed away on Friday, October 16, 2020 at Strong Memorial Hospital. Paul was born Saturday, August 15, 1942 in Batavia, a son of the late John and Dorothy (Wetzel) Kruppa. Paul was an industrial arts teacher for 32 years at the Oakfield Alabama Central School District. He was a member of Resurrection Parish and...
Mr. William D. Barton
Oct 14, 2020
William (‘Bill’ ’Bongo’) Barton - age 63, of Silver Springs, NY, went home to be with his Lord & Savior, Jesus Christ on the morning of Wednesday, October 14, 2020. He was surrounded by his loving family at his home on Silver Lake, after a courageous 13-year long battle against multiple myeloma. Bill was born in Batavia on March 12,...
Mr. Donald K. Schmigel, Sr.
Oct 13, 2020
Corfu - Donald K. Schmigel, Sr., age 74 of Corfu, passed away on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at Mercy Hosptial of Buffalo. He was born August 17th, 1946 in Boonville, Missouri a son of the late Donald R. Schmigel and Nora Steele. An avid outdoorsman, he enjoyed hunting and fishing. Don enjoyed watching dirt track racing and NASCAR. Donald is...
Miss C. Dorothy Vitulli
Oct 11, 2020
Batavia - C. Dorothy Vitulli, age 91 of Batavia passed away on Sunday, October 11, 2020 at home surrounded by her loving family under the care of HomeCare & Hospice. Dorothy was born October 26th, 1928 in Batavia, a daughter of the late Silvio Vitulli and Virginia Pillo Vitulli. A lifelong resident of Batavia, Dorothy resided at her family home...
Arlene M. Demarest
Oct 9, 2020
Arlene M. Demarest, 86, of Batavia, passed away on Friday, October 9, 2020 at United Memorial Medical Center. Arlene was born January 16, 1934 in North Java, a daughter of the late LeeRoy and Ethel (Whitcomb) Duckworth. Arlene enjoyed being outside, gardening and flowers. Surviving are her daughter, Karen (John) Gallo of Batavia; grandchildren, Amy (Charles) Hathaway of Churchville and...
Mr Norman Dusen
Oct 7, 2020
East Pembroke - Norman Dusen , 80 of East Pembroke, passed away on Wednesday, (October 7, 2020) at United Memorial Medical Center in Batavia. Mr. Dusen was born January 6, 1940 in Batavia, a son of the late Lloyd and Lois (Scoins) Dusen. Mr. Dusen was a member of the Oakfield United Methodist Church. He was a lifetime member of...
Mary Cecere
Oct 6, 2020
Mary Cecere, 96, of Batavia, faithful wife and devoted mother of 7 died Tuesday October 6th 2020 at 5:55 a.m. peacefully in her sleep at the NYS Veterans Home in Batavia, NY. Mary was born May 15th 1924. Mary is predeceased by her husband Louis Cecere (October 12, 2004) and by her parents Thomas Glannan and Ellen Dilworth Glannan, as...
Temple D. Lewis
Nov 5, 2020
East Bethany - Temple D. Lewis, Jr., 82 of East Bethany passed away on November 5, 2020 at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. He was a resident of this community for 23 years and attended First Baptist Church in Batavia. He was born in 1938 at Vasser Hospital, Poughkeepsie, New York, and was the son of Evelyn Pervall Lewis and...
Thomas J. Feldman Sr.
Nov 4, 2020
Thomas (Tom) J. Feldman Sr. age 75, of Greenville, SC (and formerly of Little River, SC and Western NY) passed away peacefully on November 4th. Born on March 28, 1945 in Buffalo, NY; he was preceded in death by his parents Tony and Margaret Feldman. In 1967 he married GeorgAnn (Stoessel Smith), she survives. They recently celebrated 53 years together,...
Mr Donald D. Hilbert
Nov 3, 2020
Batavia - Donald D. Hilbert, age 90, of Batavia passed away on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Batavia. Mr. Hilbert was born April 28, 1930 in Batavia, a son of the late Gerald L. Hilbert and Doris E. Dillon Hilbert. A 1948 graduate from Batavia High School and graduate of the Erie County Technical...
Mr. Eric Anthony Easton
Oct 28, 2020
Mesa, Arizona - Eric Anthony Easton, 37 of Mesa, Arizona, formerly of Basom, New York, passed away most tragically on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 as a result of injuries sustained in an accident. Eric was born September 11, 1983 in Batavia, a son of Gerald Easton and Bernadette Corbelli Easton of Basom. Eric was an avid fisherman and enjoyed hunting...
Mr. Allan N. Parkhurst
Oct 28, 2020
Allan N. Parkhurst, age 88, passed away suddenly while with his family on October 28th, 2020. He was born in Corry, Pennsylvania on November 22, 1931 to Norman and Altha Falker Parkhurst. Allan worked with his father at an early age learning the plumbing trade at W.G. Maney in Batavia. In 1972, Allan retired from the US Air Force after...
John M. Quincey
Oct 27, 2020
John M. Quincey, 80, of Batavia, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at his home in Batavia under the care of his loving family. John was born Saturday, August 31, 1940 in Rochester, NY a son of the late James E. and Lucille (Favreau) Quincey. He graduated high school from Churchville-Chili Central in Churchville, NY in 1958. He...
Jason Christopher Hale
Oct 26, 2020
Batavia - Jason Christopher Hale, 49, of Batavia, passed away on Monday, (October 26, 2020) at Highland Hospital in Rochester. Mr. Hale was born December 7, 1970 in Batavia, a son of Richard and Sheila (Pribison) Hale of Corfu. He enjoyed fishing and playing the latest video games. He followed all forms of motorsports on TV: NASCAR, NHRA, INDYCAR, and...
Josephine A. Talone
Oct 25, 2020
Josephine A. Talone, 74, of Batavia, passed away on Sunday, October 25, 2020 at Rochester General Hospital. Josephine was born Tuesday, August 20, 1946 in Rochester, a daughter of the late Thomas and Pauline (Almalfa) Giunta. Josephine loved spending time with her family and adored her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She enjoyed baking and cooking and was wonderful at both. Surviving...
Mrs. Jean A. Richardson
Oct 24, 2020
Basom - Jean A. Richardson, age 82, of Basom, passed away on Saturday, October 24, 2020 at United Memorial Medical Center. Mrs. Richardson was born February 18, 1938 in Batavia, a daughter of the late Walter Wickham and Gladys Parsons Wickham. A graduate of Oakfield-Alabama Central School and the Highland School of Nursing in Rochester, Jean was a longtime member...
Ms. Deborah D. Dutton
Oct 20, 2020
Batavia - Deborah D. Dutton, age 64, of Batavia, passed away on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, following a brief illness. She was born November 23, 1955 in Batavia, a daughter of the late Laverne and Olive Boyce Dutton. She was currently employed at GCASA's Recovery Station in Batavia and attended Batavia City Church. An...
Joan F. Cole
Oct 20, 2020
Le Roy - Joan Cole , 85 of Le Roy passed away on Tuesday, (October 20, 2020) at Le Roy Village Green in Le Roy. Mrs. Cole was born November 27, 1934 in Hume, a daughter of the late Willard Ferris and Phoebe (Bailey) Ferris. She enjoyed puzzle books, cooking, baking, traveling and spending time with her family. Joan is...
Mr. Irel Dean Boyce
Oct 16, 2020
Elba - Irel Dean Boyce, age 87, of Elba passed away on Friday, October 16, 2020 at Hildebrandt Hospice Care Facility in Rochester surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Boyce was born October 25, 1932 in Elba, a son of the late Benjamin Boyce and Ogreta Frens Boyce. A retiree from Graham Manufacturing after over 30 years of employment, Dean...
Paul D. Kruppa
Oct 16, 2020
Paul D. Kruppa, 78, of Batavia, passed away on Friday, October 16, 2020 at Strong Memorial Hospital. Paul was born Saturday, August 15, 1942 in Batavia, a son of the late John and Dorothy (Wetzel) Kruppa. Paul was an industrial arts teacher for 32 years at the Oakfield Alabama Central School District. He was a member of Resurrection Parish and...
Mr. William D. Barton
Oct 14, 2020
William (‘Bill’ ’Bongo’) Barton - age 63, of Silver Springs, NY, went home to be with his Lord & Savior, Jesus Christ on the morning of Wednesday, October 14, 2020. He was surrounded by his loving family at his home on Silver Lake, after a courageous 13-year long battle against multiple myeloma. Bill was born in Batavia on March 12,...
Mr. Donald K. Schmigel, Sr.
Oct 13, 2020
Corfu - Donald K. Schmigel, Sr., age 74 of Corfu, passed away on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at Mercy Hosptial of Buffalo. He was born August 17th, 1946 in Boonville, Missouri a son of the late Donald R. Schmigel and Nora Steele. An avid outdoorsman, he enjoyed hunting and fishing. Don enjoyed watching dirt track racing and NASCAR. Donald is...
Miss C. Dorothy Vitulli
Oct 11, 2020
Batavia - C. Dorothy Vitulli, age 91 of Batavia passed away on Sunday, October 11, 2020 at home surrounded by her loving family under the care of HomeCare & Hospice. Dorothy was born October 26th, 1928 in Batavia, a daughter of the late Silvio Vitulli and Virginia Pillo Vitulli. A lifelong resident of Batavia, Dorothy resided at her family home...
Arlene M. Demarest
Oct 9, 2020
Arlene M. Demarest, 86, of Batavia, passed away on Friday, October 9, 2020 at United Memorial Medical Center. Arlene was born January 16, 1934 in North Java, a daughter of the late LeeRoy and Ethel (Whitcomb) Duckworth. Arlene enjoyed being outside, gardening and flowers. Surviving are her daughter, Karen (John) Gallo of Batavia; grandchildren, Amy (Charles) Hathaway of Churchville and...
Mr Norman Dusen
Oct 7, 2020
East Pembroke - Norman Dusen , 80 of East Pembroke, passed away on Wednesday, (October 7, 2020) at United Memorial Medical Center in Batavia. Mr. Dusen was born January 6, 1940 in Batavia, a son of the late Lloyd and Lois (Scoins) Dusen. Mr. Dusen was a member of the Oakfield United Methodist Church. He was a lifetime member of...
Mary Cecere
Oct 6, 2020
Mary Cecere, 96, of Batavia, faithful wife and devoted mother of 7 died Tuesday October 6th 2020 at 5:55 a.m. peacefully in her sleep at the NYS Veterans Home in Batavia, NY. Mary was born May 15th 1924. Mary is predeceased by her husband Louis Cecere (October 12, 2004) and by her parents Thomas Glannan and Ellen Dilworth Glannan, as...
