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Local obituaries for Batavia, New York and surrounding areas
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Mikel Anthony Anderson
Oct 5, 2015
Byron - Mikel A. Anderson, 24, of Lockport, formerly of Byron, passed away suddenly on Monday, (October 5, 2015) at his mother's home, in Byron. Mr. Anderson was born March 3, 1991 in Rochester, a son of Basil Scott Anderson of Warsaw and Dawn (Marvin) Anderson of Byron. Mikel greatly enjoyed helping others that were struggling with their lives. He...
Margaret Ann Morasco
Oct 3, 2015
Batavia - Margaret Ann Morasco, 91, of Batavia, passed away on Saturday, October 3, 2015 at Crossroads House. Mrs. Morasco was born September 25, 1924 in Ashley, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late Joseph Edward and Sarah Ann Duffy McCann. A member of St. Joseph's Church, Mrs. Morasco enjoyed painting, reading, ceramics and writing in her journals. She will be...
Evelyn Frances Harloff
Oct 2, 2015
Rocky River, Ohio - Evelyn Frances Harloff, 89, of Rocky River, Ohio, passed away on Friday, October 2, 2015 at Normandy Manor Skilled Nursing Facility. Mrs. Harloff was born January 11, 1926 in Elba, a daughter of the late Clark B. Churchill and Bessie A. Conniber Churchill. Evelyn's mother died of pneumonia when she was a child. Life was hard...
Barbara Mikolajczyk
Oct 2, 2015
Oakfield - Barbara Mikolajczyk, 78, of Oakfield, passed away suddenly on Friday, (October 2, 2015) at United Memorial Medical Center, in Batavia. Mrs. Mikolajczyk was born April 29, 1937 in Geneva, a daughter of the late Charles and Elsie (Alexander) Grower. Barb was a long time member of St. Padre Pio Parish and attended mass at St. Cecelia's Church. She...
Peter Francis Wasiulewski
Oct 1, 2015
Oakfield - Peter Francis Wasiulewski, 93, of Oakfield, lost his battle with cancer on Thursday (October 1, 2015). He died peacefully in his home surrounded by his family. Peter was born in Poland on May 2, 1922, a son of the late Frank and Anne Wasiulewski. He served in the British Army from 1938 until 1948 during World War II....
Joseph M. Cervone
Oct 1, 2015
Joseph M. Cervone, 88, of Batavia, died Thursday (October 1, 2015) at the New York State Veteran's Home in Batavia. Joe was born July 10, 1927 in Batavia, a son of the late Amadeo and Margaret Cervone. He served with the United States Navy and was a nurse at the VAMC in Batavia. Joe enjoyed fishing, riding his motorcycle, bowling,...
Josephine Mudrzynski
Sep 30, 2015
Alabama - Josephine Mudrzynski, 94, of Alabama, passed away on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at the Genesee County Nursing Home in Batavia where she had been a resident since December 7, 2013. She was born in the Town of Oakfield, on July 4, 1921 to the late Anthony and Mary (Horzempa) Mudrzynski. After high school, she was employed by Curtis...
Barry Garfield Miller
Sep 23, 2015
Bergen - Barry Garfield Miller, 50, of Bergen, passed away suddenly doing what he loved: helping others on Wednesday, (September 23, 2015) at United Memorial Medical Center, in Batavia due to injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Mr. Miller was born June 6, 1965 in Batavia, the son of Tracy and Loretta (Werner) Miller, of Bergen. Barry was a...
Esther Cotton
Sep 19, 2015
Batavia - Esther Cotton, 103, of Batavia, passed away Saturday, (September 19, 2015) at the Genesee County Nursing Home, in Batavia. Mrs. Cotton was born April 7, 1912 in Cogan House, PA, a daughter of the late Oliver and Mary Rosella (Meyer) Brewer. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Batavia since approximately 1932 where she...
Kenneth M. Mullen
Sep 16, 2015
Oakfield - Kenneth M. Mullen, 85, of Oakfield, passed away on Wednesday, September 16th, 2015 at United Memorial Medical Center. Mr. Mullen was born July 4, 1930 in LeRoy, the son of the late Ralph and Emma Wilson Mullen. He is also predeceased by his step mother, Lulu Oles Mullen. Mr. Mullen served with the United States Army from 1948-1953,...
Willis J. Neth, Jr., Usnr (Ret)
Sep 12, 2015
Batavia - Willis J. Neth, Jr., 93, of Batavia, passed away on Saturday, September 12, 2015 at United Memorial Medical Center after having been admitted earlier that day. Mr. Neth was born May 7, 1922 in Batavia, a son of the late Willis J. Sr. and Josephine Murdock Neth. Captain Neth had a distinguished military career having entered the United...
Maxine M. Difilippo
Sep 11, 2015
Maxine M. (Kasmarek) DiFilippo, 77, of Batavia, passed away peacefully on September 11, 2015. She was born November 23, 1937 in Batavia, a daughter of the late Anthony S. and Helen M. (Ossowski) Kasmarek. Maxine worked at Brenner's Jewelry in Batavia as a bookkeeper for 37 years and 7 years at Darien Lake. She loved her family above all else....
Gail I. Lecain
Sep 10, 2015
LeRoy - Gail I. Lecain, 78, of LeRoy, passed away Thursday, (September 10, 2015) at United Memorial Medical Center, in Batavia. Ms. Lecain was born August 15, 1937 in Rochester, a daughter of the late Emmett and Doris (Sanford) Gaskin. She is survived by her daughter, Karen Cottrell of Fairport; grandchildren, Alexander Guerra of Rochester, Allegra Guerra of Fairport, Chelsea...
Lillian R. Stahl
Sep 9, 2015
Oakfield - Lillian R. Stahl, 91, of Oakfield, passed away Wednesday, (September 9, 2015) at United Memorial Medical Center, in Batavia. Mrs. Stahl was born December 4, 1923 in Akron, a daughter of the late Stanley and Nellie (Gurniak) Zabicki. Lil attended St. Padre Pio Parish - St. Cecelia's Worship Site for many years and loved cooking and spending time...
Mafalda M. "Muff" Calarco
Sep 8, 2015
Batavia – Mrs. Mafalda M. Calarco, 91, of Batavia, passed away on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at the Genesee County Nursing Home. She was born November 19, 1923 in Batavia, a daughter of the late Nicholas and Victoria Spina Tessitore. A 1941 Batavia High School graduate, she was a member of St. Mary's Church, member of the former Sertoma Club...
Gary L. Pursel
Sep 7, 2015
Gary L. Pursel, 67, of Batavia, passed away on Monday (September 7, 2015) at the United Memorial Medical Center in Batavia. Gary was born July 2, 1948 in Batavia, a son of the late John Henry Pursel Sr. and Elsie (Dixon) Pursel of Batavia. A veteran, Gary served with the United States Army and worked at Overhead Door Company of...
William M. Hynes
Sep 5, 2015
Elba - William M. Hynes, age 77, of Elba, passed away on Saturday, September 5, 2015 at his home surrounded by his family. Mr. Hynes was born August 27, 1938 in Batavia, the son of the late William and Doris Watts Hynes. A graduate of Notre Dame High School and Rochester Business Institute, Bill was a member of Padre Pio...
Rebecca A. "Becky" Watson
Sep 3, 2015
Batavia - Rebecca A. "Becky" Watson, 42, of Batavia, a Licensed Practical Nurse at United Memorial Medical Center, died Thursday, September 3, 2015 at United Memorial Medical Center, in Batavia. Mrs. Watson was born April 3, 1973 in Batavia, the daughter of Danny M. and Sandy J. (Bates) Snell, both of Batavia. She enjoyed karaoke. Surviving along with her parents...
Irene L. Turner
Aug 29, 2015
Irene L. Turner, 95, of Spencerport, passed away on Saturday (August 29, 2015) at Highland Hospital in Rochester. Irene was born February 13, 1920 in Gates, a daughter of the late Harry and Rena (Pfund) Van Cott. Irene is a former member of Stafford Country Club and a 40 year member of the First Presbyterian Church of Brockport. Survivors include...
Mary Hehn
Aug 27, 2015
Rochester – Mrs. Mary Hehn, age 99, of Rochester, passed away on Thursday, August 27, 2015 at the Genesee County Nursing Home, where she had resided the past 10 years. Mrs. Hehn was born February 29, 1916 in Rochester, a daughter of the late John Sr. and Anna Boyko Zastrocky. Her husband, Harold G. Hehn, passed away in 1965. She...
Mikel Anthony Anderson
Oct 5, 2015
Byron - Mikel A. Anderson, 24, of Lockport, formerly of Byron, passed away suddenly on Monday, (October 5, 2015) at his mother's home, in Byron. Mr. Anderson was born March 3, 1991 in Rochester, a son of Basil Scott Anderson of Warsaw and Dawn (Marvin) Anderson of Byron. Mikel greatly enjoyed helping others that were struggling with their lives. He...
Margaret Ann Morasco
Oct 3, 2015
Batavia - Margaret Ann Morasco, 91, of Batavia, passed away on Saturday, October 3, 2015 at Crossroads House. Mrs. Morasco was born September 25, 1924 in Ashley, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late Joseph Edward and Sarah Ann Duffy McCann. A member of St. Joseph's Church, Mrs. Morasco enjoyed painting, reading, ceramics and writing in her journals. She will be...
Evelyn Frances Harloff
Oct 2, 2015
Rocky River, Ohio - Evelyn Frances Harloff, 89, of Rocky River, Ohio, passed away on Friday, October 2, 2015 at Normandy Manor Skilled Nursing Facility. Mrs. Harloff was born January 11, 1926 in Elba, a daughter of the late Clark B. Churchill and Bessie A. Conniber Churchill. Evelyn's mother died of pneumonia when she was a child. Life was hard...
Barbara Mikolajczyk
Oct 2, 2015
Oakfield - Barbara Mikolajczyk, 78, of Oakfield, passed away suddenly on Friday, (October 2, 2015) at United Memorial Medical Center, in Batavia. Mrs. Mikolajczyk was born April 29, 1937 in Geneva, a daughter of the late Charles and Elsie (Alexander) Grower. Barb was a long time member of St. Padre Pio Parish and attended mass at St. Cecelia's Church. She...
Peter Francis Wasiulewski
Oct 1, 2015
Oakfield - Peter Francis Wasiulewski, 93, of Oakfield, lost his battle with cancer on Thursday (October 1, 2015). He died peacefully in his home surrounded by his family. Peter was born in Poland on May 2, 1922, a son of the late Frank and Anne Wasiulewski. He served in the British Army from 1938 until 1948 during World War II....
Joseph M. Cervone
Oct 1, 2015
Joseph M. Cervone, 88, of Batavia, died Thursday (October 1, 2015) at the New York State Veteran's Home in Batavia. Joe was born July 10, 1927 in Batavia, a son of the late Amadeo and Margaret Cervone. He served with the United States Navy and was a nurse at the VAMC in Batavia. Joe enjoyed fishing, riding his motorcycle, bowling,...
Josephine Mudrzynski
Sep 30, 2015
Alabama - Josephine Mudrzynski, 94, of Alabama, passed away on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at the Genesee County Nursing Home in Batavia where she had been a resident since December 7, 2013. She was born in the Town of Oakfield, on July 4, 1921 to the late Anthony and Mary (Horzempa) Mudrzynski. After high school, she was employed by Curtis...
Barry Garfield Miller
Sep 23, 2015
Bergen - Barry Garfield Miller, 50, of Bergen, passed away suddenly doing what he loved: helping others on Wednesday, (September 23, 2015) at United Memorial Medical Center, in Batavia due to injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Mr. Miller was born June 6, 1965 in Batavia, the son of Tracy and Loretta (Werner) Miller, of Bergen. Barry was a...
Esther Cotton
Sep 19, 2015
Batavia - Esther Cotton, 103, of Batavia, passed away Saturday, (September 19, 2015) at the Genesee County Nursing Home, in Batavia. Mrs. Cotton was born April 7, 1912 in Cogan House, PA, a daughter of the late Oliver and Mary Rosella (Meyer) Brewer. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Batavia since approximately 1932 where she...
Kenneth M. Mullen
Sep 16, 2015
Oakfield - Kenneth M. Mullen, 85, of Oakfield, passed away on Wednesday, September 16th, 2015 at United Memorial Medical Center. Mr. Mullen was born July 4, 1930 in LeRoy, the son of the late Ralph and Emma Wilson Mullen. He is also predeceased by his step mother, Lulu Oles Mullen. Mr. Mullen served with the United States Army from 1948-1953,...
Willis J. Neth, Jr., Usnr (Ret)
Sep 12, 2015
Batavia - Willis J. Neth, Jr., 93, of Batavia, passed away on Saturday, September 12, 2015 at United Memorial Medical Center after having been admitted earlier that day. Mr. Neth was born May 7, 1922 in Batavia, a son of the late Willis J. Sr. and Josephine Murdock Neth. Captain Neth had a distinguished military career having entered the United...
Maxine M. Difilippo
Sep 11, 2015
Maxine M. (Kasmarek) DiFilippo, 77, of Batavia, passed away peacefully on September 11, 2015. She was born November 23, 1937 in Batavia, a daughter of the late Anthony S. and Helen M. (Ossowski) Kasmarek. Maxine worked at Brenner's Jewelry in Batavia as a bookkeeper for 37 years and 7 years at Darien Lake. She loved her family above all else....
Gail I. Lecain
Sep 10, 2015
LeRoy - Gail I. Lecain, 78, of LeRoy, passed away Thursday, (September 10, 2015) at United Memorial Medical Center, in Batavia. Ms. Lecain was born August 15, 1937 in Rochester, a daughter of the late Emmett and Doris (Sanford) Gaskin. She is survived by her daughter, Karen Cottrell of Fairport; grandchildren, Alexander Guerra of Rochester, Allegra Guerra of Fairport, Chelsea...
Lillian R. Stahl
Sep 9, 2015
Oakfield - Lillian R. Stahl, 91, of Oakfield, passed away Wednesday, (September 9, 2015) at United Memorial Medical Center, in Batavia. Mrs. Stahl was born December 4, 1923 in Akron, a daughter of the late Stanley and Nellie (Gurniak) Zabicki. Lil attended St. Padre Pio Parish - St. Cecelia's Worship Site for many years and loved cooking and spending time...
Mafalda M. "Muff" Calarco
Sep 8, 2015
Batavia – Mrs. Mafalda M. Calarco, 91, of Batavia, passed away on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at the Genesee County Nursing Home. She was born November 19, 1923 in Batavia, a daughter of the late Nicholas and Victoria Spina Tessitore. A 1941 Batavia High School graduate, she was a member of St. Mary's Church, member of the former Sertoma Club...
Gary L. Pursel
Sep 7, 2015
Gary L. Pursel, 67, of Batavia, passed away on Monday (September 7, 2015) at the United Memorial Medical Center in Batavia. Gary was born July 2, 1948 in Batavia, a son of the late John Henry Pursel Sr. and Elsie (Dixon) Pursel of Batavia. A veteran, Gary served with the United States Army and worked at Overhead Door Company of...
William M. Hynes
Sep 5, 2015
Elba - William M. Hynes, age 77, of Elba, passed away on Saturday, September 5, 2015 at his home surrounded by his family. Mr. Hynes was born August 27, 1938 in Batavia, the son of the late William and Doris Watts Hynes. A graduate of Notre Dame High School and Rochester Business Institute, Bill was a member of Padre Pio...
Rebecca A. "Becky" Watson
Sep 3, 2015
Batavia - Rebecca A. "Becky" Watson, 42, of Batavia, a Licensed Practical Nurse at United Memorial Medical Center, died Thursday, September 3, 2015 at United Memorial Medical Center, in Batavia. Mrs. Watson was born April 3, 1973 in Batavia, the daughter of Danny M. and Sandy J. (Bates) Snell, both of Batavia. She enjoyed karaoke. Surviving along with her parents...
Irene L. Turner
Aug 29, 2015
Irene L. Turner, 95, of Spencerport, passed away on Saturday (August 29, 2015) at Highland Hospital in Rochester. Irene was born February 13, 1920 in Gates, a daughter of the late Harry and Rena (Pfund) Van Cott. Irene is a former member of Stafford Country Club and a 40 year member of the First Presbyterian Church of Brockport. Survivors include...
Mary Hehn
Aug 27, 2015
Rochester – Mrs. Mary Hehn, age 99, of Rochester, passed away on Thursday, August 27, 2015 at the Genesee County Nursing Home, where she had resided the past 10 years. Mrs. Hehn was born February 29, 1916 in Rochester, a daughter of the late John Sr. and Anna Boyko Zastrocky. Her husband, Harold G. Hehn, passed away in 1965. She...
