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Kenneth Haacke

Jul 13, 2024

Oakfield - Kenneth L. Haacke, age 78, passed away on Saturday, July 13, 2024 at Hildebrandt Hospice in Rochester. He was born on October 20, 1945, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a son of the late Norman and Mae Haacke. He grew up in Muskego, Wisconsin. After high school, he attended the University of Wisconsin on a wrestling scholarship. In 1967, he...

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William P. Morgan

Jul 10, 2024

William "Bill" P. Morgan passed away on Wednesday, July 10th, 2024 in Batavia, NY at the age of 71. He was born on Friday, August 15th, 1952, in Warsaw, NY, a son of the late William and Mildred (Cummings) Morgan. Bill was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting, fishing, and ice fishing. He also had a special interest in classic...

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Jacob R. Ward

Jul 7, 2024

Basom - Jacob R. Ward, 45 of Basom, passed away on Sunday, (July 7, 2024) at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester following a brief illness. Jake was born August 1, 1978 in Batavia, a son of the late Robert Ward and Bonnie Wilson. Jacob was a loving husband, father, brother, and uncle. He loved hunting, camping, fishing, tinkering with anything...

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Terry A. Goetz-Strobel

Jul 5, 2024

Bergen - Teresa "Terry" A. Goetz-Strobel, 64, of Bergen, passed away on Friday, July 5, 2024 at Crossroads House in Batavia. Terry was born Friday, April 8th, 1960 in Alexander, New York, the daughter of Gary Goetz and Shirley Wight Goetz of Florida. Terry loved her job as an assistant store manager at Kohl's, working at multiple Kohl's locations in...

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Louis Scafetta

Jul 3, 2024

Louis “Grizz” Scafetta, 72, of Byron, NY passed away peacefully at United Memorial Medical Center, in Batavia on Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024. He was born on October 25th, 1951, in Batavia, New York, the son of the late Antonio and Mary (Cipollone) Scafetta. He joined the Army and served his country from 1970 to 1972. Upon completion of his service,...

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Frank Joe Vernon

Jun 30, 2024

Frank Joe Vernon, age 91, passed away at home on June 30, 2024 , after bravely battling congestive heart failure and stage 4 kidney disease. Joe was born February 22, 1933 in Lake City, Arkansas to Pearl Edgar (Slim) Vernon and Ona Louise Shoemaker. He is survived by his daughter Lee Ann Patterson, (husband Robert) and his sister Mary Alice...

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Margaret C. Parker

Jun 27, 2024

Margaret C. Parker, beloved Mother, Aunt, Great-Aunt, Grand-Mother, Great-Grandmother and friend, passed away on Thursday, June 27th, 2024 in Gasport, NY. She was born on Friday, November 27th, 1931 in Elba, New York, a daughter of the late Andrew and Evelyn (Wigton) Pridmore. Margaret was a dedicated member of the First Presbyterian Church of Elba Choir and actively participated in...

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Janet M. Pimm

Jun 25, 2024

Janet M. Pimm, 79, of Byron, passed away on June 25, 2024 at home under the care of her family and HomeCare & Hospice. Janet was born July 28, 1944 in Bergen, a daughter of the late William and Mary (Smith) Pimm. Janet loved spending time with her family and she retired from Pavilion Gift Company. Surviving are her children,...

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Calvin J. Platten Sr.

Jun 25, 2024

Calvin J. Platten, Sr., 84, of Batavia, passed away on June 25, 2024 at United Memorial Medical Center. Calvin was born October 21, 1939 in Batavia, a son of the late Thomas and Alberta (Stringham) Platten. Calvin had his own painting business and also worked at Adam Miller Toys and Bicycles. He enjoyed spending time with his family and was...

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Mary S. Chua

Jun 21, 2024

Mary Louise (nee Siemers) Chua passed away with family at her side on June 21, 2024 at Strong Memorial Hospital. She was born July 5, 1940 in LaSalle, Illinois, the oldest daughter of G. Walter and June (McCollem) Siemers. Mary graduated from Tonica High School, class of 1958, and St. Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing, class of 1961, on a...

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Larry Barnes

Jun 21, 2024

Larry Dana Barnes was a unique person, but he arrived in the usual way, at the hospital in Dansville, NY, on October 19, 1940. He was the first of 3 children born to Dana K. Barnes and his wife, Louise M. Denton Barnes. His earliest childhood memories came from those days in Dansville where his father was trying to establish...

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Anne Waldruff

Jun 19, 2024

Bergen - Anne Fisher Waldruff, age 84, died June 19, 2024. Anne was born August 22, 1939 in Ogdensburg, New York, the daughter of Floyd and Millie Fisher of Madrid, New York. Floyd and Millie were the founders of Mapleview Farms in Madrid; Anne had a happy childhood and loved her animals. Anne was active in 4H and Scotch Presbyterian...

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Joan Bezon

Jun 19, 2024

Dr. Joan F. Bezon, 84, passed away peacefully with family at her side on Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at United Memorial Medical Center under Hospice care. Joan was the daughter of Frank and Genevieve Mikolajczyk of Oakfield and wife of the late Richard J. Bezon whom she married in 1961 after graduating from Notre Dame High School in Batavia and...

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James C. Corbett

Jun 19, 2024

Newark/Bath - James C. Corbett, 78 of Newark, formerly of Bath, passed away on Wednesday, (June 19, 2024) at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. Mr. Corbett was born May 8, 1946 in Syracuse, a son of the late Theodore Corbett, Sr. and Marion (late Robert) Meyer Corbett Dome. Jim was a kind hearted, giving man who loved history and his...

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Sueann Dorothy McGranaghan

Jun 18, 2024

Batavia - Sueann Dorothy McGranaghan, 79, of Batavia, passed away on Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at Premier Genesee Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. Sueann was born Monday, September 25th, 1944 in Buffalo, New York, a daughter of the late Harry F. Scotland and Dorothy (Ruh) Scotland. Sueann married Lee McGranaghan in 1985, enjoying 39 years of marriage to the love...

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Edith Frick

Jun 17, 2024

Batavia - Edith Frick, 90 of Batavia passed away peacefully on Monday, June 17, 2024 at the Martin- Linsen Hospice Residence in Albion, New York. Edith was born Friday, October 13th, 1933 in Abbau Grabau, Germany a daughter of the late Walter and Liesbeth (Raguse) Beyer. Edith moved from Berlin, Germany on June 4th, 1959 to the United States where...

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Leslie Mengs

Jun 17, 2024

Leslie H. Mengs, 91 of Elba, passed away peacefully Monday, June 17, 2024 after a brief illness to be with his loving wife, Rita. He was born July 27, 1932 to the late Harold and Viola Mengs. He was predeceased by his wife, Rita Sheffer Mengs of 69 years, siblings, Doris Merrill, Gordon Mengs, Gerald Mengs, Howard Mengs, and Dorothy...

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Donald R. Read Jr.

Jun 16, 2024

Donald R. Read Jr., 52, of Byron, passed away on Sunday, June 16th, 2024 at Strong Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. He was born in Brockport, New York on July 26th, 1971 a son of the late Donald R. Read, Sr. and Sharon Passarell Cooper. Donny was a dedicated mason by trade, working for BAC Local 3 in Rochester....

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Leonard Brian Clark

Jun 14, 2024

Leonard B. (Brian) Clark, 78, of Batavia, passed away on June 14, 2024, at Crossroads House in Batavia, NY. He was born in Batavia on June 13, 1946, the son of the late William R. and Delores I. (Pixley) Clark. Brian graduated from Batavia High School in 1964. He was an Army veteran drafted during the Vietnam War era (1966)....

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Georgianna P. Bifarella

Jun 14, 2024

Georgianna P. (Prior) Bifarella, 97, formerly of Attica and recently of Batavia, peacefully entered eternal rest on June 14, 2024 at the New York State Veterans home, Batavia. Born on February 22, 1927 in Buffalo, she was the daughter of Thomas Prior and Louise Frank. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Leonard J. Bifarella, who passed away...

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