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Local obituaries for Batavia, New York and surrounding areas
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Francis Dwyer
Jan 14, 2021
Francis Dwyer, 95, of Batavia, passed away on Thursday, January 14, 2021 at Premier Genesee Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Batavia. He was born December 8, 1925 in Venice Center, NY, a son of the late John and Lillian (Miles) Dwyer. Francis was a veteran serving with the United States Army and also a farmer. Surviving are his family...
Richard E. Boyer
Jan 13, 2021
Died 1/13/2021 at the age of 90. Predeceased by his parents Glenn and Catherine Boyer, wife Elizabeth T. Boyer and brother Charles Boyer. Survived by his wife Grace Brew Boyer, son James (Roxanne) Boyer, daughters Susan Boyer-Reid (Richard) and Mary Kay Watkins (Mark). Also survived by 9 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Richard was a Korean War Veteran who at 19...
Dorothy C. Berkoski
Jan 12, 2021
Byron - Dorothy C. Berkoski, 88 of Byron, formerly of Southampton, NY and Paradise Valley, AZ, passed away on Tuesday, (January 12, 2021) at LeRoy Village Green in LeRoy. Mrs. Berkoski was born July 23, 1932 in Southampton, New York a daughter of the late Joseph and Cecelia (Zaneski) Eames. Dorothy is the wife of the late William Berkoski, Sr....
Joyce Hinshaw
Jan 12, 2021
Oakfield - Joyce P. Hinshaw, 86 of Oakfield passed away on Tuesday, (January 12, 2021) at LeRoy Village Green in LeRoy. Ms. Hinshaw was born July 12, 1934 in Suffield, Connecticut a daughter of the late Leroy Parks, Sr. and Isabel (Bawn) Parks. She retired from the YWCA in Batavia as its Executive Director. There will be no visitation. Services...
Elizabeth C. Cummings
Jan 12, 2021
Bergen - Elizabeth (Betty) C. Cummings, 100 of Bergen passed away peacefully on Tuesday (January 12, 2021) at Elderwood of Lakeside at Brockport. Mrs. Cummings was born January 16, 1920 in Bergen, a daughter of the late Francis and Mary (Healy) Fodge. Betty was a lifelong parishioner of Our Lady of Mercy Parish - St. Brigid's Church. She was a...
Mr. Joseph B. Greene
Jan 11, 2021
Batavia - Joseph B. Greene, 82, of Batavia, passed away on Monday, January 11, 2021 at United Memorial Medical Center. Mr. Greene was born Thursday, March 17, 1938 in Batavia, New York a son of the late Clarence Greene and Marguerite Pask Greene. He enjoyed attending Batavia Muckdog baseball games, area softball games and to whittle. He loved woodworking and...
Mrs. Jean Marie Drock
Jan 11, 2021
Oakfield-Jean Marie (Wetherwax) Drock 79 years old, passed away Monday January 11, 2021 at United Memorial Medical Center in Batavia. She was born March 29, 1942, in Batavia, a daughter of the late Clayton and Mary (Stringham) Wetherwax. Jean resided her entire life in her childhood home in Oakfield NY. In her lifetime she enjoyed bowling, loved to read and...
Carol Rogers (Stevens)
Jan 10, 2021
Carol Rogers (Stevens) of Oakfield, passed away peacefully on January 10, 2021 at age 88. Carol was born in Batavia in 1932 to the late Karl and Gertrude Quartley Stevens. She attended SUNY Geneseo and worked for the US Gypsum Company, as well as being an ‘Avon Lady’ for over 30 years. She enjoyed her family, keeping in touch with...
Trula E. Thompson
Jan 10, 2021
Trula Elizabeth Thompson passed away peacefully on January 10, 2021 at the age of 93. She was predeceased by her husband Harold Claude and sisters Barbara Ames and Patricia Burkholder. Trula is survived by her son David E (Cathy), Rochester, NY and daughter Deborah (Gary) Elliott, Clayton, NY, 5 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Trula graduated from Rochester General Hospital...
Lee C. Lapaglia
Jan 9, 2021
Lee C. LaPaglia, 68, of Batavia, passed away on Saturday, January 9, 2021 at Premier Genesee Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. Lee was born February 26, 1952 in Batavia, the daughter of the late Leslie and Alice (Petty) Smith. She was a Buffalo Bills fan, who enjoyed knitting, crocheting, cooking, puzzles and playing Yahtzee. Surviving are her children, Cassandra Brunea...
Wendy K. Speagle
Jan 8, 2021
Wendy K. Speagle, 48, of Bergen, passed away on Friday, January 8, 2021 at Eastern Niagara Hospital in Lockport. Wendy was born May 17, 1972 in Batavia, a daughter of Rita (Hartman) Pfenninger of Lockport and the late Wayne Douglas Cayea, Sr. Being a CNA, Wendy enjoyed taking care of the elderly and especially those patients with Alzheimer's. She loved...
Mrs. Adriane C. Broadbooks
Jan 7, 2021
LeRoy - Adriane C. Broadbooks, 93, formerly of Byron and Bergen, died Thursday, January 7, 2021 at LeRoy Village Green Nursing Home. Mrs. Broadbooks was born on Sunday, March 20th, 1927 in Niagara Falls, a daughter of the late James Patrick Casey and Alida Van Esbroek Casey. Raised in Rochester, Adriane was a graduate of Houghton College. She taught for...
Mrs. Sedra Hyde
Jan 6, 2021
Batavia- Sedra Clare Stockton Hyde, age 82, of Batavia, passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at the LeRoy Village Green Nursing Home. She was born on March 19, 1938, in Batavia, a daughter of the late Burton and Britta Bird Stockton. Sedra had a beautiful smile that would light up a room as well as an unmistakable laugh. She...
Audrey J. (Brown) Fay
Jan 6, 2021
Audrey J. (Brown) Fay, 87, of Batavia, passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at the LeRoy Village Green Nursing Home. Audrey was born October 9, 1933, in East Bethany, a daughter of the late Howard and Winifred (Carlson) Brown. Audrey was a greeter at Walmart in Batavia, loved being with her family and was a New York Yankees and...
Frederick G. Facer
Jan 6, 2021
Batavia - Frederick G. Facer, 96 of Batavia passed away on Wednesday, (January 6, 2021) at New York State Veterans Home in Batavia. Mr. Facer was born February 10, 1924 in Rochester, a son of the late Claude and Carolyn (Schlageter) Facer. Fred was a member of Resurrection Parish. He served the country honorably with the US Army during World...
Mr. David Gordon Cross
Jan 5, 2021
Elba- David Gordon Cross, age 67, passed away unexpectedly at his home on January 5, 2021. He was born June 24, 1953, in Batavia, a son of the late Gordon and Arlene Hoffmeister Cross. A 1971 graduate of Elba Central School, he retired from the Town of Byron Highway Department after 35 years as a heavy equipment operator and then...
Michelle Bauer
Jan 4, 2021
Oakfield - Michelle Katherine Bauer, 54 of Oakfield, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, (January 4, 2021) at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. Mrs. Bauer was born June 8, 1966 in Batavia, a daughter of the late Richard and Bonnie (Burr) Say. Michelle had a heart of gold and accepted people for who they were. She loved to see people smile...
Mrs. Joan F. White
Jan 2, 2021
Oakfield - Joan F. White, age 85 of Oakfield, passed away on Saturday, January 2, 2021 at New York State Veterans Home in Batavia. Mrs. White was born Thursday, October 31, 1935 in Batavia, a daughter of the late Anson Forsyth and Florence Ferguson Forsyth. A longtime member of the Oakfield United Methodist Church, Joan was very active in the...
Mrs. Marsha K. Barton
Jan 2, 2021
Marsha K. Barton, 81, of Batavia left her earthly body for her eternal home in Heaven with Jesus on Saturday, January 2, 2021. She had resided at the New York State Veterans Home in Batavia for the past four years. Marsha was born on January 13, 1939 near Macomb, Illinois (the area they called “Gin Ridge”). She was a daughter...
John Christopher Stone
Dec 31, 2020
John Christopher Stone, 71, of Batavia, passed away on December 31, 2020 at home, under the loving care of his wife of 50 years. John, called Chris from a child, was born March 1, 1949 in Waterloo, NY, the son of the late John W. and June (Larsen) Stone. He was a 1967 graduate of Batavia High School, and a...
Francis Dwyer
Jan 14, 2021
Francis Dwyer, 95, of Batavia, passed away on Thursday, January 14, 2021 at Premier Genesee Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Batavia. He was born December 8, 1925 in Venice Center, NY, a son of the late John and Lillian (Miles) Dwyer. Francis was a veteran serving with the United States Army and also a farmer. Surviving are his family...
Richard E. Boyer
Jan 13, 2021
Died 1/13/2021 at the age of 90. Predeceased by his parents Glenn and Catherine Boyer, wife Elizabeth T. Boyer and brother Charles Boyer. Survived by his wife Grace Brew Boyer, son James (Roxanne) Boyer, daughters Susan Boyer-Reid (Richard) and Mary Kay Watkins (Mark). Also survived by 9 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Richard was a Korean War Veteran who at 19...
Dorothy C. Berkoski
Jan 12, 2021
Byron - Dorothy C. Berkoski, 88 of Byron, formerly of Southampton, NY and Paradise Valley, AZ, passed away on Tuesday, (January 12, 2021) at LeRoy Village Green in LeRoy. Mrs. Berkoski was born July 23, 1932 in Southampton, New York a daughter of the late Joseph and Cecelia (Zaneski) Eames. Dorothy is the wife of the late William Berkoski, Sr....
Joyce Hinshaw
Jan 12, 2021
Oakfield - Joyce P. Hinshaw, 86 of Oakfield passed away on Tuesday, (January 12, 2021) at LeRoy Village Green in LeRoy. Ms. Hinshaw was born July 12, 1934 in Suffield, Connecticut a daughter of the late Leroy Parks, Sr. and Isabel (Bawn) Parks. She retired from the YWCA in Batavia as its Executive Director. There will be no visitation. Services...
Elizabeth C. Cummings
Jan 12, 2021
Bergen - Elizabeth (Betty) C. Cummings, 100 of Bergen passed away peacefully on Tuesday (January 12, 2021) at Elderwood of Lakeside at Brockport. Mrs. Cummings was born January 16, 1920 in Bergen, a daughter of the late Francis and Mary (Healy) Fodge. Betty was a lifelong parishioner of Our Lady of Mercy Parish - St. Brigid's Church. She was a...
Mr. Joseph B. Greene
Jan 11, 2021
Batavia - Joseph B. Greene, 82, of Batavia, passed away on Monday, January 11, 2021 at United Memorial Medical Center. Mr. Greene was born Thursday, March 17, 1938 in Batavia, New York a son of the late Clarence Greene and Marguerite Pask Greene. He enjoyed attending Batavia Muckdog baseball games, area softball games and to whittle. He loved woodworking and...
Mrs. Jean Marie Drock
Jan 11, 2021
Oakfield-Jean Marie (Wetherwax) Drock 79 years old, passed away Monday January 11, 2021 at United Memorial Medical Center in Batavia. She was born March 29, 1942, in Batavia, a daughter of the late Clayton and Mary (Stringham) Wetherwax. Jean resided her entire life in her childhood home in Oakfield NY. In her lifetime she enjoyed bowling, loved to read and...
Carol Rogers (Stevens)
Jan 10, 2021
Carol Rogers (Stevens) of Oakfield, passed away peacefully on January 10, 2021 at age 88. Carol was born in Batavia in 1932 to the late Karl and Gertrude Quartley Stevens. She attended SUNY Geneseo and worked for the US Gypsum Company, as well as being an ‘Avon Lady’ for over 30 years. She enjoyed her family, keeping in touch with...
Trula E. Thompson
Jan 10, 2021
Trula Elizabeth Thompson passed away peacefully on January 10, 2021 at the age of 93. She was predeceased by her husband Harold Claude and sisters Barbara Ames and Patricia Burkholder. Trula is survived by her son David E (Cathy), Rochester, NY and daughter Deborah (Gary) Elliott, Clayton, NY, 5 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Trula graduated from Rochester General Hospital...
Lee C. Lapaglia
Jan 9, 2021
Lee C. LaPaglia, 68, of Batavia, passed away on Saturday, January 9, 2021 at Premier Genesee Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. Lee was born February 26, 1952 in Batavia, the daughter of the late Leslie and Alice (Petty) Smith. She was a Buffalo Bills fan, who enjoyed knitting, crocheting, cooking, puzzles and playing Yahtzee. Surviving are her children, Cassandra Brunea...
Wendy K. Speagle
Jan 8, 2021
Wendy K. Speagle, 48, of Bergen, passed away on Friday, January 8, 2021 at Eastern Niagara Hospital in Lockport. Wendy was born May 17, 1972 in Batavia, a daughter of Rita (Hartman) Pfenninger of Lockport and the late Wayne Douglas Cayea, Sr. Being a CNA, Wendy enjoyed taking care of the elderly and especially those patients with Alzheimer's. She loved...
Mrs. Adriane C. Broadbooks
Jan 7, 2021
LeRoy - Adriane C. Broadbooks, 93, formerly of Byron and Bergen, died Thursday, January 7, 2021 at LeRoy Village Green Nursing Home. Mrs. Broadbooks was born on Sunday, March 20th, 1927 in Niagara Falls, a daughter of the late James Patrick Casey and Alida Van Esbroek Casey. Raised in Rochester, Adriane was a graduate of Houghton College. She taught for...
Mrs. Sedra Hyde
Jan 6, 2021
Batavia- Sedra Clare Stockton Hyde, age 82, of Batavia, passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at the LeRoy Village Green Nursing Home. She was born on March 19, 1938, in Batavia, a daughter of the late Burton and Britta Bird Stockton. Sedra had a beautiful smile that would light up a room as well as an unmistakable laugh. She...
Audrey J. (Brown) Fay
Jan 6, 2021
Audrey J. (Brown) Fay, 87, of Batavia, passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at the LeRoy Village Green Nursing Home. Audrey was born October 9, 1933, in East Bethany, a daughter of the late Howard and Winifred (Carlson) Brown. Audrey was a greeter at Walmart in Batavia, loved being with her family and was a New York Yankees and...
Frederick G. Facer
Jan 6, 2021
Batavia - Frederick G. Facer, 96 of Batavia passed away on Wednesday, (January 6, 2021) at New York State Veterans Home in Batavia. Mr. Facer was born February 10, 1924 in Rochester, a son of the late Claude and Carolyn (Schlageter) Facer. Fred was a member of Resurrection Parish. He served the country honorably with the US Army during World...
Mr. David Gordon Cross
Jan 5, 2021
Elba- David Gordon Cross, age 67, passed away unexpectedly at his home on January 5, 2021. He was born June 24, 1953, in Batavia, a son of the late Gordon and Arlene Hoffmeister Cross. A 1971 graduate of Elba Central School, he retired from the Town of Byron Highway Department after 35 years as a heavy equipment operator and then...
Michelle Bauer
Jan 4, 2021
Oakfield - Michelle Katherine Bauer, 54 of Oakfield, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, (January 4, 2021) at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. Mrs. Bauer was born June 8, 1966 in Batavia, a daughter of the late Richard and Bonnie (Burr) Say. Michelle had a heart of gold and accepted people for who they were. She loved to see people smile...
Mrs. Joan F. White
Jan 2, 2021
Oakfield - Joan F. White, age 85 of Oakfield, passed away on Saturday, January 2, 2021 at New York State Veterans Home in Batavia. Mrs. White was born Thursday, October 31, 1935 in Batavia, a daughter of the late Anson Forsyth and Florence Ferguson Forsyth. A longtime member of the Oakfield United Methodist Church, Joan was very active in the...
Mrs. Marsha K. Barton
Jan 2, 2021
Marsha K. Barton, 81, of Batavia left her earthly body for her eternal home in Heaven with Jesus on Saturday, January 2, 2021. She had resided at the New York State Veterans Home in Batavia for the past four years. Marsha was born on January 13, 1939 near Macomb, Illinois (the area they called “Gin Ridge”). She was a daughter...
John Christopher Stone
Dec 31, 2020
John Christopher Stone, 71, of Batavia, passed away on December 31, 2020 at home, under the loving care of his wife of 50 years. John, called Chris from a child, was born March 1, 1949 in Waterloo, NY, the son of the late John W. and June (Larsen) Stone. He was a 1967 graduate of Batavia High School, and a...
