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   Vineland Daily Journal    
   February 25, 2018    
   It was real sad because one of the girls in the company just had a brother sign up,” recalled Whitehouse, who was working at Bethlehem Steel Corporation in Lackawanna, New York, at the time. He remembered the general air of uncertainty that many felt after the surprise attack by Japanese naval forces.     
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   February 25, 2018    
   WESTPHAL - Charles C. Of Lackawanna, NY, January 24, 2018 at age 80. Beloved husband of Judith A. (Yonkie) Westphal; dearest father of Marcia A. (Walter) Mullett and David C. (Linea) Westphal; grandfather of Jenna, Caroline and Parker; brother of Shirley (Jack) Sewar, Robert (Bernadette) Westphalà...     
 
  
 
 
   
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   February 16, 2018    
   LORRENS - Donald R. Of Lackawanna, NY, February 14, 2018. Beloved husband of the late Gertrude A. "Trudy" (nee Sieg) Lorrens; loving father of Donald R. (Cecelia) Lorrens II and Gregory (Nicole) Lorrens; cherished grandfather of Brittney Ann and Kelsey; son of the late Bridget Taylor and late Peterà...     
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   February 13, 2018    
   ... Stefan, Maria (Rick) Sumrak, Michael (Kathleen), John (Susan), Peter, the late Walter Jr., and Joseph; also survived by 20 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. Relatives and friends may call Friday from 4-8 PM at THE COLONIAL MEMORIAL CHAPELS, INC., 3003 S. Park Ave., Lackawanna, NY.     
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   February 10, 2018    
   Of Lackawanna, NY, February 9, 2018, beloved wife of the late Walter G. Bilowus; loving mother of Daniel (Sharon), Thomas, Ruth Butler and Michael (Terry) Bilowus; dear sister of Helen Kisiel and the late Matthew Skotnicki; also survived by nine grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Family willà...     
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   February 9, 2018    
   ... uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins; loved by grand-puppies Kaper and Jackie. Relatives and friends may call at THE COLONIAL MEMORIAL CHAPELS, INC., 3003 South Park Ave., Lackawanna, NY, from 1-5 p.m. on Sunday, February 11th. Flowers gratefully declined. Donations to SPCA of Buffalo.     
 
  
 
 
   
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   February 6, 2018    
   ... Lutomski) and the late Edward J. Bierut; brother of Mary Beth (Andrew) Rosenthal, Thomas (Judy) and Patricia (Robert) Bierut-Daren; dearest uncle of six nieces and nephews. Family and friends may call at THE COLONIAL MEMORIAL CHAPELS, INC., 3003 South Park Ave., Lackawanna, NY on Friday,à...     
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   February 3, 2018    
   ZICCARELLI - David A. David passed away on January 11, 2018 after a brief battle with cancer. He was born August 29, 1950 in Lackawanna, NY to parents Margaret and the late Anthony. He met the love of his life, Joanne Nowak, swept her off her feet and married her in 1972. He kept his promise to herà...     
  
   
   WKBW-TV    
   January 31, 2018    
   LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WKBW) - The Erie County District Attorney's office announced a jury has found 22-year-old Christian Gillie guilty of murder, manslaughter, and burglary. According to officials, on August 9th, 2016, Gillie broke into 23-year-old Robert Wheeler's home in Lackawanna and fatally stabbedà...     
  
   
   WKBW-TV    
   January 30, 2018    
   LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WKBW) - Lackawanna police have charged a Buffalo man with stealing from a church's collection at Sunday mass. Police say 34-year-old Russell Bennethum stole $250 from a church at 39 Pulaski Place, which through a Google search comes up as The River of WNY. A member ofà...     
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   December 22, 2017    
   ... brother of Deborah and Rebecca (Alexander) Lissitschenko; also survived by many nieces and nephews. Family and friends may call at THE COLONIAL MEMORIAL CHAPELS, INC., 3003 South Park Ave., Lackawanna, NY on Tuesday, December 26 from 2-4 and 6-8 PM. Prayers Wednesday, 9:15 withà...     
  
   
   WGRZ-TV    
   December 21, 2017    
   LACKAWANNA, N.Y. — Mohamed Albanna is well known businessman in Lackawanna who founded a charter school. It wasn't a surprise when he won a seat on the city council. The Mayor of Lackawanna took the matter to court. "Our charter provision declares,14.9 of the Lackawanna City charter, anyà...     
  
   
   wivb.com    
   December 20, 2017    
   LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Lackawanna City Council member Mohamed Albanna was elected in November- but a State Supreme Court justice ruled Wednesday that he is ineligible to take the seat. Albanna won the First Ward seat on the city's council, but Lackawanna mayor Geoffrey Szymanski hasà...     
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   December 20, 2017    
   ZABRANSKEY - John S. Of Lackawanna, NY, December 19, 2017. Beloved husband of Audrey (nee Zawadzki) Zabranskey; loving father of Giselle (Sam Howe) Zabranskey, Dr. Leslie (Tom) Clarke, and Dayna Carbo; cherished grandfather of Samantha, Alexander, Ellie, and Emma; loving son of the lateà...     
  
   
   WGRZ-TV    
   December 15, 2017    
   LACKAWANNA, NY — Outside Lackawanna City Hall Friday afternoon there was a protest for a man who served five years in federal prison. That same man was recently elected to city council, something the mayor is fighting in court. With posters in hand, supporters of recently-elected Lackawanna cityà...     
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   December 13, 2017    
   JESKI - Elaine December 12, 2017, of Lackawanna, NY, daughter of the late Chester and Irene (nee Zawadzki) Jeski; sister of Judith Grugel, Charles and David (Nancy); aunt of Lindy, Andrea and Andrew. Relatives and friends may call at the COLONIAL MEMORIAL CHAPELS, INC., 3003 South Park Ave. Lackawanna, NYà...     
  
   
   WKBW-TV    
   December 11, 2017    
   LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WKBW) - The City of Lackawanna has now extended its driving advisory until 8 a.m. on Tuesday December 12th. Nearly two feet of heavy, wet lake-effect snow fell on Lackawanna making cleanup very difficult. In addition, the weight of the snow ended up breaking three city plows.     
 
  
 
 
   
  
   
   WGRZ-TV    
   December 5, 2017    
   LACKAWANNA, N.Y. -- Neighbors who live along Smokes Creek in Lackawanna have spent years trying to get the government to do something about the erosion problem in their backyards. The DiVito family first brought the problem up at a city council meeting more than eight years ago. We met them inà...     
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   December 1, 2017    
   Of Lackawanna, NY, November 30, 2017; beloved wife of the late Robert L. Reiche, Jr.; loving mother of Gary (Barbara) Reiche and Sharon (Robert) Fitzgerald; cherished grandmother of Connor and Ciera Fitzgerald; dear sister of Leonard Kozaczka; predeceased by 4 brothers and 3 sisters; also survivedà...     
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   December 31, 1999    
   STOJANOVSKI - Ilija Of Lackawanna, NY. 77, passed away with family at his side December 24, 2017. Beloved husband of Danica (nee Tasevski); dearest father of Slavco (Laura) and Kosta (Amy); grandfather of Alexander, Adam, Christopher, Katelyn, and Nathan. Relatives and friends may callà...     
  
   
   WKBW-TV    
   December 14, 2017    
   LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WKBW) - Scott Seiberg served four years in the air force. He's now the owner of J-Dog Junk Removal and Hauling Buffalo South. "We served our country and now we're here to serve our community," Seiberg said. J-Dog Junk Removal and Hauling is a U.S. Military Veteran Brand andà...     
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   December 14, 2017    
   JESKI - Elaine December 12, 2017, of Lackawanna, NY, daughter of the late Chester and Irene (nee Zawadzki) Jeski; sister of Judith Grugel, Charles and David (Nancy); aunt of Lindy, Andrea and Andrew. Relatives and friends may call at the COLONIAL MEMORIAL CHAPELS, INC., 3003 South Park Ave. Lackawanna, NYà...     
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   December 13, 2017    
   ... and Lynn (Richard) Viccaro; grandmother of Sara (Corey) Fowler; sister of Stephen (Gerry) and Helen (Edward) Rotecki; also survived by nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends may call at THE COLONIAL MEMORIAL CHAPELS, INC., 3003 South Park Ave., Lackawanna, NY on Thursday, Decemberà...     
  
   
   wivb.com    
   December 12, 2017    
   LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB)- People living in Lackawanna are digging out after more than a foot of snow fell Sunday. City officials extended a travel advisory, asking drivers to stay off the road until 8 a.m. Tuesday morning so plows can clear the roads. Michael Wlodarczyk spent hours behind a snow blowerà...     
  
   
   Spectrum News    
   December 11, 2017    
   LACKAWANNA, N.Y. -- The sound of winter was echoing in the Southtowns Monday morning where Old Man Winter blasted the area with even more snow. "When this happens, it won't be the first time and it won't be the last, everybody just comes out and helps out each other," Joseph Kilton of Lackawannaà...     
  
   
   WKBW-TV    
   December 11, 2017    
   LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WKBW) - The City of Lackawanna has now extended its driving advisory until 8 a.m. on Tuesday December 12th. Nearly two feet of heavy, wet lake-effect snow fell on Lackawanna making cleanup very difficult. In addition, the weight of the snow ended up breaking three city plows.     
  
   
   WKBW-TV    
   December 5, 2017    
   LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WKBW) - Three teenagers from Amherst are locked up in the Erie County Holding Center, accused of robbing a Lackawanna NOCO store on Hamburg Turnpike. According to Lackawanna police, this was an armed robbery. Police did not say what kind of a weapon was used or ...     
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   December 2, 2017    
   Of Lackawanna, NY, November 30, 2017; beloved wife of the late Robert L. Reiche, Jr.; loving mother of Gary (Barbara) Reiche and Sharon (Robert) Fitzgerald; cherished grandmother of Connor and Ciera Fitzgerald; dear sister of Leonard Kozaczka; predeceased by 4 brothers and 3 sisters; also survived ...     
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   November 25, 2017    
   Of Lackawanna, NY, November 25, 2017, beloved wife of the late Stanley Muszynski; loving mother of David (Caroline) and Michael Muszynski; cherished grandmother of David, Matthew, Jessica and Nicholas; dearest daughter of the late John and Helen Prucnal; dear sister of Jeanette (Anthony) Logan; also survived by ...     
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   November 21, 2017    
   ... at Church. No prior visitation. Arrangements by THE COLONIAL MEMORIAL CHAPELS, INC., 3003 South Park Ave., Lackawanna, NY.     
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   November 19, 2017    
   Funeral rites, 10 am, Saturday at Holy Cross Mausoleum Chapel, Lackawanna, NY. For more, visit: www.crawfordfuneralhome.com ...     
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   November 11, 2017    
   ZUBRZYCKI - Marion J. Of Lackawanna, NY, November 11, 2017, beloved husband of Rita (nee Dompkowski) Zubrzycki; son of the late Peter ...     
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   November 9, 2017    
   In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to, Paul J. E. Burkard, Our Lady of Victory Homes of Charity, 780 Ridge Rd., Lackawanna, NY 14218.     
  
   
   WGRZ-TV    
   November 9, 2017    
   LACKAWANNA, NY-- It's been exactly one year since this massive fire started at the old Bethlehem Steel site in Lackawanna. It took days for ...     
  
   
   Government Technology    
   November 8, 2017    
   (TNS) — The release this week of revised flood-plain maps from FEMA spells good news for 550 homeowners in Lackawanna, N.Y., who have ...     
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   November 6, 2017    
   SCHIAVI, Michael R., of Lackawanna, NY, November 3, 2017, beloved husband of Mary A. (nee Madeja) Schiavi; loving father of Jack ...     
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   October 31, 2017    
   Of Lackawanna, NY October 29, 2017; beloved husband of Mary E. (nee Settlecowski) Ciesla; loving father of Terry (Cheryl), Gary (Lynn), Carol (Ben) Wojcik ...     
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   October 28, 2017    
   He was born on February 5, 1923 in Lackawanna, NY to the late Sabato and Amelia Conte. He graduated from the University of Alabama ...     
  
   
   In These Times    
   October 26, 2017    
   When Terry Melvin was a boy in Lackawanna, N.Y., an afternoon siren would occasionally ring out, warning the city's mostly black residents to ...     
  
   
   WKBW-TV    
   October 24, 2017    
   LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WKBW) - Machines are working nonstop at Park Avenue Imprints on South Park Avenue in Lackawanna. They must in ...     
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   October 17, 2017    
   SZYSZKOWSKI - Stanley J. Of Lackawanna, NY. Entered into rest October 15, 2017. Beloved husband of Theresa (nee Bigaj) Szyszkowski; ...     
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   October 16, 2017    
   Of Lackawanna, NY October 14, 2017. Beloved wife of the late Emil A. Brostko; dearest mother of Paul (Christine), Gail (Edward) Gemza and ...     
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   October 15, 2017    
   JANIK - James R. Of Lackawanna, NY, October 12, 2017. Loving son of the late Chester and Selma (nee Munson) Janik; dearest brother of ...     
  
   
   wivb.com    
   October 14, 2017    
   LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) – An employee at Baker Victory Services in Lackawanna is on indefinite leave after being charged with child ...     
  
   
   WKBW-TV    
   October 6, 2017    
   LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WKBW) - Buffalo Tough Chains is an initiative that is raising awareness to spread the message of the power of ...     
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   September 30, 2017    
   She was born in Lackawanna, NY on January 28, 1927, a daughter of the late Joseph and Tekla Lelito. During Josephine's employment with ...     
  
   
   Buffalo News    
   September 28, 2017    
   MAYNE - Irene C. Of Lackawanna, NY, entered into rest September 23, 2017, age 56. Daughter of the late John and Irene Mayne; dearest ...     
  
   
   WGRZ-TV    
   September 21, 2017    
   LACKAWANNA, N.Y. – While Buffalo Fire's new incident report may be a step toward the investigation's conclusion, it doesn't mean anything to ...     
  
   
   WGRZ-TV    
   September 20, 2017    
   LACKAWANNA, NY-- More than a week after Primary Day, we have a winner in a race that was literally as close as can be. The Conservative ...     
  
   
   WGRZ-TV    
   September 18, 2017    
   Lackawanna, NY - It looks like there may finally be some movement on the long-standing issue of high costs for flood plain insurance for ...     
 
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