This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BIGOSINSKI Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZaB.2ACE/1367 Message Board Post: Buffalo News, The (NY) - March 18, 1992 SISTER MARY ARCADIA BIGOSINSKI, EDUCATOR Sister Mary Arcadia Bigosinski, 85, died Tuesday (March 17, 1992) in the Immaculate Conception Convent Infirmary, Town of Hamburg. A native of Bradford, Pa., and resident of Niagara Falls, Sister Bigosinski was a member of the Congregation of Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph and served as general minister from 1966 to 1970. Groundbreaking for Hilbert College, an institution founded by the Franciscan Sisters, was held during her term of office. A graduate of the old Mount St. Joseph College, now Medaille College, and the Catholic University of America, Sister Bigosinski was an elementary-school teacher and principal, a social worker and administrator. In the Buffalo Diocese, she taught at Corpus Christi School in Buffalo and St. Barnabas School in Depew. Sister Bigosinski was a social worker at St. Joseph Hospital in Cheektowaga and was an administrator at the former St. Anthony's Home for the Aged in the Town of Hamburg. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 9 a.m. Friday in Immaculate Conception Convent Chapel, 5286 South Park Ave., Town of Hamburg. Burial will be in St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Cheektowaga.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HAWK Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZaB.2ACE/1366 Message Board Post: Orlando Sentinel, The (FL) - March 15, 1992 ROBERT LEWIS HAWK, 87, 64 Ivy Lane, DeBary, died Friday, March 13. Mr. Hawk was a retired employee of Bell Telephone, Pennsylvania. Born in Bradford, Pa., he moved to Central Florida in 1987. He was a member of Emmaus Lutheran Church, Orange City, and a member of the Milner Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite and the Telephone Pioneers. Survivors: wife, Anna; son, Robert, Lancaster, Calif.; daughter, Barbara Bellini, DeLand; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Carey Hand Garden Chapel Funeral Home, Orlando

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BROWN, ALLARD Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZaB.2ACE/1365 Message Board Post: St. Petersburg Times (FL) - February 24, 1992 ALLARD, MARGARET BROWN, 96, of South Pasadena, died Thursday (Feb. 20, 1992) at home. Born in Bradford, Pa., she came here in 1948 from Dearborn, Mich. She was a member of Pass-A-Grille Community Church. Survivors include her husband, Robert B.; a daughter, Peggie Koenrich, Spain; a sister, Violet Erwin, Warren, Ohio; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Woodlawn Funeral Home, St. Petersburg.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: NELSON Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZaB.2ACE/1364 Message Board Post: Anchorage Daily News (AK) - January 26, 1992 GEORGE E. NELSON Longtime Alaska homesteader George Everett Nelson, 71, died of pneumonia Jan. 11 at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, Va., while visiting his daughter, Reta. A memorial service will be held at 1:45 p.m. Friday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Lodge 9365 in Wasilla on Knik Road. A buffet will immediately follow at the lodge. Mr. Nelson was born July 20, 1920, in Bradford, Pa. He graduated in 1940 from Leesburg High School in Leesburg, Fla. He was a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran during World War II. Mr. Nelson moved to Alaska in the 1950s. He owned and operated Nelson's Trading Post near Fairbanks for about 10 years. He started a homestead at Strelna Lake on the Chitina-McCarthy Highway, Nelson's Lakeside Campsites, in 1967 where he owned a trading post, campsites and fished for rainbow trout. He was a sheetmetal worker on the trans-Alaska pipeline in the heating and air conditioning business and was a well-driller. Mr. Nelson liked outdoor life and did personal farming on his homestead. He enjoyed gardening and harvesting his crops. He was a charter member of the Loyal Order of the Moose in Leesburg, Fla. Mr. Nelson was very helpful in directing tourists and friends in the Chitina area and enjoyed square dancing. He is survived by his wife, Velma of Wasilla; his daughters, Reta Lawrence of Hampton, Va., and Susan Neip of Chitina; his sons, Dennis of Tacoma, Gary of Herndon, Va., Francis of Palmer, and Daniel Keyes of Pennsylvania; his sisters, Jacqueline Sewell and Jean Dann, both of Moose Pass, and Carol McCall and Virginia Getford, both of Florida; his brother, William of Leesburg; and 19 grandchildren.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: NELSON Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZaB.2ACE/1363 Message Board Post: Anchorage Daily News (AK) - January 14, 1992 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deceased Name: GEORGE E. NELSON Longtime Wasilla resident George Everett Nelson, 71, died Jan. 11 at Riverside Regional Medical Center, Newport News, Va. A memorial service will be held this week at Fort Monroe, Hampton, Va., and at a later date in Wasilla. Mr. Nelson was born in Bradford, Pa., he was a 1940 graduate of Leesburg High School, Leesburg, Fla. He was a veteran of the Army Air Corps in World War II. Mr. Nelson and had spent most of his adult life in Alaska, and homesteaded in the Matanuska Valley area. He had been employed as a sheetmetal worker in the heating and air- conditioning field, and also as a well driller. Mr. Nelson is survived by his wife, Velma of Wasilla; his daughters, Reta Lawrence of Hampton, Va., and Susan Niep of Chitina; his sons, Dennis of Tacoma, Wash., Gary of Herndon, Va., Francis of Palmer and Daniel Keyes; his sisters, Jacqueline Sewell and Jean Dann of Moose Pass, Carol McCall of Umatilla, Fla., and Virginia Getford of Eustis, Fla.; his brother, William of Leesburg, Fla.; and 19 grandchildren. Arrangements were by R. Hayden Smith Funeral Home, Hampton, Va

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SMITH Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZaB.2ACE/1362 Message Board Post: San Antonio Express-News (TX) - January 12, 1992 Charles W. Smith: Geophysicist Smith, 70, found major oil fields Charles W. Smith of Del Rio was a well-known geophysicist who got his start after wearing holes in his boots, his son recalled Saturday. Smith, 70, died Thursday after a two-week bout with pneumonia, said his son, Michael, of Canyon Lake. "Dad was a highly respected offshore exploration geophysicist and was responsible for helping find several major oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico." "My father was in the oil business from 1946 to 1984. When he first started in 1946, his boss told him he would get a promotion when Dad got his feet on the ground. "After not getting a raise for 18 months, Dad showed his boss the holes in his boots and said he had his feet on the ground. After that his career started moving upward," Michael Smith said. The elder Smith was active in the Masonic lodge and loved gardening, fishing and other outdoor activities. "He was always willing to go that extra mile to help people. He never put himself first," the son said. Smith was born in Bradford, Pa., on Oct. 18, 1921, and served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific theater during World War II. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma at Norman in 1952. Smith lived in Canyon Lake and Del Rio in the past decade. Other survivors include his wife, Helen J. Smith of Del Rio; a brother, Harold Smith of Norman, Okla.; and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at noon Monday at Mission Park Funeral Chapels North. Burial will follow in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZaB.2ACE/1361 Message Board Post: Tampa Tribune, The (FL) - January 8, 1992 AGNES A. SHANNON, 83, of Tampa died Saturday in Tampa. A native of Bradford, Pa., she had lived in the Tampa Bay area 40 years. She was a homemaker. She is survived by two sons, William C. and Richard H., both of Tampa; one daughter, Clare Beebe of Ocean City, N.J.; and six grandchildren. Roel & Curry Funeral Home, Tampa.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: VICERE Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZaB.2ACE/1360 Message Board Post: Greensboro News & Record (NC) - January 2, 1992 ALBERT VICERE Albert Umberto Vicere, 78, of 24 Edgewood Road, Bradford, Pa., died Tuesday at Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Arrangements are incomplete at Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Home in Bradford, Pa. Surviving are wife, Mrs. Angela Marie Feronti Vicere; daughters, Mrs. Patricia A. Wegner, Mrs. Victoria A. Guthrie, both of Greensboro; son, Albert A. Vicere of State College, Pa.; sisters, Mrs. Louise Drumm, Mrs. Anne Palmer, Mrs. Jerry Bizzaro, all of Bradford, Pa.; brother, Basil Vicere of Silver Spring, Md.; six grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to Habitat for Humanity of Greater Greensboro, 438 W. Friendly Ave., Greensboro, N.C. 27401. Hanes-Lineberry North Elm Street Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BOVAIRD, HODDICK Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZaB.2ACE/1359 Message Board Post: Buffalo News, The (NY) - December 29, 1991 DORIS B. HODDICK A memorial service for Doris B. Hoddick, an active volunteer, will be held at 1 p.m. Monday in the Chapel in Forest Lawn. Mrs. Hoddick, 91, died Monday (Dec. 23, 1991) in her Williamsville home following a long illness. The former Doris Bovaird was born in Bradford, Pa., the youngest of 10 children. She attended LaSalle Junior College in Boston and came to Buffalo in 1925 after marrying Alvin C. Hoddick, now deceased. During World War II, when her husband went into the service, she headed his floor-covering business, Hoddick & Taylor. She was president of Zonta Club of Buffalo in 1975 at the same time he was president of Buffalo Rotary. She was active in volunteer work with Roswell Park Memorial Institute for 20 years and with Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital in Amherst for 10 years. She was president of the Town Club and a former board member of the Protestant Home. Survivors include two daughters, Dr. Nancy A. Hoddick and Sally B. Bender; a son, Weston B. of Fort Wayne, Ind., a sister, Helen Dennis of Independence, Kan.; 14 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BRITTON, BRADY Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZaB.2ACE/1358 Message Board Post: Buffalo News, The (NY) - December 23, 1991 MARY L. BRITTON BRADY A Mass of Christian Burial for Mary L. Britton Brady, a nurse, will be offered at 10 a.m. Tuesday in St. Charles Catholic Church, 5604 Lindbergh Ave., after a funeral service at 9:30 in the Zajac Funeral Home, 319 24th St. Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Town of Lewiston. Mrs. Brady, 50, died unexpectedly Saturday (Dec. 21, 1991) in her home on 59th Street. Born in Bradford, Pa., she was a graduate of the Bradford School of Nursing. She came here in 1962. She was employed as a nurse for 20 years, first at the old St. Mary's Hospital on Sixth Street and, most recently, at its successor, Mount St. Mary's Hospital in the Town of Lewiston. Mrs. Brady played the organ at home. Survivors include her husband, James; two sons, James Jr. and Patrick; a daughter, Rose Alden of Saratoga Springs; two brothers, William Britton of Richmond, Va., and Larry Britton of Bradford; a sister, Elsie Britton of Richmond, and four grandchildren.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SMITH Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZaB.2ACE/1357 Message Board Post: Akron Beacon Journal (OH) - November 16, 1991 C. Leroy (Bud) Smith C. Leroy (Bud) Smith, 61, of 727 Country Pines Dr., Warren, formerly of Stow, died of a heart attack Thursday, at his home. He was born August 17, 1930 in Bradford, Pa., a son of Harry and Irma Archer Smith, and had lived in Niles for 18 months. He was a self-employed engineer. He leaves his wife, Julianne Williamson Carroll; three sons, Fred of Ravenna, Craig of Stow, and Scott of Akron; daughters, Lisa Smith Welty and Lynne N. Smith, both of Stow, Tamara Fakler of Ravenna, and Leslie Hepburn of Cuyahoga Falls; stepson, Gregory Carroll of Warren; stepdaughters, Annetta Dockus of Raleigh, N.C., and Jennifer Kirr of Liberty; brother, Fred of Chicago; sister, Mildred Gay of Rochester, N.H.; longtime friend, Helen Smith of Stow; and nine grandchildren. One daughter, Miss Cynthia Ann Smith, died June 17, 1979. Service was held at Stow Cemetery. The family requests that material tributes take the form of contributions to the American Heart Association. Arrangements being handled by the Reese-Wynn-Winyard-McDermott Funeral Home, Niles, Ohio.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CLARK Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZaB.2ACE/1356 Message Board Post: Charlotte Observer, The (NC) - July 29, 1991 Sister Mary Christopher Clark 70, of 431 E. Wilkinson Blvd., Sacred Heart Convent, died July 27, 1991, at the convent. Funeral is 10 a.m. Tuesday at the convent's Cardinal Givens Chapel. Burial will be in Belmont Abbey Cemetery. Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at the convent. Carothers Funeral Home is in charge. Sister Clark, a nun and schoolteacher, was born in Bradford, Pa., daughter of the late Harry and Marie Fitzgerald Clark. She lived at Sacred Heart Covent for 41 years. She taught school at St. Leo's Boy School in Belmont, Sacred Heart School in Salisbury and the Nazareth Orphanage in Raleigh. She took her professed final vows at Sacred Heart in 1955. Survivors are her sisters, Mrs. Josephine McCain of Halletsville, Tex., Mrs. Caroline Murry of Trouperberg, N.Y.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GEISINGER Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZaB.2ACE/1355 Message Board Post: Press of Atlantic City, The (NJ) - July 29, 1991 JOEL A. GEISINGER JOEL A. GEISINGER, 76, of the Dennisville section of Dennis Township, died Sunday at home. Mr. Geisinger was a Navy Veteran of World War II and a member and Past Master of Star Lodge No. 65 of the Free and Accepted Masons of Tuckahoe. He was a life member of the National Rifle Association and the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Belleplain. Born in Bradford, Pa., Mr. Geisinger lived in Dennisville for the past 65 years. Surviving is his wife, Hannah. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Radzieta Funeral Home, Cape May Court House, where friends may call after 2 p.m. Burial will be in Cape May County Veterans Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the Holy Redeemer Hospice, 1801 N. Shore Road, Cape May Court House, N.J. 08210.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZaB.2ACE/1354 Message Board Post: Buffalo News, The (NY) - June 11, 1991 JENNIE DEPRIMA A Mass of Christian Burial was offered today in St. Peter's Catholic Church for Jennie DePrima, 82, of Hillview Court. Entombment was in Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Mrs. DePrima, a Bradford, Pa., native, died Saturday (June 8, 1991) in Mount St. Mary's Hospital. She retired in 1968 after teaching 10 years at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in Niagara Falls. Mrs. DePrima lived in Lewiston for 22 years after moving from Niagara Falls. She was a member of St. Peter's Church and the Lewiston Senior Citizens. Survivors include her husband, John; a daughter, Joan Penzotti; two sisters, Mary Fabiano and Catherine Bagnato, both of Niagara Falls; four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZaB.2ACE/1353 Message Board Post: Roanoke Times, The (VA) - May 11, 1991 CURTIN, ROBERT C. Robert C. Curtin, age 72, died Wednesday, May 9, 1991 at University of Virginia, Charlottesville. He was born May 11, 1918 at Bradford, Pa. and was the son of the late Neil C. and Lydia Latshaw Curtin. He was a retired engineer from DuPont Company after 35 years service. He was survived by his wife, Edna L. Curtin, Lexington; one son, Keith Curtin, Charlottesville; one daughter, Rita Schmedicke, Chittenango, N.Y.; also four grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 1:00 p.m. at the Peterson-Blick Funeral Chapel with the Rev. John Nelson and Rev. John Swart officiating. Burial will follow in the Pine Grove Cemetery, Russell, Pa. The family suggest contributions to a charity of your choice. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Sunday at the Peterson-Blick Funeral Home in Warren, Pa.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ANDRUS, BIRD Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZaB.2ACE/1352 Message Board Post: Tulsa World (OK) - February 18, 1991 Wife of Tulsa businessman dies at 74 Katherine Andrus Bird, 74, wife of Tulsa businessman James M. Bird, died today at her home. Memorial services will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Unity Church. Bird is the retired founder of Birdwell Surveys & ndustrial Vehicles International. Mrs. Bird was a native of Bradford, Pa. She graduated in 1934 from Kingswood Academy in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., and in 1938 from Connecticut College of Boston, Mass. Also surviving are a son, James M. Bird Jr. of Tulsa; three daughters, Susan Singh and Ann Seaberg, both of Tulsa, and Karen Hill of Aspen, Colo.; three sisters, Rachel Meixell of Syracuse, N.Y., June Bryner of Bradford, Pa., and Barbara Collins of Trappe, Pa.; and nine grandchildren. Friends are contributing to the American Cancer Society or a favorite charity

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FERALDI, MARBLE Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZaB.2ACE/1351 Message Board Post: Buffalo News, The (NY) - February 14, 1991 HAZEL I. FERALDI Hazel I. Feraldi, 77, of Lake Street died Wednesday (Feb. 13, 1991) in Wyoming County Community Hospital, Warsaw. A native of Bradford, Pa., Mrs. Feraldi was a member of St. Elizabeth's Church in Pompano Beach, Fla. She also was a member of the Rebekah Lodge. Her husband, Ferdinand Feraldi, died in 1987. Survivors include a daughter, Sally Hughes; a brother, Kenneth Marble of Bradford; five grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in First United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Sardinia Cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: TINGLEY Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZaB.2ACE/1350 Message Board Post: Akron Beacon Journal (OH) - January 18, 1991 William G. Tingley GOODYEAR HTS. -- William G. Tingley, 65, died Jan. 16, 1991. Mr. Tingley retired from the Chemical Division of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. with 32 years service. He was born in Bradford, Pa., and lived 40 years in Akron. He was a member of Emmanuel United Church of Christ and Joppa Lodge 666 F&AM, and was a World War II Army veteran. He is survived by his wife, Marian L.; daughter, Sharon Tingley; son and daughter-in-law, William and Linda Tingley, all of Akron; grandson, Joseph, granddaughter, Carrianne; sisters, Beatrice Davis, Margaret Buchholz, Dorothy Mott; and brother, Robert Hardy, all of Wellsville, N.Y. Funeral service at 10 a.m. SaturDAY, at the Hennessy-Bagnoli Funeral Home, 339 Southwest Ave., with Rev. Earl F. Roberts officiating. Burial at Hillside Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. In lieu of other remembrances, donations may given to the Emmanuel United Church of Christ Organ Fund, 1480 Eastwood Ave., Akron 44305. (Hennessy-Bagnoli, TALLMADGE, 376-4251.)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ROBINSON Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZaB.2ACE/1349 Message Board Post: Buffalo News, The (NY) - July 5, 1990 DOROTHY H. ROBINSON, 78, DIES; WROTE NEWS LUCY LINCOLN COLUMN Services for Dorothy H. Robinson, a former writer of the Lucy Lincoln column in The Buffalo Evening News, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Church of the Transfiguration, Parkside and Tacoma avenues. Interment will follow in Rushville. Mrs. Robinson, 78, of Kenmore, died Tuesday (July 3, 1990) in Buffalo General Hospital after a short illness. She was born in Bradford, Pa., and attended Buffalo State Teachers College and Cornell University, where she graduated in 1934. Mrs. Robinson first worked for Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. as a home service representative. She then was director of the home service department of Southern Union Gas Co. in El Paso, Texas. She returned to this area and wrote about household tips as Lucy Lincoln in The News from 1957 to 1968. Mrs. Robinson then returned to Niagara Mohawk, where she worked again as a home service representative until her retirement in 1977. She was an active member of the Church of the Transfiguration, the American Home Economics Association and the Cornell Club, for which she supervised the annual Christmas cheese sale for many years. She also was active in the Sigma Kappa sorority alumni. She married the late Horace H. Robinson in 1940. Survivors include a daughter, Cadette Finewood of Newark, and two grandchildren.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MAYO Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZaB.2ACE/1348 Message Board Post: Press of Atlantic City, The (NJ) - July 12, 1990 LEON H. MAYO LEON H. MAYO, 96, of Vineland, died Tuesday in Newcomb Medical Center, Vineland. Born in Bradford, Pa., he was a Vineland resident for 63 years. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Vineland. Mr. Mayo was a U.S. Army veteran of World War I. He was very active in the Boy Scouts and received the Silver Beaver Award in May 1950. He was a former Citizen of the Year in Vineland, and was active in both the Vineland Red Cross and United Fund. Surviving are his wife, Cornelia (Cole); a son, Charles of Vineland; a sister, Winifred Hickey of Daytona Beach, Fla.; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Private services will be held 11 a.m. today in the Pancoast Funeral Home in Vineland. Burial will be in Siloam Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the Boy Scouts of America, Southern New Jersey Council, 645 N. Delasea Dr., Vineland, 08360.