Teacher and lover of science, Sister Virginia Balk, OSF, died Dec. 9 in Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, Amherst. She was 82. Born in Buffalo, on June 21, 1941, the daughter of Casper J. and Helen (Herb) Balk, grew up in the Masten Park and Bailey-Delavan neighborhoods, attending St. Mary of Sorrows School before going to […]
Sister Miriam Joseph Nowicki passed away on April 12, 2022, at the Franciscan Villa in Syracuse. She was 91 years of age and had been a Sister of St. Francis for 68 years. Louise Margaret Nowicki was born one of six children to Stephen and Sophie (Szwejbka) Nowicki in Buffalo, and received her baptism, first […]