Sister Helen Marie Schumacher, OSF, an educator for 35 years, passed away May 5, 2022, at Mount St. Mary Hospital in Lewiston. She was 90 years old. The daughter of Gerard and Mary Louise (Seereiter) Schumacher, was born Sept. 13, 1931, in Buffalo. A year after graduating from Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart, Sister […]
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 […]
Sister Mary DiLeone, OSF, the former Sister Vincent Marie, died Aug. 26, 2021, at Stella Niagara Health Center. She was 88. The daughter of the lateAndrew and the lateChristina (Porto) DiLeone was born Aug. 20, 1933, in North Tonawanda. A graduate ofNorth Tonawanda High School, class of 1952, Sister Mary went on to earn a […]
Sister Martina Keitz, OSF, a teacher for over 50 years, died March 17, 2021, at Stella Niagara Health Center, Stella Niagara. She was 91. Born March 20, 1929, the daughter of Peter Keitz and Anna (Follett) Keitz attended South Park High School in Buffalo and Rosary Hill College in Amherst where she earned a bachelor’s […]
Sister Rosina Amicon, who served as a teacher and home health care aide, died March 2, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio. She was 90. The former Jeannette Amicon was born to Rocco and Rose (Iacobucci) Amicon, on Feb. 17, 1930, in Columbus. A graduate of St. Aloysius Academy, New Lexington, Ohio, she entered the Sisters of […]
