Chautauqua County Old Obituaries

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Bogdan, Carol
September 28, 2005
An area resident since 1961, she was born April 19, 1930, in
Buffalo, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Fries Blount. She was a graduate of Mt. St. Josephs High School, and served as vice president and secretary of Yaw Oil Co. from 1974 until her retirement in 1995. She was a member of Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church and its Altar and Rosary Society, and had earned a life membership to the Bush School PTA.
Carol loved time with her grandchildren and enjoyed gardening.
She will be greatly missed by her daughter-in-law, Tracy Bogdan, and sons-in-law Steven Bowman and Jon Albro.
Surviving are her husband, Theodore F. Bogdan, whom she married April 8, 1961; two daughters: Janet Bowman of Jamestown, and Elizabeth ''Betsy'' Albro of Philadelphia; two sons: Theodore J. and David Bogdan, both of Jamestown; eight grandchildren: Brittany, Jacob and Alissa Bowman, and William and Rebecca Bogdan, all of Jamestown, and Margaret, Jonathan and Benjamin Albro, all of Philadelphia; and two brothers: Thomas and Robert Blount of Buffalo.
She was preceded in death by a brother, James Blount.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday in Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. The Rev. Dennis W. Mende, pastor, will be celebrant.
Burial will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in the Lind Funeral Home, where a Christian Wake Service will be held at 1:45 p.m. Memorials may be made to Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, 508 Cherry St., Jamestown, N.Y., 14701; or to the WCA Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 214, Jamestown, N.Y, 14702-9990. 
Brown, Jack 
December 10, 2004
  He was born Aug. 24, 1916, in Jamestown, the son of Stowell 
and Hulda Johnson Brown.
  He attended Jamestown schools and was a veteran of World 
War II, serving with the U.S. Merchant Marines. Prior to 
retirement, he had been employed by Jamestown Flooring for 
more than 40 years. He was a member of Carpenters Union Local 
66 and a lifelong member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.
  He was an avid outdoorsman most of his life who was an experienced
  trapper. He enjoyed hunting and fishing with family and friends.
  He is survived by a daughter, Kimberly Bjork of Lockport; two sons: 
  Dennis Brown of Charlotte, N.C., and Rob Brown of Wells, Maine; seven 
  grandchildren: Adrienne Closius, Jennifer Houston and Ryan Brown, all 
  of North Carolina, Aaron Bjork of Ohio, Lindsay Coulombe of Lockport, 
  Andrew Brown of Maine and Timothy Brown, serving with the U.S. 
Army in Germany; and four great-grandchildren.
  He was preceded in death by his wife, the former Margaret Lutz, whom 
  he married March 29, 1949, in New York City and who died Aug. 5, 1998; 
  an infant son, David Brown; four brothers: Harry, Merle ''Bing,'' Herbert
  and Carl Brown; and two sisters: Mary Ann Addison and Helen Jane Shaw.
  The funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in Holy Trinity 
  Lutheran Church. 
  The Rev. Alison L. Leitzel, pastor, will officiate.
  Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. today in the Lind Funeral Home 
  and from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday in the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church 
  library. Burial will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery.
  Memorials may be made to Exciting Word Ministries, 3327 Archdale Drive, 
  Charlotte, N.C., 28210; The Gideons International, P.O. Box 140800, 
  Nashville, Tenn., 37214-0800; or Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 825 
  Forest Ave., Jamestown.

Burns, Elsie M. Albro
January 2, 2011, 
  Elsie M. Albro Burns, 77, formerly of Jamestown and Falconer, passed away 
  at 3:00 a.m. Saturday (Jan. 1, 2011) in the Lutheran Home and Rehabilitation. 
  She was born May 19, 1933, in Jamestown, the daughter of Walter and Edith 
  Seagren Albro.
  A 1951 graduate of Jamestown High School, she also attended classes at 
  Jamestown Community College.
 She was a member of the Kiantone Congregational Church and was a former member 
of Beta Sigma Phi.
  Mrs. Burns had been employed as a speech pathology aide, in the dental office 
of Dr. Anthony Dispenza, D.D.S., and as a U.S. Census worker. She had also been 
employed at the Pennysaver, Quality Markets and with Wilcare as a home health 
care aide.
  She enjoyed knitting and crochet, crafts, cooking and baking, writing poetry, 
reading, painting, teaching Sunday school and talking on the telephone.
  Mrs. Burns is survived by a son, Scott D. (Michelle) Burns of Jamestown; a 
daughter, Aimee L. (Danny) Town of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; and by two grandchildren: 
Dylan James Town of Ft. Lauderdale and Heather A. Burns of Jamestown.
  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Gordon H. 
Burns, whom she married Oct. 21, 1954, and who died Dec. 6, 2003; and by a 
brother, Ray Albro.
  A memorial service will be at 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 17, 2011, in the  Kiantone 
Congregational Church. The Rev. Mel McGinnis will officiate.
 Inurnment will be in the Busti Cemetery. Messages to the family may be sent by 
visiting the website www.presentsixbeyfuneral.com.
  Memorials may be made to the Chautauqua County Humane Society, 2825 Strunk Road, 
Jamestown, N.Y. 14701 (www.spcapets.com), or to the Alzheimer's Association of 
WNY, 2805 Wehrle Dr., Suite 6, Williamsville, N.Y. 14221 (www.alz.org/wny).
   The Powers, Present & Sixbey Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Burns, Gordon H.
  12/8/2003 - Falconer  - Gordon H. Burns, 77, of 304 Elmwood Ave,. died at 1;33 
p.m. Saturday (Dec. 6, 2003) in WCA Hospital.
  He was born Nov. 19, 1925 in Jamestown, the son of Harold and Ruby Carlson Burns.
 He was a graduate of Jamestown High School, and a veteran of World war II, serving in
the U. S. Army Corps in the Philippines, Okinawa and China. In early years, he had been
employed by Bert Loftgren's Red & White Store. In later years he was employed by 
Burns Case Goods, and retired from Union National Furniture Co. after 40 years of service 
as shipping manager.
  He enjoyed carpentry and loved dogs.
  He is survived by his wife, the former Elsie Albro; a son, Scott Burns of Jamestown;
a daughter, Aimee Town of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; a grandson, Dylan James Town of Ft.
Lauderdale; and a sister, Dorothy Peterson of Jamestown.
  He was predeeded in death by his stepmother, Lilly Burns.
 A memorial service will be held at 1 p>m. Sunday, Dec. 28 in the Kiantone Congregational 
Church. The Rev. Mel mcGinnis, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Soldier's Circle
at Lakeview Cemetery.
  E-mail condolences may be sent by visiting the Web site www.presentsixbeyfuneral.com
 Memorials may be made to the Humane Society, 2855 Strunk Road, jamestown, N.Y., 14701.
  Arrangements are by Powers, Present & Sixbey Funeral Home.