Memorials

-- IN MEMORIAM --

The New York State USBC is an arm of the United States Bowling Congress committed to running fair, successful tournaments for bowlers of all ages; an organization dedicated to promoting the great sport of bowling through Hall of Fame and other special award presentations; a source of information to all bowlers interested in improving their game through coaching and instruction, and a vehicle for our young people to combine their scholastic and bowling abilities to receive college scholarships.

Just as importantly, the New York State USBC is run by regular people who appreciate and recognize those special people -- our bowlers -- who have made an impact by participating in leagues and tournaments, and by supporting their families and friends in the sport, throughout their lives. With that being said, we have created this Memorials page on our website as a final tribute to the men and women who have built and helped sustain organized bowling in New York State.

We invite you to send the names of deceased bowlers, relatives of bowlers and friends of the bowling community for inclusion on this page. Please send information to Mike Pettinella, Association Manager, NYS USBC, 55 Edgewood Drive, Batavia, NY 14020, or by email at bowlny300@yahoo.com. We also will be acknowledging our deceased members and family/friends during a Memorial Service at the NYS USBC Annual Meeting. Thank you.

   Alyssa Nicole Marino
  7/23/1992 - 1/14/2013

Alyssa Marino, who passed away at the age of 20 earlier this week, loved bowling and devoted much of her time and energy to our sport. She was a Youth Leaders representative at USBC Youth Delegates meetings and was a former winner of the Youth of the Year award in her hometown of Middletown. A few years ago, the NYS Youth Leaders raised $300 to send to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in honor of Alyssa. This young lady touched many hearts during her life and will be missed deeply. Please keep her family in your thoughts and prayers.

CLICK HERE to view Alyssa's obituary.

MAY 2013
Schenectady-Scotia Area
Eileen Gardner (5-2-13)
Claudia Ungerland (5-13-13)
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APRIL 2013
Kingston Area
Marjorie Wilburn (4-2-13).
A Director on the New York State Women's 600 Bowling Club Board of Directors, Marge also served as a President of the Suffolk County 600 Club. She had served as President, Vice President and Director of the Kingston WBA as well as the President and a Director on the Suffolk County WBA. Additionally she served as an officer on the Clearlake WBA and Alameda, CA. WBA. She was a life member of the Suffolk County WBA and a Hall of Fame member of the Kingston USBC WBA. Additionally she was also a youth coach/instructor for 38 years.

Joseph ReDavid (4-1-13) -- CLICK HERE for a link to his obituary.
Greater Buffalo Area
Anthony "Nin" Angelo (4-4-13) -- see article in News section of this website.
Rochester Area
Mabel Appleman (4-15-13)
Robert M. Allen (4-18-13)
Vincent Paolotto (4-5-13)
Schenectady-Scotia Area
Jane Bohunicky (4-1-13)
Rosalie D'Amico (4-4-13)
Betty Bassler (4-10-13)
Sophie Malewicz (4-12-13)
Frances Forman (4-27-13)
New York City Area
Florene Jeffries (4-16-13)
Maryann Saracco (4-16-13)
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MARCH 2013
Long Island
Lorraine Fricke, past president and secretary of Nassau County WBA; page for president of WIBC and also NY State Women's Bowling Association; 2nd vice president of Long Island USBC, (3-29-13).
Please send cards to her sister, Mrs. Joan Hill, 1712 Bucknell Place, Massapequa, NY, 11758.
For a link to her obituary, CLICK HERE.
Rochester Area
Barbara A. Nagel (3-25-13)
Cortland Area
Wilma M. Smith, AJBC, YABA youth secretary, Service to Youth Award winner (3-8-13)
Schenectady/Scotia Area
Irene Budge (3-15-13)
Irene McKee (3-19-13)
Patricia Dunn (3-20-13)
Helen Chow (3-25-13)
Adirondack Area
Michael J. Seamon (3-13-13)
Florence M. Hurlbut (3-6-13)
Nilda Reardon (3-17-13)
William Baker (3-23-13)
Betty Emmons (3-31-13)
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FEBRUARY 2013
Ithaca Area
Ronald "Ron" Howser (2-25-13)
Robert W. Miller (2-5-13)
Adirondack Area
Stephen Mullen (2-10-13)
Ann Liptak-Weir (2-13-13)
Evelyn R. Wells (2-19-13)
Edith R. McKee (2-20-13)
Rochester Area
Cecelia (Ceil) A. Merkey, former Rochester USBC WBA director (2-15-13)
Wayne County
Marjorie Ann Goebert (2-6-13)
Schenectady-Scotia Area
Jennette Jankowski (2-3-13)
Felice Barbarulo (2-14-13)
Rose Mayer (2-14-13)
Genesee Region
Beverly Atwell (2-8-13)
Tri-County NY Area
Donald Schroeder (2-15-13)
Clarence C. "Sam" Ohap (2-16-13)
Maria Frunzi (2-2-13)
Loretta Todman (2-8-13)
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JANUARY 2013
Corning Area
Doug Lovell (1-2-13)
Long Island Area
Dennis Thomas (1-19-13)
Adirondack Area
Dora C. Schermerhorn (1-1-13)
Helen V. Armstrong (1-3-13)
Wilda Esford 1/07/13
Ronald G. Cole 1/08/13
Todd C. Fisher 1/10/13
Gary M. Nash Sr 1/21/13
Hudson Valley
Robert Fogg Sr. (1-31-13)
Florence Williamson (1-31-13)
Rochester Area
Eileen C. Pier (1-26-13)
Greater Buffalo Area
Dolores Kelsey, mother of Karen Roehner, NYS USBC office assistant (1-24-13)
Wayne County Area
Dona Bowerman (1-6-13)
Ithaca Area
Patricia "Patti" Richardson (1-21-13)
Paul E. Jones (1-6-13)
Edmund R. Sullivan, Ithaca Men's Hall of Famer (1-13-13)
William F. "Bill" Stebbins, past president, Ithaca USBC (1-6-13)
Beatrice P. Schmitt (1-4-13)
Genesee Region
Pat "Swaz" Suozzi (1-27-13)
William "Billy" Ferrando (1-3-13)
Richard "Dick" Martino (1-5-13)
Bryan D. "Poo" Wright (1-1-13)
Cortland Area
Donald F. Baird (1-6-13)
Schenectady-Scotia Area
Ruth Ito Pitts (1-21-13)
Elizabeth Hoefs (1-29-13)
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DECEMBER 2012
Hudson Valley
Rita Marone (12-5-12)
Elizabeth Rizzo (12-7-12)
Frank Liguori (12-21-12)
Adirondack Area
Iris E. Freitag (12-3-12)
Ronald E. Mosher (12-11-12)
Thomas A. Carmody (12-24-12)
Constance Barker, mother of Mo Barker, Prop., Tippy Lanes (12-26-12)
Anna L. Morency (12-27-12)
Gary F. Welch (12-29-12)
Ronald C. Tucker (12-30-12)
Geraldine C. Davis (12-31-12)
Cathy Denno (12-30-12)
Ithaca Area
Allan James Mix (12-12-12)
Syracuse Area
George Mayer (12-25-12)
Genesee Region
Edward Ireland (12-13-12)
Schenectady/Scotia Area
Antoinette Carroll (12-12-12)
Dana Fredenburgh (12-7-12)
Helen Gallant (12-23-12)
Marion Czaban (12-28-12)
Long Island
Helen Cessman, mother of Roger Cessman, LIUSBC director (12-17-12)
Joseph Incandella (12-8-12)
Staten Island
Loretta O'Connor (12-4-12)
Boonville Area
Norma R. Yousey (12-3-12)
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NOVEMBER 2012
Cortland Area
Pauline H. Batsford (11-21-12)
Corning Area
Gertrude Braster
Hudson Valley
Richard W. Clark (11-7-12)
Vincent Herring (11-9-12)
Walter Frazier (11-18-12)
Dale H. Bartoff (11-18-12)
Lula (Lou) DelBoccio (11-22-12)
Colleen Van Tassell (11-24-12)
Robert L. Rathbun (11-26-12)
Janet Seils Simonson (11-27-12)
Anna Weeks (11-27-12)
Schenectady/Scotia Area
Patricia Kuster (11-7-12)
Clara Boink (11-7-12)
Lorraine Jankowski (11-18-12)
Southern Tier
Rosalie (Babe) Economou (11-30-12)
Adirondack USBC Area
Constance L. Colontuono (11-4-12)
Keith Georgia (11-8-12)
Timothy J. Mulcahy Jr. (11-10-12)
Elizabeth Papa (11-19-12)
George A. Fordrung (11-24-12)
Glenn Bryden (11-30-12)
Corning Area
Gertrude Braster (11-23-12)
Rochester Area
Betty J. Barton (11-25-12)
Ithaca Area
William Anderson (11-9-12)
Patricia A. Chambers Dyess (11-11-12)
Greater Buffalo Area
Stell C. Kolis, Association Hall of Fame Committee member (11-22-12)
Genesee Region
Shirley Elliott, former Genesee Valley WBA director (11-15-12)
Long Island USBC
Robert Eifler Sr. (11-22-12)
Ricky V. Papandrea, East Islip High School bowling coach (11-4-12)
Joseph Mormando, former league secretary (11-13-12)
Wayne County Area
Anthony Colacino (11-14-12)
Betty Smalley (11-1-12)
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OCTOBER 2012
Corning Area
Bruce Grant (10-12-12)
Hudson Valley
Vincent Blandina (10-10-12)
Gordon Ferris (10-16-12)
Schenectady/Scotia Area
Rosemary Mullaney (10-4-12)
Norma Jacob (10-15-12)
Pauline Naparty (10-16-12)
Katherine Baker (10-21-12)
Adirondack USBC
Harold A. Belden (10-4-12)
Rose Ora Stewart (10-4-12)
Dominick H. Mullins (10-12-12)
Patricia D. White (10-15-12)
J. Charles Van Rensselaer (10-15-12)
Mary A. Butterfield (10-25-12)
Patricia A. Boudreau (10-24-12)
Lowville Area (North Country)
Kenneth Ortlieb Jr. (10-30-12)
Ithaca Area
Theresa Little, member of Ithaca Bowling Hall of Fame (10-30-12)
New York City
Janice M. Dukes (10-3-12)
Niagara Falls Area
Susan L. McMaster, past president of Niagara Falls WBA (10-6-12)
Long Island
Raymond Chieffo (10-17-12)
Kathleen Gut (10-9-12)
Genesee Region
Louis Fiorella (10-6-12)
Gilbert Morith (10-7-12)
Fulton/Syracuse Area
Lawrence Del Brocco (10-3-12)
James Backus (10-6-12)
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SEPTEMBER 2012
Corning Area
Richard Gee (9-28-12)
Schenectady/Scotia Area
Melvina Sullivan (9-25-12)
Adirondack USBC
Dorothy C. Cutler (9-5-12)
Raymond J. Charland Sr. (9-11-12)
Barbara J, Abbott Wood (9-14-12)
Concetta Creaser (9-26-12)
Rockland County
Ethel Doller (9-28-12)
Fulton County
James C. Hornbeck (9-6-12)
Ithaca Area
Judith M Manning (9-30-12)
Joan Lois Babbitt (9-14-12)
Westchester USBC
Dennis Allen (9-15-12). Mr. Allen is the father of Sheila Allen, NYS USBC Hall of Famer, and Patrick Allen, PBA Tour champion.
Greater Buffalo
Joan Ast (9-11-12)
Genesee Region
Keith Bell (9-3-12)
Rochester Area
Virginia R. Love (9-6-12)
Wayne County
Rosa Lee Boyd (9-27-12)
Donald C. Hyman (9-27-12)
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AUGUST 2012
Schenectady/Scotia Area
Margaret Kwiatkoske (8-10-12)
Ruth Cottrell (8-17-12)
Lucille Doyle (8-17-12)
Long Island Area
William Smalling Jr. (8-22-12)
Gloria Blackwell (8-18-12)
Ithaca Area
Floyd Conger (8-10-12)
Mildred Robbins (8-12-12)
Adirondack USBC
Frederick Van Nostrand (8-1-12)
Alanson Wilkinson (8-1-12)
Diane Pomainville (8-3-12)
Shirley Fogarty (8-13-12)
Edmund Mark (8-14-12)
Michael Lohret (8-15-12)
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JULY 2012
Schenectady/Scotia Area
Ruth Johnson (7-3-12)
Judy Nagy (7-22-12)
Marion Kramer (7-30-12)
Genesee Region
Marleene Woodhouse, past Genesee Valley WBA president (7-12-12)
Long Island Area
Robert Rezny (7-14-12)
Bernard Fezza (7-11-12)
Tonawandas USBC
Virginia (Ginny) Spawton (7-20-12)
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JUNE 2012
Ithaca Area
Patricia Ann (Murphy) Crowley (6-27-12)
Wayne County
Lester William Taber (6-7-12)
Fulton/Syracuse Area
Harvey J. "Jay" Seymour III (6-14-12) - LINK TO ARTICLE: http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2012/06/man_who_died_after_fall_from_c.html
Long Island
Michael Delawski (6-30-12)
Ira Katz (6-12-12)
Lowville Area
John Patrick McGrath (6-8-12)
Albany Area
Joey Schmidt, PBA Charter Member, 99 years old (6-2-12)
Ithaca Area
Doramae Rohrer (6-2-12)
Rochester Area
Gail E. Trapiss (6-13-12)
Anthony V. Cammarata (6-30-12)
Darin W. Mantell (6-8-12)
Schenectady-Scotia Area
Anne T. Wallace (6-6-12)
Anne M. Winkler (6-7-12)
Barbara Cinquino (6-22-12)