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Page30A DemocratandChronicle. com OBITUARIES IN MEMORIAM Karr, William G. Webster: Friday, December 9, 2016, age 86. He leaves his wife of 64 years, Betty; children, David (Beth) Karr, Kathy (Don) Jenner and Rick Karr; grandsons, Ryan Karr and Justin (Sarah) Jenner. Bill was a US Marine Corps veteran and retiree of Eastman Kodak Co.

He also was an avid antique car enthusiast. Services are private and at the convenience of the family. Interment at West Webster Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to Webster Comfort Care Home. Special thanks to Webster Comfort Care Home and Lifetime Care Hospice for their compassion and support.

Willard H. Scott Funeral Home Lillian(Wilcox) Survivedbyherlovinghusband JohnG.Kinney,fivechildrenand eightgrandchildren. Toviewfullobituaryvisitwww. northdallasfuneralhome.com Knapp, Theadore Hilton: December 8. 2016.

Predeceased by his father, Theadore Knapp and brother, Rick Knapp. Survived by his wife, Joanne Knapp; his children, Meagan (Chris) Miles, Ted (Elizabeth) Knapp; mother, Barbara (Gabriel) Borrelli; his step-mother, Norma Knapp; brother, Robert (Darlene) Knapp; sister, Marta Tyson; grandchildren, Maura Alyssa Miles and Paul Henry Knapp; brothers and sisters-in-law; several nieces and nephews. Family and friends are invited to call Monday from 4-7 PM at the THOMAS E. BURGER FUNERAL HOME, 735 East Hilton, where his Service will be held at 7 PM. Interment, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.

In lieu of owers donations to School of the Holy Childhood, 100 Groton NY 14623. 2008.Survivedbyherdaughters, Diane(Richard)Hendricksonand Courtney(Klayton)Hendrickson, nieceandseveralcousins. Serviceswillbeheldprivately. MemorialstotheAmerican DiabetesAssociation.Tolighta candleortoleavearemembrance mertonkaysfuneralhome.com McCoy, Boyd Jr. Rochester: On Dec.

6, 2016. He is survived by his wife Kathy; his children; grandchildren and 2 brothers. Boyd was a proud Marine and a dynamic musician. Calling Wednesday (12-14) from 1-3 p.m. at the funeral home.

Interment private. In lieu of owers, consider a donation to the S.P.C.A. Rochester Memorial Chapel 1210 Culver Rd. 288-1250 (Frezzini) ispredeceasedbyherhusbandEr- nieMoyer.Sheissurvivedbyher isonMoyer.Toleaveacondolence pleasevisitwww.bartolomeo.com inHolySepulchreCemetery.In senttoBreastCancerCoalition, Neracker, Warren J. Gates: Dec.

8, 2016, Warren Neracker, 91. Predeceased by his wife, Mae; and son, Norman; and daughter, Deborah. Survived by his stepdaughter son-in-law, Judi Ronald Vignari; son-in-law, Jack Nichols; grandsons, Norman Neracker and Ronald Vignari; several great great-great grandchildren; and special friends, Ron McMillan and Nancy Roberts. Friends and family are invited to attend his Funeral Mass on FRIDAY, Dec. 16th, 10 AM at Holy Family Church at St.

Hinchey Rd. Interment, Grove Place Cemetery. Those wishing may make memorial donations to The Parish of the Holy Family in memory. Nino, Joseph Webster: Beloved husband and father passed away Dec. 5, 2016 in West Palm Beach, FL.

He was born in Johnstown, PA on May 20, 1928. Joe joined the U.S. Navy at 17 and went on to work many years as a technical instructor at SCM and later as a small business owner before retiring to West Palm Beach. He is survived by his loving wife of 68 years, Barbara Bobby Nino; daughters, Patricia (Robert) Ferris, Jean (David) Murch, Barbara Ann Nino; grandson, Joseph Nino- Hernes; granddaughter, Jessica (Andrew) Silverman. Private services at the convenience of the family.

Donations may be made to St. Church, 1008 Maple Webster, NY 14580. To share a memory, please visit: Frances (Grouse) Born Aug. 15, 1922 passed on Dec. 7, 2016 at age 94.

Predeceased by her parents, Dexter and Alice (Pragle) Grouse; her husband, Lawrence; sons, Larry Thomas, Brother Fred Grouse and sisters Minnie Keenan, Pearl Rowley, and Shirley Englert. Fran is survived by her daughter Gail (Foley) Corbett, sons Dennis and James and Butch (Mary) Woodward. In addition she leaves behind 8 grandchildren John, Lorraine, Tim Corbett, Tommy, Tammy, Ashley, Dennis and Justin as well as several great grandchildren, her sister Virginia (Ivan Mastin) and many nieces and nephews. During her lifetime, Frances touched many lives and was a loving foster parent to children of all ages, especially the babies. Later on she enjoyed working at The Genesee Country Museum, dressing up in period costumes and participating in all the activities there, especially the old fashioned cooking and baking.

Friends may call Wednesday, December 14, 2016, 3pm-5pm at Fowler Funeral Home, 340 West Avenue, Brockport NY. Interment will be held at a later date at Evergreen (Covered Bridge) Cemetery, Springwater, NY. In lieu of owers please donate to a charity of your choice. Eileen Fairport: December 7, 2016. Eileen is predeceased by loving husband, James P.

III; and parents, Joseph and Geraldine Spillman. Survived by her son, Daniel (Amy) grandchildren, Christopher, Benjamin and Matthew brother, Martin (Veronica) Spillman; sister, Jean Anne Llewellyn; brother, John (Barbara) Spillman; many nieces, nephews and cousins. Calling hours will be held Thursday, December 15th, 3-7 PM at the Richard H. Keenan Funeral Home (Egypt location), 7501 Pittsford Palmyra Road, Fairport. Funeral Mass will be held Friday, December 16th, 10 AM at St.

John of Rochester Church. For further info please visit: www. keenanfuneralhomes.com Puff, Elizabeth Greece: Went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 7, 2016. Funeral Mass will be celebrated Saturday, December 17th, 9:30 AM at St. John the Evangelist Church, 2400 West Ridge Road, Rochester, NY.

Complete obituary to follow. To share a memory, please visit: Reyes Velazquez, Jaddier Rochester: Calling Monday, 4-7 PM; Services to immediately follow at 7 PM at Jose L. Luciano FH, 1005 Hudson Ave. 585.474.7230 Sauve, Paul J. Hilton: December 6, 2016.

Predeceased by his wife, Mary. Survived by his children, Patricia Sauve, Christine (Dana) Johanson, Daniel (Teresa) Sauve, Eileen Cappelletty, Laurie (Joseph) Wagner Denise Wilson; 13 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren. Family and friends are invited to attend his Funeral Mass, Wednesday 11 AM at St. Church, Lake Hilton. In lieu of ow- ers, those wishing may contribute to ARC of Rochester in memory.

Saxton, Nancy J. Canaseraga: Age 90. Died December 8, 2016. She was born November 29, 1926 in Buffalo to the late William and Esther Fredenburg. She was predeceased by her husbands, Donald H.

Johnson and Julian D. Saxton and brother, William. She is survived by 3 sons, Terry (Bonnie) Johnson of Canaseraga, Donald (Kathy) Johnson of Arkport, Jay (Pam) Saxton of Metamora, MI; 5 grandchildren, Adrian (Melissa), Ayla, Jackie, Margie and Joe; great-granddaughter, Peyton and great-grandson, Logan; sister, Sue (Milton) Newton of Dansville; sister-in-law, Helen (Jack) Plumly of Camden, NY; brother-in-law, DeMerle Johnson of Dansville; numerous nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the Mann Funeral Home in Canaseraga, Thursday 2-4, 7-9. Funeral will be held Friday 11AM at the Funeral Home.

Interment will be Lakeview Cemetery, Groveland, NY. Memorial donations to the Canaseraga Alumni Assoc. or the Canaseraga Lions Club Ambulance Replacement Fund. Shairer, Mabel E. (Smith) Irondequoit: December 6, 2016.

Mabel was born on February 1, 1921 in Holley, New York, the daughter of the late William H. and Mary P. Smith. Her husband, Oscar G. Shairer, and her eight brothers and sisters predecease her.

Her sister-in-law, Nancy C. Shairer of Fairport, and other relatives in the Smith and Shairer families survive her. She is a graduate of the Bryant and Stratton Business School and was employed for many years as a legal secretary at Harris Beach, LLP. She also served as the nan- cial secretary for the late U.S. Senator, the Honorable Kenneth B.

Keating. Mabel was an avid golfer and was a member of Locust Hill Country Club. No prior calling. Funeral Service will be celebrated Monday 10AM at St. Chapel, 1500 Portland Avenue.

Interment, Oakwood Cemetery. In lieu of owers, contributions may be made to the Disease Society of America, Upstate NY Chapter, PO Box 25237, Rochester, NY 14625. Shelp, Irving F. NM: Irving F. Shelp, who was born in Rochester, passed away on Friday, December 2, 2016, age 84.

He is survived by his 3 children, Amy Ratzel, William Shelp and Eric Shelp; 3 grandchildren, and 1 great grandchild; 1 sister, Helen Simmons. He was predeceased by his parents, his wife Margaret, and a twin brother, William. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 1 pm at the Heritage ame Center, Salt Rising Road in Bolivar, NY. To leave online condolences please visit: www.embserfuneralhome.com Simmons, John Paul Rochester: December 3, 2016. Age 48.

Predeceased by his parents Anna Hubert; brother, Robert; sister, Doreen Stewart. Survived by sisters, Patricia Lavell, Rosemary (Barry) MacCheyne, Deborah (Richard) Rudman, Susan (David) Stewart, Sharon Feeney, and Barbara Mohamad, Cindy (Ron) Thomas; his sons, Robert and Joshua Hotchkiss; daughter, Christina Simmons; several nieces, nephews, cousins. Funeral Mass Monday, December 12th, 11am, Holy Cross Church. Interment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. No prior calling.

In lieu of owers, contributions to Holy Cross Church. evercherishedbyhisbeloved andotherrelatives. RiversideCemetery. Strong, Audrey (Nevins) Brockport: December 6, 2016 at age 83. Predeceased by her husband, Charles.

She is survived by her children, Lisa (Dan) Zimmer, Charlene (Larry) Hazzard Chuc Strong; grandchildren, Danielle (Stephen) Mesiti, Elissa (Brian) Sypher, Jeffrey Hazzard, Jillian (Matthew Busigin) Hazzard. There will be no prior visitation. funeral mass will be held Saturday, December 17th, 11:00 AM at Church Of The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 152 Main Street in Brockport. Interment in Lakeview Cemetery. In lieu of owers, please consider a donation to Disabled Veterans National Foundation at www.dvnf.org.

Arrangements by Fowler Funeral Home. anGraafeiland, Michael December 8, 2016. Predeceased by his son, Matt VanGraafeiland Survived by his brother, Mark VanGraafeiland daughters, Heather (John) Cox, Kelly VanGraafeiland, Megan (Jeremy) Jessmer; daughter-in- law, Becky; several grandchildren. Services will be held privately, and at the convenience of the family. Arrangements entrusted to Fowler Funeral Home.

Incardone-Aimola, SharoneM. Inlovingmemoryofapersonwho gaveherhearttoherfamilyand friends.Wemissyouandalways loveyou.Andy,Angela,Elanaand family. Incardone-Aimola, Sharone one will ever know Quite how I feel inside, And on that day you left, You the only one who died. You have always been there, Mom, And you loved me the end, So with all my heart and soul, I love you too, My All our love, Angela and Elana Ithasbeen4yearsyouhave beengoneandweallmissyouand loveyousomuch.Marilyn,Peter, andMarilyn continuedfrompage28A OBITUARIES OBITUARIES NEW YORK Columbia University graduate students, who helped lead a nationwide fight over the labor rights of teaching and research assistants on college campuses, began voting Wednesday on whether to form a union affiliated with the United Auto Workers. If the yes vote prevails, Columbia would become only the second private university in the U.S.

where graduate students are part of a union. The vote, affecting about 3,000 students at the Ivy League university, was scheduled after the National Labor Relations board ruled in August that graduate student employees at private universities have the right to collective bargaining. It was to take place Wednesday and Thursday. Union backers say that affiliation with the UAW would give students more control over their working conditions and could lead to higher stipends and better benefits. now the administration has unilateral decision-making power for what happens to graduate students at this Naomi Schwartz, a graduate student in the ecology, evolution and environmental biology department, said after casting her yes vote.

like to tell us we have a voice, but we really have any way to formally influence decisions about our compensation, about our health care, about how grievances are dealt Columbia administrators argue that teaching and research assistants are primarily students, not workers, and that unionization may interfere with their academic experience. are confident that our students will independently weigh the arguments made for and against UAW representa- tion of teaching and research assistants, and will judge for themselves whether their diverse educational experiences are well served by bearing the cost of union dues and abiding by a union contract that has replaced our flexible system of academic the university said in a statement. Provost John H. Coatsworth warned in a letter to students last week that alabor contract would mean new group of union representatives will be inserted into the existing conversation between student assistants and the faculty and administration, and we will all be governed by a regulatory Tens of thousands of graduate student workers at public universities across the U.S. are already represented by unions including the UAW and the American Federation of Teachers, but New York University is the only private university in the nation where graduate students have a union contract.

The Aug. 23 NLRB ruling paving the way for the Columbia vote reversed the 2004 ruling that graduate students at private universities employees with the right to collective bargaining. Harvard University graduate students were the first to vote on unionization after the August NLRB ruling, but the results of the Nov. 16-17 election been announced because of ballot challenges. Some observers wonder whether the NLRB will reverse itself again and halt unionization among graduate students at private universities once Republican President-elect Donald Trump gets a chance to appoint members who may not be friendly to organized labor.

AP Naomi Schwartz, a Columbia University graduate student in biology, poses for a photo, Dec. 7, after casting a vote in favor of forming a union for grad students. Gradstudents begin vote on unionization Columbia would be 2nd private school to allow KAREN MATTHEWS ASSOCIATED PRESS Man at border with forged credit cards pleads guilty BUFFALO- A Miami, Florida, resident who was caught at the northern border with 73 forged credit cards has pleaded guilty. Prosecutors in Buffalo say 36-year-old Deladier Benitez faces up to seven years in prison following his arrest as he tried to enter Canada from the United States in October. He pleaded guilty Friday to criminal possession of a forged instrument.

Authorities say they found the forged credit cards and a forged Ohio license during a search at the Peace Bridge in Buffalo. State appealing reversal of murder conviction BUFFALO- A man who had his murder conviction reversed because of a report that two jurors called him a name is still behind bars. Astate Supreme Court justice in Buffalo Thursday ordered Matthew Kuzdzal to remain jailed while prosecutors appeal the reversal. Ajury found Kuzdzal guilty in 2014 of sexually assaulting and killing his 5-year-old son, Eain Brooks. Associated Press STATE BRIEFS.