William Newark

William B. Newark

1928 - 2010

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Obituary of William B. Newark

William B. Newark, 81, of 166 Lakeside Blvd. WE, died at 6:45 a.m. Thursday (February 25, 2010) at Bertrand Chaffee Hospital in Springville, NY. A lifelong area resident, he was born April 30, 1928 in Bradford, Pa., a son of the late Stanley and Delores Newark, and served in the US Navy during World War II. Following his retirement after 4o years as a mechanic, he together with his wife provided family home care through the WNY Developmental Disabilities Services Office. Bill enjoyed fishing, woodworking and antiques. Surviving are his wife, Virginia "Ginny" Lamoreaux Newark whom he married June 15, 1991; five children: Deborah Colburn of Jamestown, William (Delores) Newark Jr. of Florida, Bonnie (John) Clark of Pennsylvania, Tim (April Goodrich) Newark of Sinclairville and Ed (Kathy) Sherman of Jamestown; 13 grandchildren, many great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter; a sister, Betty (Leroy) McCray of Jamestown; and his father-in-law, Alfred Lamoreaux of Pittsburgh. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Delores Newark, second wife, Jean K. Newark and third wife, Dorothy Newark; and a daughter, Delores "Dody" Miller and son, David Newark. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 27th in the Lind Funeral Home. Pastor James Rucks will officiate. Friends will be received for one hour prior to the service in the funeral home Saturday.