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Good and Welfare

Special prayers and get well wishes go out to the following members:

Jack Luksch 

P/C Roger O’Connor

P/C Carl Runfola

Bill Benk

P/C Robert Myszka

Nina Croff

Judy Lyons

Emmi Sedlock

Evie Miller

Judy Middleton

Ruth Beiring

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In Memoriam

The officers and members of Inner Harbor Yacht Club extend their sincerest sympathy to Linda Runfola upon the death of her beloved husband P/C Carl J. Runfola, who passed away February 24, 2010 after a long illness. Carl was Commodore of Inner Harbor Yacht Club in 1992 and a member of the International Order of the Blue Gavel. Please keep Linda in your thoughts and prayers in this most distressful time.

 

Roger A. Manth, age 79, of North Tonawanda, died Sunday, January 17, 2010 at DeGraff Memorial Hospital, after a long illness.  Born in North Tonawanda, he was the son of the late Edward and Minnie (nee Proefrock) Manth and  served in the New York Air National Guard from 1949 to 1955, including his active duty during the Korean War from 1950 to 1951.  A lifelong resident of North Tonawanda, Roger was a member of Zion United Church of Christ in the Town of Tonawanda and a former member of Friedens United Church of Christ, where he was a former council member.  He had worked for the New York Central Railroad and then the United States Postal Service in North Tonawanda from 1959 until his retirement in 1992, and  was presently employed at Shawnee Country Club.  Mr. Manth was a member of the American Legion, Stephen Sikora Post #1322, the New York State Big Buck Club, the Inner Harbor Yacht Club of which he was Commodore in 1994, International Order of Blue Gavel, which consists of past commodores of yacht clubs, and was a former member of the Swiftwater Power Squadron and the Senior Citizens in both  North Tonawanda and Honeoye,  NY.  Roger was an avid fisherman and hunter, loved gardening , his cottage on Honeoye Lake, and boating.  He was the brother of the late Burton (Mary) Manth and Gerald (Evelyn) Manth.He is survived by his wife, Arlene (nee Gorman) Manth; and a sister, Winifred (Erwin) Werth of North Tonawanda.  Also surviving are many nieces, nephews and cousins, and his beloved cat, Brandy, and three other cats, Chessie, Shawnee and Taffy.