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Niagara Gazette

LOCKPORT — (Youngstown) - While surrounded by her loving family at Niagara Hospice House, in Lockport, the angels came on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 to take Loretta L. Canfield, age 80, to be with her daughter, the late Judith Canfield.

Loretta was born July 15, 1929, in Lewiston, the daughter of the late Frank and Grace (Nickerson) Buttery. She worked as a waitress at the former Harding’s Restaurant in Youngstown at the age of 17. From 1951 to 1971 she and her former late husband, James Canfield, owned and operated Canfield Farms in Youngstown. They sold the farm and established the Shanty Restaurant in Youngstown. She then owned and operated Loretta's Place in Niagara Falls, NY. After retiring she loved bingo, her friends and family.

She is survived by three daughters, Brenda (Stephen) Swidergal of Grand Island, Susan (Steven) Hillman and Joan (Thomas) Woods, both of Ransomville. She was Nanny to Jennifer Wesoloski, Amanda Swidergal, Melissa Mullan, Kristen McCoy and James Veillette and Great Nanny to Zachery, Brianna, Ryleigh, Kaitlen, Tyler, Joseph and Hayden. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews. Loretta was one of a family of ten brothers and sisters.

Friends may call at HARDISON FUNERAL HOME, 3648 Ransomville Road, Ransomville on Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM. Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 26 at 1:30 PM in the funeral home, with the Rev. John Marshall officiating. Burial will follow in the Oakland Rural Cemetery, Lake Rd., Youngstown. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Niagara Hospice, 4675 Sunset Dr., Lockport, NY 14094, or to the Ransomville Vol. Fire Co. Ambulance Fund, PO Box 239, Ransomville, NY 14131.

Please visit www.hardisonfuneralhomes.com for on-line registry.

Loretta married CANFIELD, James Amos on 3 Mar 1951. James (son of CANFIELD, Frank J and HAMBLIN, Jessie M) was born on 3 Mar 1915 in Town of Porter, Niagara County, NY; died on 25 Mar 1985 in Newfane Intercommunity Hospital, Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY; was buried in North Ridge Cemetery, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: HILLMAN, Steven R. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: SWIDERGAL, Stephen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Brenda married MILLER, Gregory [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette

RANSOMVILLE — Joan L. Woods, age 57, of Ransomville, NY, died Friday, February 4, 2011 in Mount St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, after a long illness.

Joan was born November 29, 1953 in Niagara Falls, NY, the daughter of the late James and Loretta (Buttery) Canfield. She was a 1971 graduate of Lewiston Porter High School. For 10 years she owned and operated Woods Insurance Agency in Ransomville. Prior to that she had worked in her family’s restaurant, The Shanty, on Lake Rd., in Ransomville. Joan married Thomas Woods in September of 1987.

She is survived by her husband, Tom; a son, James (Danelle) Veillette of Detroit, MI; her sisters, Susan (Steven) Hillman of Ransomville and Brenda (Stephen) Swidergal of Grand Island; a granddaughter, Hayden Veillette and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a sister, Judith Canfield.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, February 12 at 11:00 AM in the Cambria United Church of Christ, 4045 Lower Mt. Rd., Town of Cambria. There will be no prior visitation. Flowers are gratefully declined. Memorials may be made to the Ransomville Vol. Fire Co. Ambulance Fund, PO Box 239, Ransomville, NY 14131. Arrangements have been entrusted to HARDISON FUNERAL HOME, 3648 Ransomville Rd., Ransomville, NY.

Joan married WOODS, Thomas L [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: VEILLETTE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: WESOLOWSKI, Michael. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Danelle. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]