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- Antoinette "Dotty" (Rizzuto) Gara of Lewiston, NY, grew up in Niagara Falls. Her parents, Charles and Jeannette (Manente) Rizzuto pre-deceased her.
She was the wife of the late, Frank Gara. She is survived by her son, Dominick (Diane) Gara; and grandchildren, Melissa (James) Demmin and Nicholas Gara; and a great-granddaughter, Amelia Grace Demmin; and sisters, Neva (John) Grace and Janie (Jeff) Homick.
Dotty was a genuine people person. She was friendly, sociable and caring. Her employment throughout most of her life reflected those traits.
She worked at Stella Niagara, Niagara Council of the Arts, N.F. Visitors and Convention Bureau and Moore Business Forms.
She enjoyed gardening, painting, crafts and golfing. She attended NCCC and graduated with an Associate's degree while she was working and caring for her family.
She was a cancer survivor and assisted others facing that disease.
She donated her body to the University of Buffalo for medical research.
A celebration of her life's journey will be announced at a later date.
Donations can be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.Published on June 19, 2020
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1939 - 2020 (81 years)