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Michael Samchisen Obituary

SAMCHISEN, Michael
Age 91, of Elmira Heights, NY. Family and friends are invited to visit Walter J. Kent Funeral Home, 858 Lake St. at Washington Ave., Elmira on Monday, October 29th, from 3 to 5 p.m. Panikhida will be held at 3 p.m. Panikhida will continue there on Tuesday, October 30th, at 9:30 a.m. followed by Divine Liturgy at 10 a.m. in St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church. Rev. Vasile Godenciuc, Celebrant. Committal prayers and interment will follow in St. Peter & Paul's Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, those wishing may remember Michael through donations to St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church.

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Published by Star-Gazette on Oct. 29, 2007.

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Jerry Sagona

October 28, 2007

Dear Sam( Dorothy),

OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU.

NANCY & JERRY SAGONA

JOHN DOMBROSKI JR

October 27, 2007

GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY IN TIME OF SORROW. TO MIKE'S BROTHERS SISTERS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY- MIKE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE I MET WHEN I CAME TO ELMIRA IN 1946.WE WERE THE BEST OF FRIENDS.I WILL MISS HIM. JOHN DOMBROSKI JR

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