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Donald Kancar Obituary

Age 62, of the City of Tonawanda, unexpectedly, June 29, 1999, husband of Barbara A. (nee Hall) Kancar; son of Helen (nee Bandurski) Kancar and the late John Kancar; son-in-law of Anna Hall and the late Guy G. Hall; father of Donald II, Kevin (Leslie), Patrick, Timothy (Jennifer), James (Sandy), John, Guy and Daniel Kancar and Renee (Robert) Poole; grandfather of Jillian, Joseph, Kyle, Emily, William and Tara; brother of Barbara (Conrad) Wierzbowski, Thomas (Lucille) and Gerald (Carole) Kancar; godson of Aunt Jean Rice; brother-in-law of Charles (Kathy) Hall; also survived by aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. Friends may call Thursday and Friday 2-4 and 7-9 PM at JOHN O. ROTH FUNERAL HOME INC., 25 William St., (between Morgan and Broad Sts.), City of Tonawanda. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Francis of Assisi Church, Broad St., near Clinton Park, City of Tonawanda, Saturday, July 3 at 9:30 AM. Friends invited. Memorials may be made to the Tonawanda News Children's Fund, PO Box 668, North Tonawanda, NY 14120. Mr. Kancar was retired from GM Powertrain, Tonawanda Plant.
Published by Buffalo News on Jul. 1, 1999.

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