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Myra J. Sims

1938 - 2025

Myra J. Sims obituary, 1938-2025

BORN

1938

DIED

2025

FUNERAL HOME

Amigone Funeral Home, Inc. - Delaware Chapel

1132 Delaware Avenue

Buffalo, New York

Myra Sims Obituary

Sims, Myra J. (nee Burroughs)

Jul 13, 1938 - Dec 18, 2025

Age 87; passed on December 18, 2025; cherished wife of the late Lonzo C. Sims Sr.; daughter of the late Oscar Henry and Fanny Josephine (nee Young) Burroughs; loving mother of Deanna L. Clark and Lonzo C. (Dawn) Sims Jr.; dear grandmother of DeJuan (Alexandria), Austin, Jessicca, and Kyle; dear great-grandmother of Aliviah, Harmoni, Guiliana, Makai, Kaiden, Alondra, and Kailani; sister of Brenda (Craig) Thomas Lyles and the late Mary Francis Burroughs and Oscar Charles Burroughs. Also survived by many other family members and friends. A visitation will be held on Saturday, January 10, 2026 from 10:30 AM - 11 AM at House Of Mercy Evangelical Ministries, 629 East Delavan Ave, Buffalo, NY, where a Funeral Service will follow at 11 AM. Interment will be held privately. Arrangements by (Delaware Chapel) AMIGONE FUNERAL HOME, INC. Please share condolences online at www.AMIGONE.com

Published by Buffalo News on Jan. 4, 2026.

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Visitation

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

House of Mercy Evangelical Ministries

629 East Delavan, Buffalo, NY 14211

Jan

10

Funeral service

11:00 a.m.

House of Mercy Evangelical Ministries

629 East Delavan, Buffalo, NY 14211

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Amigone Funeral Home, Inc. - Delaware Chapel

1132 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14209

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