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Feb 3, 2016

WNY Weather History

Damaging wind gusts hit Western New York: 59 mph at Elmira, 46 mph at Dunkirk, and 45 mph at Buffalo. January 15 1999: Low pressure brought heavy, wet snow combined and freezing rain across the Southern Tier and several counties were declared disaster areas by the State and Federal government. January 16 1999: Record snowfall of four to six feet across the region put a strain on buildings and roof collapses and entire structure failures happened including a portion of the roof of Frontier Bowling Lanes in Lewiston caving in, and a man was injured when a garage collapsed on him in Orchard Park. January 17 1952: Thunderstorms and very warm temperatures recorded. Lightning damage, local flooding, and a record high temperature of 56 degrees happened. January 18 1965: More than two feet of snow off Lake Erie from North Tonawanda to Lockport. 1986: Warm temperatures in the 50s and a melting snowpack caused flooding of streams and creeks including the mouth of Cattaraugus Creek at Sunset Bay. Also dense fog at the Buffalo Airport shut it down as no planes could take off or land in the dense fog. 1996: Heavy rain and snowmelt from warm temperatures produced a major ice jam on the Buffalo Creek in West Seneca and more than three feet of water and ice closed down much of... (WGRZ.com)

Jan 8, 2016

Jayne Ritter Kersey

January 3, 2016. Born March 23, 1939, Jayne Ann Ritter to the late Vaughn and Margaret Jean Ritter, her early years were spent on a farm outside of Dunkirk, Indiana. As a child her family moved into Dunkirk where she attended Dunkirk schools graduating from Dunkirk High School in 1957. Jayne followed her sister Marthene to Ball State where she earned a degree in Nursing. She met her husband of 53 years, Robert Kersey, just before graduation in 1961. Shortly after, Jayne, along with dear nursing school friends, fulfilled her life's dream of travel and adventure by moving to San Diego, California where she worked at Scripps hospital. She had promised Robert she would return after six months, which she did. They were married September 22, 1962, and settled in Muncie. Jayne worked at Ball Memorial Hospital before the birth of her first child. She then devoted all her time and energy to her family, church, friends and volunteer efforts. Jayne never lost her love of travel and with her husband, family and friends was able to visit many countries around the world. For the past twenty-five years she has taken great delight in Westminister Presbyterian Church's mission to Xocempic, Mexico. She instilled in her children and grandchildren a deep reverence for God, a love of music, a fascination with science, a love of reading and lifelong learning, a joy in a... (Muncie Star Press)