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JANET ANN WHITFIELD

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Celebration of Life: Visitation is 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 20, followed by services at Cantlon Otterness Funeral Home of Buffalo.

Janet Ann Whitfield, 80, was born in 1935, in Pontiac, Mich., the daughter of Louis and Ruth (Bender) Magerman. She died Nov. 3, 2015, at Buffalo Prairie Care Center.

She spent the majority of her adult life living and working in California as a bookkeeper before retiring to Buffalo in 2000, to spend time with her family.

She developed many close friendships through her association with the St. William Parish in Buffalo and by volunteering in the community. These caring individuals made her life in a new community both rich and happy.

Janet was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers: Robert Magerman and Richard Mageilliam.

Survivors include her children: John M. Steele, Preston, Paul R. and wife, Maria Steele, Buffalo, Kathryn R. and husband, Brad Brooks, Hudson, Ill., and Virginia E. and husband, Alan Reinhart, Sidney, Ill.; one sister, Madeline Deem, Pontiac, Mich.; 11 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; many friends; and a loving family of nieces, nephews and their children.


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