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Richard F Eagan

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Richard F Eagan

Birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA
Death
27 Feb 1996 (aged 58)
Hamburg, Erie County, New York, USA
Burial
Lackawanna, Erie County, New York, USA Add to Map
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A Mass of Christian Burial for Richard F. Eagan will be offered at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Mary's of the Lake Catholic Church, Lakeshore Road, Hamburg, after prayers in Victorian Park Memorial Home, 2221 Abbott Road, Lackawanna. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Lackawanna.

There will be a communal prayer service at 8 p.m. Friday in St. Mary of the Lake Church.

Mr. Eagan, 58, a church deacon, died Tuesday (Feb. 27, 1996) in his Hamburg home.

A Blasdell native, he was a graduate of Father Baker High School and Canisius College. He served in the Army, attaining the rank of captain in 1961.

He worked as a production manager for Bethlehem Steel Corp. in Lackawanna from 1965 to 1985 and then worked for a year as plant manager for Eastman Machine.

In 1986, he became assistant director of corporate training for the Erie County Partnership, joining with partnership director Douglas T. Saxton in setting up corporate training programs and becoming sole project director for corporate training.

He was ordained a deacon in 1989 and took pride in his work for the Catholic Diocese. He had served at St. Valentine's Church in South Buffalo and currently was a deacon and pastoral associate at St. Mary's of the Lake.

Surviving are his wife, the former Elizabeth Buckheit; three daughters, Mary Elizabeth Long of Hamburg, Loretta Murray of Lackawanna and Maureen Gabor of Hamburg; two sons, Kevin of Ellicottville and Michael of Hamburg; his parents, Frank and Katherine of Blasdell; a sister, Cathy Lane of California; and nine grandchildren.

Buffalo News, The (NY) - Thursday, February 29, 1996
A Mass of Christian Burial for Richard F. Eagan will be offered at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Mary's of the Lake Catholic Church, Lakeshore Road, Hamburg, after prayers in Victorian Park Memorial Home, 2221 Abbott Road, Lackawanna. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Lackawanna.

There will be a communal prayer service at 8 p.m. Friday in St. Mary of the Lake Church.

Mr. Eagan, 58, a church deacon, died Tuesday (Feb. 27, 1996) in his Hamburg home.

A Blasdell native, he was a graduate of Father Baker High School and Canisius College. He served in the Army, attaining the rank of captain in 1961.

He worked as a production manager for Bethlehem Steel Corp. in Lackawanna from 1965 to 1985 and then worked for a year as plant manager for Eastman Machine.

In 1986, he became assistant director of corporate training for the Erie County Partnership, joining with partnership director Douglas T. Saxton in setting up corporate training programs and becoming sole project director for corporate training.

He was ordained a deacon in 1989 and took pride in his work for the Catholic Diocese. He had served at St. Valentine's Church in South Buffalo and currently was a deacon and pastoral associate at St. Mary's of the Lake.

Surviving are his wife, the former Elizabeth Buckheit; three daughters, Mary Elizabeth Long of Hamburg, Loretta Murray of Lackawanna and Maureen Gabor of Hamburg; two sons, Kevin of Ellicottville and Michael of Hamburg; his parents, Frank and Katherine of Blasdell; a sister, Cathy Lane of California; and nine grandchildren.

Buffalo News, The (NY) - Thursday, February 29, 1996

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232618482/richard_f-eagan: accessed ), memorial page for Richard F Eagan (26 Oct 1937–27 Feb 1996), Find a Grave Memorial ID 232618482, citing Holy Cross Cemetery, Lackawanna, Erie County, New York, USA; Maintained by Fred (contributor 48743854).