Visitation:WEDNESDAY: 7-9 pm at The Dietrich Funeral Home Inc. and THURSDAY 2-4 & 7-9 pm
Service: FRIDAY: A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Church at 9:30 AM. EYE – Frederick W.
November 16, 2014, beloved husband
of the late Nancy (Klawon) Eye; loving
father of Sandra (Lawrence) Sendlak,
Barbara (Douglas) Stanley and Steven
(Christine) Eye; loving grandfather of
Bradley (Elizabeth) Sendlak, Jeffrey
(Mary) Sendlak, Matthew and Robyn
Stanley, Daniel and Sarah Eye; greatgrandfather
of Jackson, Liam, Henry
and Greta Sendlak; brother of the late
Alvin (Katherine) Eye; also survived by
nieces and nephews. Friends may call
Wednesday from 7-9 PM and Thursday
2-4 and 7-9 PM at the DIETRICH
FUNERAL HOME, INC., 2480 Kensington
Ave., Amherst. A Mass of Christian
Burial will be celebrated on Friday
at 9:30 AM at St. Aloysius Gonzaga
Church, 157 Cleveland Dr., Cheektowaga,
where memorials may be made
in lieu of flowers. Please assemble
at church. Fred was a lifelong active
member of the I. U. O. E. Local 17 Operating
Engineers. Online condolences
at www.TheDietrichFuneralHome.com Oct. 25, 1929 – Nov. 16, 2014

Frederick W. Eye, of Snyder, a retired operating engineer who trained other operating engineers, died Sunday in St. John Baptist Hospice House after a short illness. He was 85.

Born in Buffalo, he was a 1948 graduate of Seneca Vocational High School.

Mr. Eye began working as a crane operator in 1949 and spent many years helping build the Southern Tier Expressway.

After he retired in 1975, he became an instructor at the training school operated by Local 17 of the International Union of Operating Engineers. From 1988 until he retired in 1991, he was administrative manager of the school.

He was a member of Local 17 for more than 60 years and served as an officer.

Mr. Eye was a parishioner for more than 60 years at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Catholic Church, was an officer in the Holy Name Society and was a member of the senior citizens group.

He also was active in the Amherst Senior Citizens, where he enjoyed playing cards regularly, and spent winters in Clearwater, Fla.

His wife of 60 years, the former Nancy T. Klawon, died in 2012.

Survivors include a son, Steven; two daughters, Sandra Sendlak and Barbara Stanley; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 9:30 a.m. Friday in St. Aloysius Gonzaga Church, 157 Cleveland Drive, Cheektowaga