Francis C. Dolan

b. circa June 1925, d. 13 November 1995
  • Francis C. Dolan was born circa June 1925 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York.
  • He was known as Frank.
  • Charles F. Braas and Anna C. Rieger appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 1324 South Avenue. Other members of the household included Francis C. Dolan, Francis Joseph Dolan, Winifred Caroline Rieger and Anne Marie Dolan.
  • Francis Joseph Dolan and Winifred Caroline Rieger appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 2933 Macklem Avenue. Other members of the household included Francis C. Dolan, Anne Marie Dolan.
  • The following appeared in April 1960 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: (Niagara Personality, by Dick Utts) A Falls man, who remembers much of this city when it was apple orchards and fields, has served as the agent in seeing much of this land turned into industrial and commercial property.
         He is Francis J. Dolan, property agent for the Niagara Falls District of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. He also is a private real estate broker licensed by the State of New York.
         From his office in the Niagara Mohawk building, at Third St. and Walnut Ave., Mr. Dolan can view the busy street and some of the property which he helped to develop in both of his business roles. He has a third interest, one in which he says he is not overly active, that of vice president and director of the Maid of the Mist Steamship Co.
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         He and his wife, the former Miss Winifred Braas, successfully raised four children. Their home, at 2933 Macklem Ave., and their summer cottage near Wilson have been places where the childrten, and now the grandchildren, enjoy gathering with their friends.
         Son Frank C. Dolan will be ordained a Catholic priest in the Jesuit Order at Fordham University on June 18, He will celebrate his first High Mass at St. Teresa of the Infant Jesus Church, in this city, on June 26.
         Son Robert is Dr. Robert J. Dolan of Lewiston. Ann Dolan Moody is the wife of Dr. William R. Moody, a Lewiston dentist. Carol is the wife of Charles R. Turner Jr., of Amherst.
         Mr. Dolan came to Niagara Falls at the age of eight. He was educated at St. Mary's Parochial School, Niagara Falls High School and Niagara University. His business courses at Niagara were interrupted in 1917 when he enlisted and went overseas with the Army. He returned here to becoma a partner in the Lynch-Dolan Clothing Store in Falls St., and later in Main St. He joined the power company in 1933.
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  • The following appeared on 2 June 1960 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: The Rev. Francis C. Dolan, S.J., son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Dolan, 2933 Macklem Ave., will be ordained to the priesthood by Francis Cardinal Spellman June 18 at Fordham University, New York City. [:CR;]      After receiving his early education at Sacred Heart Parochial School and North Junior High School, Father Dolan graduated from the Niagara Falls High School in 1943. In that same year he matriculated at Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass. before entering the service during World War II when he served in Europe with an engineer combat battalion of the U.S. 3rd Army. [:CR;]      In 1947 he entered the Jesuit novitiate at Poughkeepsie, where he also made his classical studies before going to Woodstock, Mr. in 1951 for studies in philosophy and science which he completed at Bellarmine College, Plattsburgh, in 1954. [:CR;]      From 1954 to 1957 he was assigned to the Philippines where he taught at the Ateneo de Davao, a Jesuit school in Davao City on the southern island of Mindanao. In the summer of 1957 he returned to the United States to begin his theological studies at Woodstock College, Md. [:CR;]      Father Dolan will celebrate his first Solemn Mass at Saint Teresa of the Infant Jesus Church here on June 26 at noon. [:CR;]      Assisting the celebrant will be the Rev. Leo Glynn, pastor of Saint Teresa of the Infant Jesus Church. The Rev. Francis J. Hart, S.J., will be the deacon. [:CR;]      The sermon will be preached by the Rev. William J. Gleason, S.J., rector of Bellarmine College, Plattsburg. A reception will be held in the school hall after the Mass.
  • The following appeared on 3 October 1965 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: . . . [a year ago] Mr. and Mrs. Dolan went to the Philippines to visit their son, the Rev. Frank C. Dolan, who is a Jusuit missionary there. Father Dolan had been on assignment there since July 1962, and it was the first time his parents had seen him since then.
         Mr. and Mrs. Dolan are off on another trip. They left for the West Coast Saturday.
  • The following appeared on 1 October 1971 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: [Died] In Mt. St. Mary's Hospital, Sept. 30, 1971, Francis J. Dolan of 2933 Macklem Avenue. Husband of Winifred Braas Dolan, father of Mrs. William R. (Anne) Moody, Lewiston; Mrs. Charles R. (Carol) Turner Jr., Snyder; Rev. Frank C. Dolan S.J., Davao, Philippine Islands; Dr. Robert J. Dolan of Rochester, N.Y. Brother of James M. Dolan; Thomas L. Dolan; Mrs. Joseph (Mary) Sheeley, all of this city. Also survived by 16 grandchildren. Brother of the late Mrs. John V. (Margaret) Hogan and John W. Dolan. Funeral services will be held from the Rhoney Funeral Home, Inc., 1124 Ontario Avenue, Monday at 9:30 a.m. and in St. Teresa of the Infant Jesus Church at 10 a.m. Interment in Gate of Heaven Cemetery. The family will be present 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Members of the Holy Name Society at St. Teresa's Church will met to recite the Rosary Sunday evening at 8 p.m.
  • Francis C. Dolan died on 13 November 1995 in Manila, Philippine Islands.
  • The following appeared on 17 November 1995 in The Buffalo News: A Mass of Christian Burial for the Rev. Francis C. Dolan, a native of Niagara Falls, was offered today in the Jesuit House of Studies in Manila, the Philippines. Burial was in Manila.
         Father Dolan, 70, died Monday (Nov. 13, 1995) in Manila after a brief illness.
         He had attended Sacred Heart Catholic School here and graduated from Niagara Falls High School and Holy Cross College.
         He served in the Army during World War II.
         He entered the Society of Jesus at St. Andrew on the Hudson in 1947. He completed his studies at Bellarmine College and Woodstock Theologate, and was ordained at Fordham University in 1960.
         After his ordination, he lived at Canisius High School in Buffalo and served as chaplain at Kenmore Mercy Hospital in the Town of Tonawanda. In 1962, he went to the Philippines then returned to Niagara Falls in 1971 to spend a year as chaplain at Mount St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston.
         He then went back to the Philippines, where he served Jesuit colleges and seminaries as a professor of theology, administrator and spiritual director until his death.
         Survivors include a brother, Dr. Robert J., and a sister, Carol Turner, both of Rochester.
  • Last Edited: 10 Jan 2015