Owen Augustine MCNIFF, Jr.

1925 - 2007  (81 years)

• Name	Owen Augustine MCNIFF
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	25 Aug 1925	Ayer, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Jan 2007	Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
  Buried	West Suffield Cemetery, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
  Notes	Obituary: Amherst Bulletin: Owen McNiff Jr. Amherst-Owen Augustine McNiff Jr., 81, of Greenleaves Drive, formerly of Hadley and Suffield, Conn., died Wednesday at SunBridge in Hadley. He was born in Ayer on Aug. 25, 1925, the son of the late Helen Marie (Furbush) and Owen A. McNiff Sr. Owen was married to Helen Margaret Logan in the First Congregational Church in Hadley on April 23, 1949, and was a 1943 graduate of Hopkins Academy. Throughout his life, Owen was a dedicated farmer who loved the land and the view from the tractor. He had been the manager and owner of McNiff Farms in Hadley and Whately, worked for Consolidated Cigar, and recently retired from Baker Nurseries in West Suffield. His hobbies included gardening, forecasting the weather, analyzing the news, politics and the Red Sox, keeping a daily journal, and reading. He loved family gatherings, all aircraft, vacationing at Daytona Beach and Disney World, watching space shuttle takeoffs and landings at Cape Canaveral, and the family cottage in Hinsdale. Owen was especially proud of his conservation award-winning farming, his pilot’s license, and for having flown a P-51 Mustang “Crazy Horse” in Florida last year. He leaves his beloved children, Katherine (Kitty) McNiff James and her husband, Peter James, of South Deerfield, CW4 Ret. Owen A. McNiff III and his wife, Eun Jeong, of Round Hill, Va., and Amy S. McNiff of South Windsor, Conn. His son, Master Sgt. Patrick C. McNiff, USAF, predeceased him in 2001. Owen was a proud grandfather of Garrett James of Santa Cruz, Calif., Griffin James, of Cambridge, Courtney Manning and Shea Manning, of South Windsor, Sean Patrick McNiff, of East Windsor, Conn., Paul McNiff and his wife, Jin, of Pyeongtek, South Korea, and their daughter, Sara Jin. He also leaves his daughter-in-law, Katherine Ripley McNiff, his son-in-law, Timothy Manning, and his wonderful nieces, nephews, cousins and extended family. Owen was predeceased by his brothers, Walter F. McNiff, of California, Col. Frank L. McNiff, USAF, of Texas; his sister, Helen Lorraine Bailey, of Florida; his cousins, Henry “Buzz” McNiff, of Sedona, Ariz., and John (Jack) O’Connell, of Westford, whom he thought of as brothers. Funeral services for Owen have been entrusted to Wrisley Funeral Home, 90 Sugarloaf St., South Deerfield. Calling hours will be on Thursday, Jan. 11, from 6 to 8 p.m. A service celebrating his life will be at the First Congregational Church, Middle Street, Hadley, on Friday, Jan. 12, at 10 a.m., with a reception for friends and family at the church following the service. Burial will be in West Suffield. Cards of condolence may be sent to Helen L. McNiff, The Suffield House, 1 Canal Road, Suffield, CT 06078. Memorial contributions may be sent to the Blood Bank, Cooley Dickinson Hospital, P.O. Box 329, Northampton, MA 01060-0329, whose caring staff enriched Owen’s life during treatment for his illness.” SSDI: Name: Owen A. McNiff SSN: 266-38-9384 Last Residence: 01002 Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts Born: 25 Aug 1925 Died: 3 Jan 2007 State (Year) SSN issued: Florida (Before 1951)
  Person ID	I3667	Lowell&Block
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2018

  
  

  Father	Owen Augustine MCNIFF,   b. 21 Aug 1893, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 1 Jun 1985, Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Helen Marie FURBUSH,   b. 26 Aug 1897, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 29 Jul 1970, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Married	27 Nov 1918	Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F646	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helen Margaret LOGAN,   b. 12 Aug 1928, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 11 Jun 2014, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Married	23 Apr 1949	Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
  Children	1. Katherine “Kitty” MCNIFF   2. Owen Augustine MCNIFF, III   3. Patrick Carroll MCNIFF,   b. 23 Oct 1963, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 19 Mar 2001, Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA  (Age 37 years)   4. Amy S. MCNIFF
  Family ID	F1534	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 25 Aug 1925 - Ayer, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Married - 23 Apr 1949 - Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Died - 3 Jan 2007 - Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Buried - - West Suffield Cemetery, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA  = Link to Google Earth