Samuel Frank BUFFONE Born March 15, 1917 in Beyer, Pennsylvania; passed peacefully away January 4, 2005 in Seattle, WA. A loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Survived by his loving wife of 59 years, Helen Jean Buffone; his four loving daughters, Lynn and Rich Phipps, Jamie and Jeff Haala, Terri and Kim Alexander, Lisa and Darren DeLapp; grandchildren, Sam and Karen McDaniel, Adam and Kelly Phipps, Neil and Leitha Mydske, Joseph and Sarah Haala, Kim Jr., Jennifer and Ryan Alexander, and Anthony and Ashley DeLapp; and great-grandson Fallon Mydske. Funeral Mass will be celebrated Friday, January 7th, at 11 a.m. at St. Alphonsus Church. Interment, Holyrood Cemetery. Hoffner Fisher & Harvey Published in print on 1/5/2005. Seattle Times