{"id":3195,"date":"2024-09-30T10:11:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T14:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/?p=3195"},"modified":"2024-09-30T10:11:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T14:11:06","slug":"obituary-notice-franklin-w-matney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/?p=3195","title":{"rendered":"Obituary Notice &#8211; Franklin W. Matney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/MatneyF.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3196\" src=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/MatneyF.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"228\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>DUNKIRK:&nbsp; Franklin W. Matney, 73, of Swan Street, Dunkirk, passed away Thursday, September 26th, 2024 at Buffalo General Medical Center.&nbsp; He was born in Silver Creek on December 22, 1950, the son of the late William and Josephine (Porpiglia) Matney.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; Franklin was a graduate of Silver Creek Central School, Class of 1969 and received his Associates Degree from JCC.&nbsp; He worked in the sales &amp; service industry for many years and was currently working with Chautauqua County Rural Ministries in Dunkirk.&nbsp; Franklin was a member of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton RC Church, Dunkirk.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; He was a die-hard Buffalo Bills fan, a handyman, loved going for walks, listening to classic rock and being with his family.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;Survivors include two daughters, Kelly (Brad) Fanale, of Forestville; Jenna L. Matney, of Fredonia; a sister, Janice (Robert) Manning, of Fredonia; and a brother, Donald (Judy) Matney, of Silver Creek.&nbsp; Also surviving are his previous wife &amp; current companion Bonnie F. Orchard of Silver Creek, seven grandchildren and several nieces &amp; nephews.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The family suggests memorials may be made to Chautauqua County Rural Ministry, 319 Washington Avenue Dunkirk, NY 14048.&nbsp; Arrangements are by Riles &amp; Woolley Funeral Home, Forestville.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; To post condolences or memories go to www.rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUNKIRK:&nbsp; Franklin W. Matney, 73, of Swan Street, Dunkirk, passed away Thursday, September 26th, 2024 at Buffalo General Medical Center.&nbsp; He was born in Silver Creek on December 22, 1950,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3197,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3195\/revisions\/3197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}