Michael D. Rhoney, 80, prominent Niagara County funeral director
July 25, 1942 – March 3, 2023 Michael D. Rhoney, prominent among funeral directors locally and statewide, died March 3 under care of Niagara Hospic...
July 25, 1942 – March 3, 2023 Michael D. Rhoney, prominent among funeral directors locally and statewide, died March 3 under care of Niagara Hospice in his Lewiston home. He was 80. Born in Niagara Falls, one of six children, he was the son of Vincent Rhoney, who founded the Rhoney Funeral Home on Ontario Street in Niagara Falls in 1938. He attended Sacred Heart School and was a 1961 graduate of Bishop Duffy High School. Like his older brother James V., he went to the McAllister School of Mortuary Science in New York City, then joined his father and brother as a funeral director in 1965.