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In Memoriam: Kay Johnson-Gentile

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The Buffalo State University community is saddened by the death of Kay Johnson-Gentile, associate professor emerita of elementary education and reading, who died November 11, 2025. Dr. Johnson-Gentile joined the campus in 1990 and retired in 2003. She is survived by her husband, Ronald Gilmore; her son, Christopher Johnson, and his wife, Becky, and their children and grandchildren; her brother, Rex Burgher, and his sister, Lois Kaznica, and their families. A service celebrating Dr. Johnson-Gentile's life will be held this coming summer at a time to be announced. More information is available online.