Gloria Zemer met Joan Wozer only twice, but she is thankful every day for the woman who sold her Fubbins, her golden retriever.
“It makes me grateful for Joan all the time,” Zemer said this week, less than 48 hours after Wozer, 62, and her four golden retrievers died in a fire at her home on Spaulding Drive in Clarence. “I sent her notes to remind her that the joy she provides others is immense.”
Zemer, a Hamburg entrepreneur; Wozer’s close friend Cathy Lapoint; and Krissi Miranda of the SPCA Serving Erie County were three of dozens who spoke with The Buffalo News or on social media about Wozer’s passion for golden retrievers, which complemented her career as a nurse at John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital and previously at Sisters of Charity Hospital’s St. Joseph Campus.
“She was such a nurturing person – it was a perfect job for that,” Lapoint said of her friend’s nursing career.
The Erie County Sheriff’s Office reported late Sunday afternoon that deputies are investigating the cause of a fatal fire that occurred earlier in the day at a Clarence home in Spaulding Lake.
The hospital environment allowed her to care for mothers and babies, and the litters of dogs she bred over four decades showcased a similar, if more playful,…
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