John Charles Tynan

1924 - 2009  (85 years)

• Name	John Charles Tynan  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	3 Jan 1924	Fredonia, Chautauqua, New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Nov 2009	Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA
  Burial	Gardenville, Erie County, New York, USA
  Person ID	I3176	Branches and Roots
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	John Augustus (Gus) Tynan,   b. 4 Aug 1887, Troy, Rensselaer, New York d. 27 Nov 1963, Chautauqua, New York, USA (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Anna Mary Hout,   b. 3 Feb 1886, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, USA d. 21 Nov 1941, Fredonia, Chautauqua, New York, USA (Age 55 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	20 Jun 1916	Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, USA
  Family ID	F688	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothy Ann Ebert,   b. 26 Jan 1926, Dunkirk, Chautauqua, New York, USA d. 1 Jul 2000, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	28 Sep 1946	Dunkirk, Chautauqua, New York, USA
  Children	+ 1. Patricia Ann Tynan,   b. 5 Jul 1947, Dunkirk, Chautauqua, New York, USA d. 31 May 2013, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. Living + 3. Michael James Tynan,   b. 13 Mar 1952, Dunkirk, Chautauqua, New York, USA d. 13 Nov 2006, West Seneca, Erie, New York, USA (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 4. Living
  Family ID	F283	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  John C. Tynan Sr., retired Bell Aerospace analytical chemist Updated: December 09, 2009, 12:25 pm / Published: December 09, 2009, 12:30 am Jan. 3, 1924-Nov. 21, 2009 John C. Tynan Sr., a retired Bell Aerospace analytical chemist who worked on the Manhattan Project and the U. S. manned spaceflight programs, died Nov. 21 in his West Seneca home after a seven-month battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 85. Born in Fredonia, he was a graduate of St. Mary’s High School in Dunkirk and earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Canisius College in 1944. After graduation, he worked for the Linde Air Products division of Union Carbide on the Manhattan Project to develop the first atomic bomb, then for Direct Laboratories. At Bell for 34 years, he worked on rocket propellants for the Rascal, Agena, Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space programs. He was a member of the Bell Management Club and the Quarter Century Club. After retiring in 1987, he was a consultant for Atlantic Research Corp. A communicant at Fourteen Holy Helpers Catholic Church for 54 years, he was a past president of the parish Holy Name Society. Mr Tynan enjoyed golfing and bowling, and competed in many local tournaments. His wife of 53 years, Dorothy Ebert Tynan, died in 2000. Surviving are two sons, John C. Jr. and William P., and a daughter, Patricia Keene. A memorial Mass will be offered at 11:30 a. m. Saturday in Fourteen Holy Helpers Church, 1345 Indian Church Road, West Seneca. Social Security Death Index Social Security Death Index Name: John C. Tynan SSN: 063-18-2412 Last Residence: 14224 Buffalo, Erie, New York Born: 3 Jan 1924 Died: 21 Nov 2009 State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951) John C. Tynan Sr., retired Bell Aerospace analytical chemist Updated: December 09, 2009, 12:25 pm / Published: December 09, 2009, 12:30 am Jan. 3, 1924-Nov. 21, 2009 John C. Tynan Sr., a retired Bell Aerospace analytical chemist who worked on the Manhattan Project and the U. S. manned spaceflight programs, died Nov. 21 in his West Seneca home after a seven-month battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 85. Born in Fredonia, he was a graduate of St. Mary’s High School in Dunkirk and earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Canisius College in 1944. After graduation, he worked for the Linde Air Products division of Union Carbide on the Manhattan Project to develop the first atomic bomb, then for Direct Laboratories. At Bell for 34 years, he worked on rocket propellants for the Rascal, Agena, Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space programs. He was a member of the Bell Management Club and the Quarter Century Club. After retiring in 1987, he was a consultant for Atlantic Research Corp. A communicant at Fourteen Holy Helpers Catholic Church for 54 years, he was a past president of the parish Holy Name Society. Mr Tynan enjoyed golfing and bowling, and competed in many local tournaments. His wife of 53 years, Dorothy Ebert Tynan, died in 2000. Surviving are two sons, John C. Jr. and William P., and a daughter, Patricia Keene. A memorial Mass will be offered at 11:30 a. m. Saturday in Fourteen Holy Helpers Church, 1345 Indian Church Road, West Seneca. Social Security Death Index Social Security Death Index Name: John C. Tynan SSN: 063-18-2412 Last Residence: 14224 Buffalo, Erie, New York Born: 3 Jan 1924 Died: 21 Nov 2009 State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951) John C. Tynan Sr., retired Bell Aerospace analytical chemist Updated: December 09, 2009, 12:25 pm / Published: December 09, 2009, 12:30 am Jan. 3, 1924-Nov. 21, 2009 John C. Tynan Sr., a retired Bell Aerospace analytical chemist who worked on the Manhattan Project and the U. S. manned spaceflight programs, died Nov. 21 in his West Seneca home after a seven-month battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 85. Born in Fredonia, he was a graduate of St. Mary’s High School in Dunkirk and earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Canisius College in 1944. After graduation, he worked for the Linde Air Products division of Union Carbide on the Manhattan Project to develop the first atomic bomb, then for Direct Laboratories. At Bell for 34 years, he worked on rocket propellants for the Rascal, Agena, Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space programs. He was a member of the Bell Management Club and the Quarter Century Club. After retiring in 1987, he was a consultant for Atlantic Research Corp. A communicant at Fourteen Holy Helpers Catholic Church for 54 years, he was a past president of the parish Holy Name Society. Mr Tynan enjoyed golfing and bowling, and competed in many local tournaments. His wife of 53 years, Dorothy Ebert Tynan, died in 2000. Surviving are two sons, John C. Jr. and William P., and a daughter, Patricia Keene. A memorial Mass will be offered at 11:30 a. m. Saturday in Fourteen Holy Helpers Church, 1345 Indian Church Road, West Seneca. Social Security Death Index Social Security Death Index Name: John C. Tynan SSN: 063-18-2412 Last Residence: 14224 Buffalo, Erie, New York Born: 3 Jan 1924 Died: 21 Nov 2009 State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951) John C. Tynan Sr., retired Bell Aerospace analytical chemist Updated: December 09, 2009, 12:25 pm / Published: December 09, 2009, 12:30 am Jan. 3, 1924-Nov. 21, 2009 John C. Tynan Sr., a retired Bell Aerospace analytical chemist who worked on the Manhattan Project and the U. S. manned spaceflight programs, died Nov. 21 in his West Seneca home after a seven-month battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 85. Born in Fredonia, he was a graduate of St. Mary’s High School in Dunkirk and earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Canisius College in 1944. After graduation, he worked for the Linde Air Products division of Union Carbide on the Manhattan Project to develop the first atomic bomb, then for Direct Laboratories. At Bell for 34 years, he worked on rocket propellants for the Rascal, Agena, Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space programs. He was a member of the Bell Management Club and the Quarter Century Club. After retiring in 1987, he was a consultant for Atlantic Research Corp. A communicant at Fourteen Holy Helpers Catholic Church for 54 years, he was a past president of the parish Holy Name Society. Mr Tynan enjoyed golfing and bowling, and competed in many local tournaments. His wife of 53 years, Dorothy Ebert Tynan, died in 2000. Surviving are two sons, John C. Jr. and William P., and a daughter, Patricia Keene. A memorial Mass will be offered at 11:30 a. m. Saturday in Fourteen Holy Helpers Church, 1345 Indian Church Road, West Seneca. Social Security Death Index Social Security Death Index Name: John C. Tynan SSN: 063-18-2412 Last Residence: 14224 Buffalo, Erie, New York Born: 3 Jan 1924 Died: 21 Nov 2009 State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951)

  
  

• Sources

  [S238] Staff, Westfield News, The Obituary, (Name: Westfield News, The; Location: Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; Date: 06JUN2013;), Obituary: Keene, Patricia A. (Tynan). WESTFIELD - Patricia A. (Tynan) Keene, 65, passed away after a brief illness on Friday, May 31, 2013. She was born in Dunkirk, NY on July 5, 1947, a daughter of the late John C. and Dorothy A. (Ebert) Tynan. She was a 41 year Westfield resident and was previously employed at Staples as a customer service representative. She was the wife of the late Donald Keene who died in 1999. She is survived by two daughters: Jacqueline Pelc and her husband PJ of Whately, MA and Theresa O’Brien and her husband John of Hope Valley, RI. She also leaves two brothers, John Tynan of Pennsylvania, and William Tynan of New York. She will be sadly missed by four grandchildren: Taylor, Shawn, Zach, and Andy, and dear friends Terry and Michelle Martin of Westfield. She was predeceased by her brother, Michael Tynan. A celebration of her life will be held on Monday, June 10 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the Legacy Funeral Home, 4 Princeton Street in Westfield. Please visit www.legacy-funeralhome.com for more information. Westfield News, The: 06JUN2013 HFA: 15FEB2023 [S93] Staff, Buffalo News, The, (Name: Buffalo News, The; Location: Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States; Date: 31MAR1999;), Tynan, Dorothy (Ebert). 03JUL2000. Dorothy Ebert Tynan, 74, of West Seneca died Saturday (July 1, 2000) in Mercy Hospital after a brief illness. A Dunkirk native, Mrs. Tynan was an elementary school teacher at 14 Holy Helpers School in Gardenville for about eight years, beginning in 1958. She is survived by her husband of 53 years, John C.; a daughter, Patricia Keene of Southwick, Mass.; three sons, John Jr. of Dover, Pa., Michael of West Seneca and William of Rochester; three brothers, William "Jack" Ebert Jr. of Show Low, Ariz., and Richard and Henry Ebert, both of Dunkirk; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. A memorial Mass will be offered at 9 a.m. Thursday in 14 Holy Helpers Catholic Church, 1345 Indian Church Road, Gardenville. Mrs. Tynan's body was donated to the University at Buffalo Anatomical Center. Buffalo News, The: 03JUL2000 HFA: 08OCT2023 [S93] Staff, Buffalo News, The, (Name: Buffalo News, The; Location: Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States; Date: 31MAR1999;), Tynan, Michael J. TYNAN-Michael J. "Tripper" Of West Seneca, NY, November 13, 2006; beloved husband of Julie A. (nee Parzymieso); dearest father of Melissa, Jennifer (Robert Lane), Dylan M., Mallory and Miranda Tynan, both of Texas; cherished grandfather of Justin Tynan; son of John and the late Dorothy Tynan; brother of Patricia (late Donald) Keene, John (Michele) and William (Libby) Tynan; son-in-law of Constance Parzymieso; brother-in-law of Rosemary (George) Page and Susan (Dennis) Pfeiffer; also survived by many nieces and nephews. Family will be present Wednesday 7-9 PM and Thursday 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the HOY FUNERAL HOME, INC., 3855 Seneca St., West Seneca where prayers will be said Friday morning at 8:30 followed by a Mass of Christian Burial from Fourteen Holy Helpers Church at 9:00. Friends invited. Flowers gratefully declined. To Plant Memorial Trees in memory, please visit our Sympathy Store. Buffalo News: 15NOV2006 HFA: 08OCT2023 [S372] Dunkirk Evening News, Tynan, Anna M. (Hout). Mrs. Anna M Tynan, wife of John Tynan, of 238 W. Main St. Fredonia, died this morning in the Brooks Hospital after a short illness. She was born at Emporium, Pennsylvania Feb. 3, 1886, but had been a resident of Fredonia for a number of years. She was a member of St. Joseph's Church and of the Rosary Society of that Church. Besides her husband, she leaves two children, Winifred Ann and John Charles Tynan of Fredonia; four sisters, Mrs. Richard Bichie of Portsmouth, Ohio, Mrs. Harold Stockley, Alhambra, California, Mrs. Herbert Livers and Miss Genevieve Haut, Akron, Ohio; five brothers, Andrew Haut, Muskegon. Ohio; Ralph Haut, Emporium, Pennsylvania; Carl Haut, Dunkirk; Charles Haut, Jr, Canton, Ohio and Leon Haut, Akron, Ohio. Dunkirk Evening News: 21NOV1941