Eva Fanara, who for many years ran Boyle’s Motor Sales with her husband Vincent, turns 100 on April 8th.
Friends and family plan to gather to celebrate their centenary.
An oak tree – a symbol of strength and longevity – is planted by her nieces in Centennial Park in Batavia.
Eva has lived in Batavia for 75 years and is the mother of Jim and John Fanara, grandmother of five and great-grandmother of nine.
Eva was born on April 8, 1923 in Buffalo. She met Vincent in 1948 and married him.
In 1949 Vincent was offered a partnership at Boyle’s Motor Sales, then located on the West Main Street Road in Batavia. He took over and ran the business.
Boyle’s, like Eva, still exists today, family members noted in an email to The Daily News.
In 1971 the Fanaras’ eldest son James joined Boyle’s and helped move the business to Oak Orchard Road in Batavia.
Eva joined the company in 1973 as secretary/treasurer.
The youngest son, John, joined the company in 1980 and expanded the business to Cassadaga in 1992. In 2000, Fanara Boyle’s family relocated from Cassadega to Jamestown where it continues to be run by Vincent’s son John and his nephew. Vincent “Vinny” Fanara.
The Batavia site was sold in 2017.
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