Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz today issued the following statement on the passing of Wayne D. Wisbaum, a longtime member of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Board of Trustees and partner at Kavinoky Cook LLP. A friend of the County Executive’s, Mr. Wisbaum was active in a number of charities and community causes. He passed away on Saturday, December 30.

Poloncarz said, “Wayne D. Wisbaum was a philanthropic pillar of the greater Buffalo community, always willing to help out cultural organizations, including our beloved Library system, the Buffalo Philharmonic and the Buffalo Zoo. I also got to know Wayne Wisbaum on a different level - as a friend and legal mentor - having had the pleasure to work with him at Kavinoky Cook. My deepest condolences go to wife Janet and his family. He will be missed by all who knew him.”

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