Amy Betros, a co-founder of St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy and a pillar on Buffalo's East Side, has died at the age of 71.

She turned 71 last week, said the Rev. Paul Seil, a retired priest. Betros died seven years to the day after St. Luke's co-founder Norm Paolini, who was also 71.

Buffalo has lost a community giant. Amy Betros, co founder of St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy died, at age 71. “She welcomed ...

Amy Betros, the director and co-founder of St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy, died on Wednesday at the age of 71. In the mid-1990s, ...

It was that 15 degree below zero wind chill morning, a week or so ago, that Amy Betros, Co-Director of Saint Luke’s Mission of Mercy was standing out in the extreme cold excited to provide so ...

Charlene Mallory was wearing her signature Buffalo Bills #17 jersey and Amy Betros, the co-founder of the 30 years young mission in one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods, was seated very close ...