The Passing of Broadway Market Icon Dorothy Malczewski, the Butter Lamb Lady

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There is nothing more symbolic of the Broadway Market at Easter than the butter lamb.  The person responsible for making the butter lamb a Western New York staple for Easter is Dorothy Malczewski.  Sadly, this icon of the Broadway Market passed away over the weekend.

Here is a link to obituary in the Buffalo News—>

This is from a article local writer Christina Abt wrote about the Butter Lamb Lady in 2012:

The Broadway Market is founded on heritage and food traditions, and one of those most integral to those traditions is Dorothy Gondek Malczewski, The Butter Lamb Lady.

For those unfamiliar, Dorothy started making butter lambs in her home in the early 1970′s.  She remembered her mother manufacturing the Easter treats using a simple wooden mold that her father brought with him when he imigrated from Poland.  Her memory of those specially shaped butters inspired Dorothy to start producing and selling them at her meat stand at the Broadway Market.  Today, Dorothy’s butter lambs have become an Easter tradition for WNY’ers and for butter lovers throughtout the North Eastern United States.

Here is a video which accompanied the piece…a must watch:

And here is a video by WKBW’s Mike Randall from 1989:

Dorothy Malczewski will forever be tied to the Butter Lamb and the Broadway Market.  Not only was she a Broadway Market icon, she was part of the fabric of what makes Buffalo Buffalo.  May she rest in peace.