Family/Spouse: Ruth. Ruth was born on 5 Jan 1925 in PA; died on 11 May 2008 in Palm Bay, Brevard County, FL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. REES, Vernon George

Notes:

Funeral Rites Held For Ex-NT Resident
Funeral services for Asa E. Rees. 73, a former resident of North Tonawanda, who died Saturday night in Olean General Hospital, were conducted yesterday at Port Allegany, Pa. Mr. Rees lived in North Tonawanda for many years and was employed by Bell Aircraft and later by the International Paper Co. He is survived by his wife, the former Mertie Blakeslee; four sons, Lyle of Smethport, Pa., Wayne and Vernon of North Tonawanda, and Dana Rees of Tonawanda, and three daughters, Miss Wava Rees of Smethport and Mrs. Donna Reitsch and Mrs. Delia Kirschner of North Tonawanda

Asa married BLAKESLEE, Mertie Alzina on 28 Mar 1912 in Smethport, McKean County, PA. Mertie (daughter of BLAKESLEE, Curtis Wilmot and RASEY, Della G) was born on 25 Apr 1893 in Spartansburg, Crawford County, PA; died on 15 Apr 1974 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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REES - Mertie Alzina Rees, 80, of 33 Spruce St., North Tonawanda,
Monday (April 15, 1974) in Mt. View Hospital, Lockport. Born in Spartansburg, Pa., she was the wife of the late Asa E. Rees. She had resided in North Tonawanda for 31 years. She is survived by four sons, Lyle A. (Helen) Rees, Smethport, Pa., Wayne C. (Mary) Rees, Vernon G. (Ruth) Rees and Dana L. Rees, all of North Tonawanda; three daughters. Miss Wava M. Rees, Mrs. Melvin J. (Donna) Reitsch and Mrs. Rudolph D. (Delia) Kirschner, all of North Tonawanda. Also surviving are 20 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. The family will be present from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Sweitzer Funeral Home in Port Allegany, Pa., where services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday. Interment in Fairview Cemetery, Port Allegany, Pa. Flowers are gratefully declined. Memorial donations may be made to the
Diabetic Association.

George + CHAMPLIN, Alta Adelia. Alta was born on 14 Dec 1862 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY; died in 1947 in Keating, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Curtis married RASEY, Della G in 1889 in PA. Della was born on 8 Aug 1865 in PA; died on 14 Mar 1942 in Sullivan Hollow, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Portville NY Review - 3/19/1942

Mrs. Delia Blakeslee, seventy-six,
widow of Curtis Blakeslee, died at
11:30 p. m. Saturday at the home of
her son Floyd Blakeslee, in Sullivan
Hollow. She had been ill for the past
four weeks.
Mrs. Blakeslee had lived in Salamanca
about nine years and In the
town of Great Valley for the past
seven years.
Besides her son, Floyd, she is survived
by a daughter, Mrs. A. E. Rees
of Smethport, Pa.: thirteen grandchildren;
one great grandchild; a
brother, Ernest Rasey of Corry, Pa.
and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Blakeslee was a former resi-
dent of Portville.

William married Chloe about 1854. Chloe was born in 1827 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]