Family/Spouse: HOLLAND, Carol M. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BISHARA, Ray William

Robert + WYNN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 8/3/1953

Alexander Saad Bishara, 1349
Linwood avenue, died today in
Memorial hospital, after a short
illness. He was born in Lebanon
39 years. He was a retired emand
had resided here for the last
ploye of the Aluminum Company
of America.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Nettie
Bishara, and six sons, Carl,
George, Frank, Robert, Joseph
Bishara, all of this city, .and Fred
Bishara, L e b a n o n , and three
daughters, Mrs. Ernest Wasmund,
Mrs. James Slaiman and Miss
May Bishara, all of this city.
He is also survived by six sisters
and one brother, all of Lebanon.
Funeral services will be held at
2 p. m. Thursday at the Otto Redanz
Funeral home and at 2:30 p.
m. at St. George's O r t h o d ox
church, the Rev. Gabriel Salhany
officiating. Interment will be in
Oakwood cemetery.

Alexander + Nettie A. Nettie was born about 1896 in Lebanon; died on 15 Jun 1966 in Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 6/16/1966

Mrs. Nettie A. Bishara, 70, of
1349 Linwood Ave., a founding
member of the St George Syrian
Greek Orthodox
Church,
died in Memor
i a l Hospital
Wed n e s d a y
(June 15, 1966)
after b e i ng
stricken ill at
her home.
Mrs. Bishara
w a s born in
Lebanon and
was a resident
of this city for
t he l a s t 52
years. She was
a charter member of the St.
George's Ladies Society, a
member of Riverdale Rebecca
Lodge No. 195 and the Golden
Age Club. of .Whitney Avenue
School.
Her husband, Alex Bishara,
died in 1953.
Surviving are five sons, Carl,
Frank, Robert and Joseph Bishara,
this city, and Faud Bishara,
in Lebanon; three daughters,
Mrs. Ernest (Mary) Wasmund,
Mrs. James (Mabel)
Slaiman, and Mrs. May Smith,
all of this city. 25 grandchildren
and one great grandchild!
Another son, George S. Bishara,
predeceased her.
Funeral services will be held
at the Otto Redanz Funeral
Home Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
and at 1 p.m. at the St. George'
Syrian Greek Orthodox Church.
Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.
The family said that contributions
to the building fund of
St. George's Church will be acceptable
as tributes.

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 8/30/1965

PENN YAN - Yates County
Coroner Morris Burke today
issued certificates of accidental
death by drowning for two
Niagara Falls residents.
Charles Wynn, 69, of 454
Seventh St., and his grandson,
William G. Bishara, 14, of 456
Seventh St., drowned during
a fishing trip Sunday on the
wind-swept waters of Canandaigua
Lake, about 15 miles
northwest of here.
Ray J. Bishara, 16, William's
brother, and John B. Cox, 17,
of 624 Sixth St., both of Niagara
Falls, have been released
from F. F. Thompson
Hospital, Canandaigua, where
they were treated for exposure.
William was a 10th grade
student at South Junior High
School. He was a member of
the LaSalle J u n i o r Sports
mans Club.
Survivors include his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Bishara, at home; a grandmother,
Mrs. Charles Wynn
and three b r o t h e r s , Jay
Charles, Robert Richard and
Ray.
Mr. Wynn lived here for
25 years. He was a guard at
the Great Lakes Carbon Co.
plant here for the last 15
years.
He was a member of the
LaSalle Sportman's Club.
Survivors include his wife,
two daughters, Mrs. Nelson
Miller of Scranton, Pa., and
Mrs. Robert Bishara, of this
city; a son, Francis, of this
city; a sister, Mrs. Anna
Walsh, of Scranton. Pa., and
16 grandchildren and 10 greatgrandchildren.
Funeral services for the
victims will be held at the
Magaddino Memorial Chapel
Inc., at 8:45 a.m. Thursday
and at Our Lady of Lebanon
Church at 9:30 a.m. Burial
will be in St. Joseph Cemetery.
Friends may call at the
funeral home from 7 p.m. to
10 p.m. today and from 2 p.m.
to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Yates County Sheriff George
Spike said the four were in
a 12-foot aluminum boat that
was capsized by high winds
and waves about 150 feet
from shore in 12 feet of water.
The party had been fishing
from about 7:30 a.m. and were
moving to a new location at
10 a.m. when the outboard
motor, failed, and the boat
drifted into the wind.
Ray Bishara h e l p e d his
brother William to the surface
twice before the boy slipped
from his grasp.
Robert E. Kesel, 45, of Rochester,
was at his cottage on the
eastern shore of the lake when
he heard cries for help. Mr.
Kesel and his son, Gregory,
18, launched their boat and
rushed to the scene.