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Buffalo News, The (NY) - September 16, 1997
Howard L. "Bink" Binkley, an employee of Buffalo Abrasives and a former production control manager for National Grinding Wheel, died Sunday (Sept. 14, 1997) in Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, Amherst, after an apparent heart attack.
Binkley, 52, of North Tonawanda, was a native of Niagara Falls.
He worked as a production control manager for National Grinding Wheel for 28 years. For the past nine years, he had worked for Buffalo Abrasives of North Tonawanda.
He was an active member of St. Matthew Lutheran Church and had been a member of its male choir.
Binkley is survived by his wife, the former Karen Camann; his parents, Howard and Ruth of North Tonawanda; three daughters, Nicole Cutter of Pendleton and Kim and Karrie, both of North Tonawanda; three brothers, Gary, Jeffrey and Mark; and two sisters, Lynne Hummel and Kathy Gibson, all of North Tonawanda.
Services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Thursday in St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 875 Eggert Drive, North Tonawanda. Burial will be in St. Matthew Lutheran Cemetery, Wheatfield

Howard married CAMANN, Karen Suzanne on 6 Apr 1969 in Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, Bergholz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Karen (daughter of CAMANN, Roland Erwin and MILLEVILLE, Bernice Arleen) was born on 4 Mar 1947 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 6 Mar 2011 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BINKLEY, Nicole Joy
2. BINKLEY, Kim Suzanne
3. BINKLEY, Karrie Beth

Howard married REISIG, Ruth Elizabeth on 15 Aug 1942 in Zion Lutheran Church, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Ruth (daughter of REISIG, Carl Frederick and WINGERT, Dorothea Clara) was born on 8 Mar 1924 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY; died on 29 Oct 2005 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; was buried on 1 Nov 2005 in St Matthew Lutheran Cemetery, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Death Notice - Buffalo News:
Binkley, Ruth E. (Reisig)
Age 81, of North Tonawanda, October 29, 2005 after a brief illness; She was the wife of the late Howard J. R. Binkley; loving mother of Lynne (Clifford) Hummel of Rochester, Gary (Wendy) Binkley, Kathy (David) Gibson, Jeffrey (Wendy) Binkley, Mark Binkley, all of North Tonawanda and the late Howard L. Binkley; mother-in-law of Karen Binkley of North Tonawanda; grandmother of 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; sister of Carol (Helene) Reisig, Jeanette Schisler, Dorothy (Joel) Kew and the late Marie Reisig and the late Carol Gensel; she was the beloved aunt of many nieces and nephews. Ruth's life was reflected by her love of art which was expressed in many forms and shared with everyone. Her life was devoted to her family and faith. Friends may call at the FRETTHOLD FUNERAL HOME, INC., 1241 Oliver St., at Ward Rd. in North Tonawanda on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM and Monday from 2-4 PM. Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday at 10:30 AM from Grace Lutheran Church, 736 Cayuga Dr., Niagara Falls, the Rev. Even P. Gaertner will officiate, interment in St. Matthew Lutheran Cemetery. Flowers gratefully declined, memorials may be made to the Niagara Hospice, Grace Lutheran Church or St. Matthew Lutheran School.

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Niagara Gazette - 1/18/1966

John F. Binkley, 69, of 1673
Ridge Road, Lewiston, a retired
farmer, died Monday
(Jan. 17, 1968) at DeGraff
Memorial H o s p i t a l , North
Tonawanda, after a Short illness.
He was born in Niagara
Falls May 25, 1896, the son
of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Binkley.
He lived on Tuscarora
Road, Town of Niagara, most
of his life and prior to his
retirement in 1955 he farmed
In the area.
Mr. Binkley was past master
of LaSalle Lod-ge No. 1049,
F&AM, and past p a t r o n,
Order of the Eastern Star No.
785.
He is survived by his widow,
Mary E. Binkley; a son, Howard
J. Binkley, North Tonawanda;
a daughter, Mrs. Stanley
(Ruth) Arthurs, Solon,
Ohio, and 14 grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2
p.m. Thursday at the Lane
Funeral Home, conducted by
Rev. Milan Slahor, pastor of
the Lutheran Church of the
Messiah, Lewlston. Burial will
be in Oakwood Cemetery,
Friends may call at the funeral
home from 2 to 5 and
7 to 9 p.m. today and Wednesday.
LaSalle Lodge No. 1049,
F&AM, will conduct a service
at the funeral home at 7:30
p.m., Wednesday.
The family said that contri-
butions to any charitable or-
ganization will be acceptable
as tributed.

John married RUSS, Lillian Anna Caroline on 2 Jun 1919 in Zion Lutheran Church, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Lillian (daughter of RUSS, John Jacob and MELLENTHIN, Friedericke Wilhelmine Ernestine) was born on 19 Nov 1899 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 2 Mar 1924 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 3/3/1924

La Salle. March 8.-Mrs. Lillian
Anna Binkley. 24 years old. died yesterday
at her home on the Tuscarora
roud. She is survived by her
husband, John: her parents. Mr.
and Mrs. John Russ. of the Military
road: one daughter, Ruth, and
one son, Howard, and, by two sisters,
Clara and Freda, and by three brothers;
Fred, John and Arthur, all of
La Salle.
The funeral will be held.Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home
of her parents and at 2:30 o'clock
from the Zion Lutheran church. The
Rev. Hoyer will officiate. The burial
will be in Oakwocd cemetery. -
All members of the Zlon Lutheran
Ladies' Aid Society are requested to
be at the Russ home at the hour of
the funeral.

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 7/2/1968

Carl F. Reisig, former general
supervisor of Niagara Mohawk
Power Corp., died Monday
(July 1, 1968) in Memorial
-Hospital. He was 72.
Mr. Reisig, of 9906 Cayuga
Drive, retired from Niagara
Mohawk in 1959 after 35 years
with tlie company. Born in Pit-
tsburgh, Pa., he was a resident
of Niagara Falls for 45 years.
He was a World War 1
veteran and a member of
LaSalle American Legion Post
1142. He also belonged to the
Retired Men's Club, the
Institute of Electrical Engineers
Inc.. the Lutheran Layman's
League, and the 25 Year Club
of Niagara Mohawk.
Mr. Reisig is survived by his
wife, Dorothy; a son, Carl, both
of Niagara Falls; and four
daughters, Mrs: Howard (Ruth)
Binkley. North Tonawanda,
Mrs. Harry ( J e a n n e t t e)
Schisler, Syracuse, Mrs. Kenneth
(Carol) Gensel. Sanborn
and Mrs. Joel (Dorothy) Keu,
Niagara Falls.
Mr. Reisig is also survived
by two brothers, Edwin and
Leonard Reisig in Buffalo, and
four .sisters,. Mrs. Florence
Ganschou, Springville;. M r s .
Elsa Ganschou and Mrs. Esther
Luce of Buffalo: and Mrs. Ruth
Rogosch, Cleveland, Ohio: 18
grandchildren and one greatgrandchild.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Grace
Lutheran Church. The Rev. A.
W. Moldenhauer of St. Mathews
Church in North Tonawanda
will officiate. Interment will
be in St. Mathew's Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Lane
Funeral Home from 2 to 5 p;m.
and 7 to 9 p.m. Memorials may
be made to Grace Lutheran
Church, the family said

Carl married WINGERT, Dorothea Clara about 1923. Dorothea (daughter of WINGERT, Albert and STRASBURG, Wilhelmina Pauline Auguste) was born on 23 Dec 1903 in New York; died on 19 Apr 1998 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married ALBRECHT, Caroline on 23 Dec 1890. Caroline (daughter of ALBRECHT, Michael and BECKER, Mary Catherine) was born on 18 Jul 1863 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY; died on 12 Feb 1938 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY - Section 7. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 5/19/1957

John J. Russ, 82, River Rd.,
Wheatfield, who rose- from the job
of handyman at the Carbor-
undum Co. here to president and
board chairman of N a t i o n a l
Grinding Wheel Co.. North Ton-
awanda. died yesterday (May 28,.
1957) at his home. He had been in
ill health for several months.
Born here Dec. 17. 1874, Mr.
Russ joined Carborundum in 1896
as a laborer and climbed rapidly,
to a managerial position. He is
credited with making many im-.
provements in early g r i n d i ng
wheel manufacture.
He went to Dusseldorf, Germany,
in 1907 to supervise wheel
operations and train new employes
for Carborundum's Ger-
man plant. _ •
Mr. Russ left Carborundum in
1923 to reorganize the National
Grinding Wheel Co. which then
operated in Buffalo. When the
plant was moved to North Tonawanda
in 1929, he was elected
president. He. became chairman
of the company in 1951 and con-
tinued active in management until
his recent illness.
Mr. Russ was a long time leader
in civic affairs in the village
of LaSalle before its incorporation
into the city of Niagara Falls
in 1927. He was a member of
the village board of trustees, president
of the village and a member
of the LaSalle school board.
Mr. Russ was one of the founders
of the Carborundum Employes'
Benefit Assn. in 1898. •
He was predeceased by his
wife, the former Fredericka Mellenthin.
Survivors are Miss Clara
M. Russ. who lived with her father,
Mrs. George P. Eddy, this
city, and three sons, Frederick W.,
John T. and Arthur A. Russ, all
of North Tonawanda.
He is'also survived by a brother,
Peter J. Russ, Detroit: two
sisters, Mrs. Frank H. Taylor,
this city, and Mrs. Harry Walters,
Lake Worth, Fla., seven grandchildren
and 12 great grandchildren.
He was a member of LaSalle
Zion Lutheran Church, now
Grace Lutheran Church;
Funeral services will be held
at the home Friday at 1 p.m. and
at Redeemer Lutheran Church,
Fajcsner and T h o m p s o n Sts.,
North Tonawanda, at 1:30 p.m.
The Rev. H. G. Kleiner, pastor,
of the church, will officiate. Burial
will be in Oakwood Cemetery
here.
The family said contributions
to the DeGraff Memorial Hospital
fund will be acceptable as
tributes.

John married MELLENTHIN, Friedericke Wilhelmine Ernestine on 2 Jun 1898 in Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, Bergholz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Friedericke (daughter of MELLENTHIN, Friedrich August and RADANT, Caroline Christine) was born on 11 Jul 1875 in Bagemühl, Brandenburg, Prussia; died on 4 Dec 1944 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 1944

Mrs. Friederlcka Russ. 69, of the
River road, town of Wheatfleld, collapsed
and died of a heart attack In
Bennett street, North Tonawanda,
at 8 o'clock last evening. She was
the wife of John J. Russ. president
of the National Grinding Wheel
company, of the Walck road and
Erie avenue, North Tonawanda.
She was returning from a shopping
trip at Niagara Falls and was walking
from the bus in Payne avenue
when she was stricken. She as on
her way to the home of her son,
John T. Russ, 413 Evans street,
North Tonawanda, for dinner.
Bom in Germany.Mrs. Russ had
lived in Niagara Fells since coming
to America st the age of seven, with
the exception of the past two years
during which she and her husband
resided in the River road.
Mr. Russ is in Miami Beach, Florida,
where his wife planned to join
him as soon aa she was able to secure
plane reservations. Mr. Russ in
former years was an official of the
Carborundum company here but
started his own abrasive plant in
North Tonawanda several eyars ago.
Besides her husband and son,
John. Mrs. Russ is survived by two
Other sons, Frederick W. and Arthur
A. Ruse, of North Tonavanda; two
daughters. Clara, at borne, arid Mrs.
George P. Eddy, of Niagara Falls,
six grandchildren and.one great
grandchild.•
Mrs. Ruas was a member of the
Zion Evangelical Lutheran church,
Cayuga drive, this city, and the
Ladies Aid society of. the church.
Funeral services will be held at
the family home in River road with
interment- in Oakwood cemetery.
The time of the rites has not been
fixed pending the arrivad of Mr.
Russ, who is flying here from Flori--
da.

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Niagara Gazette - 12/28/1940

Leonard Relslg, 72 years old, a
firmer resident of Niagara Falls,
fed yesterday at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Arthur Ganschow,
Montrose stret, Buffalo.
Mr. Relslg, who lived In this city
j»r several years while a district rephcntatlve
of the international Cortspondence
Schools, went to Buf-
Mo to live with his daughter when
retired in 1927. He was born
Monroe, Mich., tandttfter gradution
from Addison Seminary, Addlt>
n, 111., taught in JPltCsbUrg and
uffalo parochial "schools for* 28
t^rs. At the time of his death he
[as editor of a publication of Caliry
Evangelical Lutheran church,
if falo, of which he w u an atjtlve
^mber for many years. His body
Hi He In state at the church for
l-o hours before services tomorrow
2 p. m. Interment will be In
Springville, N. Y.
He is survived by four sons, Carl
ReLtfg, this city; Arthur and Edn
Relslg, of Buffalo, and Leonrd.
of Port Dlx, N. J.; and four
fighters, Mrs. Klmer Ganschow,
Iprlngvllle, N. Y., Mrs. Arthur
>Anschow. Buffalo, Mrs. Willard
. Albany and Mrs. Curtis
3gosch, Buffalo,

Leonard married STANDHARDINGER, Elizabeth about 1897. Elizabeth was born in Nov 1871 in MI; died in 1932. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Albert married STRASBURG, Wilhelmina Pauline Auguste about 1900. Wilhelmina (daughter of STRASBURG, Christian Ferdinand and LOGE, Auguste Albertine) was born on 6 Oct 1878 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY; died on 17 Nov 1962 in Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 11/18/1962

Mrs. Wilhelmina A. Wing-
ert, 84. died Saturday (Nov.
3 7, 1962) in Memorial Hospital
after a two-year illness.
Mrs. Wingert came here
to live with her daughter,
Mrs. C a r l F. Reisig, 9906
Cayuga Drive, 15 years ago.
She was born in Bergholtz
and lived in Buffalo before
coming here.
Surviving also are a son,
Leland Wingert, North Hollywood,
Calif.; fi grandchildren.
14 g r e a t-grandehildrcn,
a n d 2 sisters. Mrs.
George H o d g e , Ransom
ville. a n d M r s. Mathilda .
Getzin, Buffalo.
Rev. C a r 1 Selle, Grace
Lutheran Church, will officate
at ihe service at 1:30
p.m. Monday at the Lane
Funeral Home. Burial will
be in Buffalo.