Family/Spouse: Lynn. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/24/1981

Michael J. (Joe) Balling,
85, a native of Tonawanda
and long-time parishioner
of St. Francis of Assisi
Church, died Friday in St.
F r a n c i s Home in
Williamsville.
Mr. Balling was a life
member of the Bricklayers
Local 49 of Tonawanda. He
retired from Balling
Brothers in 1964, a firm
begun by his brother, the
late Henry J Balling, and
involving all eight of the
Balling brothers.
A veteran of World War
I, Mr. Balling was the
husband of the late Myrtle
Near. He is survived by
three sons, Michael J.
(Patricia) Balling and
Robert (Joanne) Balling
both of Tonawanda. and
Dr. Peter (Lynn) Balling
of Piseatwa. N.J., and a
daughter, Mrs Richard
(Patricia) Himes of Kettering,
Ohio.
He is also survived by a
brother, Jacob Balling of
North Tonawanda and a
sister, Mrs. Frances Brown
of Englewood, Fla,, 12
granchildren and it
great-grandchildren.
Friends may call today
and Sunday from 2 to 4
p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at
Creasey Memorial Chapel,
Inc., 138 Delaware St..
Tonawanda. Prayers will
be said at 9 a.m. Monday
it.the chapel followed by a
mass of Christian burial at
St. Francis of Assisi
Church and interment in
Mount Olivet Cemetery. If
desired, memorials may be
made to St. Francis Home
in Williamsville.

Michael married NEAR, Myrtle L on 25 Apr 1925 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. Myrtle (daughter of NEAR, Conrad) was born about 1904 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY; died on 31 Dec 1966. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 1/3/1967

TONAWANDA-Mrs. Myrtle Near Balling, 62, of
409 Fletcher St., died Saturday (Dec. 31, 1966) in
Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo after a
long illness.
She was born in Buffalo arid
had lived here for the last .55
years. She was a member of
S a l e m JJnited Church of
Christ.
Survivors include her hus-.
band, Michael J. Balling;
three sons. Michael J. Balling
Jr. and Robert L. Balling,
both of this city, and Dr.
Peter J. Balling. North Plainfield.
N.J.: a daughter, Mrs.
Richard Hines. North Tonawanda:
two sisters, Miss Julia
Near and Mrs.-Sarah De
Wald, both of this city, and
11 grandchildren.
Services will be held at 1:30
p.m. Wednesday at the Creasey
Memorial Chapel, Rev.
Karl H. A. Rest officiating.
Burial will be in Mount Olivet
Cemetery.

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 5/4/1925

The marriage of Miss Myrtle L.
Near, daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad
Near to Mr. Joseph Balling was
itolrmniced Saturday morning. April
25, at 7:30 o'clock at St. Francis
church. Attendants were Miss Julia
Near and Henry Balling Mr. and
Mrs. Balling are at home- in 248 Bryant
street.

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 5/8/1926

Jacob Balling, aged 49 years, died
suddenly at ten o'clock Thursday e v e
n i n g at h i s home, 842 Grove street.
Mr. Balling worked as bricklayer for
Morris and A l l a n , building contractors
He was talking over some working
plans with his family when he stepped
i n t o the kitchen and fell dead. He
was born ln Germany and lived here
for 43 years. Surviving are a wife.
eight sons. M. Joheph, Henry, Fred,
Leo, Leonard, Walter, Norman and
Jacob Balling, Jr. four daughters.
Florence and Gertrude Balling, Mrs.
Spencer Carney and Mrs. Miles Brown
and three grandchildren, all of the
Tonawandas. He was president of the
Holy Name Society of St. Francis
church and of the Bricklayers' Union.
No. 49, of the Tonawandas, at tne
time of his death. Funeral services
will be held Monday morning at 8:30
o'clock from the residence and a t 9
o'clock at St. Francis church. interment
will be in St. Francis cemetery.
Very Rev. John A. Weismantel
will officiate.

Jacob married Magdalene about 1898. Magdalene was born about 1878 in Germany; died on 2 Oct 1951 in Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 10/2/1951

Mrs. Magdalena Balling, 74. of
342 Grove St., fifty years a resi-
dent of Tonawanda, died this
morning in DeGraff Memorial
Hospital after a short illness.
Born in Germany, Mrs. Balling
came to the United States
when she was seven years old.
She is the mother of four daugh
ters and eight sons. Seven sons
are associated with their brother
Henry J. Balling, prominent
contractor. She was the widow
of the late Jacob Balling.
Mrs. Balling was a member
of St. Francis Church and the
Altar and Rosary Societies of
the church.
Daughters surviving are Mrs.
Spencer Carney, Mrs. Florence
Karkow and Miss Gertrude Balling
of the Tonawandas; Mrs.
Frances Brown of Englewood,
Fla. Her sons are M. Joseph,
Henry J., Fred, Leo, Leonard,
Walter, Norman and Jacob, all
of the Tonawandas. Also surviving
are 28 grandchildren and
four great-grandchildren.
A prayer service will be conducted
in the residence Friday
at 9 a.m. and the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
John A. Weismantel will sing a
solemn high Requiem Mass at
9:30 in St, Francis Church. Burial
will be in St. Francis Cemetery.

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 2/14/1942

25 YEARS AGO

Michael Balling, a well known resident of Tonawanda, died at
the home of his son Jacob Balling of 343 Grove street last night
The funeral will be held from St Francis church tomorrow morning,
Rev. A. A. Bachmann officiating. '

Michael married Sophia about 1875 in Germany. Sophia was born in Feb 1843 in Germany; died on 11 Mar 1914 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 3/11/1914

Mrs. Sophia Balling, 71 years old,
wife of Michael Balling of Tonawanda
died at the family home at No. 240
Grove street this morning after a brief
illness. She was born in Germany and
had lived in Tonawanda nearly 50
years. One son, Jacob Balling of Tonawanda,
and nine grandchildren, besid-
es the husband survive. The funeral
will be held from the family home at
8:30 o'clock Saturday morning and
half hour later from the Saint Francis
church on Adam street, the Rev. A. A.
Bachmann officiating. Burial will be
in Saint Francis cemetery.