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Niagara Gazette

Long active In the athletic life of
the city, Peter B. Banks, 46, of
3036 Monroe Ave., died today
(May 12, 1955) in M»- St. Mary's
Hospital after a short illness.
Mr. Banks once managed the
Phoenix football team. He was
city golf champion at one time in
the 1930s and was active also in
baseball and more recently in bowling.
A native of Poland, Mr. Banks
had resided here 44 years. His last
employment was in the maintenance
department at Niagara Street
School. Prior to that he was manr
ager of the Grand Bowling Alleys
and for 14 years was employed by
the Acheson Graphite Co.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Stephania Banks; two sons, Peter
B. Banks Jr. and Robert Banks*, a
daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Kowalski;
his mother, Mrs. Antoinette Bak,
all of this city; two brothers, William
Bak, this city, and Joseph Bak,
master sergeant, U. S. Air Force,
Hawaii; three sisters, Mrs. Nellie
Beczkowski and Mrs. Estelle Lazaration,
both of this city, and Mrs.
Charlotte Madau, Bellflower,
Calif.; and two grandchildren.
Friends may call after 10 a.m.
tomorrow at the Zajac Funeral
Home.
Prayers will be said there at
10:30 a.m. Saturday and a Requiem
High Mass at 11 o'clock at St.
Stanislaus' Kostka Church. Burial
will be in Holy Trinity Cemetery

Peter + WATROBA, Stephanie. Stephanie (daughter of WATROBA, Jacob and WARCZAK, Mary) was born about 1914 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

+ Antoinette. Antoinette was born about 1883 in Poland; died on 15 Jan 1970 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 1/17/1970

BAK-Antonino of 451 25th Street in
Memorial Medical Center Thursday
Jan. 15, 1970. Wife of the late Adam
Bak, mother of Stanley (Nellie) Seberowski.
William Bak both of this
city. Joseph Bak of Holyoke, Mass.,
Mrs. Maurice (Charlotte) Madau,
Lakewood, calif., Mrs. George (Estelle)
Lozeration of this city. Also survived
by 8 grondsons, 11 granddaughters.
5 great grandsons, 4 greot granddaughters,
1 great-great grandson and
1 great great great grandson. Mother
of the late Peter Banks. Deceased
was a member of Holy Rosary Society,
Mothers' Club, Wanda Polek
Society PWA Group 454, Holy Trinity
Society PWA Group 454, Holy Trinity
Friendly Club. Funeral services will be
held from the Zalac Funeral Home,
corner 24th Street and Welch Avenue,
Monday Jan. 19 at 9:30 a.m. and
at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church of
10 a.m. Interment In Holy Tronlty RC
Cemetery. Recitation of the rosary at
the funeral home Sunday at .7 p.m.
Friends may call Saturday and Sunday
2-5 and 7-9 p.m.

ALSO

Niagara Gazette - 1/16/1970

Mrs. Anlonina-Anna Bak. 87,
of 451 25th St., died Thursday
(Jan. 15, 1970) in Memorial
Medical Center after a long
illness.'
Born in Poland, she had been
a resident of Niagara Falls for
58 years.
She was a member of Holy
Rosary Society, Mothers Club
of St. Stanislaus Kostka Church,
Wanda Polek Society Polish
Women's Alliance Group 456,
Holy Trinity Society Polish
Roman Catholic Union o f
America No. 712, and Holy
Trinity Friendly Club.
She was the widow of Adam
Bak.
She is survived by two sons,
Joseph Bak, of Holyke, Mass.,
and William Bak, this city;
three daughters, Mrs. Stanley
(Nellie) Seberowski and Mrs.
George (Estelle) Lazeration,
both of this city, and Mrs.
Maurice (Charlotte) Madau of
Lakewood, Calif.; 19 grandchildren,
nine great-grandchildren,
one great-great-grandchild and
one great great-greatgrandchild...
She was the mother
of the late Peter Banks.
Funeral services will be held
Monday at the Zajac Funeral
Home at 9:30 a.m. and at "ST.
Stanislaus Kostka Church at 10
a:m. Burial 'Will bevln Holy
Trinity Cemetery. Y
Recitation of the rosary will
be at 7 p.m. Sunday,
Friends may call .today from
7 to 9 p.m. and Saturday and
Sunday from 2 to 5 and 7 to
9 p.m.

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Niagara Gazette - 5/25/1962

WATROBA-Jacob of 3022 Monroe Avenue,
at St. Mary's Hospital, Thursday,
May 24. 1962. beloved father of Stanley,
Mrs. Stephanla Banks, Mrs. William
(Jean) Bialik, William, Canandelgua,
N.Y.; Mathew, Bruno, Mrs. Stanley
(Bernice) Peplowskl, also survived
by 5 grandsons, 4 granddaughters, 6
great grandsons, 5 great granddaughters.
Funeral servicer will be held
from the Zajac Funeral Home, corner
241h St. & Welch Ave. Monady, May
28 at-O:30 a.m. to St. Stanislaus Kostka
Church at 10 a.m. Interment Holy
Trinity Cemetery. Recitation of prayers
at the funeral home Sunday at
8 P.m.

Jacob married WARCZAK, Mary about 1906. Mary was born about 1890 in Poland; died on 30 Dec 1958 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 12/31/1958

Mrs. Mary Watroba, 69, of
3022 Monroe Ave., died Tues-
day (Dec. 30, 1958) at Mt. St.
Mary's Hospital. She had been
ill for three months.
A native of Poland, Mrs.
Watroba was a resident of this
city for more than a half-
century.
Surviving are her husband,
Jacob Watroba; four sons,
Stanley, William, Mathew and
Bruno Watroba; three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Stephania Banks,
Mrs. William Bialik and Mrs.
Stanley Peplowski, all of this
city, and 10 grandchildren and
three great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the
Zajac Funeral Home with a
Requiem High Mass at 10 a.m.
at St. Stanislaud Kostka
Church. Burial will be in Holy
Trinity Cemetery.