| 8. | BAX, Leo was born about 1884 in Italy (son of BAX, Joseph and Lucia); died on 26 Sep 1951 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Notes:
Niagara Gazette - 9/27/1951
Leo Bax, 68, of 2318 Twenty-
fourth street, a retired New York
Central railroad foreman, died late
yesterday in Mt. St. Mary's hospital
after a brief illness.
A native of Italy, Mr. Bax resided
in this city for 51 years. He was a
general foreman for the New York
Central railroad in charge of track
layout from this city to Rochester.
He retired several years ago.
He was a member of the Loyal
Order of Moose, the New York Cen-
tral Veterans' association, the 50-
year Honor Roll club of the New
York Central and past president of
the Maintenance of Way Railroad
Maintenance union.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Er-
nestine Bax, and 11 children, Mrs.
Constantino Lombardi, Mrs. Earl
Mang, Anthony, Louis, Frank and
Felix, all of this city; Mrs. Joseph
Camper, North Tonawanda; Mrs.
James Gough, Youngstown; Ralph
and James Bax, both of Lewiston ;
and Mrs. Ronald Raden, Detroit,
Mich. Two brothers, Alfred and
Romeo Bax, a sister, Mrs. Frank
Erucitano, 38 grandchildren and ten
great-grandchildren, also survive.
Funeral services will be held at
the family home Saturday at 9:30
a.m. and at 10:30 a.m. at St. Jos-
eph's church with interment in Gate
of Heaven cemetery.
Leo married Anna Ermestine about 1902. Anna was born about 1886 in Italy; died on 24 Feb 1957 in Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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