Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 1/28/1939

Limited letters of administration
on the estate of Antoni Berak, Niagara
Falls, who died Dec. 14, were
Issued to the parents, Nikola and
Bessie Berak, 128 13th street. Niaga
n Falls. The estate was listed as a
right of action for Antoni's death.

ALSO

Niagara Gazette - 12/15/1938

A young man was Injured fatally
when his automobile was struck by
a passenger train on the Hyde Park
boulevard grade crossing near Buffalo
avenue and two other persons
were hurt in traffic accidents in
other parts of the city last night.
Berak Killed.
The dead:
Anthony Blaz Berak, 22 years old,
126 Twelfth street.
The injured:
Marshall Clark, 11 years old, 1317
Michigan avenue, in Memorial hos-
pital with a fractured left leg and
brush burns of the body.
Miss Janet Thomas, 24, 583 Third
street, in Memorial hospital with
head injuries and abrasions of the
right knee.
Car Torn Apart
The grade crossing accident in
which young Berak lost his life oc-
curred last evening at 6:50 o'clock.
He was driving his automobile, a
sedan, north over the crossing, after
turning in from Buffalo avenue.
The Lehigh passenger train was
traveling west, coming into the city,
on the second track north from Buf-
falo avenue. The right side and rear
of the automobile were torn apart
by the impact of the locomotive and
the car was tossed to the side of
the track near a telegraph pole.
In charge of the passenger train

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Charlea Koller, conductor;
Frank Dalton, engineer, and Clyde
??dfleld, fireman, all of this city.
Neck Broken
When the train crew and others
reached the automobile it was
turned around and the front of the
car was facing east. Berak was in
the back seat, the terrific Impact
having thrown him backward from
behind the wheel. His skull was
fractured and his neck was broken.
According to Dr. Harry r. Emes,
coroner. Rushed to Memorial hos-
pital in the Falls Garage ambu-
lance, Berak died a few minutes af-
ter being carried into the hospital.
The body was sent to the Tubinis
Funeral chapel, in East Falls street.
Members of Berak's family said
that he had left his home only a
few minutes before the accident oc-
curred. He was on his way to Lock-
port to call upon a girl friend and
drove east in Buffalo avenue and
swung north over the crossing, when
the train, known as the Lehigh
?? struck his car. The crossing is
protected by flashlight signals and
??.
Police Investigate
A squad of police officers led by
Traffic Lieut. John J. Dietz and
including Patrolmen Bernard Ader-
mann, Thomas Wasley, Fred G.
Williams tried to find eye witnesses
to the crash but reported that they
were unable to locate any. Investi-
gation of the fatality is being con-
ductedd today by police and Coroner
??.
Berak was a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Nicholaus Berak, of the Twelfth
street address. He was born in Chi-
cago and came to this city with his
parents in 1924. He was graduated
from the Niagara Falls high school
in 1935 and since then had been em-
ployed by the shipping department
at the U.S. Battery corporation, in
??? avenue. He was a member
of Holy Trinity Chapter 512, of
the Croation Fraternal Union lodge.
Surviving the young man, besides
his parents, are three brothers,
George, Samuel and John, all of
this city.
Funeral services will be held in
the home, 126 Twelfth street, Sat-
urday morning at 9:30 o'clock, and
the Holy Trinity church, East Falls
and Fourteenth streets, at 10 o'clock.
Burial will be in Rivedale ceme-
tery.
The Hyde Park crossing has taken
the lives of many persons and several
campaigns have been started to
have it illuminated by construction
??? or overhead bridge. The
?? of the crossing has been one
of the leading arguments advanced
in favor of relocation of railroad
tracks in this city.

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 6/11/1967

Nicholas B. Berak, 82, of
9609 Greenwald Ave. died at
home Friday (June 9, 1967).
He was the husband of the
late Bessie Berak.
Born in Austria, he had
lived in this city for 50 years.
Mr. Berak owned and operated
the Berak Construction
Co. for 20 years. He was later
employed by the Autolite Co.
until his retirement in 1950.
Mr. Berak is survived by
three sons, John F., George,
and Samuel Berak all of this
city.
Funeral services will be
held at the Spallino Funeral
Home Tuesday at 9:45 a.m.
and at St Joseph's Church at
10:15 a.m. Burial will be in
Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2
p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to
10 p.m. today and Monday.

Nicholas + Bessie. Bessie was born about 1888 in Austria; died on 21 Mar 1949 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 3/21/1949

Mrs. Bessie Berak. 64. of 1039
Nineteenth street, died today In
Mt. St. Mary's hospital after a short
Illness. °
She is survived by tier husband.
Nick; three sons, George, Samuel
and John, and two grandchildren,
all of this city.
Born in Austria, she had lived in
this city for the last 25 years.
Funeral services will be h e ld
Thursday at 8:45 a. m. at the home.
1039 Nineteenth street, and at 9:30
a. m. at St. Joseph's church. Interment
will be In Gate of Heaven
cemetery.