4. | BELFIELD, Louis C was born on 8 Jan 1907 in Brooklyn, Kings County, NY (son of BELFIELD, Louis and WIKE, Lulu); died on 20 Nov 1966 in Medina, Orleans County, NY. Notes:
Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 11/21/1966
Louis Belfield Sr., 59, of 7790
Chestnut Ridge Road, Gasport,
a bridge operator on the Erie
Barge Canal, died unexpectedly
Sunday (Nov. 20, 1968) at Me-
dina Memorial Hospital.
He was born Jan. 8, 1907 in
Brooklyn, the son of Louis and
Lulu White Belfield. He had liv-
ed at the present address for
the past 12 years.
For the past 10 years, Mr.
Belfield had been employed as
a bridge operator by the New
York State Department of Pub-
lic Works, Canal Division. He
was assigned to the Middleport
lift bridge.
Before that, he worked for 30
years at Simonds Saw & Steel
Co., as foreman on the electric
furnace.
He was an exampt fireman of
the Terry's Corners Fire Co.,
and a member of the New
York State Employees Council
50, AFL-CIO.
He served in the U. S. Army
in the Philippines in 1925.
Mr. Belfield has been mar-
ried for 39 years to the former
Gertrude Hogenmiller, who sur-
vives.
Also surviving are a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Raymond Dreher of
Lockport; five sons, Louis Vel-
field Jr., of Middleport, Philip
Belfield of Wilson, Kenneth Bel-
field of Gasport, Robert Bel-
field of Lockport and David
Belfield at home; also 14 grand-
children.
Friends may call from 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Gaul Fu-
neral Home, 263 East Ave.,
where funeral services will be
held Wednesday at 8:30 a.m.
and at 9 at St. Mary's Church.
The Rosary will be recited at
8 p.m. tomorrow.
Louis married HOGENMILLER, Gertrude R about 1927. Gertrude (daughter of HOGENMILLER, Felix S and Sarah) was born on 26 Jun 1904 in PA; died in Oct 1975 in Gasport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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