Family/Spouse: BERNIE, Marshall Leon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Michael married LOIARS, Catherine Leona on 1 Aug 1953 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Catherine (daughter of LOIARS, Joseph and SCHRATZ, Emma) was born on 27 Nov 1934 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY; died on 28 Apr 2019 in Granata Hills, Los Angeles County, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Catherine Loiars Revell passed on in Granada Hills, California on April 28, 2019. Born November 27, 1934 in Lockport, the daughter of Joseph and Emma Loiars who precedeased her.
She graduated June 1953 from Lockport High School.
Survived by her daughter, Coleen Bernie; granddaughter, Alexia Lyons of L.A.; and nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her siblings, Volenta Loiars, Mary Rose Ackerman, John Loiars, Joseph Loiars and Frank R. Loiars; and her son, Michael McCowan
A memorial at Cold Springs Cemetery was held August 23, 2019 with Father Joe from St. John's R.C. Church at the gravesite.

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 8/7/1953

Miss Catherine Loiars chose a
floor-length gown of white nylon
eyelet for her marriage to Cpl
Michael A. McCowan Saturday
noon at the First English Luther-
an Church. The Rev. Ivan L.
Lange officiated at the ceremony.
The bride's gown ofnylon eyelet
over taffeta was fashioned with a
three-tiered skirt, fitted nodice
with cape sleeves and V-neck, set
off by a double strand of pearls.
A scalloped crown held her veil of
nylon tulle and she carried a bou-
quet of white roses and white tiger
lilies.
MAID'S GOWN
Miss Anne DeMillo was maid of
honor wearing a ballerina-length
gown of white nylon net over pale
blue taffeta, the skirt falling in
four tiers. Her headdress was a
scalloped crown of matching net
and she carried pink roses and
pink tiger lilies.
Cpl. William D'Alsandro sta-
tioned at Shawnee Air Base was
the bridegroom's attendant.
The bride's parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Loiars of 139 Van
Buren St. and the bridegroom is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. N. Cipri-
ano of Van Nuys, Calif.
For her daughter's wedding
Mrs. Loiars chose a dress of navy
and white with matching acces-
sories.
WEDDING DINNER
A dinner was served to the bri-
dal party and immediate family
at the Hotel Lox Plaza.
Following the dinner the couple
left for a short wedding trip to
Canada, the bride wearing a sea-
blue suit with white accessories
and a corsage of red roses. They
will make their home in St. Louis,
Mo., where the bridegroom is sta-
tioned for seven months to attend
advance radar school.
The bride is a graduate of Lock-
port High School and the bride-
groom of the Van Nuys High
School in California. He returned
to this country in January from
duty in Korea with the U. S. Air
Force.

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Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 2/10/1958

LOIARS - Joseph Loiars. of 139
Van Buren St., died Sunday, Feb.
9. 1958 at Veterans Hospital, Buffalo.
He is survived by his wife
Emma (nee Schratz). Two daughters
and one son, Mrs. Arthur
Ackerman, Hartland; Frank R.
Loiars. Lockport; and Mrs. Michael
McCowan. Grenada Hills.
Calif. One step-son Perry Beardsley,
Lockport. Six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday morning at 8:30 A. M.
from The Gaul Funeral Home
Inc., 263 East Ave. and 9:00 A.M.
from St. Joseph's Church. Interment
will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery.

Joseph + SCHRATZ, Emma. Emma (daughter of SCHRATZ, John and DUES, Catherine) was born about 1895 in Brazil, Clay County, IN; died on 17 May 1969 in Lockport Memorial Hospital, Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 5/17/1969

LOIARS-Emma C. Loiars (nee
Schratz;, formerly of 139 Van
Buren St. died Saturday May
17, 1969 at The Lockport Memorial
Hospital. Wife of the
late, Joseph Loiars. She is survived
by two daughters and two
sons, Mrs. Arthur (Mary Rose)
Ackerman, Barker; Mrs. Michael
(Catherine) McCowan,
Granada Hills, Calif.; Frank R.
Loiars and Perry Beardsley,
both of Lockport Also ten
grandchildren. One brother,
S c h r a t z , Pocahontas, Ark.
Friends may call from 2-4 and
7-9 p.m. at The Gaul Funeral
Home Inc., 263 East Ave. where
the funeral will be held Tuesday
at 9:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.
from St. Joseph's Church. Interment
in St. Patrick's Cemetery.

ALSO

Niagara Gazette

LOCKPORT-Emma C. Loiars, 74, formerly of 139
Van Buren St., died today (May 17, 1969) at Lockport
Memorial Hospital after a long illness. She had been a
patient at the Hilltop Nursing Home at-GasportJar the
last year.
A native of Brazil, Ind., she
was born Sept. 13, 1894, the
daughter of John and Catherine
Dues Schratz.
A homemaker, she was the
widow of Joseph Loiars who
died in 1958. She was a member
of St. Joseph's Church.
She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Arthur (Mary Rose)
Ackerman of Barker and Mrs.
Michael (Catherine) McCowan
of Granada Hills, Calif., two
sons, Frank R. Loiars and
Perry Beardsley, both of Lock-
port; 10 grandchildren and a
brother Frank Schratz of Po-
cahontas, Ark.
Friends may call from 2 to 4
p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. at the
Gaul Funeral Home, Inc., where
the Rosary will be recited at 8
p.m. Monday. Services will be
held at the funeral home at 9
a.m. Tuesday. A Requiem Mass
will be held at 9:30 a.m. at St.
Joseph's Church.
Burial will be in St. Patrick's
Cemetery.

John + DUES, Catherine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]