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Niagara Gazette - 7/22/1968

TONAWANDA-Mrs. H. .Ruth Hilferding, 75, of 474
Delaware St., widow of the late Henry H. Hilferding, a
prominent lumberman from this cityv died Saturday
(July 20, 1968) in Buffalo General Hospital after a brief
illness.
Mrs. Hilferding and her late
husband, who died in April 1958,
managed the River Road Lumber
Co. Inc. of North Tonawanda.
She was treasurer and also
treasurer of the-Strand-Buffalo
Corp.
She was a life-long resident
of. this city, and was a graduate
nurse. She was a member
of the F i r s t Presbyterian
Church, former member and
past president of toe Women's
Association of this church;
member and past director of
the Zonta Club; member of
Sirius Chapter N.o 301, Order
of the Eastern Star, auxiliary
& DeGraff Memorial Hospital.
She also was director of the
community fund of the Tonawandas
and memher of the
Chamber of Commerce of the
Tonawandas.
° She is survived by a son,
Paul J. Hilferdinr of Grand
Island; a daughter, Mrs. Le-
verne H. Hardy of this city;
her mother, Mrs. Helen C.
Beyer of this city; two sisters,
Mrs. James H. McGill of Kenmore
and Miss Helen Beyer of
this city,' and nine grandchildren-
She also was the mother
of the late Henry A. Hilferding.
Friends may call from 2 to 4
and from 7 to 9 p.m. at the
Hamp Funeral Home, -where a
service will be conducted at
1:30 p.m. Wednesday, the Rev.
James A. Akin officiating.
Burial will be in Elmlawn
Cemetery.

Family/Spouse: HILFERDING, Henry. Henry was born about 1890 in New York City, New York; died on 13 Apr 1958 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. HILFERDING, Henry A died in 1958.
2. HILFERDING, Paul J
3. HILFERDING, Rosemary Beyer

Notes:

Batavia NY Daily News - 7/29/1901

TONAWANDA, July 29.-Gottleib Beyer, a
member of the Board of Trustees, was
shocked to death while trimming an arc
lamp this morning He was found lying In
the road shortly after receiving the shock.
He was still alive, but died before a phy -
sician arrived. He leaves a family.
About the same time Alden Sparks, another
employe of the Tonawanda Power
Company, received a shock while doing the
same work in another part of the town,
one of his hands is disabled. The wet condition
of the grounds Is supposed to be responsible
for the accident.

ALSO

Buffalo NY Courier - 7/30/1901

Tonawanda., July 29.-After receiving
2,000 volts of electricity, Gottlieb Beyer,
aged 42 years, a well-known and popular
German Democratic politician and
member of the Common Cot|ncil of this
village, raised to his knees examined
his hands and fell over dead. The
electrocutiorl occurred shortly before 9
O'clock this morning in Fillmore Avenue,
while Beyer, who is employed by
the Tonawanda Power Company, was
adjusting a carbon in an arc lamp.
His body was carried in the yard of
a house nearby and Dr. Regan summoned,
who upon his arrival pronounced
life extinct. In the absence of
Coroner Edmonds of this village, Coroner
Wilson of Buffalo was notified.
He came to the scene at once, took
charge of the body and impaneled a
Jury. The body was taken to the undertaking
establishment of C. J. Miller
of South Niagara Street, after
which it was taken to the Home of his
family at No. 32 Park Avenue.
Immediately upon the receipt of the
news of the death of Beyer, President
O. H. Gorton of the village issued a
special call for a meeting of the Board
of Trustees, of which the deceased was
a prominent member, for this evening.
At the meeting a resolution of condolence
was passed and the board decided
to turn but in a body.; It is quite
probable that the entire lire depart
ment of the village will accompany
the body to the grave.
The date of the funeral has not as
yet been set.

Gottlieb + Mary. Mary was born about 1869; died on 7 Jan 1897 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buffalo NY Courier - 1/7/1897

Mrs. Mary S. Beyer, aged 27 years, wife
of Gottlieb Beyer, died of diphtheria at her
home on Park Avenue, Tonawanda, this
morning. Mrs. Beyer had been sick since
New Year's Eve. The family had a child
die of the same disease yesterday morning.
The burial of Mrs. Beyer will be
private.