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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 12/4/1975

BLACK - Helen Alexia
Black of Tonawanda,
N Y . Wednesday (Dec. 3.
1975) at Kenmore Mercy
Hospital after a brief
illness A life long
r e s i d e n t of t he
Tonawandas, Miss Black
was employed in ihe
office of J. H Williams &
Co.'. in Buffalo, and was a
member of St Francis of
Assisi Parish.
She is survived by five
brothers and sisters.
John (Frances) Black of
Westfield, N.Y.. Donald
(Leona) Black of North
Tonawanda, Mrs. Lars
(Jean) Waage of Staten
Island, N.Y., Mrs.
Lawrence (Janet) Sparks'
and Thomas A. Black
b o t h of N o r th
Tonawanda, also surviving
is an aunt, Mrs.
Jean Wilson of North
Tonawanda and many
nieces and nephews. She
was the sister of the late
Mrs. Margaret Hurley
and Mrs. James (Evelyn)
Hallman, both of Buffalo.
The family will be
present from 2 to 4 and 7
to 9 p.m., at the Hamp
Funeral Home, Inc.,
Adam and Seymour Sts.,
T o n a w a n d a where
prayers will be said at 9
a.m. Saturday followed
by a Mass of Christian
Burial at 9:30 a.m. at St.
Francis of Assisi Church,
the Rt. Rev. Msgr Ralph
M. Miller officiating.
Interment at Mt. Olivet
Cemetery. (4-5)

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 5/24/1963

BLACK - Alexander D. Black,
82, of 19 Allen St, North Tonawanda,
died Thursday (May 23,
1963) at the Brothers of Mercy
Home, Clarence, N.Y., after a
brief illness. He was the husband
of the late Helen B. Black who
died April 19, 1962. Surviving are
sons, John R. of Westfield,
N.Y., and Donald J. and Thomas
A. Black of North Tonawanda;
five daughters, Mrs. Michael
(Margaret) Hurley and Mrs.
James (Evelyn) Hallnan, both of
Buffalo, Mrs. Lars (Jean) Waage
of Brooklyn, and Mrs. Lawrence
(Janet) Sparks and Miss Helen
Alexia Black of North Tonawanda;
a sister, Miss Lena Black of
Buffalo; 17 grandchildren, and
two great - grandchildren. Friends
may call at the Fretthoff Funeral
Home, 1241 Oliver St at Ward
Road, where prayers will be said
at 9:30 a.m. Monday with services
to St Joseph's Church at 10
a.m. The Rev. Chester H. Polewicz
will officiate. Interment in
Mount Olivet Cemetery. Mr. Black
was a member of the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen, Niagara
Falls, N.Y.

Alexander married WILSON, Helen B about 1906. Helen was born about 1888 in New York; died on 19 Apr 1962 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 4/20/1962

BLACK - Helen B. (Nellie)
(nee Wilson) Black, 74, of 19 Allen
St., North Tonawanda, died
Thursday (April 19, 1962) after a
lingering illness. She is survived
by her husband, Alexander D.
Black; three sons, John R. of
Westfield, N.Y., Donaldl J. and
Thomas a. Black, both of North
Tonawanda; five daughters, Mrs.
Michael (Margaret) Hurley and
Mrs. James (Evelyn) Hallman,
both of Buffalo, Mrs. Lars (Jean)
Waage of Brooklyn, N.Y., Mrs.
Lawrence (Janet) Sparks and Hel-
en Alexia Black, both of North
Tonawanda; a sister, Mrs. James
(Jean) Wilson of North Tonawan-
da; 17 grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren. Friends may
call at the Fretthold Funeral
Home, 1241 Oliver St. at Ward
Road, where services will be con-
ducted at 9:30 a.m. Monday and
at St. Joseph's Church at 10 a.m.
The Rev. Charester H. Polewicz will
officiate. Interment in Mount Oli-
vet Cemetery. Mrs. Black was a
charter member of the St. Joseph
Altar Society and the Ladies Aux-
iliary of the Brotherhood of Rail-
road Trainmen, Niagara Falls,
N.Y.