Family/Spouse: BURNS, Margaret. Margaret (daughter of BURNS, James O and Mary T) was born on 11 Dec 1926; died on 24 Aug 1978 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BLACKLEY, Lewis Timothy was born on 23 Aug 1947; died on 2 Feb 2006 in SC.
2. BLACKLEY, Elaine M was born about 1954 in New York; died on 5 Jul 2014 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 5/3/1969

Lewis E. Blackley, 75, a desk
lieutenant for the Town of Tonawanda
police department for 40
years, died Friday after a long
illness, at Kenmore Mercy Hospital,
Kenmore.
He is survived by his widow,
Myrtle K. Blackley of Kenmore.
Son of John and Margaret Noble
Blackley, Mr. Blackley was
born Oct. 18, 1893 in Lockport.
He retired from the Tonawanda
police department three
years ago. He was a member of
the Town of Tonawanda Police
Association, Captain and Lieu-
tenants Association and the wes-
tern New York State Police con-
ference Association.
Mr. Blackley was one of the
first civilians to enlist in World
War I from Lockport. He was
a member of teh Society of First
Divisons, M. J. Bronnchille Am-
erican Legion Post 205. Ken-
more, the Harry E. Crosby Vet-
erans of Foreign Wars, 2472,
Kenmore and the Ken-Ton Bar-
racks 887, Veterans of World
War 1, Kenmore.
Besides his widow, he is
survived by four sons, Lew-
is K., Donald A., Bryant N. and
Dennis C., all of Kenmore.
He is also survived by three
brothers; John C. and Harold N.
of Lockport and Robert F. of Or-
lando, Fla.
Mr. Blackley was the brother
of the late William Blackley,
Mildred Blackley Savigny, Eth-
el Blackley Dunn and Beulah
Blackley Paladino.
Funeral services will be held
Monday at Lester Wedekindt fu-
neral Home, 3290 Delaware
Ave., Kenmore. Friends may
call from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.

ALSO

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 5/3/1969

BLACKLEY - Lewis Ever-
ett, retired lieutenant of police,
Town of Tonawanda, Friday
(May 2, 1969), of 204 Zimmer-
man Blvd.
Beloved husband of Myrtle
Kinzly Blackley: father of
Lewis K.. Donn A.. M. N. «Pat»
and B. C. (Dennis) Blackley;
grandfather of Donn A.. Todd
S.. Dean A.. Renee. Lewis T.
and Elaine Blacklev: brother of
John C. Sr. of Lockport. N.Y..
Robert F. of Orlando. Fla..
Harold N. of Lockport. N.Y. and
the late William. Mrs. Mildred
Savigny and Mrs. Ethel Dunn.
Funeral services from the Les
ter H. Wedekindt Inc. Funeral
Home. 3290 Delaware Ave..
Monday at 1 p.m. Friends are
invited.
Mr Blackley was a past executive
secretary of the W.N.Y.
State Police Conference Assn..
a life member of the Captains
and Lieutenants Assn. of Erie
County, member of the Town of
Tonawanda Police Assn.. So
ciety of the First Div.. life member
ol the Milton J. Brounshidle
Post No. 205. American Legion.
Kenmore. a charter member
of the Harry E. Crosby
Veterans of Foreign Wars No.
2472. Kenmore. and the Ken-Ton
Barracks No. 887. Veterans of
WW 1. Family present from 2-5
and 7-9 p.m.

ALSO

Same date and paper

Lewis E. Blackley. a retired
desk lieutenant with 38 years of
s e r v i c e to the Town of
Niagara Falls Blvd, Tonawanda Police Depart-
ment. died yesterday at the age
of 75 in Kenmore Mercy
Hospital.
Mr Blacklev, who resided at
104 Zimmerman Blvd., Town of
Tonawanda, retired in 1964. A
founder and the first executive
secretary of the Western New
York State Police Conference
Association, he served in that
office for 25 years.
While employed in the town
police ranks, he served as act-
ing chief at various times. He
was a life member of the Cap-
tains and Lieutenants Associa-
tion of Erie County and also be-
longed to the Town of Tona-
wanda Police Association.
A native of Lockport, Mr.
Blackley was a graduate of
Lockport High School, where
he was a member of the foot-
ball team. He later served with
the First Division, Army Engi-
neers, during World War I, and
received a Purple Heart after
being wounded in France.
A charter member of Ken-Ton
Barracks 887. World War I Veterans.
Mr Blackley also was a
life member of Milton Brounshidle
Post 205. American Legion.
Town of Tonawanda Mr
Blackley s memberships also
included Harry Crosby Post
2472. Veterans of Foreign Wars
and the Society of the First
Division.
Surviving are his wife, the
former Myrtle Kinzly. four
sons. Lewis K . Donn A . M. N.
(P a t ) and B C ( Dennis )
Blackley. all of the Town of
Tonawanda, three brothers
John C. Sr. and Harold N., both
of Lockport. and Robert F.
Blackley of Orlando. Fla. Also
s u r v i v i n g are s ix grandchildren.
The family will be present at
the Lester H. Wedekindt Funeral
Home, 3290 Delaware
Ave.. Town of Tonawanda.
where services will be conducted
at 1 p.m. Monday. A
committal service will follow in
the Little Chapel of the Elms in
Elmlawn Cemetery, Town of
Tonawanda.

Lewis + KINZLY, Myrtle G. Myrtle was born about 1892 in New York; died on 12 Feb 1972 in Town of Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 2/14/1972

BLACKLEY - Myrtle G.
Blackley. Feb. 12, 1972, of the
Town of Tonawanda. Beloved
wife of the late Lt. Lewis E.
Blackley, Town of Tonawanda
Police Dept.; mother of Lewis
K., Donn A., M. N. (Pat) and
Bryant C. (Dennis) Blackley;
grandmother of Timothy, Elaine
Langworthy, Donn Jr., Henee
Chase, Todd Stephen and Dean
E. Blackley; great-grandmother
of Peter and Jennifer;
sister of Mrs. William E.
Brosart.
Friends may call at the
Lester H. Wedekindt Inc.
Funeral Home, 3290 Delaware
Ave., where funeral services
will be held Tuesday afternoon
at 1 o'clock. Friends invited.
Mrs. Blackley was past
president of the Ladies Auxiliary
of the American Legion
Milton J. Brounschidle Post
No. 205 under whose auspices a
service will be held Monday
evening at 8 o'clock. Family
will be present from 2-4 and 7-9
p.m.

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 2/25/1947

LOCKPORT, Feb. 25-An illness
of several weeks resulted in the
death of John J. Blackley, 75, of
67 Walnut street, yesterday at Lockport
City hospital. Services will be
held Thursday at 2 p. m. at the
Prudden funeral home, 242 Genesee
street. Burial will be in Cold Springs
cemetery.
Mr. Blackley was born July 4,
1871, a son of George F. and Ellen
Woods Blackley. He was employed
as custodian at the Cowles Detergent
company in Jackson street.
. Surviving are five sons, Lewis,
of Kenmore, William L. and Harold
N., of this city, John C, Town of
Amherst, and Robert F. Blackley,
of Mlddletown, Conn.; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Thomas Dunn, of Medina,
and Mrs. Fraed Savigny, of this
city; two brothers, Robert and
Charles F. Blackley, and a sister,
Mrs. Sadie E. Wyles, all of this city.

John married NOBLE, Margaret T about 1890. Margaret (daughter of Jane) was born about 1868 in Canada; died on 8 Dec 1929 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal

Margaret T. Blackley (nee Noble)
died at her home. No. M Rochester
street, Sunday, December 8. 1939.
She is survived by her husband, John
G. Blackley. three daughters and five
sons, Mrs. Ethel M. Pritchard. Mrs
Fred Savlgny. William L. Blackley,
John C. Blackley, Mrs. Beulah Polladino
of Una city, Lewis E. Blackley
of Wenmore, N. Y.. Robert P. Bleckley
of Philadelphia, Pa., and Harold
N. Blackley of Buffalo, N. Y.. one
sister. Mrs. Ellen Peacock of Aimer,
Ont, and two brothers, William
Noble of Chelsea. Mich., George
Noble of this city. Funeral
will be held from the home Tuesday
afternoon. December 10th, at two
o'clock. Interment will be in Cold
Springs cemetery.

Notes:

Lockport NY Daily Journal - 3/6/1880

BLACKLEY-In this city, on Friday evening,
March 6th; 1880, at 8 o'clock, at his residence,
on William St., George Blackley, aged 38 years
Funeral at the 2d Ward Presbyterian church, at
1 P.M. tomorrow (Sunday).

George + WOODS, Ellen. Ellen was born about 1849 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]