John + BLOOMSTEIN, Sylvia. Sylvia (daughter of BLOOMSTEIN, William and KOCH, Catherine) was born on 26 Apr 1907; died on 1 Jul 1990 in Detroit, Wayne County, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 4/5/1929

William Bloomstine, 63 years old,
a life-long resident of Tonawanda,
living at 506 Delaware street, died
yesterday afternoon at the General
hospital, Buffalo, after a lingering;
illness. He is survived by a wife,
Catherine, (nee Koch); two daugh-.
ters, Miss Sylvia Bloomstine and
Mrs. William J. Rogers, Tonawanda;
two sons, John G. W., Syracuse,
and W. Gerald. Tonawanda; two
grandchildren, a brother, George
Bloomstine, Tonawanda, and a sister,
Mrs. Sadie Leverenz, Tonawan-
da.
Mr. Bloomstine was one of the,
best know 11 barbers and oldest in
the Tonawandas. He took up the
business under the employment of
William Reeli of North Tonawanda.
who conducted a shop over the saloon
conducted at that time by t he
late John Spillman. Later Mr.
Bloomstine. opened a Bhop of his
own in the basement of what was
then the Lumber Exchange bank,
now operated by Frederick Robert-
son & Company. After conducting
a five-chair shop there for many
years Mr. Bloomstine opened a
shop on Main street in North Tona-
wanda, opposite the old New York
Central depot In recent years
he conducted a shop on Young
street near Delaware street. ,
The funeral will be held Thurs-
day morning at 8.30 o'clock from
the residence and half an hour
later from the St. Francis church.
The Very Rev. John A. Welsmantel
will conduct the services.

William + KOCH, Catherine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]