Family/Spouse: OPERA, John L. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harry married CHAMBERS, Dorothy E on 15 Dec 1943 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Dorothy (daughter of CHAMBERS, Edward) was born about 1915 in Hastings, Cambria County, PA; died on 16 Oct 1962 in Kenmore Mercy Hospital, Kenmore, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 12/16/1943

A quiet but pretty wedding was
solemnized Wednesday, December
15, at 4 o'clock, when Dorothy E.
Madison, daughter of Mrs. Edward
Chambers, of First street, became
the bride of Mr. Harry A. Bookhout.
son of Mrs. John Bookhout. of Maple
avenue. The ceremony was performed
in Calvary Lutheran church.
McKoon avenue, with the Rev.
Alwyn Prange officiating.
The bride was becomingly gowned
In a grey pin-stripe suit with
matching topcoat, with which she
wore an attractive Mademoiselle
hat fashioned of purple flowers and
fuchsia veiling. Wine accessories
completed her ensemble. She wore
a corsage of red roses and gardenias.
The matron of honor, Mrs. Margaret
Chambers, was attired In a
beige suit with poudre blue accessories.
She wore a corsage of
yellow roses and gardenias.
The bridegroom was attended by
his brother, Mr. Raymond E. Bookhout,
of Lockport.
The mother of the bride wore a
plum-colored dress with a corsage
of pompoms and yellow roses. The
mother of the bridegroom was attired
in Air Force blue with wine
accessories. She alio wore a corsage
of pompoms and yellow roses.
After the wedding a reception was
held at the Red Coach Inn for the
wedding party and immediate families.
After a short wedding trip, the
bride and bridegroom will be at
home at 139 Seventy-ninth street.

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 12/29/1942

NIAGARA PALLS - Funeral
services for Supervisor John E.
Bookhout. «4, who died Monday
night in Mt. St. Marys Hospital of
a heart ailment, will be held at 3
o'clock Thursday at hi« home, 1»5
Maple Ave., and at 2:30 at Calvary
Lutheran Church. Burial will be
in Riverdale Cemetery.
Representing the 13th ward on
the Board of Supervisors for 8
years, Mr. Bookhout retired a year
ago after 44 years of service with
the New York Central Railroad
during which time he was yard
master and station master in Niagara
Falls. Ill health forced his
retirement.
He was born m Berwick, Ont..
later lived in Syracuse and came
to Niagara Falls in 1900. He was
a member of Niagara River Lodge
FAM and the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Nellie Bookhout; a daughter, Mrs.
Phyllis Sales: and two sons, Harry
Bookhout, Niagara Falls; Raymond
Bookhout, Lockport; and a brother,
Albert Bookhout, Berwick.

John married LAFEVER, Nellie M on 22 Jun 1904 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Nellie was born about 1878 in New York; died on 29 Apr 1958 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 4/30/1958

Mrs-. Nellie M. Bookhout,
79, of 1225 Maple Ave., former
member of the Niagara
County Board of Supervisors,
died Tuesday (April 29. 1958)
at Mt. St. Mary's Hospital
after a long illness.
She was bom in New fane and
lived here for 65 years. She represented
the 12th Ward on the
board, filling out the term of her
husband, John F. Bookhout. who
died in 1942 after 12 years on the
board.
She was a charter member of
Niagara Frontier Chapter No.
658. Order of the Eastern Star,
and Court No. 30. Order of Amaranth.
She also was a member of the
Calvary Evangelical L u t h e r an
Church, past vice president of the
Niagara Falls Women's Republi-
can Club and a member of the
women's auxiliary of the Brother-
hood of Railway Trainmen, Local
No. 330.
She was founder of the Iadies
Missionary Aid Society of the
church.
Mrs. Bookhout is survived by
two sons, Harry A. Bookhout,
Tonawanda, and Raymond H.
Bookhout, Lockport; a daughter,
Mrs. Phyllis Sales, this city; a
sister, Miss Bessie LaFevre, New-
fane, eight grandchildren and
three great-grandchildien.
Friends may call at the Bell
Funeral Home until noon Friday.
Funeral services will be held at
the Calvary Evangelical Lutheran
Church at 2 p.m. Friday with the
Rev. Alvin F. Burns, officiating.
A memorial service will be con-
ducted by the Order of the Eastern
Star at 7 p.m. Thursday at the
funeral home.
Burial will be in Riverdale
Cemetery.

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 6/23/1904

On W e d n e s d a y a f t e r n o o n , J u n e 22d,
a t 1 o ' c l o c k Mr. J o h n E. Bookhout and
Miss Nellie M. La F e v e r both of this
c i t y were u n i t e d in m a r r i a g e by the
Roy. J. A.- W h a r t o n , p a s t o r of the
C h u r c h of C h r i s t . They left the same
e v e n i n g for a s h o r t w e d d i n g trip, aft
e r which they will reside in t h i s city.