Earl married NICHOLS, Colleen E on 19 Oct 1957 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. Colleen (daughter of NICHOLS, Colin and STEIVENSON, Ethel) was born on 4 Jun 1927 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 18 Nov 1964 in Lockport Memorial Hospital, Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 11/19/1964

A church guild president, Mrs.
Colleen Nichols Bossart, 37, of
4329 Sunset Drive, died Wednesday
(Nov. 18, 1964) in Lockport
Memorial Hospital, after a short
Illness. She was the wife of Earl
L. Bossart.
Mrs. Bossart was a member
of Christ Episcopal Church, sang
in the choir, and was currently
president of the Mary
Hunt Guild of the cTiurch. She
also was a member of Angelus
Chapter 559, Order of Eastern
Star.
Mrs. Bossart was born June
4, 1927 in Niagara Falls, the
daughter of Colin and Ethel Steivenson
Nichols. She was a graduate
of Wilson High School and
Syracuse University with a major
in home economics.
Upon graduation, she worked
as a buyer for a Syracuse department
store and later worked
in the office of the Great Lakes
Carbon Co., Niagara Falls. She
•was employed as an accountant
by Holman O'Connor until about
six yeans ago, and had lived in
Lockport for the past seven
years.
Besides her husband, she is
survived by two sons, Mark C,
and Paul C; her mother, Mrs.
Ethel Nichols; three brothers,
Arthur Nichols of Salem, N. J.,
Andrew J. Nichols of Falls
Church, Va., and Cameron E.
Nichols of Lewiston; also several
nieces and nephews.
Friends may call from 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 p.m. at Prudden &
Kandt Funeral Home, 242 Genesee
St., where funeral services
will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday
with the Rev. Robert W.
Orvis officiating.
Burial will be in North Ridge
Cemetery.

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 10/19/1957

Baskets of chrysanthemums and-pompons will adorn
the altar of Dickersonville Methodist Church, Dickersonville,
when Miss Colleen E. Nichols will exchange nuptial
vows with Earl Louis Bossart this afternoon (Oct. 19, 1957).
MISS COLLEEN E. NICHOLS
To Wed Earl Louis Bossart
The Rev. James Wilson will
p e r f o rm a double-ring ceremony,
uniting the daughter of
Mrs. Colin E. Nichols, Ridge
Rd., Lcwiston, and the son of
Mark L. Bossart, Stafford.
James Campbell will be pianist
for the candlelight ceremony
and soloist will be Arthur
Hulse.
To be given in marriage by
her brother, Cameron E. Nichols,
the bride will wear a gown
of white Chantilly lace styled
with s a b r i n a neckline, long'
sleeves and very full waltzlength
skirt. 'A fingertip-length
veil • will fall from her headpiece,
a crown of seed pearls,
and she will c a r r y a white
orchid and lilies of the valley
on a white Bible.
Mrs. Richard Bliicr, Leroy,
will be matron of honor. She
will be attired in a pink lace
over taffeta sheath dress with
matching hat. A white lace fan
adorned with white and deep
pink roses will complete her
costume.
Miss Lois Burnett, Ransomville
will be maid of honor. Miss
Burnett will wear a royal blue
taffeta waltz-length dress with
blue sequined headdress and
carry a fan with white and pink
roses.
Miss Sue N i c h o l s , junior
bridesmaid, will be attired similarly
to the b r i d e s m a i d in
powder blue. Miss Nichols is a
resident of Lewiston.
Lee B o s s a r t will be his
brother's best man and ushers
will be Theodore Billing and
David Nichols.
Hardings Restaurant, Youngstown
will be the scene of a
reception this evening.. The
mother of the bride will receive
in a d u s t y rose taffeta and
Chantilly lace dress, matching
accessories and yellow rose corsage.
The newlyweds will honeymoon
in North Carolina and
Virginia. For the motor trip,
the bride has chosen, a powder
blue gabardine suit, navy-blue
accessories and orchid corsage.
Mr. and Mrs. Bossart will
make their home at 565 Walnut
St., Lockport.

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 2/14/1967

Mark L Bossart, 74, of 9191
Roanoke Road, Town of Stafford,
father of a Lockport man,
died Sunday morning (Feb. 12,
1967) at Roswell Park Memorial
Institute, Buffalo, where he
had been a patient for two
weeks.
He was born Nov. 29, 1892, in
LeRoy, the son of Louis and
Anna Bossart. His wife, the for
mer Helen L. Heywood, died in
June, 1954.
Before his retirement, he had
been employed as a tool a n d
die grinder.
Mr. Bossart was a member of
St. Paul's Episcopal Church at
Stafford.
Surviving are two sons, Earl
Bossart of Lockport, Lee Bossart
of Albuquerque, N.M.; five
daughters, Mrs. Theodore Belling
of North Tonawanda, Mrs.
Richard Bliler of Dover, Del.,
Mrs. Wilber Peck Jr. of Rochester,
Mrs. Donald Stenshorn of
LeRoy and Mrs. James Campbell
of Stafford; also 19 grandchildren.
Friends may call at the H.E.
Turner Funeral Home, 403 E.
Main St., Batavia, from 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 p.m.
Funeral services will be held
at 1 p.m. tomorrow at St. Paul's
Episcopal, C h u r c h , Stafford,
with the Rev. J. T. Sanborn officiating.
Burial will be in Stafford
Cemetery.

Mark married HEYWOOD, Helen L about 1928. Helen was born about 1902 in New York; died in Jun 1954. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Colin + STEIVENSON, Ethel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Batavia NY Times - 7/30/1931

Louis Bossart, 77, died late Saturday
night at the home of his son in the
East. Main street road, in the town of
Stafford. He leaves, besides his son,
Mark Bossart, of Stafford with whom
he lived, another son, M. Bossart, of
Batavia, and four grandchildren, Ruth
Bossart, Doris Pestle and Earl and
Lee Bossart.
Funeral services, were held Wednesday
at-2 o'clock, standard time, in
Stafford. Burial took place in Stafford.

Louis married DENNIS, Anna M on 10 Dec 1889. Anna was born on 29 Mar 1852 in Le Roy, Genesee County, NY; died on 8 May 1920 in Stafford, Genesee County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Batavia NY Daily News - 5/8/1920

Mrs. Anna M. Bossart, wife of Louis
Bossart, died at 2 o'clock this morning
at her home on the Arthur A. Prole farm
in the town on Stafford, three miles east
of Batavia on the main road. She had
been in poor health for a number of
years, but death was hastened by an
apoplectic stroke on Thursday.
Mrs. Bossart, whose maiden name was
Anna M Dennis, wss born in Le Roy
on March 29, 1852, and moved to Stafford
when a young girl. She was married
on December 10, 1888. She was a
member of the Stafford Methodist Episcopal
church. Those who survive her be-
sides her husband are two sons, Harry M.
Bossart of East Pembroke and Mark L.
Bossart, living at home; a daughter
Mrs. Roy P. Pestle of Pavilion; a
brother, Eli J. Dennis of Stafford; a
sister, Mrs. Anthony Petherbridge of
Stafford, and two grandchildren, Ruth
Bossart of East Pembroke and Doris N.
Pestle of Pavilion.
The funeral will be held from the Bos-
sart home at 2 o'clock (standard time)
on Monday afternoon, the Rev. Abraham
Silverstein officiating, and the interment
wUl take place in the Stafford cemetery.