Family/Spouse: RIDLEY, Raymond. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frank + BOWLER, Mary. Mary (daughter of BOWLER, Vincent and MAPES, Eliza) was born on 9 Sep 1877 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY; died on 19 Apr 1958 in Lockport Memorial Hospital, Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 4/21/1958

LAMBERT - Mary Bowler Lam
bert , wife of the late Frank Lambert,
Lockport, N. Y., entered into
rest at Lockport Memoral Hospi-
tal, Saturday, April 19, 1958. She
is survived by one daughter and
two sons, Mrs. Raymond Risley of
Burt, N.Y., Albert Lambert of
Buffalo, Paul Lambert of Lock-
port; six grandchildren,, several
nieces and nephews. Friends may
call at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Raymond Risley, Godfrey
Rd., Burt, where services will be
held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30.
Burial in Glenwood Cemetery,
Lockport.

ALSO

Same paper and date

A patient at Lockport Memorial
Hospital for 12 days, Mrs. Mary
Bowler Lambert, 80. died there
Saturday (April 19, 1958).
Born Sept. 9, 1877 in Lockport,
she was the daughter of the late
Vincent and Elizabeth Bowler and
was the last surviving of 11 chil-
dren. Mrs. Lambert lived for sev-
eral years with her niece, Mrs.
Anna Hartrup, 54 Hill St., since
the death of her husband Frank
Lambert, in 1945.
Survivors include a daughter
and two sons, Mrs. Raymond Ris-
ley of Burt, and Albert of Buffao
and Paul of Lockport; six grand-
children and several nieces and
nephews.
Friends may call at the home
of her daughter, Godfrey Rd.,,
Burt, where funeral services will
be held Tuesday afternoon at
2:30. Burial wil be in Glenwood
Cemetery.

Vincent + MAPES, Eliza. Eliza was born about 1841 in New York; died on 27 Feb 1917 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buffalo NY Courier - 2/28/1917

Lockpioxt. Feb, 17.-Mrs. Eliza Mapes
Bowler, who was fatally burned at her
home in North Transit road yesterday,
her seventy-sixth birthday, died early
today at her home. No one was present
in the kitchen where It is presumed
het dress caught fire, it is believed
while seh was taking meat from the
even or fixing the fire, although her
sister, Mrs. Mary Smith, who lived with
her was in another part of the house
at the time. *
Mrs. Bowler was first noticed by a
daughter, Mrs Edward Weaver, who
lives on the opposite side of the road,
from her home, who saw, her rolling
in the snow. She ran to her mother's
assistance and extinguished flames
which enveloped her. but not before
the woman was badly burned in all
parts of the body. Although partly
conscious at first. Mrs. Bowler was unable
to tell how she received her burns,
owing to her sufferings.
Deceased was the widow of Vincent
Bowler and is survived by five sons,
George, Samuel, Richard and Garfield
Bowler and Former Supervisor Vincent
Bowler, all of Lockport; four daughters.
Mrs. Edward Weaver and Mrs.
Frank Lambert, this city; Mrs. William
Bennett, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs.
George Robinson, Titusville, Pa., and.
one brother, James Mapes of North
Dakota. Also by two sisters, Delia.
Mapes of North Dakota and Mrs. Mary
Smith, this city. The funeral will be
held tomorrow afternoon from the residence
of her son, Vincent Bowler, Old
Niagara road, with Interment at Cold
Spring cemetery.