Family/Spouse: Amy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary of Michael Roberts

Michael R. Roberts passed away March 5, 2018.  Born May 5, 1935 in Lockport he was the son of Rial and Elizabeth (Bicker) Roberts.  Michael worked for 42 years at William Kugler & Sons where he was a crane operator.  He was an avid NASCAR fan and a dog lover.
 
Michael is survived by his children Lisa Roberts, Michael (Joann) Roberts, Duane (Amy) Roberts, Elizabeth Roberts, and Roseann Roberts; four grandchildren; sisters Mary Fritz, Patricia (John) Wright, late Alice (Floyd) Huntington, and late Ellen (Robert) Ranney; also several nieces and nephews.
 
Relatives and friends may call Wednesday, March 7th from 4-7 PM in Prudden & Kandt Funeral Home, 242 Genesee St., Lockport where services will be held at 10 AM on Thursday, March 8th.  Interment will be in Wrights Corners Cemetery.  Visit pruddenandkandt.com.

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Niagara Gazette - 1/2/1969

LOCKPORT - Rial C.
Roberts, 72, of 173 S. Transit
St., died Wednesday (Jan. 1,
1969) at his home of an ap-
parent heart attack.
Police said he had left his
home about 9 a.m. Wednesday
to go to the garage ta the rear
of the house to start his car.
He was found lying on the floor
of the garage about 9:30 a.m.
The rescue squad of the fire
department attempted to revive
him but he was pronounced
dead by Dr. Thomas C. Regan,
a Niagara County corner.
He was born in the Town
of Cambria, Dec. 27, 1896, the
son of Orson and Mary Moore
Roberts, and had lived in
Lockport most of his life.
He retired from the Simonds
Saw and Steel Co., in 1961, after
30 years service as a ham-
mersmith.
He is survived by his wife,
Elizabeth E. Bicker Roberts;
four sons, Rial V., Ralph C.,
Joseph G. and Michael R.
Roberts, all of this city; four
daughters, Mrs. Floyd (Alive)
Huntington and Mrs. George
(Genevieve) Schlegel, both of
Medina, and Mrs. Robert
(Ellen) Ranney and Miss Mary
Roberts, both of Lockport; nine
grandchildren and several
nieces and nephews.
Friends may call from 2 to
4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Prudden
and Kandt Funeral Home,
where services will be held at
2 p.m. Friday, the Rev. Herbert
L. Siegner officiating.
Burial will be in Wrights
Corners Cemetery.

Rial + BICKER, Elizabeth E. Elizabeth (daughter of BICKER, John S and BURKE, Mary Frances) was born on 16 Jan 1902 in New York; died in Mar 1982 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Orson + MOORE, Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 8/18/1944

Services for John S. Bicker, who
died at the home of a son, Stephen
Bicker. 201 Union St., Thursday,
will be held at 8:30 tomorrow at
the Kennedy Funeral Home and at
9 o'clock at St. John's Church, with
burial in St. Patrick's Cemetery.
Mr. Bicker had been employed
for many years by the Harrison
Radiator Division, General Motors
Corporation, but retired 5 years ago.
He was born In the Town of Pendleton.
He leaves 2 sons, Stephen and
William J. Bicker, 2 daughters, Mrs.
Arthur Savigny and Mrs. Rial
Roberts and 3 sisters, Mrs. John
Bishop, Mrs. William Baudendistle
and Mrs. Frank Laubacker, all of
Lockport.

John married BURKE, Mary Frances about 1891. Mary was born about 1867 in New York; died on 5 Dec 1940 in Lockport Memorial Hospital, Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 12/5/1940

Mary F. Bicker passed away sud-
denly Thursday morning, December
5, 1940 at the Lockport City hospital.
She is survived by her husband
John S., two daughters and two
sons, Mrs. Arthur Savigny, Mrs.
Rial Roberts, william J. and
Stephen V., also thirteen grand-
children, one sister Mrs. Peter Grat-
ten all of Lockport. Remains re-
posing at the Kennedy Funeral
Home where funeral services will
be held Saturday morning, Decem-
ber 7, 1940 at 8:30 o'clock and 9:00
o'clock at St. John's church. Inter-
ment at St. Patrick's cemetery.
Friends invited to call.