1. | LINDHURST, Benjamin H was born in 1891 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (son of LINDHURST, Karl Friedrich and DEMMIN, Rachel Frederica Wilhelmine); died on 24 Sep 1963 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Notes:
Niagara Gazette
Former City
Alderman
Dies at 72
NORTH TONAWANDA—
Benjamin H. Lindhurst 72, of
251 Payne Ave., a former city
alderman, died Tuesday (Sept.
24, 1963) at DeGraff Memorial
Hospital after a lengthy illness.
He was a lifelong resident
of this city and a charter member
of Grace Lutheran Church
and a member of the official
board of St. John's Home for
Children in Buffalo.
Mr. Lindhurst, a letter carrier
here for 40 years, retired
in 1951.
He was a longtime member
of the National Association of
Letter Carriers and also a
member of the National Association
of Retired Civil Service
Employes. He was a member
of Columbia Hook and
Ladder Co. No 1, North Tonawanda
Firemen's Benevolent
Association and the Junior
Order of United American
Mechanics.
Survivors include his widow,
Florence Strassel Lindhurst;
a son, Kenneth Lindhurst;
two daughters, Mrs. Louis
Ri c h e r t and Mrs. Albert
Krueger; two sisters, Mrs. Edward
Doody and Mrs. Nelson
Forsyth, and nine grandchildren
all of this city.
Friends may call from 2 to
4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Wattengel
Funeral Home where
services will be conducted at
2 p.m. Friday, Rev. Howard
E. Funk officiating. .Burial
will be in White Chapel Memorial
Park.
Benjamin married STRASSEL, Florence Ruth on 29 Jun 1915 in Niagara County, NY. Florence (daughter of STRASSEL, Albert Frank and BOLDT, Wilhelmina Augusta) was born on 9 Jan 1893 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY; died on 13 Apr 1976 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- LINDHURST, Kenneth G was born in 1916 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
- LINDHURST, Geraldine Ruth was born in 1919 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
- LINDHURST, Jeanette Francis was born on 7 Feb 1924 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 13 Feb 2009 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
- LINDHURST, Calvin A was born in 1926 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died in 1927 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
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