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Niagara Gazette - 2/13/1959

Former City
Comptroller
Dies at 72

Paul P. Plaster, 72, of 1841
Pierce Ave., city comptroller
at one time, died today (Feb.
13, 1959) in Memorial Hospital
after a short illness.
Mr. Plaster was assistant
comptroller from 1942 to 1956
with the exception of the full,
year of 1949 when he served as
comptroller while the incumbent,
Eugene T. Creagh, was
city manager.
Mr. Plaster was born in
Lockport. He came to this city
about 40 years ago. He worked
for National Carbon Co. and
Republic Carbon Co. until December
1937 when he went to
work for the city as an auditor.
He was city employment
manager from 1938 to 1940
when he returned to the auditor
post until the 1942 appointment
as assistant comptroller.
Mr. Creagh today praised
Mr. Plaster as a "faithful worker."
"We hated to lose him
when he retired," Mr. Creagh
said.
Mr. Plaster was an elder
and a board member of Trinity
Lutheran Church for 25
years. He also was a member
of the Republican City Committee.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Ella M. Plaster; a daughter,
Mrs. James W. Strasburg,
Town of Lewiston a brother,
Otto Plaster, Lockport; a sis:
ter, Mrs. Elizabeth Hellwig,
Lockport, and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
at the Trinity L u t h e r an
Church at 2 p.m. Monday.
Friends may call at the Cobler
Funeral Home Saturday and
Sunday.
Burial will be in Trinity
Lutheran Cemetery, Lockport.

Family/Spouse: WERTH, Ella Martha Rosine. Ella (daughter of WERTH, August Christian Friedrich and GOERSS, Auguste Maria Friedericke) was born on 7 Jul 1888 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 12 Apr 1961 in Sarasota, Sarasota County, FL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. PLASTER, Dorothy Elizabeth was born on 26 Mar 1920 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 6 Aug 2012 in Barrington, Cook County, IL.

Paul married HENNING, Caroline Albertine about 1868 in Niagara County, NY. Caroline was born on 12 Sep 1847 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY; died on 18 Sep 1917 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Heinrich married STUHDE, Dorothy Sophia Charlotte in 1841 in Prussia. Dorothy was born on 2 Dec 1818 in Prussia; died on 18 Mar 1873 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]