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Niagara Gazette - 12/24/1963

LOCKPORT-A retired, trucking contractor, John J.
Bower, 80, formerly of 67 Rochester St. here, died Monday
(Dec. 23,1963) in the Hilltop Nursing Home, Gasport.
Born July 8, 1883, in Gas
port, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joh n Bower, he had been a
resident of Lockport for the
last 60 years. He- had operated
a trucking business here
for many years. He was a
member of Second Presbyterian
Church of Lockport. He
had been ill for two years and
a patient at Hilltop for a
year.
Surviving are a daughter,
Mrs. Gordon (Ellagene) Hayes,
Lockport; two sons, Norman
Bower, Lockport, and Donald
E. Bower, Littleton, Colo.; a
step-son, Thomas E. Hallifax,
Lockport; a sister, Mrs. Louise
Argue, Lockport; nine grandchildren,
two great-grandchildren
and several nieces
and nephews.
Friends may call from 2 to
4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today
and Wednesday at the Lange
Funeral Home. A service will
be conducted at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday by Rev. David Van
Winkle, minister of Second
Presbyterian Church. Burial
will be in Glenwood Cemetery.
Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 12/24/1963

John J. Bower, 80, formerly of
17 Rochester St, a long • time
Lockport resident, died Monday
(Dec. 23. 1963) at Hilltop Nurs
ing Home, Gasport, alter a long
Illness.
He lived in Gasport after his
birth there July 8, 1883. In
Lockport he owned and operated
his own trucking contracting
business and was a member of
the Second Presbyterian Church.
He had been ill for the past two
years and lived at the home for
about a year before his death.
Surviving him ate a daughter,
Mrs. Gordon Hayes of Lockport;
two sons, Norman Bower
of Lockport and Donald E. Bower
of Littleton, Colo.; a sister,
Mrs.' Louise Argue of Lockport;
a stepson, Thomas E. Hallifax.
of Lockport; nine grandchildren;
two great - grandchildren
and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the Lange
Funeral Home, 188 East Ave.,
where the funeral will be held
Thursday at 3:30 p.m. with the
Rev. David VanWinkle of the
Second Presbyterian Church officiating.
The family will be
present from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m. Burial will be in Glenwood
Cemetery.

Family/Spouse: Edith M. Edith was born about 1891 in New York; died between 1920 and 1930 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BOWER, Ellagene was born on 6 Dec 1912 in New York; died on 14 Jul 2005 in Gasport, Niagara County, NY.
2. BOWER, Norman J was born on 22 Sep 1915 in New York; died on 17 Feb 1996 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY.
3. BOWER, Donald A was born about 1921 in New York.

Family/Spouse: Mary E. Mary was born about 1899 in New York; died on 13 Oct 1958 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth about 1866. Elizabeth was born about 1845 in New York; died on 28 Feb 1920 in Williamsville, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 2/28/1920

Mrs. John Bower died at the Holy
Family Home at Williamsville, N. Y.
at 7:40 a. m, today. She is survived by
three sons and three daughters, Nicholas
and Albert Bower of Gasport. Mrs.Moyer
of Tonawanda, Elizabeth McDonald of
Buffalo and Louis Argue of Lockport,
N..Y. Notice of funeral to come later.