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Niagara Gazette - 1/26/1953

A Niagara Falls paratrooper home
on a weekend pass to visit his mother
was found dead today in a gas-filled
garage at the rear of the family
home at 2710 Whitney avenue.
He was identified as 2d Lt.
Louis T. Davis, 22, of the 325th
Paratroop Squadron, 82d Airborne
division, at Ft. Bragg, N. C. He
celebrated his birthday on Friday.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Vockroth.
His body was found shortly before
9 a. m. by his mother, whose screams
attracted neighbors.
Coroner James W. Heary said he
was withholding a death certificate
pending investigation into the officer's
death.
Firemen, who administered first aid
for 45 minutes, reported that when
they arrived on the scene the body
was on the garage floor near the exhaust
pipe of a car whose motor was
running. The garage doors had been
closed, they said.
They also stated that the body was
warm, indicating that it had been in
the garage but a short time.
Lt. Davis was rushed in an air
force ambulance to Memorial hospital,
where he was pronounced
dead.
According to information obtained
by police at press time, Lt. Davis
was seen last by an acquaintance
shortly after 2 o'clock this morning.
He dad been participating in
winter maneuvers at Camp Drum
near Watertown and had obtained
a pass to visit here for the weekend,
it was reported.
Besides his parents, Lt. Davis is
survived,by his,wife, the former Jo
Anne Barber, who was at Ft, Bragg
when tragedy-occurred.
Friends of the family said that
Lt. Davis received his commission at
Niagara university last June. Before
attending the university he had been
stationed at a navy submarine school.
Hospital attendants said that the
body was to be sent to the Cobler
Funeral home.
Assisting Coroner Heary in his investigation
are Lt. Felix Jendraszek
and Patrolman Joseph Siuta.

ALSO

Niagara Gazette

DAVIS-Suddenly In this city. Monday.
January 14. 1953. L t Louts Thomas
Davis Beloved husband of Jo Anne
Davis. Fort Brags. N. C : son of Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Vockroth. city. Funeral
froom Cobler's Funeral Home,
040 Park Place. Thursday. January 29,
1953. at 2 p.m.. Rev. Fred Spreen
officiating. Interment in Resthaven
cemetery. Tonawanda. N. Y.

Louis married BARBER, Joanne Lee [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 12/16/1940

Thomas J. Davis, 36 years old
formerly a salesman employed by
the Continental Baking company,
died in Memorial hospital Saturday,
after a brief illness from pneumonia.
Funeral services will be held
at the home of his mother, Mrs.
Margaret Davis, 430 1-2 Sixth
street, at 12:45 p. m. tomorrow. The
Rev. Arthur H. Schmoyer officiating.
Burial will be in Rest Haven
cemetery, Tonawanda.
Besides his mother, Mr. Davis is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Hazel
Behrens Davis; a son, Louis; two
sisters, Mrs. Bessie Ellis and Martha
Davis, and two brothers, Llewellyn
and Abner Dav

Thomas married BEHRENS, Hazel Estelle on 17 Sep 1927 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Hazel (daughter of BEHRENS, Louis Henry and MANTE, Wilhelmine Fredricke) was born on 12 Aug 1904 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died in Mar 1979 in Fox Lake, Lake County, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph + EVANS, Margaret. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 5/7/1941

BEHRENS-In this city, Tuesday, May 6
Louis Behrens. age 68 years: husband
of Minnie: father of Arnold, Norma
and Kenneth Behrens. Mrs. Hazel D???,
Mrs. Roy Livermore; brother of Cecil,
Albert, Mrs. Catherine Abbott, Mrs.
Frank Hartzner all of this city; Mrs.
John Myers and Mrs. William Crow of
Buffalo. N. Y. He is also survived by
7 grandchildren. Funeral from the home
1827 Pierce Ave, Thursday afternoon
at 3 p. m , Rev. Arthur H. Schmoyer
officiating Interment in Oakwood Cere-
tery

ALSO

Niagara Gazette - 12/31/1941

May 6-Louis Behrens, 68, 1223
Niagara street, proprietor of
grocery store and meat market,
here for 45 years

Louis married MANTE, Wilhelmine Fredricke on 25 Mar 1899. Wilhelmine (daughter of MANTE, Christian and BEHM, Caroline Louise) was born on 1 Nov 1873 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 2 Apr 1967 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BEHRENS - In Memorial Hospital- Sunday, April 2, 1967, Wilhelmina F. Behrens (Minnie) of 1827 Pierce Ave., City. Beloved mother of Mrs. Harold Stevens (Hazel), Mrs. Roy Livermore (Eleanor), and Norman Behrens, City. She is also survived by 7 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Funeral service from Colber's Funeral Home, 640 Park Place, Wednesday, April 5, 1967, at 11 :00 a.m., Rev. Oral G. Olin Jr., officiating, Interment In Oakwood Cemetery, Friends may call from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Memorials may be made to the Zion Lutheran Church

Conrad + Rosina. Rosina was born about 1846 in New York; died between 1880 and 1900 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christian married BEHM, Caroline Louise on 9 Jan 1870 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Caroline (daughter of BEHM, Jakob and ELLMAN, Maria) was born on 29 Oct 1832 in Mewegen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 5 Sep 1898 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]