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Niagara Gazette - 5/10/1971

LOCKPORT - Mrs. Anna
Irene Downey, 82, of 29 West
High Street, a city employe,
died Sunday (May 9, 1971)
at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. John Van Bourgondien
of 9624 Tonawanda Creek
Road, Clarence Center.
A native and life-long resident
of Lockport, M r s .
Downey was born July 11,
1908, the daughter of Joseph
and Elizabeth Gense Meyers.
She had been employed at
the former Niagara Supply
Firm here as a secretary for
25 years. For the past ten
years, she had been employed
in the city treasurer's office
here.
Besides her daughter, she
is s u r v i v e d by four
grandchildren and five
sisters, Mrs. Harold Sy, Mrs.
William Greepman, M r s .
Thomas Wilson, Mrs. Harold
Wells and Miss Ruth Meyers,
and a brother, Joseph Meyers
Jr., all of Lockport.
Friends may call from 2
to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the
Gaul Funeral Home, 263 East
Avenue,. where services will
be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday.
The Rev. Richard H. Scheffler
well officiate.
Burial will be in Glenwood
Cemetery

Anna married DOWNEY, Oscar A in 1927. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. DOWNEY, Patricia A

Joseph married GENSE, Elizabeth about 1905. Elizabeth (daughter of GENSE, Frederick and FLEISCHER, Anna) was born on 6 Jul 1883 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY; died on 2 Dec 1968 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 12/2/1968

LOCKPORT — An elderly Lockport woman died
in Lockport Memorial Hospital today (Dec. 2, 1968)
four weeks after being struck by. a car in S. Transit
Street.'. .
Mrs. Elizabeth Meyers, 85, of
29 W. High St., had been a
patient at the hospital since the
Nov. 4 mishap.
An autopsy was being performed
this morning to determine
cause of death.
Born in Wolcottsville, July 6,
1883, she was the daughter of
Frederick and Anna Fleischer
Gense.
A resident of this city for the
last 69 years, she was a member
of the St. Peter's United
Church of Christ.
She and her husband, Joseph
Meyers Sr., recently celebrated
their 63rd wedding anniversary.
Beside her husband,-she is
survived by a son, Joseph Jr.,
and six daughters, Mrs. Harold
Sy, Mrs. Anna Downey, Mrs.
William Grcenman, Mrs. Thomas
Wilson, Mrs. William Hennessy
and Mrs. Harold Wells,
all of Lockport, 11 grandchildren
and 19 great-grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Gaul
Funeral Home beginning Tuesday
from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.,
where services will be held
Thursday at 2 p.m.
Burial in Glcnwood Cemetery

Frederick + FLEISCHER, Anna. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]