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Norman LeVan
SANBORN - Norman E. LeVan, 73, of 5847 Buffalo St., died Saturday, (Jan. 31, 1976), in Memorial Medical Center, after a short illness. A native of this city, he was president of the LeVan Hardware Inc., which was founded in 1910 by his father. He was a charter member and past president and current and long time treasurer of the Sanborn Lion's Club. He was a trustee of the Sanborn Methodist Church and was a member of Ransomville Lodge 551 F&AM. He was a past grand master of the Forest Lodge I.O.O.F. and was an exempt member of the Sanborn Fire Company. Survivors include his wife, Helen (Shaft) LeVan of this city; a son, Willis N. LeVan, also of this city; two daughters, Mrs. James (Norma Jean) Munch of Wilmington, Del., Mrs. Harvey (Marjorie) Napier of Columbus, Ohio; a brother, Maurice R. LeVan of this city; a sister, Mrs. James F. (Beatrice) Winkley of this city and six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at the Rhoney Funeral Home, with the Rev. Kenneth E. Traxler of the Sanborn United Methodist Church officiating, at the convenience of the family. Burial will be in Acacia Park Cemetery. There will be no prior visitation. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or to the Memorial Fund of the Sanborn Methodist Church.

Norman married SHAFT, Helen A on 27 Aug 1925 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Helen (daughter of SHAFT, Olin D and GUNBY, Cora) was born about 1904 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY; died on 25 Apr 1990 in Columbus, Franklin County, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. LEVAN, Willis Norman was born on 23 Aug 1926 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY; died on 1 Dec 2022 in Huntsville, Madison County, AL.
2. LEVAN, Norma Jean
3. LEVAN, Marjorie

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LeVan – At Rochester, July 29, Royal T., age 58 years; husband of Mary LeVan; father of Norman and Morris, Mrs. James Winkley, of Sanborn, Mrs. Ivan Dickson, of Stamford, Ont.; brother of Mrs. Wilford Bowerman of Lockport, Mrs. Claude Ellis of Kenmore; also surviving are his step-mother, Mrs. Jennie Levan (sp.) of the lower Mountain Road, and five grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the family residence on Buffalo. St. in Sanborn, Sunday, July 31st at 2:30 p. m., (D. S. T.) Burial at Shawnee, N. Y., Rev. Frank Taft, officiating.
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Hold Last Rites for Royal LeVan
Prominent Sanborn Resident Laid to Final Rest. 
SANBORN, Aug. 2 – The funeral of Royal T. LeVan, 58, who died on Friday at a Rochester hospital, was held at the family home in Buffalo avenue on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. and was one of the largest ever held in this section. A profusion of beautiful floral offerings expressed the high esteem of a wide circle of friends and relatives. Members of Sanborn Fire company, Forest Lodge, No. 202 ,I.O.O.F., and Sanborn Rebekah Lodge, No. 668, of which organizations Mr. LeVan was a member, attended in a body and the two latter had part in the service at the cemetery. The bearers included B. L. Hudson, Ray Kline, Ross N. Hudson, Willard C. Dale, A. T. Tompkins and N. C. Martin. The Rev. Frank N. Taft was the officiating clergyman. Interment was in Shawnee cemetery.
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picture caption - Largely attended funeral services were held Sunday afternoon for Royal T. LeVan, prominent Sanborn merchant, who died Friday after an illness of 16 months. For many years Mr. LeVan had been a church, business and fraternal leader in Sanborn and his passing is mourned by friends and relatives throughout Niagara county.

Royal + WILTON, Mary L. Mary was born about 1877 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Falls Gazette, February 13, 1928
Willis A. LeVan Dies Suddenly
Funeral of Cambria Center Man on Tuesday Afternoon
SANBORN, Feb. 13 - Willis A. LeVan died suddenly Saturday afternoon at the family home in Cambria. He had been out in the yard and came into the house complaining of feeling tired. He sat down in a chair and expired a few momenta later. Funeral services will be held from the home on Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock with Interment in Shawnee cemetery. Mr. LeVan was born in the town of Cambria on December 17, 1855, and lived there all his life. In 1873 he was united in marriage to Ettie Thompson and she died in 1896. In 1905 he was married to Jennie Moore LeVan by whom he is survived. He also leaves to mourn his loss one son, Royal T. LeVan, of this village, two daughters, Mrs. Claude L. Ellis, of Kenmore, and Mrs. Wilfred J. Bowerman, of Beach Ridge, ten grand-children and one great grandchild.

Willis married THOMPSON, Ettie in 1873 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. Ettie died in 1896. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]