Notes:

Daughter Kim interested in genealogy. Ruth wrote the Russ Family History Book. She says that the Russ family is the owner of Buffalo Abrasives in North Tonawanda.

Ruth C. (Binkley) Arthurs
Of East Aurora, Erie County, NY, February 23, 2006, beloved wife of Stanley Arthurs; dearest mother of Lee J. (Kaaren), Jay (Carol) Arthurs, Lynn J. Fischer, Kim Gallagher, Bruce E. (Linda), Kent D., Gail R., Paul R. and the late Gregg S. Arthurs; also survived by nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; daughter of the late John F. and Lillian (Russ) Binkley; step-daughter of the late Mary (Snyder) Binkley; sister of the late Howard (Ruthie) Binkley; also survived by nieces and nephews. No prior visitation. Family and friends are invited to attend a Memorial gathering Saturday from 11:30 AM-1:00 PM, at Grace Lutheran Church, 736 Cayuga Dr., Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY 14304, where Memorial Services will immediately follow at 1:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, memorials to Hospice Buffalo, Inc. or Grace Lutheran Church. Arrangements by CASTIGLIA FUNERAL HOME, INC. 824-6435

Published in the Buffalo News on 2/24/2006.

Published in the Buffalo News on 3/9/2006 the following:

ARTHURS - Ruth C., active in church
3/9/2006

Services for Ruth Clara Arthurs of East Aurora, a homemaker, were held last month in Niagara Falls and Ohio. She was buried in Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Chagrin Falls, OH.

Born Ruth Binkley in Niagara Falls, she died Feb. 23 at the home of a daughter, Lynn Fischer, in East Aurora, after a short battle with cancer. She was 84.

She was a graduate of LaSalle High School in Niagara Falls and attended Michigan State University. She married her high school sweetheart, Stanley Arthurs, also a student at Michigan State.

After college, the couple lived in the Cleveland area, most of the time in the suburb of Solon, where their nine children were born and raised.

She was an active member of Valley Lutheran Church in Chagrin Falls and Our Redeemed Lutheran Church in Solon, where she was a Sunday school teacher and played the organ. She also directed and sang in the church's choirs.

Mrs. Arthurs and her husband had lived for the last three years with their daughter in East Aurora.

Survivors include her husband of 64 years; two other daughters, Kim Gallagher of Kent, OH, and Gail of Orchard Park; five sons, Lee of Big Canoe, Ga., Jay of Saratoga, Calif., Bruce of Pleasanton, Calif., Kent of Stretsboro, OH, and Paul of Mountain Ranch, Calif.; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Ruth married ARTHURS, Stanley on 24 Sep 1941 in Church of Christ, Angola, IN. Stanley (son of LEVINE, Arthur Anders and ENGBLOM, Beda Alida) was born on 14 Aug 1920 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN; died on 26 Mar 2006 in East Aurora, Erie County, NY; was buried in Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Chagrin Falls, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. ARTHURS, Lee John
2. ARTHURS, Richard Jay
3. ARTHURS, Lynn Joanne
4. ARTHURS, Stanley Gregg was born on 29 Dec 1948 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH; died on 9 Jul 1951 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH; was buried in Knollwood Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, OH.
5. ARTHURS, Janice Kim
6. ARTHURS, Bruce Eric
7. ARTHURS, Kent David
8. ARTHURS, Gail Ruth
9. ARTHURS, Paul Russ

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 1/18/1966

John F. Binkley, 69, of 1673
Ridge Road, Lewiston, a retired
farmer, died Monday
(Jan. 17, 1968) at DeGraff
Memorial H o s p i t a l , North
Tonawanda, after a Short illness.
He was born in Niagara
Falls May 25, 1896, the son
of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Binkley.
He lived on Tuscarora
Road, Town of Niagara, most
of his life and prior to his
retirement in 1955 he farmed
In the area.
Mr. Binkley was past master
of LaSalle Lod-ge No. 1049,
F&AM, and past p a t r o n,
Order of the Eastern Star No.
785.
He is survived by his widow,
Mary E. Binkley; a son, Howard
J. Binkley, North Tonawanda;
a daughter, Mrs. Stanley
(Ruth) Arthurs, Solon,
Ohio, and 14 grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2
p.m. Thursday at the Lane
Funeral Home, conducted by
Rev. Milan Slahor, pastor of
the Lutheran Church of the
Messiah, Lewlston. Burial will
be in Oakwood Cemetery,
Friends may call at the funeral
home from 2 to 5 and
7 to 9 p.m. today and Wednesday.
LaSalle Lodge No. 1049,
F&AM, will conduct a service
at the funeral home at 7:30
p.m., Wednesday.
The family said that contri-
butions to any charitable or-
ganization will be acceptable
as tributed.

John married RUSS, Lillian Anna Caroline on 2 Jun 1919 in Zion Lutheran Church, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Lillian (daughter of RUSS, John Jacob and MELLENTHIN, Friedericke Wilhelmine Ernestine) was born on 19 Nov 1899 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 2 Mar 1924 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 3/3/1924

La Salle. March 8.-Mrs. Lillian
Anna Binkley. 24 years old. died yesterday
at her home on the Tuscarora
roud. She is survived by her
husband, John: her parents. Mr.
and Mrs. John Russ. of the Military
road: one daughter, Ruth, and
one son, Howard, and, by two sisters,
Clara and Freda, and by three brothers;
Fred, John and Arthur, all of
La Salle.
The funeral will be held.Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home
of her parents and at 2:30 o'clock
from the Zion Lutheran church. The
Rev. Hoyer will officiate. The burial
will be in Oakwocd cemetery. -
All members of the Zlon Lutheran
Ladies' Aid Society are requested to
be at the Russ home at the hour of
the funeral.

John married ALBRECHT, Caroline on 23 Dec 1890. Caroline (daughter of ALBRECHT, Michael and BECKER, Mary Catherine) was born on 18 Jul 1863 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY; died on 12 Feb 1938 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY - Section 7. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 5/19/1957

John J. Russ, 82, River Rd.,
Wheatfield, who rose- from the job
of handyman at the Carbor-
undum Co. here to president and
board chairman of N a t i o n a l
Grinding Wheel Co.. North Ton-
awanda. died yesterday (May 28,.
1957) at his home. He had been in
ill health for several months.
Born here Dec. 17. 1874, Mr.
Russ joined Carborundum in 1896
as a laborer and climbed rapidly,
to a managerial position. He is
credited with making many im-.
provements in early g r i n d i ng
wheel manufacture.
He went to Dusseldorf, Germany,
in 1907 to supervise wheel
operations and train new employes
for Carborundum's Ger-
man plant. _ •
Mr. Russ left Carborundum in
1923 to reorganize the National
Grinding Wheel Co. which then
operated in Buffalo. When the
plant was moved to North Tonawanda
in 1929, he was elected
president. He. became chairman
of the company in 1951 and con-
tinued active in management until
his recent illness.
Mr. Russ was a long time leader
in civic affairs in the village
of LaSalle before its incorporation
into the city of Niagara Falls
in 1927. He was a member of
the village board of trustees, president
of the village and a member
of the LaSalle school board.
Mr. Russ was one of the founders
of the Carborundum Employes'
Benefit Assn. in 1898. •
He was predeceased by his
wife, the former Fredericka Mellenthin.
Survivors are Miss Clara
M. Russ. who lived with her father,
Mrs. George P. Eddy, this
city, and three sons, Frederick W.,
John T. and Arthur A. Russ, all
of North Tonawanda.
He is'also survived by a brother,
Peter J. Russ, Detroit: two
sisters, Mrs. Frank H. Taylor,
this city, and Mrs. Harry Walters,
Lake Worth, Fla., seven grandchildren
and 12 great grandchildren.
He was a member of LaSalle
Zion Lutheran Church, now
Grace Lutheran Church;
Funeral services will be held
at the home Friday at 1 p.m. and
at Redeemer Lutheran Church,
Fajcsner and T h o m p s o n Sts.,
North Tonawanda, at 1:30 p.m.
The Rev. H. G. Kleiner, pastor,
of the church, will officiate. Burial
will be in Oakwood Cemetery
here.
The family said contributions
to the DeGraff Memorial Hospital
fund will be acceptable as
tributes.

John married MELLENTHIN, Friedericke Wilhelmine Ernestine on 2 Jun 1898 in Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, Bergholz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Friedericke (daughter of MELLENTHIN, Friedrich August and RADANT, Caroline Christine) was born on 11 Jul 1875 in Bagemühl, Brandenburg, Prussia; died on 4 Dec 1944 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 1944

Mrs. Friederlcka Russ. 69, of the
River road, town of Wheatfleld, collapsed
and died of a heart attack In
Bennett street, North Tonawanda,
at 8 o'clock last evening. She was
the wife of John J. Russ. president
of the National Grinding Wheel
company, of the Walck road and
Erie avenue, North Tonawanda.
She was returning from a shopping
trip at Niagara Falls and was walking
from the bus in Payne avenue
when she was stricken. She as on
her way to the home of her son,
John T. Russ, 413 Evans street,
North Tonawanda, for dinner.
Bom in Germany.Mrs. Russ had
lived in Niagara Fells since coming
to America st the age of seven, with
the exception of the past two years
during which she and her husband
resided in the River road.
Mr. Russ is in Miami Beach, Florida,
where his wife planned to join
him as soon aa she was able to secure
plane reservations. Mr. Russ in
former years was an official of the
Carborundum company here but
started his own abrasive plant in
North Tonawanda several eyars ago.
Besides her husband and son,
John. Mrs. Russ is survived by two
Other sons, Frederick W. and Arthur
A. Ruse, of North Tonavanda; two
daughters. Clara, at borne, arid Mrs.
George P. Eddy, of Niagara Falls,
six grandchildren and.one great
grandchild.•
Mrs. Ruas was a member of the
Zion Evangelical Lutheran church,
Cayuga drive, this city, and the
Ladies Aid society of. the church.
Funeral services will be held at
the family home in River road with
interment- in Oakwood cemetery.
The time of the rites has not been
fixed pending the arrivad of Mr.
Russ, who is flying here from Flori--
da.

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 3/11/1910

BINKLEY-Uriah Binkley. one of the
oldest and best known residents of Niag-
ara County died at his home at La Salle
on the Mile Line road, March 10. 1910. He
wan bom at Washington Borough, Lan-
caster county, Pa. NOV. 10, 1822.
He is survived by two daughters and
eight sons: Herman G.. Uriah E., Al-,
bright. Daniel. Kate L.,. Willis and A. Wil-
der. Also one sister. Mrs. H. Wltmer. of
Goshen. Indiana, and two brothers. John
H. Binkley of La Salle, and David H.
Binkley of Long Beach. Californla,.
Funeral from his late residence on Sun
day, March 12th, at 1:30 o'clock p. m.

ALSO

Same paper and date

Wah Binkley, one of the oldest
residents of Niagara county, died at
his home on the Mile Line road, In
the Town of Niagara, last night at the
age of 87 years. Mr. Binkley was born
in Washington, Lancaster county. Pa.,
November 10th, 1822 and came to
this city 52 years ago. He settled
in what is now Pine avenue, about a
mile east of the city line, and lived
there until his death.
He is survived by two daughters
and eight sons, Herman G., Uriah E.,
Albright, Kate L., Willie and
A Wilder, also one sister, Mrs. h. H.
Witmer, of Goshen, Ind.; and two
brothers, John H. Binkley of LaSalle
and David H. Binkley, of Long Beach,
Cal. The funeral will be held from
his late residence Sunday afternoon at
1:30 o'clock,m under direction of Quinn
and Reardon.

Uriah married ZEIGER, Barbara on 24 Mar 1853 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. Barbara (daughter of ZEIGER, Ludwig and SCHMIDT, Elisabeth) was born on 28 Aug 1828 in Bischheim, Bas-Rhin, Pfalz, Germany; died on 1 Nov 1897 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY - Section 7. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1870 Census shows as Albright

Michael + BECKER, Mary Catherine. Mary was born on 27 Apr 1837 in Schatthausen, Weslock, Baden, Germany; died on 27 Jun 1889 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 8/12/1922

J o h n Russ, one of the city's most
h i g h l y respected citizens, died this
m o r n i n g a t t h e family home, No. 1601
Whirlpool street, at the ago of 85
y e a r s . He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Barbara Russ, and three sons.
J o h n J. of LaSalle, William F. and
P e t e r J., of t h i s city, and two d a u g h -
t e r s , Mrs. F. H. Taylor of this city
a n d Mrs. George Taylor of Chicago.
He also leaves a sister, Mrs. Vitus
Laur. of t h i s city. Funeral Monday
a f t e r n o o n at 1.30 from the home and
a t 2 o'clock from Trinity Lutheran
church, South avenue, burial to be in
Oakwood cemtery. Rev. Paul T.
Gutknecht officiating.
Mr. Russ was one of the pioneers
of N i a g a r a Falls. He was born in
W u r t e n b u r g , Germany, and came to
N i a g a r a in 1866 where he has since
made his home. He was in the emp
l o y of the New York Central for
m a n y years and was retired twelve
y e a r s apo on a pension in recognition
of his w o r t h as a mechanic. He celeb
r a t e d his golden wedding annivers
a r y J u n e 27 last. He was one of the
o r g a n i z e r s of Trinity Lutheran
c h u r c h . He had lived for 39 y e a r s in
t h e house in which he ..passed away.
He leaves t h i r t e e n g r a n d c h i l d r e n and
two g r e a t - g r a n d c h i l d r e n.

Johannes married BOHNACKER, Barbara on 27 Jun 1872 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Barbara (daughter of BOHNACKER, Johann Jakob and SCHNEIDER, Anna) was born on 21 Dec 1850 in Feldstetten, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died on 17 Jul 1925 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 7/17/1925

Mrs. Barbara Russ, 74 years old,
widow of John Russ, died at 7
o'clock this morning at the family
home. No. 1601 Whirlpool street.
She had been ill a year. Mrs. Russ
was born In Wurtemburg, Germany,
and came to this country, settling in
this city 53 years ago. Practically
all of .her residence in this city was
spent in, the neighborhood In which
she lived at the time of her death.
She held the confidence and esteem
of- a wide circle of friends and was
beloved for her many admirable
qualities.
For many years a member of the
Trinity Lutheran church, Cleveland
avenue, Mrs. Russ wa.s active In the
Interests and affairs of that congregation.
She is survived by three
sons, Johns Russ of La Salle, former
La Salle village president, and William
and Peter Russ, both of this
city; two daughters, Mrs. Frank
Taylor and Mrs. Charlotte Taylor
of Niagara Fails, a brother In St.
Paul, Minn., and a sister In Germany.
The funeral will be held on Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
home and. a t 2:30 o'clock from the
Trinity Lutheran church, the Rev.
M. C. Kertzman officiating. Burial
will be in the family plot in Oakwood
cemetery.

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 6/29/1922

Mr. and Mrs. John Russ of. No. 1601
Whirlpool street celebrated- their
golden wedding anniversary at a
dinner party at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. Frank Taylor of No.
714 Linwood avenue. on Tuesday
evening. The color scheme of the
decorations was gold and white, carried
out with quantities of yellow
and white roses. Mr. a nd Mrs. Russ
were presented with a purse of gold.
The guests consisted of the immediate
family, three sons and two daughters
and their families. Mr. John Russ
of. La Salle, Mr. Peter Russ of Linwood
avenue and Mr. William Russ
pt; Spring street. Mrs. Frank Taylor
of Linwood avenue and Mrs. George
Taylor of Chicago were -the sons and
daughters present at the dinner
party. Mr. and Mrs. Russ were
born in Wurtemburg, Germany, and
came to this country at different
times during their early youth. They
were married at the German Lutheran
church in this city 50 years ago and
have made their, home here for the
past 40 years.

Friedrich married RADANT, Caroline Christine on 20 Dec 1872 in Bagemühl, Brandenburg, Prussia. Caroline (daughter of RADANT, Christian Friedrich and BARS, Christine) was born on 4 Jun 1847 in Woddow, Brandenburg, Prussia; died on 4 Dec 1900 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, Bergholz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

6 December 1900 Tonawanda News

Caroline Mellenthin aged 53 years of the Creek Road, LaSalle died Tuesday. The funeral will take place tomorrow from the late residence. Interment will be at Bergholtz.