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Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 10/27/1969

BARS - Warren F. Bars of
8553 Ridge Road, Town of Hartland,
passed away Oct. 26, 1969
at Lockport Memorial Hospital.
He is survived by his wife,
Anna M. Bars; one son, Donald
J. Bars of Hartland; two sis
ters, Mrs. Robert H. Bell of
Lockport, Mrs. Kenneth Hall of
Cincinnati, Ohio; three brothers,
Roy L. Bars of Lockport,
Lester C. Bars of Clarence
Center and John Bars of Lockport;
eight grandchildren and
several nieces and nephews.
Beginning Monday evening at
7 p.m., friends may call at
their convenience at the Lange
Funeral Home, 186 East Ave.,
where funeral services will be
held on Wednesday (Oct. 29,
1969) at 11 a.m. The family will
be present from 2 to 4 and 7 to
9 p.m. Interment in Hartland
Central Cemetery. Memorials
may be made to the American
Cancer Society.

Family/Spouse: KELKENBERG, Anna M. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BARS, Shirley Mae
2. BARS, Donald J

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 4/30/1956

John Bars, 86, formerly of Beat-
tie Rd , Raymond Hill. died Saturday
afternoon (April 28, 1956) at
the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Robert H. Bell, S. Transit Rd.
He was born Oct. 5, 1869. in
the Town of Newstead, Erie County,
son of Charles and Rachael
Bars. He was a trustee of Raymond
Hill Community Church.
A week ago on Sunday he and
his wife, the former Elisabeth Al
tro, observed their 60th wedding
anniversary.
Besides his wife and daughter,
Mrs. Bell, he leaves another
daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Hall of
Cincinnati, O , four sons, Roy L.,
Lockport, Warren F.. Hartland.
Lester C, Clarence Center and
John Jr., Raymond Hill; three sisters,
Mrs. Anna Cable, Lockport;
Mrs. William Siegler, New fane and
Mrs. Emma Klutts, Middleport; 13
grandchildren and 15 great-grand
children.
Services will be held Wednes
day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
home of the son; John Jr., Beattie
Ave . Raymond Hill. The Rev.
Everett Davis of Raymond Community
Church, will officiate. Burial
wdl be in Hartland Central
Cemetery.

John married ALTRO, Elizabeth on 22 Apr 1896. Elizabeth (daughter of ALTRO, Fred and Amelia) was born in Aug 1877 in Town of Clarence, Erie County, NY; died on 11 Apr 1959 in Lockport Memorial Hospital, Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 4/11/1959

BARS - Elizabeth M. of S. Transit
Rd., passed away Saturday.
April 11, at Lockport Memorial
Hospital. She leaves to daughters.
Mrs. Robert H. Bell, of Lockport,
and Mrs. Kenneth Hal!. Cincinnati.
Ohio; four sons, Roy L., of
Lockport, Warren F., Hartland,
N. Y., Lester C, of Clarence
Center, N. Y., and John Jr., of
Raymond Hill; 13 grandchildren,
and 18 great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the home of
John Bars Jr., Beattie Ave., Raymond
Hill beginning Sunday from
2 to S and 7 to 10 p.m. where
funeral Services will be held
Tuesday, April 14, at 2 p.m. In-
terment in Hartland Central
Cemetery. Arrangements by
Bream and Lange Funeral Home.

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Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 4/25/1946

Mr. and Mrs. John Bars, RD 3 Lockport,^who spent their
childhoods in log cabins in Western New York. Monday marked
the 50th anniversary of their wedding. In honor ol the occa-
sion, they were entertained at a surprise iamily dinner party at
Park Hotel Saturday evening attended by 32 persons
This is the third golden wedding
observed in recent years in Mr
Bars' family.
For the past quarter of a cen-
tury the oouple has resided at
their 196-acre farm at Raymond
Hill.
Mrs. Bars, the former Elizabeth
Altro. daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Fred Altro, was born in the Town
of Clarence. When she was six
months old, she moved to a log
cabin in the Kinne Road.
At the age of 13, Mrs. bars fam-
ily settled on a neighboring farm
and she remained there until her
marriage by the Rev. S. E. Way.
Erie County Native
Mr. Bars was born in a log cab.n
in the Town of Newstead.- Erie
County, and moved to Niagara
County at the age of nine, where
he attended a district school. He
is still active as a successful
farmer.
"The log cabin was town down
shortly after we moved," Mrs. Bars
said, as she vividly recalled the
crowded conditions in the two -room
hut for the family fo four, and her
daily two-mile hike to the district
school.
"The most noticeable change I
have seen through the years is in
farm machinery. When I was a
child, I remember my father work-
ing the land with wooden imple-
ments, drawn by horses."
Farming Family
Both Mr. and Mrs. Bars parents
were lifelong farmers. Their grand-
parents were natives of Germany.
After their marriage, the couple
moved to the Town of Royalton.
They have six children: Mrs.
Robert Bell, Transit Road; Mrs.
Edward Wartman, Cincinnati, O.;
Roy and John Bars, Town of Lock-
port; Warren Bars, Gasport RD 1;
Lester Bars, Clarence Center.
Mrs. Bars had a brother, Clarence
Altro, living at Gasport RD. Her
husband has four sisters:
Mrs. William Dietz, Newstead;
Mrs. Fred Cable, 127 Spalding St.;
Mrs. William Seigler, Newfane;
Mrs. DeForest Klutts, Middleport.

Charles + KORLMINN, Rachel. Rachel (daughter of KORLMINN, John and Rachel) was born about 1838 in Germany; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Fred + Amelia. Amelia died on 2 Feb 1928 in Raymond Hill, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 2/3/1928

Amelia Altro passed away at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. John
Bars, at Raymond Hill Thursday.
February 2, 1928.
She is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. John Bars, and one son, Clarence
B. Altro, seven grand children
and five great grandchildren, also
one sister, Mrs. Peter Shafer of
Corfu, N. Y., and one niece, Mrs.
Arthur Kinney of Royalton.
Funeral services will be held from
the home of her daughter, Sunday
afternoon, at 1:30 o'clock, and two
o'clock from St. Stephan Church at
Millersport, N. Y. Interment will
be In St. stephan cemetery.

John + Rachel. Rachel was born about 1808 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]