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- Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 9/18/1953
BISHER-George Bisher died sud
denly in the Town of Pendleton,
Sept. 27th, 1953. He is survived by
his wife, Lydia; five children, Mrs.
Glenn Zahno of Ransomville. N. Y.,
George L. Jr., Norman, Jane and
Karen at home; four grandchildren:'
three sisters, Mrs. Minnie
Waibel, Mrs. Ray Greasy, Tonawanda,
and Mrs. William Sanford,
Lockport; two brothers, Bert
Blsher and Walter Blsher. Cambria.
Funeral services from his home,
Washington Rd., Town of Pendleton,
Sunday at 3 o'clock and 3:80
at the Pendleton United Brethren
Church. Interment Beer Ridge
Friends are Invited.
ALSO
Same date and paper
Apparently dead for two hours,
George L. Bisher, 56. RD 3, Town
of Pendleton was found Thursday
at the wheel of his tractor when
his son George Jr. went to call
him for supper.
Sheriff's deputies said the tractor
had stalled in some bushes at
the edge of the field and that
Mr. Bisher had died of a heart
attack. When the South Lockport
and Wendelville Volunteer F i re
Companies arrived the tractor was
cold. Dr. L. R. Hurlbut, coroner,
and Deputy Floyd Frey invest!
gated.
Mr. Blsher was born In the Town
of Amherst, son of the late. Mr
and Mrs. Fred Blsher. He had
lived for 34 years In Pendleton
He had been In ill health for eigh
years. He had previously been employed
as a steam engineer by the
former Associated Gas and Electric
System of Lockport. He was a
member of fhe Pendleton United
Brethren Church.
Surviving are his wife, Lydla,
three daughters and two sons,
Mrs. Glenn Zahn, Ransomville. and
Jane, Karen. Norman and George
Jr., all at home; three sisters and
two brothers, Mrs. Clarence Waibel,
North Tonswanda; Mrs. Roy
Creasy, Tonawanda; Mrs. R o se
Sanford, Lockport; Burt and Walter
Bisher, Town of Cambria; also
four grandchildren.
Services will be held Sunday at
2 o'clock at the home and 2:30
at the United Brethren Church,
Pendleton, the Rev. Byron V. Ber
ry officiating. Burial will be in
Bear Ridge Cemetery.
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