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- Niagara Gazette - 7/16/1962
Loren W. Ausderau, 61, of 2653 Niagara Ave.,
general foreman of the chlorine liquification department
at the Hooker Chemical Corp., died Sunday (July
15, 1962) at Mt. St. Mary's Hospital after an illness of
eight months.
Mr. Ausderau was born in
Austin, Pa., and came to Niagara
Falls in 1924 when he
joined the former Niagara
Alkali Co., which-in" 1955 was
merged with the Hooker
Chemical Corp.
In 1930 he was made shift
foreman in Niagara Alkali's
electro-bleaching gas department
and in 1938 became general
foreman of the department.
He continued as general
foreman after the merger.
Mr. Ausderau was former
president of the Niagara Alkali
Foremen's Association
and was a member of the
Hooker's Foremen's Association.
He also was a member
of Ihe Hyde Park United
Presbyterian Church.
The deceased was considered
an authority on the
manufacture and application
of chlorine.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Winnifred M.- Ausderau, a
son, Loren C. Ausderau, and
a-daughter, Mrs. Robert
(Caroline) Clarke, all of this
city; two brothers, Glenn
Ausderau, this city, and Arthur
Ausderau in California;
a sister, Mrs.. Caroline Rycraft,
Rochester; six grandchildren,
and several nieces
and nephews.
Funeral services will be
held at the Cornell and Daggett
Funeral Home Wednesday
at 1 p.m. with Rev. Robert
E. Backstrom officiating.
Interment will be in Riverdale
Cemetery. Friends may
call at the funeral home from
2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.
The family said that contributions
to the Living Memorial
Fund of the Hyde Park
United Presbyterian Church
will be acceptable as tributes.
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