Notes |
- North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 6/25/1968
Henry J. Balling Sr., founder
of Balling Bros, construction
company, which built many
schools and churches in the Buffalo
Catholic Diocese, died last
night at DeGraff Memorial Hospital.
He was 67 years old.
The first aid squad of the
North Tonawanda Fire Department
was called at 6:45 p.m. to
Mr. Balling's home at 59 Whiting
St., North Tonawanda,
where he was stricken. Oxygen
was administered and he was
taken to DeGraff, where he died
about four hours later.
A relative said Mr. Balling
had worked as usual yesterday
and did not complain about any
ailments until he was stricken.
Death was attributed to a ruptured
artery.
A native of the City of Tonawanda,
Mr. Balling founded the
construction concern at 454
Young St., Tonawanda, in the
1930s. The concern employed as
many as 60 employes during
peak construction periods
Balling Bros, constructed St.
Francis of Assist Church;
Mount St. Mary auditorium;
the Riverview and Mullen
schools; Cardinal O'Hara,
Bishop Gibbons, Bishop Neumann,
Bishop Timon. and
Orchard Park High Schools;
Rosary Hill and Villa Maria Colleges;
St. Gregory the Great
Church; St. Aloysius Church,
Springville; St. Margaret's
Church, Buffalo; the Ascension
Church parish hall and
gym; Our Lady of Victory Hospital
and Nardin Academy.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Alma Brick Balling; two
sons, Henry J. Balling Jr. of
Orchard Park and Paul D.
Balling, a North Tonawanda
alderman; four daughters,
Mrs. William G. Tucker of the
City of Tonawanda, and the
Misses Rita M , Martha K. and
Alma P. Balling, all of North
Tonawanda, and 11 grandchildren.
Also surviving are six brothers,
Joseph and Walter of the
City of Tonawanda, Leo of
Amherst, and Leonard,
Norman and Jacob all of North
Tonawanda; four sisters, Mrs.
Spencer Carney of North Tonawanda;
Mrs. Archibald Clifford
of the City of Tonawanda,
and Mrs. Francis Brown and
Mrs. Florence Karkow, both of
Englewood, Fla.
Mr. Balling was a member of
Ascension Church, North Tonawanda,
Knights of Columbus
Twin City Council 413; Fourth
Degree Assembly and the
Bishop's committee of the Laity
Laity.
He was a past president of the
Boys' Club of the Tonawandas
Inc. and was a member of its
advisory board. He was a
member of the Chamber of
Commerce of the Tonawandas;
a charter member of
the Town Club of the Tonawandas;
a member of the Construction
Industry Employers
Association; Bricklayers Union,
Tonawanda Local 49; Men's
Sustaining Societies of the Mercy
Hospitals; Board of Advisors
of Rosary Hill and Villa
Maria Colleges and Marygrove
College. Detroit, Mich.
He was an honorary member
of the Notre Dame Alumni Club
of Buffalo; a charter member
of the St. Ignatius Retreat
House in Clarence, N.Y., and
also was a charter member of
the Mother of Mercy Retreat
House and a member of St.
Columban Retreat League
Hamp Funeral Home Inc., 37
Adam St., City of Tonawanda,
is in charge of arrangements.
Services are scheduled for 10
a.m. Thursday in Ascension
Church, North Tonawanda.
|