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- Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 1/22/1929
OLCOTT, Jan. 22-Funeral services
were conducted Monday afternoon
at his late home on the Transit
road for John F. Leinz. who died
suddenly late but Thursday night
from a paralytic stroke The Rev.
William H Burley at the Olcott
Union Methodist Episcopal church
officiated, assisted by the Rev. Arthur
a Northrup of the Appleton
Wesleyan Methodist church. Burial
was in Lakeview cemetery, and the
bearers were C. Parker Corwin. Al
bert Thief, Archie Briggs, Edward
J- Lapham. Ira L. Dickinson and
Charles J. Lawton The funeral was
one of the largest attended here in
many years.
Mr. Leinz was born in the town
of Newfane May 4. 1871. and had
resided in this immediate locality
all his life. He was president of the
Lake Ontario Fruit Growers Asso-
ciation and of the Lake View Ceme-
tery Association, was a member of
the Olcott Union Methodist Episco-
pal church and had been a trustee
of that society for the past thirty
years.
Had Friendship of All.
For the past four years he has
been associated with his brother,
Danniel Lienz of this village, in the
general wood working business. In
all, he was one of Olcott's most in-
fluential and highly respected citi-
zens, and his presence will be greatly
missed by the entire community
which shares with his relative, deep
regret at his untimely death. He
was a man who always had a kind
word, a smile and a helping hand
for every one.
He was appaarently in good health
the day preceding his death, cutting
timber in the woods on his farm,
and eating a hearty dinner that
evening. He retired early, and short-
ly before midnight, his wife aroused
by his unusually loud snoring, at-
tempted to awaken him but was
unable to do so. She called a
physician but death occured before
his arrival. Coroner Frank T. Car-
mer, M.D. of Newfane, was called
and issued a certificate of death due
to cerebro-apoplexy.
Surviving are his widow, Eliza-
beth Betzler Leinz, one brother,
Daniel of Olcott, and three sisters,
Mrs. Mary Mayer of Buffalo, Mrs.
Christine McCarthy and Miss Emma
Leinz of Olcott.
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