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- Tonawanda News - 7/16/1997
Duane H. Proefrock, 86, of Tonawanda, Tuesday (July 15, 1997), at DeGraff Memorial Hospital, after a brief illness. A lifelong resident of the Tonawandas, Mr. Proefrock has been employed at Lawless Container Corp. for forty years before retiring in 1985. He was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Parish and a volunteer at the Erie County S.P.C.A.
He is survived by his wife, Mary (nee Pachla) Proefrock, to whom he was married for sixty-five years; a son, Dennis (Jean) Proefrock, a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy (Peter) Bognar; a sister Mrs. Geraldine Schmidt and two brothers, H. Warren (Gertrude) Proefrock and Francis (Jane) Proefrock; also surviving are five grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Friends may call on Wednesday from 7-9 and Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 at the Hamp Funeral Homes, Inc., Adam and Seymour Streets, Tonawanda. Friends are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.ml Friday at St. Francis Chapel on Adam St. in Tonawanda. Interment will be private. If desired, memorials to the Erie County S.P.C.A. are preferred by the family.
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