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- Niagara Gazette - 11/10/1958
TONAWANDAFuneral services will be conducted
Wednesday for Gerald Shiesley, 21, of 64 Cleveland Avt.,
who died Sunday (Nov. 9, 1958) at DeGraff Memorial
Hospital of injuries suffered in an automobile accident
! Praver services will be con-*
! ducted at 9 a.m. at the Hamp
Funeral Home, followed by
Requiem Mass at 9:30 at St.
Francis Church. Place of burial
was not announced.
Young Shiesley was injured
Saturday In N. French Rd.,
Town of Amherst, when a car
in which he was riding went
I out of control on a soft shoulder,
hit a guide post and over- J
turned three times, according
to Amherst Police.
Driver's Condition' Good
j Lyman L. Keller, 19, of 304
I Adam St., driver of the car
remained in good condition to-
day at DeGraff Memorial Hos-
pital, where both youths were
taken after the accident. Keller
suffered a head injury.
Coroner Dr. John c. Kinzly,
this city, issued a certificate
of accidental death. He said
death was caused by massive
intra-ventricular hemmor-
hage.
A lifelong resident of this
city, Shiesly attended public
grammer schools and Kibler
High School. He was a former
member of Co. K National
Guard, a member of St. Fran-
cis Church and a charter mem-
ber of the Adams Pierce Divi-
sion of the Diocese of Buffalo.
12 Brothers, Sisters
Shiesley's father, Lester Shi-
esley, died in May 1956. Sur-
viving are his mother, Mrs.
Hazel Shiesley, with whom he
resided; seven brothers, Vern
Shiesley, Depew,, Ronald, Lee
Len, John, Lester and James
Shiesley, all of this city; five
sisters, Mrs. Alfred Menning-
er, Rochester, Mrs. Irving Ja-
enecke, this city, Mrs. Daniel
Emery, North Tonawanda,
Mrs. Richard Graham, Am-
herst, and Mrs. Donald Holler,
Ft. Sill, Okla.; and his grand-
father, Michael Mislin, Sr.,
North Tonawanda.
The Rosary will be recited
in the Boxwood Cemetery, Mem-
bers of Young Adult Club at 8 p.m.
Tuesday.
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