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- Niagara Gazette - 7/31/1959
CAMBRIA-Walter E. Black
man Sr., 81, of Thrall Rd.,
Town of Cambria, a prominent
fruit and dairy farmer and former
town official, died today
(July 31, 1959) at his home. He
had been confined to bed with'
ill health recently. .
Mr. Blackman, was born
Aug. 28, 1878, in Cambria, son
of pioneer residents Isaac B.
and Mary A. Blakeman Blackman..
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" He. served as Cambria town
clerk, justice of the peace for
26 years, town supervisor from
1930. to 1934, was a past president
of the Niagara County
Farm Bureau and the 4-H Club
Assn.* was an agent and director
of the Erie and Niagara
County F a r m e r s Insurance
Assn., president of the North
Ridge BUrial Assn. and a member
of the Cambria Congregational
Church, where he served
as a trustee for 50 years.
Mr. Blackman is survived by
his wife, the former Mae A;
Hoag; a son, Waiter E. Blackman
Jr., Cambria; a daughter,
Mrs. Ralph L. Treichler, Sanborn,
and four grandchildren.
The Rev. David Munro, pastor
of Cambria Congregational
Church, will officiate at services
at 3 p.m. Sunday at the
Prudden & Kandt Funeral
Home, Lockport. Burial will be
in North Ridge Cemetery.
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