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- North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 9/14/1970
Funeral services will be conducted
at 2 p.m. tomorrow for Ralph H.
Ahrens, 33, of 721 Deerfield Drive,
North Tonawanda, who died Saturday
after his car struck a utility pole in
Tonawanda.
The services will be at Carlton A.
Ullrich Funeral Home. 3272 Bailey
Ave., Buffalo.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy
Bielefeld Ahrens, a daughter, Cheryl
Ann; two sons, David C. and Gregory
J.; his mother, Mrs. Clara Huber
Ahrens; a sister, Mrs. John Lenore
Friedhaber, and a brother. John L.
Ahrens.
Police speculated that Mr. Ahrens
might have suffered a stroke while
driving and lost control of his car. He
was pronounced dead at DeGraff
Memorial Hospital.
Niagara County Coroner William
Brunner said his investigation has
ruled out the belief that Mr. Ahrens
might have suffered a stroke before the
crash. Mr. Brunner said it is believed
that the driver may have fallen asleep.
Cause of death was listed as a crushed
chest and internal injuries. Mr.
Brunner said.
The accident occurred at about 7:25
a.m. while Mr. Ahrens was returning
from work at the Chevrolet plant in the
Town of Tonawanda. His car crashed
into the pole at Niagara and Kohler
Streets.
Mr. Ahrens was a member of the
Local 774. UAW. at the plant, where he
was employed as a journeyman
electrician.
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