Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 2/9/1932

Death has laid a heavy hand on the
Ellman and Crotty families, this clty,
the last six months. Yesterday,
Mrs. Anna S. Ellman, 31 year
old, wife of Harold J. Ellman and
mother of year-old John H. Ellman,
609 Elmwood avenue, died in Mt. St.
Mary's hospital, after an illness of 12
days.
Mrs. Ellman was a member of the
lady Trainmen, an auxiliary of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
Until recently, when she and her husband
moved from the north end of the
city to the Elmwood avenue house, she
was a member of the Sacred Heart
church; at the time of her death she
was enrolled as a member of St. Mary's
of the Cataract church. She and her
husband were extraordinarily devoted to
one another and her death has come
as a particularly cruel blows.
Mrs. Ellman's mother, Mrs. Catherine
Crotty, was killed In an automobile
collision on the Niagara Falls-Buffalo
boulevard on August 5. She died within
a few hours of the accident.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ellman will
be held from the family home on
Thursday morning at 8:30 o'clock and
from St. Mary's church at 9 o'clock.
Interment will be in St. Mary's cemetery.
She Is survived by her husband,
Harold J. Ellman; a son, John H.;
two brothers, Timothy J. and Peter J.
Crotty, of this city; three sisters, Mrs.
Frank Benzel and Mrs. Burry. of Buf-
Ifalo, and Mrs. Joseph S. Amann, of
Youngstown, Ohio.

ALSO

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal

A county court Jury this morning
upheld the will of Katherine G.
Crotty, Niagara Falls, who died
August 9 in Buffalo, leaving the bulk
of an estate of $4,300 real and
$222.84 personal property, to a
daughter, Helen V. Curry, Buffalo.
Although other children had
sought to break the will on the
grounds that Mrs. Curry exerted undue
influence on her mother, no
one appeared in court this morning
to contest it. The action went
by default and the jurors were Instructed
by County Judge Gold as
to what their verdict should be.
Immediately after the trial the
court admitted the will to probate
and Issued letters testamentary to
Mrs. Curry and Gervase Rhoney,
the latter a Niagara Falls attorney.
The will left $100 to a son, Timothy
J. Crotty, Niagara Falls and $1 each
to three daughters and a son, Anna
Ellman and Peter J. Crotty, Niagara
Palls, Elizabeth Amann of
Youngstown, Ohio, and Mary
Benzel, Buffalo. The residue was
bequeathed to Mrs. Curry.

Katherine married CROTTY, John C about 1883. John was born about 1864 in Ireland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

May married BENZEL, Frank about 1910. Frank (son of BENZEL, Peter and Catherine) was born in Nov 1887 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married AMANN, Joseph C on 25 Aug 1920 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Joseph (son of AMANN, Englebert and Rosine) was born on 11 Oct 1890 in OH; died in Jul 1973 in Youngstown, Mahoning County, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 6/29/1957

Peter J. Crotty, 60, of 2235 Lin-
w o o d Ave- a postal employee here
for 36 years, died yesterday (June
28, 1957) in Mt. St. Mary's Hos-
pital after an illness of 10 days.
Born in this city in 1896, Mr.
Crotty served with the U.S. Army
in Panama during World War I.
He had been employed by the U.S.
Post Office here as a carrier for
30 years and as a clerk for the
last six years.
Mr. Crotty was a member of
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen,
president for 25 years of the
Postal Employes Credit Union,
and a member of the Holy Name
Society of Sacred Heart Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Genevieve Sullivan Crotty, two
sons, William P. Crotty, this city,
and the Rev. John C. Crotty.
SSJ. assistant pastor of Our Lady
of Perpetual Help Church. Wash-
inton, d.C., and one daughter,
Joan C Crotty, this city.
Also surviving are two sisters,
mrs. Joseph Amann, Youngstown,
Ohio, and Mrs. Frank Benzel, Buf-
falo, and a brother, Timothy Crot-
ty, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Funeral services will be Tucs-
I day at 8:45 a.m. at the Rhoney Fu-
neral Home and a Solemn High
Mass will be celebrated at 9:30
a.m. at Sacred Heart Church. In-
terment will be in Gate of Heaven
Cemetery.
Friends may call at the fun-
eral home after noon tomorrow.
Members of the Holy name
Society will meet at 8:30 p.m.
Monday in the funeral home to
recite the Rosary.

Peter married SULLIVAN, Genevieve on 22 Apr 1926 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Genevieve (daughter of SULLIVAN, John J and Katherine) was born about 1903 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 2/9/1932

Death has laid a heavy hand on the
Ellman and Crotty families, this clty,
the last six months. Yesterday,
Mrs. Anna S. Ellman, 31 year
old, wife of Harold J. Ellman and
mother of year-old John H. Ellman,
609 Elmwood avenue, died in Mt. St.
Mary's hospital, after an illness of 12
days.
Mrs. Ellman was a member of the
lady Trainmen, an auxiliary of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
Until recently, when she and her husband
moved from the north end of the
city to the Elmwood avenue house, she
was a member of the Sacred Heart
church; at the time of her death she
was enrolled as a member of St. Mary's
of the Cataract church. She and her
husband were extraordinarily devoted to
one another and her death has come
as a particularly cruel blows.
Mrs. Ellman's mother, Mrs. Catherine
Crotty, was killed In an automobile
collision on the Niagara Falls-Buffalo
boulevard on August 5. She died within
a few hours of the accident.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ellman will
be held from the family home on
Thursday morning at 8:30 o'clock and
from St. Mary's church at 9 o'clock.
Interment will be in St. Mary's cemetery.
She Is survived by her husband,
Harold J. Ellman; a son, John H.;
two brothers, Timothy J. and Peter J.
Crotty, of this city; three sisters, Mrs.
Frank Benzel and Mrs. Burry. of Buf-
Ifalo, and Mrs. Joseph S. Amann, of
Youngstown, Ohio.

Anna married ELLMAN, Harold G on 8 Aug 1926 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Harold (son of ELLMAN, Gustav Rudolph and LEMKE, Wilhelmine Louise Auguste) was born in 1904 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 29 Apr 1958 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 9/17/1937

Mra. Helen Crotty Curry, of 322
Wabash avenue, Kenmore. a former
widely known resident of this city,
died yesterday at the Deaconess hospital
in Buffalo.
She was the daughter of the late
Mr. and Mra. John Crotty. Besides
her husband, James M. Curry, she is
survived by three daughters, Mary C,
Rose M. and Virginia Curry; a son,
James Curry; two sisters, Mrs. Frank
Benrel, of Buffalo, and Mrs. Joseph
Amann, of Youngatown, Ohio, and two
brothers, Timothy J. and Peter J.
Crotty, of this city.
The funeral will be held from the
family home in Kenmore at 8.30
a.m. tomorrow, with services at St.
Paul's church at 9:15 a.m. Burial
will be In Rlverdale cemetery, this
city

Family/Spouse: CURRY, James M. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hamburg NY Sun - 5/16/1996

A Memorial Service is scheduled
for May 18 at 12:30 p.m. at St.
John's Lutheran Church, Depew for
Betty J. Ehlenfield, 78, formerly of
Hamburg, who died in Florida on
Thursday, April 18,1996.
Mrs. Ehlenfield is survived by her
daughter, Linda (Norman) Foley;
and two grandchildren and a greatgrandchild.
The former Betty Benzel, she was
predeceased by her husband, Russell
Ehlenfield.
Funeral arrangements were made
through the Donald M. Demmerley
Funeral Home and burial is in Acacia
Park Cemetery, North
Tonawanda.
Memorials in her name may be
made to St. John's Lutheran Church.

Family/Spouse: EHLENFIELD, Russell. Russell (son of EHLENFIELD, Edwin G and Annie) was born on 17 Aug 1917 in New York; died in Dec 1979 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BERDICK, Patricia F. Patricia (daughter of BERDICK, Frank and SIERUGA, Nellie) was born on 11 Oct 1936 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 22 May 2022 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

February 27, 2012
Joan Crotty

Niagara Gazette

LEWISTON — Joan Crotty, of Niagara Falls, NY, passed away on Saturday, February 25, 2012, in Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston, NY.

She was born in Niagara Falls, NY, on August 29, 1932, the daughter of the late Peter J. Crotty and Genevieve (Sullivan) Crotty.

Joan went to Scared Heart School and graduated from St. Mary's High School in 1950. She started with the telephone company the day after graduation and retired after 30 years in 1980.

Joan was always happy taking care of her mother whom she loved so much. "Mom Crotty" was known and loved by everyone on Linwood Avenue.

She went to Mass and Communion everyday until she could not do it any more. Father Jim would say Mass and bring Communion to the house. Joan enjoyed visitors and company; the door was open for everyone. She was loved by everyone and will be sadly missed.

Joan is survived by one brother, William (Pat) Crotty; two nieces, Kathleen Williams and Chrissy Dukta; also several great-nieces and nephews. She had many good friends, Nancy Dorato, Ada Mort, Pauline Demspey, Dee-Dee Polley, Amy Ciskiewis, Linda Dillen, Rose Paulson and Jay, who helped her throughout the years. She was the sister of the late brother Father John C. Crotty, S.S.J.

There will be no prior visitation as Joan donated her body to the University of Buffalo School of Medicine. Friends are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial on Thursday, at 10:00 AM, at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, 259 Fourth Street, Niagara Falls, NY, with the Rev. Jacek P. Mazur officiating. Inurnment in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Lewiston, NY. Visit www.rhoneyfuneralhome.com for guest register.

Betty married TOWER, Wilber E on 29 May 1948 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Wilber (son of TOWER, Wilbur P H and WAGNER, Marguerite M) was born on 19 Apr 1927; died on 25 Sep 2001 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married MOATS, Rowena Catherine [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: FOLEY, Norman. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: WILLIAMS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: WULFFSON, Paul. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: DUKTA, Paul. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harold married KYLE, Michele Ruth [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: PERRY, Dean. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]