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Niagara Gazette - 5/19/1957

John J. Russ, 82, River Rd.,
Wheatfield, who rose- from the job
of handyman at the Carbor-
undum Co. here to president and
board chairman of N a t i o n a l
Grinding Wheel Co.. North Ton-
awanda. died yesterday (May 28,.
1957) at his home. He had been in
ill health for several months.
Born here Dec. 17. 1874, Mr.
Russ joined Carborundum in 1896
as a laborer and climbed rapidly,
to a managerial position. He is
credited with making many im-.
provements in early g r i n d i ng
wheel manufacture.
He went to Dusseldorf, Germany,
in 1907 to supervise wheel
operations and train new employes
for Carborundum's Ger-
man plant. _ •
Mr. Russ left Carborundum in
1923 to reorganize the National
Grinding Wheel Co. which then
operated in Buffalo. When the
plant was moved to North Tonawanda
in 1929, he was elected
president. He. became chairman
of the company in 1951 and con-
tinued active in management until
his recent illness.
Mr. Russ was a long time leader
in civic affairs in the village
of LaSalle before its incorporation
into the city of Niagara Falls
in 1927. He was a member of
the village board of trustees, president
of the village and a member
of the LaSalle school board.
Mr. Russ was one of the founders
of the Carborundum Employes'
Benefit Assn. in 1898. •
He was predeceased by his
wife, the former Fredericka Mellenthin.
Survivors are Miss Clara
M. Russ. who lived with her father,
Mrs. George P. Eddy, this
city, and three sons, Frederick W.,
John T. and Arthur A. Russ, all
of North Tonawanda.
He is'also survived by a brother,
Peter J. Russ, Detroit: two
sisters, Mrs. Frank H. Taylor,
this city, and Mrs. Harry Walters,
Lake Worth, Fla., seven grandchildren
and 12 great grandchildren.
He was a member of LaSalle
Zion Lutheran Church, now
Grace Lutheran Church;
Funeral services will be held
at the home Friday at 1 p.m. and
at Redeemer Lutheran Church,
Fajcsner and T h o m p s o n Sts.,
North Tonawanda, at 1:30 p.m.
The Rev. H. G. Kleiner, pastor,
of the church, will officiate. Burial
will be in Oakwood Cemetery
here.
The family said contributions
to the DeGraff Memorial Hospital
fund will be acceptable as
tributes.

John married MELLENTHIN, Friedericke Wilhelmine Ernestine on 2 Jun 1898 in Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, Bergholz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Friedericke (daughter of MELLENTHIN, Friedrich August and RADANT, Caroline Christine) was born on 11 Jul 1875 in Bagemühl, Brandenburg, Prussia; died on 4 Dec 1944 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 3/3/1924

La Salle. March 8.-Mrs. Lillian
Anna Binkley. 24 years old. died yesterday
at her home on the Tuscarora
roud. She is survived by her
husband, John: her parents. Mr.
and Mrs. John Russ. of the Military
road: one daughter, Ruth, and
one son, Howard, and, by two sisters,
Clara and Freda, and by three brothers;
Fred, John and Arthur, all of
La Salle.
The funeral will be held.Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home
of her parents and at 2:30 o'clock
from the Zion Lutheran church. The
Rev. Hoyer will officiate. The burial
will be in Oakwocd cemetery. -
All members of the Zlon Lutheran
Ladies' Aid Society are requested to
be at the Russ home at the hour of
the funeral.

Lillian married BINKLEY, John Frank on 2 Jun 1919 in Zion Lutheran Church, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. John (son of BINKLEY, John George and ALBRECHT, Caroline) was born on 25 May 1896 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY; died on 17 Jan 1966 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY - Section 3. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 5/24/1975

RUSS, Frederick W . 72, at
his home, Friday, May 23.1975.
Bom in Niagara Falls, he was
a resident of North Tonawanda
for the past 42 years.
Mr. Russ was a past president
of National Grinding Wheel Co.
and a member of Redeemer
Lutheran Church.
He is survived by his wife,
Edith, nee Collins; a son, John
L. Russ of Williamsville; one
grandson; two brothers, John T.
and Arthur A., both of
Williamsville: two sisters. Miss
Clara M. Russ and Mrs. Freda
Eddy, not h of Niagara Falls and
several nieces and nephews.
the family will receive
friends at the Fretthold Funeral
Home Inc., 1241 Oliver St at
Ward Road. Sunday and
Monday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
Services will be held at the
funeral home on Tuesday at
130 p.m. The Rev Donald H.
Kompart will officiate.
Interment in Elmlawn,Ceme-
tery.

Friedrich married COLLINS, Edith Frances on 24 Oct 1931 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Edith (daughter of COLLINS, Frank Gordon and LEONARD, Elizabeth A) was born on 14 Mar 1907 in Toledo, Lucas County, OH; died in Jun 1986 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frieda married EDDY, Dr George Patterson on 25 Jan 1935 in Zion Lutheran Church, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. George (son of EDDY, Seymour and HAROLD, Josephine) was born on 21 Jan 1896 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY; died on 27 Feb 1968 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johann married PUGH, Ruth Ellyn on 22 Feb 1932 in Covington, KY. Ruth (daughter of PUGH, Enoch Henry and JONES, Eva Mead) was born on 9 May 1905 in Nelsonville, OH; died on 20 Mar 2000 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Arthur married MEYERS, Mary Patricia on 10 Jan 1942 in Redeemer Lutheran Church, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Mary (daughter of MEYERS, Albert Charles and SUTHERLAND, Marguerite) was born on 23 Feb 1918 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 21 May 2009 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Howard married REISIG, Ruth Elizabeth on 15 Aug 1942 in Zion Lutheran Church, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Ruth (daughter of REISIG, Carl Frederick and WINGERT, Dorothea Clara) was born on 8 Mar 1924 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY; died on 29 Oct 2005 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; was buried on 1 Nov 2005 in St Matthew Lutheran Cemetery, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Daughter Kim interested in genealogy. Ruth wrote the Russ Family History Book. She says that the Russ family is the owner of Buffalo Abrasives in North Tonawanda.

Ruth C. (Binkley) Arthurs
Of East Aurora, Erie County, NY, February 23, 2006, beloved wife of Stanley Arthurs; dearest mother of Lee J. (Kaaren), Jay (Carol) Arthurs, Lynn J. Fischer, Kim Gallagher, Bruce E. (Linda), Kent D., Gail R., Paul R. and the late Gregg S. Arthurs; also survived by nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; daughter of the late John F. and Lillian (Russ) Binkley; step-daughter of the late Mary (Snyder) Binkley; sister of the late Howard (Ruthie) Binkley; also survived by nieces and nephews. No prior visitation. Family and friends are invited to attend a Memorial gathering Saturday from 11:30 AM-1:00 PM, at Grace Lutheran Church, 736 Cayuga Dr., Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY 14304, where Memorial Services will immediately follow at 1:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, memorials to Hospice Buffalo, Inc. or Grace Lutheran Church. Arrangements by CASTIGLIA FUNERAL HOME, INC. 824-6435

Published in the Buffalo News on 2/24/2006.

Published in the Buffalo News on 3/9/2006 the following:

ARTHURS - Ruth C., active in church
3/9/2006

Services for Ruth Clara Arthurs of East Aurora, a homemaker, were held last month in Niagara Falls and Ohio. She was buried in Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Chagrin Falls, OH.

Born Ruth Binkley in Niagara Falls, she died Feb. 23 at the home of a daughter, Lynn Fischer, in East Aurora, after a short battle with cancer. She was 84.

She was a graduate of LaSalle High School in Niagara Falls and attended Michigan State University. She married her high school sweetheart, Stanley Arthurs, also a student at Michigan State.

After college, the couple lived in the Cleveland area, most of the time in the suburb of Solon, where their nine children were born and raised.

She was an active member of Valley Lutheran Church in Chagrin Falls and Our Redeemed Lutheran Church in Solon, where she was a Sunday school teacher and played the organ. She also directed and sang in the church's choirs.

Mrs. Arthurs and her husband had lived for the last three years with their daughter in East Aurora.

Survivors include her husband of 64 years; two other daughters, Kim Gallagher of Kent, OH, and Gail of Orchard Park; five sons, Lee of Big Canoe, Ga., Jay of Saratoga, Calif., Bruce of Pleasanton, Calif., Kent of Stretsboro, OH, and Paul of Mountain Ranch, Calif.; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Ruth married ARTHURS, Stanley on 24 Sep 1941 in Church of Christ, Angola, IN. Stanley (son of LEVINE, Arthur Anders and ENGBLOM, Beda Alida) was born on 14 Aug 1920 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN; died on 26 Mar 2006 in East Aurora, Erie County, NY; was buried in Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Chagrin Falls, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

May 10, 1936 – Dec. 2, 2018
To his family, John L. Russ seemed tireless. He worked 12-hour shifts heading the family wheel-grinding business founded in North Tonawanda by his grandfather in the 1920s, his son said.
“My father would get up, be out of the house and on the job by 6:30 every morning because he wanted to be at the factory for the change of shifts,” said Jonathan Russ. “And when he set his sights on a goal, it usually happened. He would stick to it.”
Mr. Russ died at his home in Greenville, Del., after living with Parkinson’s disease. He was 82.
A member of the North Tonawanda High School Class of 1954, Mr. Russ held several state records in track and field. He graduated in 1958 from the University of Vermont, where he met and married his college girlfriend, Alice Dvorsky in Southbridge, Mass.
“My father needed tutoring in chemistry, and he was assigned to my mother, who was a tutor,” said Russ, a history professor at the University of Delaware.
Mr. Russ joined the family business, National Grinding Wheel Co. at 960 Erie Ave., where he served as production and plant manager. He remained with the company after it was purchased by Federal Mogul, and then later by American Optical, until his retirement in 1985.
John and Alice Russ.
In 1988, he and family members founded Buffalo Abrasives, Inc. where he served as chairman of the board.
Mr. Russ was honored by his peers in the grinding wheel industry as the “Most Abrasive Man of the Year,” an award that recognized his contribution to the industry. But the ironic title was not lost on anyone who knew him, said his son.
“Dad could just really come off as grouchy and demanding. He was a pretty tough guy who set standards high, but nothing he would not be able to do himself,” said Jonathan Russ. “At the end of the day, he was honest.”
When it came to labor negotiations, Mr. Russ would shine, his son recalled.
“Dad would certainly enter into those negotiations. Everyone knew his word was his bond,” said his son. “He took it to heart that his employees could count on him.”
The grinding wheel company had customers worldwide.
“Gillette razors are all sharpened by our wheels,” Russ said. “Henry Ford ordered from my great-grandfather. Word had it that Ford would specify the size of the boxes that the [grinding] wheels were to be shipped in so the boxes could be repurposed into running boards on the Model Ts.”
Mr. and Mrs. Russ lived in Williamsville and cultivated vegetable and flowers gardens that Mr. Russ tended to each day after he returned home from the factory, his son said.
When the younger Russ decided to pursue a career in academics and not the family grinding business, he recalled his father “could not have been more supportive or proud.”
Throughout his life, Mr. Russ combined hard work, persistence, a dose of spirited partying and sport, his son said. He was a longtime member of the Park Country Club of Buffalo and of St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church in Amherst.
Mr. and Mrs. Russ split their time among homes in Williamsville, Plymouth and Sarasota. Fla.
Mr. Russ is survived by his wife, his son and two granddaughters.
A celebration of his life will be held in the spring.

John married DVORSKY, Alice Carolyn [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Karen married OMEL, Louis Edward [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

RUSS - John R. January 26, 2013, age 73, beloved husband of Susan B. (nee Bradley) Russ; loving father of John B. (Julie) Russ, Kristin E. Bou Zeidan and Daniel S. (Beth) Russ; cherished grandfather of three granddaughters and seven grandsons; caring brother of Karen A. (late Louis) Omel; also survived by nieces and nephews. The family will be present on Thursday from 2-5 PM at the (Amherst Chapel) AMIGONE FUNERAL HOME, INC., 5200 Sheridan Drive (corner of Hopkins Road). In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in John's name to Hospice Buffalo, Inc. or Erie County SPCA. Please share your condolences at www.AMIGONE.com

Published in the Buffalo News from January 29 to January 30, 2013

John married BRADLEY, Susan Elizabeth [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Arthur married KRAKOMBERGER, Carol A [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Arthur married GALINSKI, Audrey Rose [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

RUSS - Robert P. May 8, 2015, of Eggertsville, age 68, after a lengthy illness; beloved partner of Arthur Page; dearest father of Elizabeth (Derek) Mohr and Alexandra Meyerson; loving grandfather of Charlotte, Grace and Eli Mohr and Louisa Meyerson; brother of Arthur (Audrey) Russ, Jr.; also survived by two nieces and a nephew. Rob was the son of the late Arthur Russ, Sr., and Mary Russ. For nearly two years, he received exceptional care and support from the Palliative Care Team, part of Catholic Health System's McAuley Seton Home Care. Donations in Rob's memory may be made to the Continuing & Home Care Foundation, MSHC Palliative Care and mailed to Continuing & Home Care Foundation, c/o Kathy M. Swenson, 565 Abbott Rd., Buffalo, NY 14202. Private services were held. Arrangements by AMIGONE FUNERAL HOME, INC. Share condolences at www.AMIGONE.com

Robert married WARREN, Susan Ann [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buffalo News, The (NY) - September 16, 1997
Howard L. "Bink" Binkley, an employee of Buffalo Abrasives and a former production control manager for National Grinding Wheel, died Sunday (Sept. 14, 1997) in Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, Amherst, after an apparent heart attack.
Binkley, 52, of North Tonawanda, was a native of Niagara Falls.
He worked as a production control manager for National Grinding Wheel for 28 years. For the past nine years, he had worked for Buffalo Abrasives of North Tonawanda.
He was an active member of St. Matthew Lutheran Church and had been a member of its male choir.
Binkley is survived by his wife, the former Karen Camann; his parents, Howard and Ruth of North Tonawanda; three daughters, Nicole Cutter of Pendleton and Kim and Karrie, both of North Tonawanda; three brothers, Gary, Jeffrey and Mark; and two sisters, Lynne Hummel and Kathy Gibson, all of North Tonawanda.
Services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Thursday in St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 875 Eggert Drive, North Tonawanda. Burial will be in St. Matthew Lutheran Cemetery, Wheatfield

Howard married CAMANN, Karen Suzanne on 6 Apr 1969 in Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, Bergholz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Karen (daughter of CAMANN, Roland Erwin and MILLEVILLE, Bernice Arleen) was born on 4 Mar 1947 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 6 Mar 2011 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lynne married HUMMEL, Clifford William [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gary married ELLMAN, Wendy Jean [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Kathy married GIBSON, David Brian [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jeffrey married LEMKE, Wendy May [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lee married RISTAU, Kaaren Ruth [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: CASHION, Carol. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lynn married LOY, David Roger [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lynn married FISCHER, James Frederick [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Janice married HUFFMAN, Larry Duane [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Janice married GALLAGHER, Michael [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bruce married REED, Deborah [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bruce married OROS, Linda [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Kent married ANDREWS, Diane Patricia [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Family/Spouse: ZEIDAN, Elie Bou. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Family/Spouse: MEYERSON, William. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: MOHR, Derek J. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Family/Spouse: GANZ, Allen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: GEBHARDT, Glen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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

Family/Spouse: RYBCZYNSKI, Craig. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Kara married VOORHEES, Glenn [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Kara married PETERSON, Michael [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eric married ZIMMERMAN, Deanna D [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]