Family/Spouse: Sarah. Sarah was born about 1838 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married ZELLER, Bertha Julia on 14 Nov 1894 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. Bertha (daughter of ZELLER, G Frederick and Barbara) was born in Apr 1867 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frederick married Florence H about 1900. Florence was born about 1869 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 11/5/1956

William Z Beier, of 272 Warren
Ave., died in Buffalo General Hos-
pital Saturday. He was 60.
Mr. Beier, president of the Buf-
falo Extract and Supply Co. for 21
years, was a native of Buffalo.
He attended School 16, Fosdick-
Masten Park High School and the
Pratt Insstitute of Technology,
Brooklyn.
Before heading Buffalo Extract,
he was superintendent of G. F.
Zeller's Sons and Cataract Chemi-
cal Co.
Mr. Beier was a member of
Washington Lodge 240, F. & A.M.
and the American Leath Chemi-
cals Association.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Irene Clark; three sons,
William c., Donald F., and Robert
D. Beier; a daughter, Mrs. Jean
B. Smith and a brother, Bert L.
Beier, of Scranton, Pa.
Funeral services will be at 2
p.m. Tueday at the Myers Fu-
neral Home, 4614 Main St., Sny-
der. The Rev. Ralph W. Loew, pas-
tor of Holy Trinity Lutheran
Church, will officiate. Burial will
be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Family/Spouse: Irene E. Irene was born on 3 Apr 1899 in New York; died in Jun 1980 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 11/8/1961

Two Town of Tonawanda men drowned early
today after their car crashed through a guard rail at
the end of Parker Boulevard in the town and plunged
into Ellicott Creek.
They were identified as Robert D. Beier, 30, of
108 Ames Ave., and Charles R. Burns, 18, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. Donald Burns, 24 Ebling Ave.
Mr. Beier, who celebrated his 30th birthday
yesterday, was owner of the Plant Land Nursery,
(Other Photo, Page 16)
860 Niagara Falls Blvd., Town of Tonawanda. Young
Burns, a Kenmore East High School senior, was a
part-time employe at the nursery.
Town police said a truck driver, Eugene L. Darlak,
182 Witmer Road, North Tonawanda, spotted
the overturned car in the creek shortly before 7 a.m.
Mrs. Kenneth W. Johnson, 2735 Parker Blvd.,
Town of Tonawanda, told police she heard a crash
about 2:30 a.m. The clock in the car had stopped at
2:28 a.m.
Dr. Ralph Smith, Erie County medical examiner,
listed the cause of death as accidental drowning.
Town police said one body was in the front seat, the
other in the rear when the car was pulled from the
creek. Only the rear wheels were out of the water.
The car is owned by Burns' father.
Young Burns, a native of Gait, Ont., moved to
the Town of Tonawanda six years ago. He was a
neighbor of Mr. Beier's until last August when the
Burns family moved from Ames Avenue to their
present address.
Mr. and Mrs. Burns said their son, an only child,
had planned to study horticulture at Alfred University
next year.
Mr, Beier, who lived with his mother, Mrs.
Irene Beier, is a native of this area and had lived in
the township four years. He was a member of the
New York State Nurserymen's Association and a
U.S. Army veteran.
Survivors include his mother, two brothers, William
C. of Coudersport, Pa., and Donald F. of the
Town of Tonawanda, and a sister, Mrs. Jean B.
Smith of Buffalo.