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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/10/1969

A 90-year-old former Great
Lakes lumber boat captain.
William H. Booth, yesterday
made his final crossing.
Capt. Booth, w h o , h a d been in
ill health for several weeks as a
result of a broken hip, died in a
Long Island nursing home
where he was convalescing. His
wife died Memorial Day. also
having suffered a broken hip
shortly before her death.
Capt. Booth's death marks the
end of a long line of skippers in
the Booth family. The call of the
sea was also answered by his
father, four brothers and one of
his own sons, who died six years
ago.
A native of Lambton. Ont..
Capt. Booth be-fan his more
than half-century career as a
Great Lakes skipper shuttling
lumber boats from various
logging ports to North Tona-
wanda when it was the
"Lumber City."
His own ship, "The Hazard."
was retired when he began a
career as captain on lake-going
ships for the Huron-Portland
Cement Co. out of Port Huron.
Mich.
When he was 65. Capt. Booth
and his son. the late Capt.
Fletcher W. Booth of North
Tonawanda, joined forces to
pilot destroyers and PT boats
from shipyards at the Defoe
Shipbuilding Co., Bay City.
Mich., to the Navy yards in
Chicago for use during World
War II.
Their World War II task
completed. Capt. Fletcher W.
Booth opened the Pilot House
Re s t a u r a n t in Nor th Tona-
wanda. The restaurant still is op-
erated by his widow.
Capt. William H. Booth and
his wife first retired to Saginaw,
Mich., later moving to the home
of a daughter, Mrs. Donald
Hauffe of Baldwin, Long Island.
Besides Mrs. Hauffe, Capt.
Booth is survived by two other
daughters, Mrs. Edward
Snowman of Tonawanda, a
NEWS Advertising Depart-
ment employe, and Mrs. Roy
Larsen of Saginaw Mich., and a
son, William H. Booth Jr. also
of Saginaw.
Arrangements for services
were incomplete today.

William married O'NEAL, Charlotte about 1905. Charlotte was born about 1889 in Canada; died on 31 May 1969 in Baldwin, Chemung County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 4/24/1963

BOOTH - Capt Fletcher W.
Booth, 57. of 342 Oliver St, North
Tonawanda, died Monday (April
22, 1963) at DeGraff Memorial
Hospital. He was born in Marine
City, Mich., and lived in North
Tonawanda 30 years. He had been
a captain on the Great Lakes
since he was 25 years old. From
1942 to 1953 he was captain on
harbor tugs in Buffalo, and
since 1953 had been a pilot on the
Niagara River. He was a mem-
ber of the LLPPA of America,
the Shipmasters Association, the
Planning and Zoning Commission
of North Tonawanda, and was af-
filiated with the ILA, AFL, CIO
and MTD for 30 years. He is sur-
vived by his wife, Sarah Saliba
Booth; a daughter, Mrs. James
E. Farrell; his parents, Capt. and
Mrs. William H. Booth Sr.; a
brother, William H. Jr. of Saginaw,
Mich.; four sisters, Mrs.
Roy Larsen of Saginaw,
Mary Adams of London, Ont.,
Mrs. Edward Snowman of Tonawanda
and Mrs. Donald Hauffe of
Baldwin, N.Y. Two grandchildren
also survive. Friends may call at
the Wattengel Funeral Home, 307
Oliver St., North Tonawanda,
where prayers will be said at 8:330
a.m. Thursday, followed by a Re-
quiem Mass in Ascension Church
at 9 a.m., the Rev.. Francis J.
Hunt officiating. Burial in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.

Family/Spouse: SALIBA, Sarah E. Sarah (daughter of SALIBA, John and Elizabeth) was born on 6 Oct 1906 in New York; died on 3 Sep 1989. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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

Family/Spouse: LARSON, Roy L. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 1/13/1986

BOOTH William H. Booth, Jr., of
Bay City, Mich., suddenly Tuesday
(January 7, 1986) at Bay Medical
Center. He was employed as an
engineer for the Grand Trunk
Railroad for many years until his
retirement. A Navy veteran of
World War II, he was a life member
of VFW Post 485 in Bay City Son of
the late William H. and Charlotte
O'Neal Booth and brother of the late
Fletcher W. Booth, be is survived by
his, wife, Marjorie (nee Doyle)
Booth; two sons? William H
(Penny) Booth III of St. Charles,
Mich., and Brian (Corinne) Booth of
Morrice, Mich.; four grandchildren.
Matthew, Daniel, Erin and Casey;
four sisters, Mrs Mary McMasters
of London. Ont . Mrs. Roy L
(Louella) Larson of Saginaw, Mich ,
Mrs Edward R (Jeanne) Snowman
of Tonawanda, NY., and Mrs
Donald (June) Hauffe of Albany.
NY., and many nieces and neph
ews
Funeral services were conducted
Friday (Jan 10th) from the
Cederberg Funeral Home in
Saginaw, with the Rev Frances
Schwannecke officiating Burial in
Oak wood Cemetery, Saginaw.

Family/Spouse: DOYLE, Marjorie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

December 23, 2011
Jeanne I. Snowman

The Tonawanda News

CITY OF TONAWANDA — Jeanne I. (nee Booth) Snowman, age 90, of the City of Tonawanda, Monday, December 19, 2011, at Sheridan Manor Nursing Facility. Born in Michigan, she had been a resident of Tonawanda for more than 70 years and was the wife of the late Edward R. Snowman, Sr.; mother of the late Carol Driscoll and Edward R. Snowman, Jr.; and grandmother of the late Kevin Barr. Jeanne had been employed in the Classified Department of the Tonawanda News for many years before her retirement. She was a member of the Zonta Club and also North Tonawanda Lodge 860 BPOE Auxiliary.

She is survived by her daughter-in-law, Allison Snowman of Tonawanda; five grandchildren, Andra (Jason) Craven of California, Vera Snowman of Tonawanda, PV2 Christian Snowman, US Army, serving in Afghanistan, John Snowman of Tonawanda and Steven Barr of Louisiana. She was predeceased by four sisters and brothers.

There will be no prior visitation. Relatives and friends are invited to attend funeral services on Wednesday, December 28th at 11 AM in the Little Chapel of the Elms in Elmlawn Cemetery, 3939 Delaware Ave., in the Town of Tonawanda. Burial will be private. Arrangements by John O. Roth Funeral Home, Inc., Tonawanda, NY.

Visit www.tonawanda-news.com/obituaries for online guest register.

Family/Spouse: SNOWMAN, Edward R. Edward (son of SNOWMAN, Ulysses G and Sarah) was born on 18 Feb 1916 in New York; died on 13 Feb 1994 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: HAUFFE, Donald. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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

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

Notes:

Associated Press
Associated Press

CITY OF TONAWANDA — Edward R. Snowman, Jr., age 61, of the City of Tonawanda, died Saturday, January 15, 2011, at the VA Medical Center in Buffalo. Born in Buffalo, NY, he had been a resident of the Tonawandas' for the greater part of his life, and was the son of the late Edward R. Snowman, Sr.; and brother of the late Carol Driscoll. Mr. Snowman was a U.S. Navy Veteran of the Vietnam War and was a self-employed oil painter and also worked as a Graphic Designer.

He is survived by his wife, Allison (Ostrom) Snowman; four children, Andra Craven of San Diego, CA, Vera Snowman and John Snowman, both of the City of Tonawanda and PV 2 Christian Snowman, serving out of Fort Lewis, WA; his mother, Jeanne (Booth) Snowman of the Town of Tonawanda; and several nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends on Thursday, January 20th from 9-10 AM at the Sunrise Chapel Mausoleum in Elmlawn Cemetery, 3939 Delaware Ave., in the Town of Tonawanda, where Funeral and Committal Services will be conducted at 10 AM. Arrangements by John O. Roth Funeral Home, Inc.

Family/Spouse: OSTROM, Allison. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Family/Spouse: CRAVEN, Jason. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]