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Niagara Gazette - 7/20/1955

Falls Man Dies
Of Heart Attack
After Checkup
A Niagara Falls man died of a
heart attack in a physician's office
last night (July 19, 1955) only a
few moments after he had been
given a cardiograph examination
for heart action.
Coroner F. Eugene Ingram, who
pronounced Roy H. Drake, 53, of
1365 Whitney .Ave., dead of natural
causes, said Mr. Drake had
been sent to the physician's office
by his own physician to whom he
had gone for a routine checkup.
Coroner Ingram said Mr. Drake
had been in apparent good health.
Mr. Drake came to this city 15
years ago from his native home
at Franklinville. He had been employed
as a pipefitter at. the DuPont
plant here.
He was a member of the Arcana
Lodge No. 580, F and AM, at
Austin, Pa.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Helen .Drake; a son, M/Sgt.
George N, Drake, U.S. Army in
Germany; two daughters, Mrs.
Leon Strassburg, Sanborn, and
Mrs. Eldred Ellman, North Tonawanda,
and a brother, Raymond
J. Drake, Fonthill, Ont.
Funeral services for Mr. Drake
will be conducted at the Gridley
Funeral Home^rt 10 a.m. on Friday
with the Rev, Chester C
Becbe officiating.
Burial will be in Franklinville.

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

Mary married STRASSBURG, Leon W on 31 Oct 1945 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. Leon (son of STRASSBURG, Philip August Lebrecht and PAHL, Bertha M) was born on 24 Mar 1917 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY; died on 7 Feb 1968 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Notes:

August 6, 2011
Laura D. Ellman

Niagara Gazette

NORTH TONAWANDA — Laura D. Ellman (nee Drake), age 86, of North Tonawanda, August 6, 2011, in Weinburg Campus. Laura was a member of St. Mark Lutheran Church, the A.A.R.P., and was a volunteer at DeGraff Memorial Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Roy and Helen Drake.

She was the wife of the late Eldred F. Ellman, who died in 1980. Loving mother of Bruce (Alice) Ellman, Ronald Ellman, Wendy (Gary) Binkley, all of North Tonawanda, and Susan (Arsene) Gerber of Kenosha, WI. Dearest grandmother of Douglas (Lisa) Ellman, Lisa (Tim) Lee, Ronald Ellman, Katherine Ellman, John (Kristin) Binkley, Amy (Craig) Rybczynski, Keith Gerber, Kristi Gerber, Todd Gerber, Richard McCumber and Rhonda (Andrew) Monte. Great-grandmother of 13 great-grandchildren. Sister of the late Mary Jane Lanzer and George Drake. Sister-in-law of Lois Aiken. Aunt of several nieces and nephews.

Friends may call at the Fretthold Funeral Home Inc., 1241 Oliver St. at Ward Rd., in North Tonawanda on Monday from 7-9 PM and Tuesday from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 10:30 AM from St. Mark Lutheran Church; the Rev. Patrick McKenzie will officiate. Interment in St. Mark Lutheran Cemetery. If so desired, memorials may be made to St. Mark Lutheran Church.

Guest register available at frettholdfuneralhome.com.

Laura married ELLMAN, Eldred Frederick on 24 Apr 1943 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Eldred (son of ELLMAN, Friederick G and INGWERSEN, Louise Mathilde Emma) was born in 1921 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died in 1980 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: GERBER, Arsene. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bruce F. Ellman Saturday, February 17, 1945 - Monday, September 5, 2016
Bruce F. Ellman, age 71, of North Tonawanda, unexpectedly, September 6, 2016. Bruce had been professional firefighter for the North Tonawanda Fire Department, he retired as a Captain after 32 years of service. He was a member of the Tonawanda Island Launch Club and a life-long member of St. Mark Lutheran Church. Bruce loved traveling, boating, golf and bowling. Beloved husband of Alice (Beyea) Ellman. Dear father of Douglas (Lisa) Ellman and Lisa (Tim) Lee. Step-father of Rick McCumber and Rhonda (Andy) Monte. Grandfather of 9 grandchildren. Brother of Ronald Ellman, Wendy (Gary) Binkley and Susan (Arsene) Gerber; uncle of several nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the Fretthold Funeral Home Inc. 1241 Oliver St. at Ward Rd. in North Tonawanda on Thursday from 4-8 P.M. Funeral services will be held on Friday at 10 A.M. from St. Mark Lutheran Church, 1135 Oliver St., North Tonawanda, interment in St. Mark Lutheran Cemetery. Flowers gratefully declined, if so desired memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.

Family/Spouse: BEYEA, Alice M. Alice was born on 6 Oct 1943; died on 31 Jan 2021 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: KUNZMANN, Helene E. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Wendy married BINKLEY, Gary Carl [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: LEE, Tim. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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

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