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Niagara Gazette - 6/5/1961

The daughter of a Niagara
Falls pioneer f a m i l y , Miss
Emma A. Witmer, 86, of 1600
Cleveland Ave., died Sunday
(June 4, 1961) at home after a
short illness.
Miss Witmer was born in
Niagara Falls, the daughter
of John M. Witmer and Julia
Baer. Her grandfather, Christian
H. Witmer, operated a
grist mill and was a miller.
Witmer Road, in the towns
of Niagara and Wheatfield,
was named after the family.
Miss Witmer was one of the
oldest m e m b e r s of First
Christian Church. She taught
in its Sunday School 43 years
and was a member of ts Empire
Bible Class.
Surviving is a sister, Mrs.
Julia Hotchkiss, Hamburg.
The service will be held at
1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the
Gridley Funeral Home with
Rev. James E. Farrell officiating.
Burial will be in Riverdale
Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral
home -from 2 to 4 and 7
to 9 p.m.