Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 3/14/1959

NEWFANE - Mrs. Emma A
Bixler, 77, of Hess Rd., Town of
Newfane, died in Roswell Park
Memorial Institute, Buffalo, Fri-
day (March 13, 1959). She had
been a patient for six weeks.
Mrs. Bixleer was born in New-
fane Dec. 28, 1881, the daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Hardy
Jacobs. She was a life-long resi-
dent of this area.
She is survived by her husband.
Scott W. Bixler; three
daughters, Mrs. Irving Cunningham,
Town of Tonawanda. Mrs.
Ray Byerly, Lockport, and Mrs.
Anthony Pagano, Niagara Falls;
two sons, Louis Bixler, Rochester,
and Leon Bixler, Newfane;
a sister, Mrs. Lovina Tripp, Miami,
Fla.; two brothers. Prank
Jacobs, Medina, and Clark Jacobs,
Gasport; six grandchildren
and five great-grandchil-
Services will be held hi the
Glenn H. Corwin Funeral Home
Inc., 3870 Main St., Newfane. at
2:30 Monday afternoon. The Rev
James Dereham of Ridgewood
Union Church will officiate. Burial
will be in Wright's Corners
Cemetery.

Emma married BIXLER, Scott E about 1898. Scott (son of BIXLER, Joshua and BROWN, Alice J) was born on 28 Aug 1876 in Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY; died on 12 Feb 1961 in Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 11/4/1985

CUNNINGHAM - Sadie L. Cunningham,
suddenly in Arnold
Gregory Hospital. Albion. Saturday
(November 2, 1985) Wife of the late
Irving I. Cunningham, mother of the
late Clifford and Irving W Cun
ningham; grandmother of Mrs
Walter (Sandra) Ponivas of Victor.
Mrs. Sean (Dawn) Noonan of Hilton.
Mrs. Bruce (Sherry) Waild of North
Tonawanda and Mrs Robert
(Crystal) Thornton of Rochester,
also survived by twelve great
grandchildren Sister of Leon Bixler
and Mrs. Ray Viola' Byerly. both
of Lockport and the late Lewis
Bixler
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7
to 9 p.m. at Prudden & Kandt
Funeral Home. 242 Genesee St
Lockport where funeral service will
be held Tuesday afternoon at 2
o clock

Sadie married CUNNINGHAM, Irving I on 20 Apr 1918 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: DERLETH, Alice. Alice (daughter of DERLETH, Joseph and Anna) was born on 20 Jun 1902; died in Oct 1981 in Rochester, Monroe County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Leon married WUSNIC, Ruth on 15 Apr 1933 in Rochester, Monroe County, NY. Ruth (daughter of WUSNIC, Carl) was born on 17 Jun 1912 in New York; died on 23 Jul 2006 in North Port, Sarasota County, FL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Viola married BYERLY, Raymond H on 24 Aug 1932 in Houghton, Allegany County, NY. Raymond was born on 19 Feb 1914; died in Nov 1978 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married PAGANO, Anthony on 9 Nov 1946 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Anthony (son of PAGANO, Alfonso and Calogera) was born on 18 Feb 1921 in Italy; died in Jun 1973. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married URTEL, Kenneth on 30 May 1937 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY, and was divorced about 9 Oct 1939 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Evelyn married WASHBURNE, Crosby B about Jul 1947 in Rochester, Monroe County, NY. Crosby was born on 27 Mar 1923; died in May 1972. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Norma married MILLER, Lawrence Robert [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sharon married GILES, Harold Richard [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 1958

LOCKPORT-Funeral services
will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at
the Corwin Funeral Home in Newfane
for Raymond L. Byerly, 24,
of Lockport-Olcott Rd.
His father, Raymond H. Byerly,
returning home from church Friday
night, discovered his son
hanged in the garage. Coroner
George H. Muscato Jr. issued a
certificate of suicide.
Young Byerly, who had been
living with his wife at the home
of his parents for the last three
months, "was despondent," according
to the father.
Mr. Byerly, who was born Sept.
29, 1933, in Buffalo, had been a
punch press operator at Harrison
Radiator Division of General Motors
Corp. in Lockport.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Shirley E. Byerly; his parents, Raymond
and Viola Bixler Byerly; a
sister, Mrs. Erwin Strong, Appleton
and his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Morris, Buffalo and
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Bixler, Appleton.
The Rev. James Dersham, pastor'of
the Union Church, Ridgewood,
will officiate. Burial will
be in Wrights Corners Cemetery.

ALSO

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 4/12/1958

A verdict of suicide was issued
to the case of a Town of Newfane
man found hanged Friday evening
at 8:45 la the garage at his parents'
home.
He was Raymond Laverne Byerly,
24, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond H. Byerly. Lockport-Olcott
Rd. A note, addressed to
"Dad" and signed "Ray," read
"This is the way it has to be."
The parents told Dr. George
H. Muscato Jr., county coroner,
their son had been despondent
since Wednesday when he visited
his estranged wife, Shirley, in
Buffalo. They said he
rted over unpaid bills. Or,
to signed a certificate of suicide
by strangulation.
The parents told Cpl. Robert
Klein and Trooper Fred H. Yeackel
of the Wright's Corners State
Police Sub-station they went to
church at 7:30 Friday evening,
The father found his son hanging
by a rope from garage rafters
when he opened the garage to
store his car.
The youth was born in Buffalo,
the son of Raymond H. and Viola
Bixter Byerly. He
aa a punch press operator at Har-
Radlator Division, General
Motors Corp.
Besides his parents aad wife.
Shirley Fredericks Byerly he Is
survived by one sister, Mrs. Erwin
Strong of Appleton. his grandparents.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Morris
af Buffalo and Mr. aad Mrs
Scott Bixler of Appleton.
Services will be held Monday at
3 at Glenn H. Corwin Funeral
Home, 27 N. Main St., Newfane,,
the Rev. James Dersham of Un-
ion Church, Ridgewood officia-
ting. Burial will be in Wright's
Corners Cemetery.

Family/Spouse: FREDERICKS, Shirley E. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: STRONG, Erwin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: GARVEN, Ronald Rev. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Carol married WILT, Ronald C [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]