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Niagara Gazette - 1/15/1965

Services for Benjamin Tirabassi,
55, of 9470 Pine Ave.,
owner of the Bell-Aire "Motel,
will be held at
8:45 a.m. Monday
at the M.
J. Colucci Funeral
Cha p e l
a n d at 9:30
a,m. at Prince
o f P e a ce
Church.
Mr. Tirabassi
died Thursday
(Jan. 14,
1965). He wa
pronunced
dead on admis-
sion to Memor-
ial Hospital. Death was at-
tributed to a heart attack.
He was born in New York
City, the son of Mr. a id Mrs.
Salvatore Tirabassi, and had
lived in Niagara Falls for 46
years. He was a member of
the Bishop Duffy Men's Club,
the Niagara Falls Area Cham-
ber of Commerce, the YMCA,
the United Mote Business
Association and the Hoy
Name Society of Prince of
Peace Church.
He graduated from Niagara
Fallsl High School and, during
the earlly '30s, played guard
with the Niagara Falls Rang-
ers and the Stone Gordons
football teams and also play-
ed semi-professional baseball
with the Elperts team as a
second baseman.
Mr. Tirabassi opened the
Bell-Aire Motel in 1949. Prior
to that year he had been em-
ployed for 18 years as a chem-
ical operaor at the Oldbury
Electro-Chemical Co.
He is susrvived y his wid-
ow, Rose Tirabassi; one son,
Benjamin Tirabassi Jr.,, and
one daughter, Miss Sally Tira-
bassi, all of Niagara Falls; two
brothers, Santo and Alfred
Tirabassi and three sisteers,,
Mrs. Laurino (Filomina)
D'Amico,, Miss Stella Tirabas-
si, and Miss Antoinette Tira-
bassi,, all of Niagara Falls.
Friends may call at the
funeral home from 5 p.m. to
10 p..m. today and 1 to 10 p..m.
Saturday and Sunday.

Benjamin married BRUNO, Rose about Oct 1935 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Rose (daughter of BRUNO, Joseph J and BRINDISI, Anna) was born on 22 Dec 1911 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 14 Nov 1994 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sally A. (Tirabassi) Virga age 72, formerly of Sandusky, NY died January 23, 2016. Wife of Glenn Virga Sr.

There will be no calling hours. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 4 PM at the Central Baptist Church, 12045 Old Olean Rd., Yorkshire. Memorials may be made to the Ronald McDonald House, 780 West Ferry St., Buffalo, NY 14222 or to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, 4742 North 24th St., Suite 400, Phoenix, AZ 85016. Arrangements were completed by W.S. Davis Funeral Home, 358 Main St., Arcade.

Online condolences at wsdavisfuneralhome.com.

Sally married VIRGA, Glenn Joel on 15 Feb 1969 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Glenn (son of VIRGA, Santo J and HENNEMAN, Maxine) was born on 27 Jul 1947 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 12 Oct 2019 in Machias, Cattaraugus County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married SESTO, Mary Jane [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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