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Niagara Gazette - 8/8/1955

TOWN OF NIAGARA, Aug. 8
-Funeral services will be held on
Wednesday for Mrs. Albertine Meyers
Blank. 69. Witmer Rd.. who
died last night (Aug. 7, 1955) at
Ml. St. Mary's Hospital, Niagara
Falls, after a long illness.
Mrs. Blank was a native of the
Town of Niagara and had spent
her lifetime here.
Surviving are her husband, Gus-
tav Blank; two sons, Sylvester
Blank, Niagara Falls, and Wilbur
Blank, Pekin; three brothers, Al-
bert Meyers, Pendleton; William
Meyers, Buffalo, and Rudolph Mey-
ers, Pekin; two sisters, Mrs. Lydia
Yaude, Charlotte, N. C., and Mrs.
Clara Mante, Sanborn. She also
is survived by five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
2 p.m. at the Redanz Funeral
Home. Niagara Falls, and at 2:30
p.m. Wednesday at Hope Lutheran
Church, Six Corners, with the Rev.
Walter Wehmcier officiating.
Burial will be in Memorial Park
Cemetery.

Albertine married BLANK, Gustav Wilhelm on 15 Apr 1909. Gustav (son of BLANK, William Carl and MEHLS, Friedericke) was born on 22 Jan 1882 in Prussia; died on 5 Mar 1975 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buffalo News, The (NY) - November 25, 1998
Sylvester G. Blank, a retired machinist and former auto mechanic, died Saturday (Nov. 21, 1998) in Mount View Health Facility, Lockport, after a long illness.
Blank, 88, formerly of Saunders Settlement Road, was born in the Town of Niagara and moved to Sanborn in 1958.
He was employed by the New York Central Railroad as a freight handler for 10 years. He then worked as an auto mechanic for 25 years for Niagara Falls Oldsmobile dealers. He later worked as a machinist at Zonel Paper Machine in Lockport, retiring in 1975.
Blank was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Niagara Falls, the Western New York Gas and Steam Engines Association of Alexander and the Sanbornite Senior Citizens.
He had been an avid roller skater in his younger years.
His wife, Dorothy Elizabeth Arndt Blank, died in 1989.
He is survived by a son, Frederick G.; two daughters, Betty Jean Clark of Ransomville and Linda Ann Moxham of Highland, Mich.; 11 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 2 P.M., Saturday in St. Paul Lutheran Church, 18th Street and Cleveland Avenue, Niagara Falls. Burial will be in Wrights Corners Cemetery, Newfane

Sylvester married ARNDT, Dorothy Elisabeth on 20 Aug 1931 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Dorothy (daughter of ARNDT, Friedrich Johann Wilhelm and RIEMER, Ida Marie) was born on 28 Sep 1909 in Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY; died on 31 Dec 1989 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 10/18/1971

Wilbur C. Blank, 58, of 3104
Lower Mountain Road, San-
born, died today (Oct. 18,1971)
at Memorial Medical Center
where he had been taken
Sunday after being stricken at
home.
A native of the Town of
Niagara he had resided in the
Town of Wheatfield from 1938
until 1953 when he moved to
Sanborn.
He had been employed by the
former New York Central
Railroad for 22 years as a
wrecker. He later was em-
ployed by beecher Brothers
Inc., Sanborn, and recently by
the Niagara Frontier State
Parks commission.
He was a member of the
Lutheran Layman's League.
Surviving are his widow,
Dorothea Blank; a son, Clifford
C. Blank of Rochester; a
daughter, Mrs. Russell (Carol)
Stewart of Sanborn; a brother,
Sylvester G. Blank of Sanborn
and three grandsons.
Funeral services will be held
at St. Andrew's Lutheran
Church Wednesday at 2 p.m.
Burial will be in St. Mark's
Cemetery, Wheatfield.
Friends may call at the Pike
and Jones Funeral Home,
Sanborn, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
today and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7
p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Wilbur married DUROW, Dorothea about Jun 1938 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Dorothea (daughter of DUROW, Gustav Karl Ferdinand and SENECHAL, Hedwig) was born in 1913 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died in 2000. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary of Betty J. Clark

Betty J. Clark of Ransomville, wife of 59 years to the late Donald R. Clark, who predeceased her in April 2019, passed away on September 10, 2019, following a great fight with a terminal illness. She was born on March 21, 1941, daughter of the late Sylvester and Dorothy (Arndt) Blank of Sanborn. Betty attended elementary school in at the District #2 Tuscarora Road One Room Schoolhouse, later graduated from Trott Vocational High School, in the first class of Practical Nursing, in June 1958. On October 15, 1960 she married Donald, whom she met at the Cataract Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corp.  Betty worked for Niagara Memorial Hospital for 4 yrs, followed by Curtiss Chicken Farm, and was manager of Honeybears Bakery & Pizza in Ransomville, where she retired.  Betty was a member of the Ransomville Rural Retirees, Ransomville Thursday Luncheon Group, Past President of the LaSalle Auxillary Sportsman Club, Past President and Vice President of the Ransomville Lions Club, and board member of the Canine Helpers for the Handicapped.  Betty was an avid sports fan of the Buffalo Sabres, Buffalo Bills and NASCAR, with her favorite driver being Joey Logano.
 
Surviving is 5 sons Robert (Dawn), Richard (Lynne), Ronald (Tina), Russ (Michelle) and Randall (Nancy); her grandchildren, Amanda, Daniel (Kelsey), Ryan (Liz), Justin (Megan), Teagan, Raechelle (John), Tiffany, Rachel, Michael; step grandchildren Emily and Shawn and 3 great grandchildren; sister Linda Moxham; and brother Fred (Elaine) Blank.
 
NO PRIOR VISITATION. Services held at the convenience of the family.
The family requests memorial donations be sent to Ransomville Vol. Fire Co. Ambulance Fund, PO Box 239, Ransomville, NY 14131. or Niagara Hospice, 4675 Sunset Drive, Lockport, NY 14094. Arrangements entrusted to HARDISON FUNERAL HOMES INC. Ransomville, NY. Please visit www.hardisonfuneralhomes.com for online registry.

Elizabeth married CLARK, Donald Robert on 15 Oct 1960 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Donald (son of CLARK, James and MILLER, Elsie) was born on 29 May 1942 in Ransomville, Niagara County, NY; died on 24 Apr 2019 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frederick married LASOTA, Elaine Marie [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Linda married MOXHAM, Paul S [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NIAGARA GAZETTE
CAROL A. STEWART
Carol A. Stewart (Blank), age 67, of Pekin, was called unexpectedly to her heavenly home on Friday, August 29, 2008 in Mount St. Mary s Hospital, after a brief illness. Born in North Tonawanda, NY on May 21, 1941 to the late Wilbur and Dorothea (Durow) Blank. Carol is a graduate of Wilson High School, class of 1959. A longtime member of St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Pekin, she is a former member of Tri-Community Ambulance Service, Inc., serving for 15 years. Her hobbies included painting, playing guitar and she played in several small bands. Survivors include her husband, Russell Stewart. They were united in marriage February 27, 1960; three sons, Brian Stewart of Sanborn, Steven (Deborah) Stewart and Kevin Stewart, both of Ransomville; a brother, Clifford (Jacqueline) Blank of Stafford, NY; seven grandchildren Jerad, Shawn, Kyle, Kaylee, Jessica, Angela, and Jonathan; and a great-granddaughter, Allison. Friends may call at the DUBOIS FUNERAL HOME, 2436 Niagara Road, (Bergholz) in Wheatfield on Monday from 5-8 PM. Services will be conducted by the Rev. R. P. Vogeler on Tuesday, September 2nd at 10:00 AM in St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 3229 Upper Mountain Road, Pekin. Interment in St. Andrew Lutheran Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association. Visit www.legacy.com/niagara-gazette to sign guest register.

Carol married STEWART, Russell Lee on 27 Feb 1960 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Russell (son of STEWART, Boyd C and ORECK, Hallie) was born on 2 Dec 1935 in Pennington Gap, Lee County, VA; died on 4 Nov 2010 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clifford married HASELEY, Jacqueline Ann [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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

Family/Spouse: PRATZ, Tina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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

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Obituary of Steven Stewart

Steven R. Stewart, age 54 of Ransomville NY, died unexpectedly on Wednesday March 30, 2016 at his residence.


Steven was born March 9, 1962 in North Tonawanda, NY, the son of the late Russell and Carol (Blank) Stewart and was a1978 graduate of Niagara Wheatfield High School. For the past year he was employed as a tow motor operator by Excel in Lockport. Previously, Steven was an operator at Wendt’s Dairy in Niagara Falls for 30 years. He married Deborah (Cobo) Stewart on August 10, 1997 and they have lived in Ransomville since 2001.


Steven was a lifetime member of the NRA and a former member of the Pekin Volunteer Fire Company. He also was an avid hunter.


He is survived by his wife, Deborah; a daughter, Kaylee Stewart of Wilson; two brothers, Brian and Kevin Stewart both of Ransomville; and his mother and father in law, Dolly and David Cobo.


Friends may call at HARDISON FUNERAL HOME, 3648 Ransomville Road, Ransomville on Saturday, April 2, from 1- 4 pm. Funeral Services will begin at 4:00 pm in the funeral home, with the Rev. Robert Hoffman officiating. Burial in St. Mark’s Lutheran Cemetery will be private. In lieu of flowers, Memorials may be made to the Pekin Volunteer Fire Company, 3024 Upper Mountain Rd. Sanborn, NY 14132.

Steven married COBO, Deborah on 10 Aug 1997. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: KHUTH, Chanboriroth B. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: SMART, Randy E. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]