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FOUR LOSE LIVES WHEN TRAIN HITS MOTORCAR
TWO WOMEN AND MAN FROM NIAGARA FALLS, RANSOMVILLE MAN DIE
Automobile Is Sideswiped by Lehigh Valley Freight Train at Tonawanda
GASOLINE TANK LETS GO
Occupants of Car Are Showered with Blazing Fluid - Man Leaps into Water
Mr. and. Mrs, Adelbert Sherman. No. 3 Niagara street, Mrs. Jacob Meahl. No. 466 Second street, this city, and Arnold Cumrow of Ransomville, were fatally injured when an auto owned by Sherman and in which all four rode early Sunday morning
was sideswiped by a Lehigh Valley freight train at the Ellicott creek crossing in Tonawanda. The Shermans are survived by two children, nine and eleven respectively. Mrs. Meahl is survived by her husband and two children aged seven and four respectively. The women were sisters. It was told here that Mr. Sherman was trying out a new car and that his wife at first objected to making the trip out Saturday night. Coroner Helwig will conduct an inquest. Sherman was a trusted employe at the Wm. A. Rogers, Ltd., and had lived here fourteen years. Mr. Meahl is employed in an up river plant.
Gasoline Explodes.
When the collision occurred the gasoline tank of the auto exploded and the vehicle was set on fire. The clothing of the woman and Cumrow caught fire. Sherman jumped into the creek from which his body was taken Sunday'morning. The others died in the DeGraff hospital. The two men and Cumrow were Jammed
in the car with their clothing on fire and the. train crew had to release them. An all night search for Sherman proved futile until daylight when the creek was dragged, He had a fractured skull and other injuries. He jumped from the car before it caught fire. Mrs. Meahl will be buried in Akron, NY. Mr & Mrs. Sherman in Newfane, and Cumrow in Ransomville.

Henrietta married MEAHL, Jacob Peter Wilhelm in 1924. Jacob (son of MEAHL, Heinrich F and LUICK, Martha L) was born on 12 Mar 1886 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY; died on 19 Sep 1951 in Akron, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Family/Spouse: HORAN, Richard J. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette

LEWISTON — Geraldine (Meahl) Woock, of Niagara Falls, died on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 in Mount St. Mary’s Hospital, after a lengthy illness. She was 83.

She was born in Niagara Falls on July 19, 1927, a daughter of the late Jacob and Henrietta (Schneider) Meahl. She attended local schools and married Stanley R. Woock in 1948.

Mrs. Woock worked for the Niagara Falls Board of Education as a lunch aide at 66th Street School for over 30 years. She enjoyed bingo and spending time with her family, including her eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Woock is survived by three children, Gary L. (Beth) Woock of Lockport, John A. (late Elaine) Woock of Youngstown, and Mary Woock of Niagara Falls, and was the mother of the late Robert S. Woock (2008); and was predeceased by her husband in 1995. She is also survived by three sisters, Flora (Dave) Walsh, Isla Nicometi and Betty Weiss; eight grandchildren, Stacey, Kimberley, Timothy, Jeanette, Amy, James, Jason and Kathleen and 11 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by siblings, Francis Heaton, Mildred Bennet and Floyd Meahl.

Friends may call Thursday from 4-8 PM in the LANE FUNERAL HOME INC., 8622 Buffalo Avenue, where services will be held Friday at 11 AM. The interment will be in Riverdale Cemetery, Lewiston. Donations may be made to the National Kidney Foundation.

Visit www.lanefuneralhome.com.

Geraldine married WOOCK, Stanley R in Jun 1948 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Stanley (son of WOOCK, William H and EBERLE, May) was born on 2 Nov 1915 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 24 Oct 1995 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 11/7/1978

HEATON - Mildred
Frances Heaton of 6126
Shawnee Rd., Sanborn,
N.Y., in Mt. St. Mary's
H o s p i t a l , Friday
(November 3,1978).
Wife of the late Robert
S. Heaton; mother of
Ssg. Stephen L. Heaton,
U.S.A.F., Ramstein,
Germany, Ssg. Richard
H. Heaton, U.S.M.C.,
Santa Anna, Calif., and
Ssg. William P. Heaton,
U.S.M.C, New River,
No. Carolina, Mrs. John
V. (Roberta) Wright of
Cheektowaga; daughter
of Mrs. Glen (Henrietta)
Cook of Medina, N.Y.;
sister of Mrs. Stanley
(Geraldine) Woock of
Niagara Falls, Mrs. Isla
Nicometi of Akron, N.Y.,
Mrs. David (Flora)
Walsh of Williamsville,
Mrs. Elizabeth Young of
Pompano Beach, Fla.,
Mrs. Mildred Bennett of
Niagara Falls; grandm
o t h e r of Kirk,
Christine and Michael
Heaton.
Funeral services will
be held at the Rhoney
Funeral Home, Inc., 5893
Hoover Rd., Sanborn,
Wednesday at 11 a.m.,
with Bishop H. Joseph
Larsen of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints and the Rev.
Kenneth E. Traxler of
the Sanborn United
Methodist Church officiating.
Interment in
Riverdale Cemetery.

Mildred married HEATON, Robert Shepard on 27 Nov 1940 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: MUCK, Beth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John A. "Pete" Woock, age 63 of Youngstown, died Saturday January 13, 2018 in the Niagara Hospice House in Lockport, after a lengthy illness.

Pete was born September 10, 1954 in Niagara Falls, NY, the son of the late Stanley and Geraldine (Meahl) Woock and was a 1972 graduate of LaSalle Senior High School. He was an Electrician and was employed by Roman Electric, Inc. in Youngstown for 35 years. Previous to that he had worked for Cooper Industries from 1972 to 1983. On June 10, 1978, Pete married Elaine (Lang) Woock and they moved to Youngstown. Elaine predeceased him in 2000.

Pete will always be remembered as a wonderful family man. His family was his life. He also enjoyed baseball and bowling. He especially enjoyed his career as an electrician with Roman Electric.

He is survived by his daughters, Jeanette (Jim) Stone and Amy Woock; his sons, Jason (Jessica) and Jim (Jodi) Woock; his grandchildren, John (Margaret) Choboy, U.S.A.F and Kyle Choboy, U.S.N., CJ Woock, Jayme Stone, and Sarah Woock; a brother, Gary (Beth) Woock
and his twin sister, Mary Woock and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a brother, Robert Woock.

Friends may call at HARDISON FUNERAL HOME, 3648 Ransomville Road, Ransomville on Thursday from 2 - 4 and 7 - 9 PM. Funeral Services will be held Friday, January 19, at 10:00 AM in the funeral home followed by interment in Riverdale Cemetery, Lewiston. in lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Ransomville Vol. Fire Co. Ambulance Fund, PO Box 239, Ransomville, NY 14131.

John married LANG, Elaine M on 10 Jun 1978. Elaine was born on 16 Apr 1950; died on 17 Mar 2000 in Youngstown, Town of Porter, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: WRIGHT, John V. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: STONE, James. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: RZUCIDLO, Christian F. Christian (son of RZUCIDLO, Alfred and KLEJDYS, Gloria) was born on 10 Jul 1968 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY; died on 10 Jul 2023 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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