Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 8/9/1913

SHOMERS FUNERAL
MONDAY MORNING
The funeral of Peter Shomers. -ffho
died Thursday evening, will be he'l
from the house, No. 727 Spruce avemii
Monday morning at 9 o'clock. Mr.
Shomers was 79 years old and a veteran
of the Civil War. He was survive!
by two sons, John of this city, anl
Charles of Buffalo, and three daugh.
ters. Miss Catherine Shomers and Mr?.
Albert RommeiJl of this city, and Mrs.
William Glassbrook of Niagara Fa!:s,
Ont Burial will be In St, Mary's cemetery.

Family/Spouse: MORAN, Bridget. Bridget was born about 1840 in Ireland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married BOHNACKER, Matilda about 1884 in New York. Matilda was born on 24 Jun 1859 in New York; died on 5 Jun 1927 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 2/3/1936

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont., Feb. 3—
Mrs. Mary Ann Glassbrook, 70, a resident
of this city for t he past 48 years,
died last night at her home, 585 Bender
street. She was the widow of William
Glassbrook who died four years
ago. Mrs. Glassbrook was born In Niagara
Falls, N. Y., where she lived for
some time previous to coming to this
city.
Surviving are one daughter. Mrs.
Lottie Phillips, and a grandson
Glenholme W. Glassbrook. at home;
two sisters, Mrs. Albert Ronnell. Miss
Catharine Shomers, Niagara Falls, N.
Y.; one brother, John Shomers, Niagara
Falls, N. Y.
The funeral will be held at 9:30
o'clock Thursday afternoon from the
family home to Drummond Hill cem-
etery.
Mrs. Glassbrook comes from a pi-
oneer family of Niagara Falls, N.Y.
She was a daughter of the late Peter
Shomers and Bridget Moran Shomers.
Her husband was an official on the
Maid of the Mist for many years.

Family/Spouse: GLASSBROOK, William. William died about 1932. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 3/6/1933

Veteran Railroad Man Former Resident
of this City Passes at Homo
Charles Shomers, 65 years old, n a tive
and former resident of Niagara
Falls, died Saturday afternoon at his
home, 26 Best street, Buffalo, following
a short illness. Funeral services
will be held at his home in Buffalo
at 1.45 p.m., tomorrow, with interment
in Rlverdale cemetery here,
Mr. Shomers was born In this city,
son of the late Peter and Bridget
Shomers. He was employed by the
New York Central railroad for many
years, serving In the capacity of assistant
station master here until he
was transferred to Buffalo about 25
years ago. He ls survived by his wife,
Mrs. Lulu Hosmcr Shomers; one
brother. John P. Shomers, of this city,
and three sisters. Miss Catherine
Shomers and Mrs. Albert Rommel, of
this city, and Mrs. William Glassbrook,
of Niagara Falls, Ont.

Charles married HOSMER, Lulu about 1902. Lulu was born about 1880 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 1/15/1903

JOSEPH B. SHOMBRS.
The last sad r i t e s were held over t he
remains of t h e l a t e Joseph Shomers- of
No. 502 N i a g a r a Street this morning
and the beautiful and impressive services
a t 9 o'clock a t St. Mary's Church
were largely attended by mourners,
fviends of the deceased and sorrowing
family.
The Rev. \N illiani >L McNab conducted
the services and following the
mass the remains were taken to St.
Mary's cemetery a n d ther laid to rest.
Deceased was an estimable young man
and had a great many friends In t he
c«v who will mourn his low, particula'rlv
the.employec? of t h e M. B. Butler
Grocery Company; wncre the young
man worked for over four years. Mr.
Shomers was but 31 y e a r ? of age and
is survived by a wife and otic daughter
a mother and father, three brothers,
John P.. Charles i t and William,
two sisters, Mlss^Cathfiftno Shomera
and Mrs. Atbert HTTTonimel.
Tho bearers were Mes.'rs. Frank
Donovan, Edward Calahan, William
A Nolan, John Donohue and Michael
McKenna.

Niagara Gazette - 1/13/1903

JOSEPH R. SHOMERS.
Joseph R. Shomers, one of the best
known young men of this city, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Shomers. died at 2
o'clock this morning at his home No,.
502 Niagara Street of consumption, after
a long illness.
For four years deceased had been in
the employ of the M R Butler Gro-
cery Company and for nearly a year
previous to that time he was with M.
B. Butler when in the grocery business
in tho Cluck building. Two
months agu he was obliged to give up
work nnd has since been declining. The
de-censed was 31 years of age and w;tp
born in Niagara Falls. lie Is survived
by a mother and father who live
at No. 727 Spruce Street, three brothers.
John P., Charles H., and William,
two sisters. Miss Catharine Shomers
nnd Mrs. Albert H. Rommel, nnd a wife
and one daughter. The funeral will
be observed at 9 o'clock on Thursday
morning from St. Mary's Church. The
and the Interment will be made In St
Mary's cemetery.

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 9/9/1944

Veteran Retired
Teacher Passes
Miss Catherine L. Shomers, of
727 Spruce avenue, who spent 43
years as a teacher in Niagara Falls
schools before retiring tn 1936. died
in Mount S t Mary's hospital this
morning at the age of 70.
A native and lifelong resident of
Niagara Falls, Miss Shomers was
a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Shomers, pioneer residents.
Her father was a veteran of the
Civil War who died in 1913. She
was one of the first kindergarten
teachers to serve in local schools
when that phase of education was
organized here.
She is survived by a brother, John
P Shomers, of this city.
The funeral will be held from
the Redanz funeral home at 8:15
a.m. Wednesday, with services at
St. Mary's church at 9 a.m. Inter-
ment will be made in Gate of Hea-
ven cemetery.

Herbert married MCMAHON, Mary Ellen on 17 Oct 1917 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Mary (daughter of MCMAHON, Thomas and KEELTY, Margaret) was born about 1883 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 11/25/1921

Son of Falls Family Who Enlisted in Canadian Army Is Reported
to Be in Oregon with Rigging Gang, the News
Carried Here Thanksgiving. .

Mr. and Mrs. John Shomers. of No. 339
Sixth street, had their Thanksgiving
joys heightened yesterday by tho receipt
of a. letter from John Shomers,
Jr., 34 y e a r s old. from whom they had
received no word since his enluitment
in tho Canadian army during the summer
of 1918. Young Shomers was working
in Winnipeg, at the outbreak of the
world war, and his parents received a
letter in '1910 stating that ho was going
to enlist. As no farther word was received,
after the signing of tho armis-
tico, they wrote the Canadian Armypersonnel
bureau in Ottawa and a reply
was received stating that all trace i
'of Shomers had been lost. After this
he was given up a s among the missing
dead, lie is now employed as boss rigger,
with the Standard American Dredging
company, who a r e now doing a big
harbor job inOregon. Clarence Shomers
a brother was killed tn France on
August 2S, l^lS, and Harry was wounded
and gassed but is now a t home with
his parents.

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 12/30/1970

Mrs. Margaret Cole, 81, of
7025 Buffalo Ave. died Tuesday
(Dec 29, 1970) in DeVeaux
Manor Nursing Home.
A Niagara Falls native, she
lived in Oneida for 41 years,
returning to this city in 1955.
She as a member of the
First Presbyterian Church, the
Order of Eastern Star, Oneida
Chapter, and the Achmetha
Chapter No. 422.
Survivors include two broth-
ers,, Herbert and Joseph Shom-
ers, both of this city. Two
brothers, John and Harry
Shomers, and a sister, Florence
Shomers, predeceased her.
Funeral services will be held
at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Otto
Redanz Funeral Home with the
Rev. Russell Stevenson pastor
of the First Presbyterian
Church, officiating. Burial will
be in North Ridge Cemetery.
Friends may call from 7 to 9
p.m. today.

Family/Spouse: COLE, Burt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 10/26/1958

"YOU SHOULD never worry
about having something to do
tomorrow. If you do, you're not •
ready for retirement . . . "
That a d v i c e comes from
Joseph F. Shomers, the city's
chief electrical inspector, who
is ready for retirement. On Oct.
31. he'll close his record books
at City Hall for the last time,
ending a career as a municipal
employe that began June 1, 1927.
"I feel good about retiring
. . . I guess I'm a little lazy,"
Mr. Shomers,quips.
The congenial city official, 67
years old, lives at 1029 92nd
St., in the LaSalle section of the
city. He was born at 339 Sixth
St., which makes him a fullfledged
native of Niagara Falls.
In fact, the Shomers' family
roots go far back into the history
of the city.
My grandfather on my
father's side was here before
the Civil War," Mr. Shomers
said. "When the Civil War
came, he lost a leg serving in the
Union Army. Then my grandmother
volunteered as a nurse."

MR. SHOMERS, a career city
employe, first became involved
in municipal affairs' way back
in 1906 when Anthony C. Douglas
was running for election
against Mayor O. W. Cutler.
Joseph Shomers was just a
boy that election night.
Mr. Cutler was declared reelected.
Jubilant Cutler backers formed
a winding torch parade,
marching to the winning candidate's
home. Young Joe Shomers.
then 15, was in the parade.
The next day came a recount.
Douglas had won the election!
"And I got heck for staying
out so late that night," Mr.
Shomers recalls.

A KEEN INTEREST in
municipal affairs apparently
stayed with Joseph Shomers, for
he became LaSalle village clerk
on April 1, 1921.
He served in this post until
1927, when LaSalle was annexed
by Niagara Falls. Mr. Shomers
then became a clerk in the
city assessor's office, working in
this capacity until all of the
village property was transferred
to the city assessment rolls.
On Jan. 14, 1930, Mr. Shomers
was appointed an inspector
in the city's electrical department.

His job entails inspecting and
giving final approval to all elec-.
trkal installations in buildings
constructed in the city. And by
virtue of his. job, he's come to
know, virtual every nook and
cranny of the city.

AND HE'S QUALIFIED for
the job. Mr. Shomer's experience
in the field includes employment,
in the maintenance department
of the New York Telephone Co.,
the old Federal Telephone Co.,
the Ontario Power Co. and the
Niagara Electric Service.
During his youth Mr, Shomers
was educated at the Fifth
Street School and at Niagara
Falls High School.
In 1911, he married Gertrude
H. Luick, also of Niagara Falls.
Mrs. Shomers died last January.
They have eight children:
Joseph J. Shomers, Parkers-
burg, W.Va.; Frank Shomers,
1254 88th St.; John Shomers,
1029 92nd St.; Mrs. Emily Chris-
tian, Packard Ct.; William Shomers,
North Tonawanda; Mrs.
Joyce N. Schultz, 1229 93rd St.;
Thomas G. Shomers, North
Tonawanda; and Clarence Shomers,
North Miami Beach, Fla.

NORTH MIAMI BEACH
will fit right into Mr. Shomers'
retirement. He plans to visit his
son there during the winter
months. And while in North
Miami. Mr. Shomers will get to
see another Niagara personality
—Adin W. Chase, who retired
last year as the city's traffic
director. Mr. Chase lives just
south of Miami.
Asked what he plans to do
after retirement, Mr. Shomers
replied:
"Nothing—I'm just going to
have a good time and do
a little fishing occasionally.
He'll probably do a bit of
reading, too. Mr. Shomers says
he subscribes to Reader's Digest
and reads it "from cover to
cover" every issue.
His favorite meal is a "good
steak."
* * *
MR. SHOMERS is rightfully
proud of Niagara Falls as his
home town.
He helped organize the National
Electrical Contractors
Assn. chapter here and has travelled
about the country a lot as
an officer.
"When people say, 'Oh—
you're from Buffalo,' I resent
it," Mr. Shomers said. "I say
I'm most certainly not from
Buffalo, I'm from Niagara
Falls!"
In view of this, Mr. Shomers
should be a pretty good ambassador
for the city while visiting
in Miami.

Joseph married LUICK, Gertrude Helen in 1911 in Niagara County, NY. Gertrude (daughter of LUICK, Johann Jacob Leonhard and RUECKERT, Emilie Dorothea) was born on 8 Mar 1894 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died in Jan 1958 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harry married SHARKEY, Mary Margaret on 30 Oct 1924 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Mary was born on 1 Oct 1897 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY; died in Sep 1981 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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

Joseph married WHISTLER, Marie E on 6 Dec 1933 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Marie (daughter of WHISTLER, Ernest and Olive) was born on 23 Nov 1916 in New York; died on 11 Jan 1995 in Parkersburg, Wood County, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: PFEIFER, Gertrude M. Gertrude (daughter of PFEIFER, George J and GRAY, Louise M) was born on 4 Jan 1914 in New York; died in Aug 1993 in Cameron, Steuben County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married MOCERI, Ninfa about 1941 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Ninfa (daughter of MOCERI, Sebastian) was born about 1917 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 24 Jan 1959 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married TAYLOR, Vivian Mae on 18 Jan 1969 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Vivian (daughter of TAYLOR, Angus G) was born on 15 Apr 1916 in New York; died in Nov 1979 in Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, FL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 3/10/1924

SHOMERS—In La Salle. N, Y . - March 9.
1934. Helen Dorothy Shomers. aged 6
years, beloved daughter, of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Shomers, sister of Joseph, Jr..
Frank. Jaek. Emily and Billy. Fvneral
will be held from the family residence.
Park avenu?, Wednesday at 2:00 p.m.
nnd from ;he. Lutheran church on Cayuga
Drive at 2:30 p.m.. Rev. George Hover
officiating. Interment in Rivtrdafe
cemetery.

Emily married CHRISTIAN, Glenn in 1937 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

March 7, 2012
William F. Shomers

Niagara Gazette

BUFFALO — William F. Shomers, March 6, 2012. Beloved husband of the late Gracia (Mae) Shomers. Dear father of David William Shomers, Deborah (Ronald) Pulley and William R. (Patricia) Shomers. Survived by four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Brother of Joyce (Carl) Schultz. Predeceased by eight siblings.

Family and friends received on Saturday from 10-11 AM at the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, 1424 Maple Rd. (Williamsville), where services will follow at 11 AM. All are invited. Private interment in Acacia Park Cemetery, with military honors. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Roswell Park Cancer Institute for Cancer Research.

Mr. Shomers was a member of IBEW Local 237 for 65 years, a life member of North Tonawanda Volunteer Fire Co., and a Navy veteran of WWII. Arrangements by the Nightengale Funeral Home, 1884 South Park Ave., Buffalo (822-4371).

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William married SMITH, Gracia Mae on 25 Oct 1941 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Gracia (daughter of SMITH, Harry B and Mattie J) was born on 14 Jan 1923 in New York; died on 26 Jan 1988. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joyce married SCHULTZ, Carl William [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: GIBBONS, Charlotte Helene. Charlotte (daughter of GIBBONS, Gordon) died on 27 Mar 1961 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BUROW, Beverly. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: CARTER, Marianne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: LANGWORTHY, Caroline. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]