BLACKMAN, Walter E

1878 - 1959 (80 years)

Generation: 1

BLACKMAN, Walter E was born on 28 Aug 1878 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY; died on 31 Jul 1959 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY.

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Niagara Gazette - 7/31/1959

CAMBRIA-Walter E. Black
man Sr., 81, of Thrall Rd.,
Town of Cambria, a prominent
fruit and dairy farmer and former
town official, died today
(July 31, 1959) at his home. He
had been confined to bed with'
ill health recently. .
Mr. Blackman, was born
Aug. 28, 1878, in Cambria, son
of pioneer residents Isaac B.
and Mary A. Blakeman Blackman..
'
" He. served as Cambria town
clerk, justice of the peace for
26 years, town supervisor from
1930. to 1934, was a past president
of the Niagara County
Farm Bureau and the 4-H Club
Assn.* was an agent and director
of the Erie and Niagara
County F a r m e r s Insurance
Assn., president of the North
Ridge BUrial Assn. and a member
of the Cambria Congregational
Church, where he served
as a trustee for 50 years.
Mr. Blackman is survived by
his wife, the former Mae A;
Hoag; a son, Waiter E. Blackman
Jr., Cambria; a daughter,
Mrs. Ralph L. Treichler, Sanborn,
and four grandchildren.
The Rev. David Munro, pastor
of Cambria Congregational
Church, will officiate at services
at 3 p.m. Sunday at the
Prudden & Kandt Funeral
Home, Lockport. Burial will be
in North Ridge Cemetery.

Walter married HOAG, Mae A about Nov 1906 in New York. Mae (daughter of HOAG, Thomas and FORSYTHE, Louise) was born on 8 May 1882 in Town of Somerset, Niagara County, NY; died on 17 Oct 1971 in Lockport Memorial Hospital, Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. BLACKMAN, Helen M was born on 31 Jan 1908; died on 6 Dec 2006 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY.
3. BLACKMAN, Walter E was born on 7 Dec 1914 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY; died on 25 Apr 2011 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY.

Generation: 2

BLACKMAN, Helen M

(1.Walter¹) was born on 31 Jan 1908; died on 6 Dec 2006 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY.

Helen married TREICHLER, Ralph L about Aug 1942. Ralph (son of TREICHLER, Frank L and Ida I) was born on 7 Jul 1903 in New York; died on 27 May 1988. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

BLACKMAN, Walter E

(1.Walter¹) was born on 7 Dec 1914 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY; died on 25 Apr 2011 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY.

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April 26, 2011
Walter E. Blackman

Niagara Gazette

CAMBRIA — Walter E. Blackman, 96, of Blackman Homestead Farm, Cambria, NY, passed away on Monday, April 25, 2011, after a short illness and under loving care of nurses and his children at Niagara Hospice House, Lockport, NY. Walter was born on December 7, 1914 in Lockport, NY, the son of Walter E., Sr. and Mae A. (Hoag) Blackman.

He graduated from Lockport High School in 1932 and married the late Janice (Fogle) Blackman in 1938. Janice died on May 31, 1994. Walter farmed all his life on Thrall Road, Cambria and was a life member of the Cambria Congregational Church. His many civic obligations were charter member of the Cambria Volunteer Fire Company; 14 years on the Starpoint Board of Education, instituting the centralization of the Starpoint District; over 50 years on North Ridge Burial Association board; instrumental in establishment of the Inter-Community Memorial Hospital, Newfane, as a Founding Member of the Board of Directors. He served on the Cambria Zoning Board; Niagara County Civil Service Commission; Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS); and was a member of the Niagara County Farm Bureau and other agriculture organizations. He enjoyed winters at Saddlebag Lake, Lake Wales, FL, playing games of golf and horseshoes.

He is survived by his children, Barbara A. (Harold) Hartwig, Robert E. (Margaret) Blackman, Lockport, NY and the late (infant) David Lee Blackman; eight grandchildren, Daniel (Kathleen) Hartwig of Spencerport, NY, Mary (Bruce) Zeller of Newfane, NY, Timothy (Barbara) Hartwig of Myrtle Beach, SC, Rebecca (Robert) Miller of Grand Island, NY, Julie Blackman of Lockport, NY, Jennifer (Daniel) Irvin of Prides Crossing, MA, Molly (Steven) Dunn of Danvers, MA, and Jeffrey Blackman of New York, NY; and twelve great-grandchildren, Krista Mae, Marc and Bradley Hartwig, Derek, Troy and Maegan Zeller, Robert, Elizabeth and Elaine Irvin, Jane and Evelyn Dunn and the late (infant) Robert J. Miller, Jr.

The family will be present on Wednesday, April 27th from 7-9 PM and on Thursday, April 28th, from 2-4, 7-9 PM at Prudden and Kandt Funeral Home, 242 Genesee St, Lockport, NY. Funeral service will be Friday, April 29th at 10 AM with Rev. Todd Blackley officiating. Burial will follow in North Ridge Cemetery, Church Rd., Town of Cambria. Memorials may be made to the Cambria Congregational Church, 4045 Lower Mountain Rd., Lockport, NY 14094; Cambria Volunteer Fire Company, 4631 Cambria-Wilson Rd, Lockport, NY 14094; or to Niagara Hospice, 4675 Sunset Dr., Lockport, NY 14094.

Please visit www.pruddenandkandt.com to send an online condolence to the family.

Walter married FOGLE, Janice M on 26 Oct 1938 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Janice (daughter of FOGLE, Norman B) died on 31 May 1994. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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