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- Niagara Gazette - 4/17/1950
WILSON. April 17-William F.
Albright. 82. former mayor and one
of she best known residents of
Wilson, died Saturday afternoon at
the family home in Lake street.
Mr. Albright was born in Wilson,
March 7. 1868. and had lived
here all his life. When a young
man he worked as a carpenter
during, the time the first dwellings
were beinig erected at Sunset
Beach.
Later he entered the farm implement
sales business in a store on
the present site of the Kendall
service station in Lake street. On
the second floor of the building
was the Albright opera house
operated by Mr. Albright for over
25 years. This was before the days
of the motion picture and a great
variety of traveling shows and
other old time entertainment trod
the boards of the Albright theater.
.Entered Contracting Business
Liter Mr. Albright sold out his
business interests to Loomis and
Putnam and entered the building
contracting business which he con-
ducted successfully until he was
forced to retire because of advanc-
ing years.
A staunch Democrat in politics,
Mr. Albright served several terms
as mayor of Wilson and was village
clerk for six years. He was also
Democratic committeeman for Wil-
son for many years.
Funeral Services Planned
He is survived by his wife. Mrs.
Anna Albright; five daughters,'
Mrs. Alan Botsford and Mrs.
Theodore Aronstam, both of Rochester,
N. Y.: Mrs. K. W. Moore,
Brockport; Mrs. Walter Jarchow,
Port Huron. Mich . and Mrs Harold
B o h l m a n . Lockport; one son.
Harold Albright Wilson; three.
sisters, Mrs. William .Dunker and
Mrs. Charles Eick, Wilson, and
Mrs. Frank Westphal, in Michigan;
one brother, Frank Albright, Nia-
gara Falls; nine grandchildren and
three great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow at 2 p.m. at the family
home and at 2:30 o'clock at the
Exley Methodist church with the
Rev. Walter Kingsley officiating.
Interment will be in Greenwood
cemetery.
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1868 - 1950 (82 years)