RUSS, John Jacob
1874 - 1957 (82 years)-
Name RUSS, John Jacob Birth 17 Dec 1874 Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY 
Gender Male Death 28 May 1957 Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY Burial Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY Person ID I11682 Laur from Germany Last Modified 1 Oct 2016
Father RUSS, Johannes, b. 16 Nov 1837, Feldstetten, Baden-Württemberg, Germany d. 12 Aug 1922, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 84 years) Mother BOHNACKER, Barbara, b. 21 Dec 1850, Feldstetten, Baden-Württemberg, Germany d. 17 Jul 1925, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 74 years) Marriage 27 Jun 1872 Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY Family ID F4197 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family MELLENTHIN, Friedericke Wilhelmine Ernestine, b. 11 Jul 1875, Bagemühl, Brandenburg, Prussia d. 4 Dec 1944, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (Age 69 years) Marriage 2 Jun 1898 Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, Bergholz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY Children 1. RUSS, Lillian Anna Caroline, b. 19 Nov 1899, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY d. 2 Mar 1924, Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY (Age 24 years)2. RUSS, Clara Marie Friederike, b. 5 Jun 1901, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY d. 15 Aug 1981, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 80 years)3. RUSS, Friedrich Wilhelm, b. 5 Apr 1903, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY d. 23 May 1975, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (Age 72 years)4. RUSS, Arnold John, b. 6 Jul 1905, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY d. 18 Sep 1906, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 1 year)5. RUSS, Frieda Marian, b. 4 Aug 1907, Benrath, Germany d. 24 Mar 1981, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 73 years)6. RUSS, Johann Theodor, b. 24 Mar 1909, Benrath, Germany d. 17 Feb 1990 (Age 80 years)7. RUSS, Arthur Albert, b. 21 Nov 1917, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY d. 8 Jul 1994, Buffalo, Erie County, NY (Age 76 years)Family ID F5387 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Nov 2024
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Notes - Niagara Gazette - 5/19/1957
John J. Russ, 82, River Rd.,
Wheatfield, who rose- from the job
of handyman at the Carbor-
undum Co. here to president and
board chairman of N a t i o n a l
Grinding Wheel Co.. North Ton-
awanda. died yesterday (May 28,.
1957) at his home. He had been in
ill health for several months.
Born here Dec. 17. 1874, Mr.
Russ joined Carborundum in 1896
as a laborer and climbed rapidly,
to a managerial position. He is
credited with making many im-.
provements in early g r i n d i ng
wheel manufacture.
He went to Dusseldorf, Germany,
in 1907 to supervise wheel
operations and train new employes
for Carborundum's Ger-
man plant. _
Mr. Russ left Carborundum in
1923 to reorganize the National
Grinding Wheel Co. which then
operated in Buffalo. When the
plant was moved to North Tonawanda
in 1929, he was elected
president. He. became chairman
of the company in 1951 and con-
tinued active in management until
his recent illness.
Mr. Russ was a long time leader
in civic affairs in the village
of LaSalle before its incorporation
into the city of Niagara Falls
in 1927. He was a member of
the village board of trustees, president
of the village and a member
of the LaSalle school board.
Mr. Russ was one of the founders
of the Carborundum Employes'
Benefit Assn. in 1898.
He was predeceased by his
wife, the former Fredericka Mellenthin.
Survivors are Miss Clara
M. Russ. who lived with her father,
Mrs. George P. Eddy, this
city, and three sons, Frederick W.,
John T. and Arthur A. Russ, all
of North Tonawanda.
He is'also survived by a brother,
Peter J. Russ, Detroit: two
sisters, Mrs. Frank H. Taylor,
this city, and Mrs. Harry Walters,
Lake Worth, Fla., seven grandchildren
and 12 great grandchildren.
He was a member of LaSalle
Zion Lutheran Church, now
Grace Lutheran Church;
Funeral services will be held
at the home Friday at 1 p.m. and
at Redeemer Lutheran Church,
Fajcsner and T h o m p s o n Sts.,
North Tonawanda, at 1:30 p.m.
The Rev. H. G. Kleiner, pastor,
of the church, will officiate. Burial
will be in Oakwood Cemetery
here.
The family said contributions
to the DeGraff Memorial Hospital
fund will be acceptable as
tributes.
- Niagara Gazette - 5/19/1957