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- North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/24/1981
Michael J. (Joe) Balling,
85, a native of Tonawanda
and long-time parishioner
of St. Francis of Assisi
Church, died Friday in St.
F r a n c i s Home in
Williamsville.
Mr. Balling was a life
member of the Bricklayers
Local 49 of Tonawanda. He
retired from Balling
Brothers in 1964, a firm
begun by his brother, the
late Henry J Balling, and
involving all eight of the
Balling brothers.
A veteran of World War
I, Mr. Balling was the
husband of the late Myrtle
Near. He is survived by
three sons, Michael J.
(Patricia) Balling and
Robert (Joanne) Balling
both of Tonawanda. and
Dr. Peter (Lynn) Balling
of Piseatwa. N.J., and a
daughter, Mrs Richard
(Patricia) Himes of Kettering,
Ohio.
He is also survived by a
brother, Jacob Balling of
North Tonawanda and a
sister, Mrs. Frances Brown
of Englewood, Fla,, 12
granchildren and it
great-grandchildren.
Friends may call today
and Sunday from 2 to 4
p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at
Creasey Memorial Chapel,
Inc., 138 Delaware St..
Tonawanda. Prayers will
be said at 9 a.m. Monday
it.the chapel followed by a
mass of Christian burial at
St. Francis of Assisi
Church and interment in
Mount Olivet Cemetery. If
desired, memorials may be
made to St. Francis Home
in Williamsville.
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