PETHYBRIDGE, Frank

1895 - 1965  (70 years)

• Name	PETHYBRIDGE, Frank
  Birth	2 Feb 1895	London, Middlesex, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Mar 1965	Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY
  Person ID	I128774	Laur from Germany
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2016

  
  

  Family	BAXTER, Kleah L,   b. 18 Nov 1893, New York d. 29 Jan 1992, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY (Age 98 years)
  Children	1. PETHYBRIDGE, F Elaine,   b. Abt 1931, New York d. 30 May 2014, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age ~ 83 years)   2. PETHYBRIDGE, Lorraine
  Family ID	F45501	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Niagara Gazette Frank E. Pethybridge, 70. of 909 Orchard Drive, Lewiston, died in Memorial Hospital Monday night (March 29, 1965) after an eight-month illness. Mr. Pethybridge was a methods engineer at Moore Business Forms Inc. until his retirement in 1960. He was elected "Outstanding Key Man of the Year" by the Niagara Falls lndManagement Club in 1959. He was born in London, England, on Feb. 2, 1895. He came to Canada in 1907. He served with the U.S. Army Medical Corps in France during World War I. He graduated from Tri- State College , Angola, Ind., and was employed by the former USL Battery Corp. in Highland Avenue. He worked for Kimberly Clark Corp. here before being employed by Moore Business Forms Inc. as a time study engineer in 1942. At Moore, Mr. Pethybridge worked as a methods engineer for eight years before his retirement. He was also chairman of Moore's Buffalo Avenue plant safety committee. He was a member of the Niagara Falls Industrial Management Club and was editor of the club's publication, "Power Line." He was a| member of the fire prevention j division of the Niagara Falls Area Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Pethybridge was a past president of the Cataract Camera Club and was editor of the club bulletin. He was a member of the Photographic Society of America and had received many prizes for his color photography. He was a member of the Niagara Frontier Council of the Boy Scouts of America, Niagara Falls Kiwanis Club, Retired Men's Club and the Lewiston Lions Club. He was a well-known area gardener and was also a camper. Mr. Pethybridge was a member of the Lewiston First Presbyterian Church and was a deacon of the church. The family said that donations to the Lewiston First Presbyterian Church and the Niagara Frontier Council, Boy Scouts of America, will be acceptable as tributes. Survivors include his wife, Kleah Baxter Pethybridge, at home; twin daughters, Mrs Robert (Elaine) Howard, Youngstown, and Mrs. Jack (Lorraine) Hickey, Schenectady; a sister, Mrs. Luther Deal, this city; a brother, William A. Pethybridge, this city, and three grandsons. A memorial service will be conducted at the Lewiston First Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m. Saturday by Rev. Paul L. Denise and Rev. Edward Breitbach.