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- Niagara Gazette - 12/22/1970
BELL-Oscar H. Sr„ of 250 Jefferson
Ave., suddenly Dec. 21, 1970. Husband
of Luella B. Bell. Father of Oscar H.
Bell Jr., both of Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Brother of Mrs. Ella B. Armstrong of
Herkimer, N.Y., Mrs. Howard (Martha)
Wagner of Youngstown, N.Y., Robert S.
Bell of Charlotte, N.C., and Carlton
Bell of Tioga, Penn. He Is also survived
by 3 grandchlldren and 4 great
grandchlldren. Funeral services will be
held at the. Bell Funeral Home Inc.,
635 Main St., Thursday at 1:30 with
Rev. Donald M. Peck of St. Paul's
United Methodist Church officiating.
Prlvate Interment In Acaia Park
Cemetery. Friends moy call from 7 to
9 p.m. Tuesday and 2 to 4 ond 7 to 9
p m. Wednesday.
ALSO
Same date and paper
Oscar H. Bell Sr.. 84. of 250
Jefferson Ave., founder of the
Bell Funeral Home, WHS pronounced
dead on arrival at
Memorial Medical Center Mon-.
day (Dee. 21, 1970) after beingstricken
while out for a walk
near his home.
Mr. Bell, who founded the
Bell Funeral Home in 1919. was
the father of Oscar H. Bell Jr.,
a Niagara County coroner.
Mr. Bell, a native of Toronto,
was a licensed funeral director
when he moved to this ctly in
1909, He worked for a year at
the Leupple Funeral Home and
then for Prudential Insurance
Co. from 1910 to 1919. rising
from salesman to assiitant
superintendent.
He was the oldest licensed
funeral director yi Niagara-
County and was honored by the
Funeral Directors Association
n 1958 for 50 years as a funeral
director.
He was one of the founders
and a past president of the
Niagara County Funeral Directors
Association, now the Erie:
Niagara Funeral D i r e c t o rs
Association, a member of St.
Paul's United Methodist Church
for over 50 years, on the church
administrative board for over
25 years and was trustee
emeritus at the time of his
death.
He was past master of
Niagara Frontier Lodge 132
F&AM; past patron of Niagara
Frontier Lodge 658, Order of
the Eastern Star; past district
grand lecturer of the State" Or-
der -of Eastern Star; past
watchman of Shepherd's Messiah
Shrine 18, White Shrine of
Jerusalem; and a member of
the Niagara Club.
He is survived by his widow,
Luclla B,. and his son Oscar
H. Jr.; two brothers, Robert
S. of Charlotte, N. C, and
Carlton of Tioga, En.; two
sisters, Mrs. Elk Armstrong of
Herkimer and Mrs. Howard
(Martha) Wagner of Youngs*
town; three grandchildren and
four great-grandchildren.
Mr. Bell and his widow would
have been married 83 years on
Dec. 28.
Funeral services will be-held
Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the
Bell Funeral Home, the Rev.
Donald M. Peck of St. Paul's
United Methodist Church officiating.
Private burial will be
held in Acacia Park Cemetery,
Town of Pendleton.
Friends may call from 7 to
9 Tuesday and 2 to 4 and 7
to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
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1886 - 1970 (84 years)