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- North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 4/5/1978
Funeral services are slated
Friday morning for Edward W.
Fusco of North Tonawanda, a 48-
year-old highly-respected
criminal investigator for the
Niagara County Sheriff's
Department.
Investigator Fusco, a 15-year
veteran of the department, died
early yesterday afternoon at
DeGraff Memorial Hospital
shortly after being stricken with
an apparent heart attack at
Vandervoort and Ganson Streets
n North Tonawanda at about
noon.
Firemen and police administered
first aid at the scene.
Investigator Fusco was a
lifelong resident of North
ronawanda and was active in
Knights of Columbus Council
2535 and the Renaissance Club.
He was described as one of the
Sheriff's Department's best
Investigators by Dean J. Gavin,
lead of the criminal unit. .
An investigator for nine years
he was credited with being instrumental
in solving some of
the major crimes in the county,
including a number of
burglaries and a murder in
Youngstown.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Mary Jane Benthin;
three daughters, Mrs. Donald
Kenney of North Tonawanda,
and Roberta and Jacquelyn
Fusco, both at home; one son, S.
Edward, also at home; his
mother, Mrs. Emilia Fusco of
North Tonawanda; three
brothers, Andrew of North
Tonawanda and Frank and
Albert of Texas; one sister, Mrs.
William Barone of North
Tonawanda, and one granddaughter.
Friends may call from 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 p.m. today and
tomorrow at the Larango
Funeral Home, 652 Oliver St.,
North Tonawanda.
Prayers will be said at 9 a.m.
Friday at the funeral home,
followed by a Mass of Christian
Burial at 9:30 in Ascension
Church, 172 Robinson St.
Burial will be at Mount Olivet
Cemetery in the Town of
Tonawanda
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Abt 1930 - 1978 (48 years)