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- Niagara Gazette - 7/22/1968
TONAWANDA-Mrs. H. .Ruth Hilferding, 75, of 474
Delaware St., widow of the late Henry H. Hilferding, a
prominent lumberman from this cityv died Saturday
(July 20, 1968) in Buffalo General Hospital after a brief
illness.
Mrs. Hilferding and her late
husband, who died in April 1958,
managed the River Road Lumber
Co. Inc. of North Tonawanda.
She was treasurer and also
treasurer of the-Strand-Buffalo
Corp.
She was a life-long resident
of. this city, and was a graduate
nurse. She was a member
of the F i r s t Presbyterian
Church, former member and
past president of toe Women's
Association of this church;
member and past director of
the Zonta Club; member of
Sirius Chapter N.o 301, Order
of the Eastern Star, auxiliary
& DeGraff Memorial Hospital.
She also was director of the
community fund of the Tonawandas
and memher of the
Chamber of Commerce of the
Tonawandas.
° She is survived by a son,
Paul J. Hilferdinr of Grand
Island; a daughter, Mrs. Le-
verne H. Hardy of this city;
her mother, Mrs. Helen C.
Beyer of this city; two sisters,
Mrs. James H. McGill of Kenmore
and Miss Helen Beyer of
this city,' and nine grandchildren-
She also was the mother
of the late Henry A. Hilferding.
Friends may call from 2 to 4
and from 7 to 9 p.m. at the
Hamp Funeral Home, -where a
service will be conducted at
1:30 p.m. Wednesday, the Rev.
James A. Akin officiating.
Burial will be in Elmlawn
Cemetery.
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1892 - 1968 (~ 75 years)