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- Niagara Gazette - 12/26/1933
William Bishara died at 4 o'clock
this morning at the home of his son,
B. W. Bishara, 908 Ontario avenue,
following a short illness of pneumonia.
Funeral services will be conducted on
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock in
his son's home and at 2:30 o'clock in
St. George's Syrian Orthodox church,
South avenue and Thirteenth streets.
Burial will bein Riverdale cemeter.
The Rev. George Mitchell, Wilkes-
Barre, Pa., and the Rev. Michael
Geisinger, of Buffalo, will conduct the
services.
Mr. Bishara was born in Mount
Lebanon, Syria, about 65 years ago.
He had resided in this city for the
past 24 ears and was wldel known in
the north end section of the city and
highly esteemed. He was active :n
the affairs of St. George's church and
a leader of the Syrian community of
the city. For several ears past he
had conducted a gasoline service station
at the intersection of the Lewiston
and Mountain roads, north of this
clt. He was the father of B. W.
Bishara, well known north end tobacco
merchant.
Surviving Mr. Bishara besides his
son are his wife and a daughter in
Mount Lebanon, Syria, and a sister,
Mrs. Kalil Bishara, this city.
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Abt 1868 - 1933 (~ 65 years)