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- North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 5/11/1964
A r t h u r P. Lemke, 59, of 310 Fredericka St., North
Tonawanda, who devoted much of 18 of his last 23
year to city government, died early today after an ap-
parent heart seizure at his home.
Mayor Durkee ordered the flag
in front of the North Tonawanda
City Hall lowered to half-mast
in tribute to Mr. Lemke, who
was elected to the Common
Council nine times.
He was stricken with the fatal
attack shortly before 3 a.m. to-
d a y F i r e m e n administered oxy-
gen, but he was dead on arrival
DeGraff Memorial Hospital.
His death came less than two
weeks before he wa to have
been honored at a testimonial
dinner May 21 by the North Tona-
wanda Republican City Com-
mittee.
Since 1940, when he was first
elected to the Common Council,
he devoted most of his time and
effort to the North Tonawanda
political scene. A republican, he
twice served two-year terms as
Common Council president.
He retired from politics lat
Dec. 31 at the conclusion of his
ninth term as alderman from the
Fourth Ward.
Long a proponent of the city
manager plan of municipal gov-
erment, Mr. Lemke was an out-
standing legislator.
A native of North Tonawanda,
he was born in the Fourth Ward
and attended local schools. He
had been employed at the Buffalo
Pumps Division of Buffalo
Forge, North Tonawanda, for
the past 45 years.
While on the council, he hed-
ed every committee at one time
or another and was respected
by all who served with him.
He was a member of the Ton-
wandas Chamber of Commerce,
DeGraff M e m o r i a l Hospital
Board of Trustees, Gratwick
Hose Company, the Firemen's
Benevolent Association and St.
Mark Lutheran Church and
president of the church Christian
stewardship committee.
He is survived by his wife.
Ruth; two sons, Keith and Den-
nis both of North Tonawanda
three daughters, Mrs. Kenneth
(Beverly) May of Rochester,
N.Y.; Mrs. Thomas (Constance)
Nicholsan and Miss Carol
Lemke. both of North Tonawan-
da, and four grandchildren. He
i s a l s o survived by two sisters,
Mrs. James Mahoney of Lock
port and Mrs. Richard Schieman
of Niagara Falls and a brother,
Fred Lemke, peace justice in
the Town of Wheatfield.
Funeral service will be at 2
p.m. Wedesday in St. Mark Lu-
theran Church. Until 11 a.m.
Wednesday, his body will be at
Fretthold Funeral Home, 1241
Oliver St., North Tonawanda.
Burial will be in St. Mark Lu-
theran Cemetery.
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1904 - 1964 (59 years)