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- North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 4/24/1963
BOOTH - Capt Fletcher W.
Booth, 57. of 342 Oliver St, North
Tonawanda, died Monday (April
22, 1963) at DeGraff Memorial
Hospital. He was born in Marine
City, Mich., and lived in North
Tonawanda 30 years. He had been
a captain on the Great Lakes
since he was 25 years old. From
1942 to 1953 he was captain on
harbor tugs in Buffalo, and
since 1953 had been a pilot on the
Niagara River. He was a mem-
ber of the LLPPA of America,
the Shipmasters Association, the
Planning and Zoning Commission
of North Tonawanda, and was af-
filiated with the ILA, AFL, CIO
and MTD for 30 years. He is sur-
vived by his wife, Sarah Saliba
Booth; a daughter, Mrs. James
E. Farrell; his parents, Capt. and
Mrs. William H. Booth Sr.; a
brother, William H. Jr. of Saginaw,
Mich.; four sisters, Mrs.
Roy Larsen of Saginaw,
Mary Adams of London, Ont.,
Mrs. Edward Snowman of Tonawanda
and Mrs. Donald Hauffe of
Baldwin, N.Y. Two grandchildren
also survive. Friends may call at
the Wattengel Funeral Home, 307
Oliver St., North Tonawanda,
where prayers will be said at 8:330
a.m. Thursday, followed by a Re-
quiem Mass in Ascension Church
at 9 a.m., the Rev.. Francis J.
Hunt officiating. Burial in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
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