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- Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 12/21/1968
Frederick J. Bower, 55, of 94
Bridlewood Drive, Lockport,
died Friday. (Dec. 20, 1968) at
the Veterans Administration
Hospital, Buffalo, after a long
illness.
Mr. Bower was born July 7,
1913, in Lockport, the son of
Fred and Mina Resnick Bower.
He served with the U. S.
Army in World War II in the
European Theater and was
awarded the Purple Heart during
the Battle of the Bulge.
He was chief equipment operator
for the City of Lockport
Street Department for 22 years,
and had been on a leave of absence
since August
Mr. Bower was active in
Lockort Little League, serving
as vice president of die
league at one time and also as
a team manager.
He was a member of the
Holy Name Society and Sacred
Heart League of St. Mary's
Church, Lockport; the Lockport
Council, Knights of Colum
bus; B. Leo Dolan Post 410,
American Legion and the
Screwball Club.
Survivors include his widow,
Rosemary 0. (nee Blackley);
four sons, Stephen, James,
Neal and Daniel Bower at
home; one brother and one sister,
William Bower of Lockport
and Mrs. Catherine Peterson
of Winnipeg, Man., and several
nieces and nephews.
Friends may call beginning
this evening at 7 p.m. at the
Gaul Funeral Home, 263 East
Ave., Lockport, where the funeral
will be held Monday at 9
a.m. and at 9:30 a.m. from St.
Mary's Church, the Rev. Albert
G. Winter officiating.
The B. Leo Dolan Post 410,
American Legion will assemble
Sunday at 7:30 p.m. and the Rosary
will be recited at 8 p.m.
Sunday.
ALSO
Niagara Gazette - 12/21/1968
LOCKPORT - Frederick J.
Bower, 55, of 94 Bridlewood
Drive here, died Friday (Dec.
20. 1968) at Veterans Administration
Hospital, Buffalo, after
a long illness.
A noted area sportsman and
church worker, he had been
employed for many years as
chief equipment operator for
the city's Streets Department.
He had been on leave of absence
since August.
Mr. Bower was a veteran of
World War II and had won a
Purple Heart during the Battle
of the Bulge. For many years,
he had been associated with the
Lockport Little League and had
served as vice president and
as a team manager.
A member of St. Mary's
Church, he had been active in
the Holy Name Society, and the
Sacred Heart League at the
church
where he also instructed
youngsters in the art of
judo. He also was a member of
the Lockport Council, Knights
of Columbus and the B. Leo
Dolan Post 410, American Legion
and the Screwball Club.
He is survived by his wife,
Rosemary Blackley Bower; four
sons, Stephen, James, Neal and
Daniel; a brother, William
Bower, all of Lockport, and a
sister, Mrs. Catherine Peterson
of Winnipeg, Man.
Friends may call at the Gaul
Funeral Home where members
of the American Legion will assemble
for a memorial .service
at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.The Bosary
will be recited at the funeral
home at 8 p.m. Sunday and
services will be held there at
9.a.m. Monday, followed by a
Requiem Mass at 9:30 a.m. at
St. Mary's'Church. Burial will
be in St. Mary's Cemetery.
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Abt 1913 - 1968 (~ 55 years)