| Notes |
- North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 9/29/1956
Mrs. Robert L. Luke Sr., 46 Niagara
St., North Tonawanda, has a recipe
for mothers who mourn.
It has worked for her. She says it
will work for others. She puts service
to others above herself.
In June, Mrs. Luke received a tiny
gold bar at the Buffalo Veterans Administration
Hospital for 1,000 hours
of service to others. Her pay has been
the happiness she has earned from trying
to make others happy.
REHABILITATION CHAIRMAN
of Tonawandas Auxiliary 264, American
Legion, Mrs. Luke goes to the Buffalo
hospital at least once a week. She
has done every kind of hospital work
which volunteers can do. She is a member
of the Veterans Administration
Voluntary Services.
Although Mrs. Luke has undergone
surgery three times - she's just recovering
from her third operation-
she never mentions the fact, to patients.
She spends time at the hospital dispensing
cheer to veterans.
Friday mornings, she greets new
patients while she helps to admit them
to the hospital. At other times, she
visits particularly 'with those "who
seem forgotten."
LOSS OF HER SON, Robert Luke
Jr., in World War II helped to channel
Mrs. Luke's career as a homemaker to
one of dedicated service to the ailing
and disabled. She helped to found and
headed the Gold Star Mothers in the
Twin Cities. Wrhen her term ended ij
1952 as president, she became president
of Tonawandas Auxiliary 264, American
Legion. By then, Mrs. Luke already
was active in her hospital projects.
Mrs. Luke is the former Margaret
Dorothea Brock. She was born in 1903
on an 11-acre farm in Division St. After
completing Pine Woods and North
Tonawanda High School classes, she
became the Twin Cities' original "fiveand-
dime" girl in a Woolworth Store
at 35 S. Niagara St.
She was married May 17,1921. Her
husband is a* Richardson Boat employe
and a World War I veteran. Their son,,
Dean, is North Tonawanda Fire Department\
naster mechanic. Their daughter
and nefct-door neighbor, Carol, is the
ife of JGordon Seabert. Mrs. Luke receives
much inspiration from h er
membership in the North Tonawanda
Church of Christ.
|
1903 - 1987 (84 years)