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- Niagara Falls Gazette
Services For River Victim Set
Funeral services for William Steinbrenner, 55, whose body was recovered Friday from the Whirlpool, will be held Tuesday at 10 am at the Otto Redanz Funeral Home.
Mr. Steinbrenner, who lived here at 8236 Laughlin Drive plunged over the falls Aug 10. Dr. K. M V. Fielding, Niagara Falls, Ont . coroner, conducted a post mortem Friday and is withholding his findiings.
Six officers of the Niagara Park Commission police pulled Mr. Steinbrenner's body from the Whirlpool.
Tourists spotted the floating body about 10 a m. and notified police The body was not seen again until 11:46 a m., but it was not brought out of the water until about 1 p.m.
Constable Robert Chewerda conducted the investigation.
The body was identified by Mr. Steinbrenner's son, William H. Steinbrenner of Erie, Pa., who has been here since his father had been reported missing last Friday.
Two witnesses told Niagara Falls, NY Frontier Park police last Friday night that they saw a man answering Mr. Steinbrenner's description going over the American Falls after he leaped into the river from Prospect Park.
Police quoted witnesses as saying the man jumped into the river at a point about 150 feet above the cataracts. Mr. Steinbrenner a 32 yr. employee of DuPont was last seen boarding a westbound bus at the plant at 11 a.m. Friday.
He was an electrical foreman at DuPont.
He was a lifetime resident of this city.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret M. Steinbrenner, Niagara Falls; the son, William H. Erie. Pa. a daughter, Mrs. John R. Morgan. California, two brothers. Gottlieb J. and
August C. Steinbrenner, both of Niagara Falls, and three sisters. Miss Rose Steinbrenner, Mrs Wilbur Haseley. and Mrs Charles Hall, all of Niagara Falls. Four grandchildren also survive. Rev. Theodore L. Menter, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, will officiate at the services. Friends may call after 6 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.
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1907 - 1962 (55 years)