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- Niagara Gazette - 12/10/1963
A 65-year-old Niagara Falls man was unconscious
before his car spun out of control and crashed in 30th
Street Monday, a coroner said today.
Walter Denchqff of 3070
Orleans Ave., who was driving
the automobile, was pro-
nounced dead on arrival at
Niagara Falls Memorial Hos-
pital after the accident.
His car veered out of con- -
trol, knocking over a fire hy-
drant and a small tree before
smashing Into the side. of a
home at 2792 Livingstone
Ave.
The home is at the cor-
ner of Livingstone .and 30th. F.
Eugene Ingram of Niag-
ara Falls, a Niagara County
coroner, said today that an au-
topsy revealed that Mr. Deri-
choff died of natural causes.
Mr. Ingram said Mr. Dench-
off suffered a ruptured blood
vessel near his heart, and was j
unconscious before the crash.
Witnesses told Traffic Offi-
cer Martin Aloian that Mr.
Denchoff*s car stopped mo-
mentarily as it was going
north in 30th Street; Mr Den-
choff, who was driving alone,
suddenly slumped over the
wheel and the car accelerated
and went out of control.
Officer Aloian said damage
to the home was confined to
a section of aluminum siding
and a storm door. He said
leaking water at the damaged
hydrant was shut off by a
City water department crew.
Julian J. Skowronski owned
the home that was damaged.
The accident occurred at
5:01 p.m.
He was born in Bulgaria,
and had been a resident here
for 40 years.
He retired In September
after 39 years of service with
Kimberly Clark Corp. here.
He was a pipe fitter. Mr. Den-
choff was a member of the
Kimberly Clark Corp. Quarter
Century Club.
Survivors are his wife,
Sophie, nee Bulinski, two
daughters, Mrs. John (Dor-
othy) Loncki and Mrs. Wal-
lace (Adele) Klein, all.of Ni-
agara Falls, three grandchil-
dren, and two brothers in Bul-
garia.
Funeral services will be
held Friday at 8:30 a.m. at
the Zajac Funeral Home and
at 9 a.m. at our Lady of the
Rosary Church. Burial will
be in Holy Trinity Roman
Catholic Cemetery.
The Rosary will be recited
at the funeral home Thursday
at 7:30 p.m.
Friends may call at the fu-
neral home today after 7 p.m
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