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- Lockport Union Sun & Journal, Mon. August 13, 1956
The funeral of Albert W. Plaster, 87, retired Lockport barbershop proprietor, who died Saturday afternoon (August 11, 1956) at his home, 400 Washburn St. will be held at the home at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, The Rev. Herman Meier, Trinity Lutheran Church, will officiate, Burial will be in Cold Spring Cemetery. When he retired about 10 ten years ago, Mr. Plaster had been in the barber business here for 64 years. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage at his home on August 3. Born in Buffalo, Jan 26, 1869, Mr. Plaster was the son of Paul H. and Caroline A. Henning Plaster. He came here with his parents at the age of three. Mr. Plaster learned the barber trade from his father when he was in his teens. He worked in his father's shop, which was founded in 1876 on the second floor at 51 Main Street, after his father's death in 1904, he and his brother, Charles F. entered a partnership there under the name of Plaster brothers. The partnership continued until Charles died in 1945, Albert retired about a year later. Mr. Plaster liked to recall that when he learned the trade, a haircut cost 20 cents and a shave was few only a dime. Usually the barber would give both for a quarter, Beards, common in those days, were trimmed free as a part of the haircut. Barbers opened their shops at 7 in the morning and worked until 9 at night, later on Saturdays. Despite these long hours, Mr. Plaster found time to participate in the activities of his church. He was a trustee of Trinity Lutheran Church for 30 consecutive years. Surviving are his wife, the former Mary Claude; one daughter, Mrs. Robert Ball, Lockport; two brothers, Otto F. Plaster, Lockport and Paul P. Plaster, Niagara Falls and one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Helwig, Lockport.
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1869 - 1956 (87 years)