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- Niagara Gazette - 4/20/1959
WOLCOTTSVILLE
—S e r v i c e s for Walter T.
Haseley, 49, of Royalton Rd
who was crushed to death by
a falling truck body Sunday
(April 19, 1959) will be held
Wednesday at St. Michael's
Lutheran Church.
Mr. Haseley, who operated a
small trucking service, was
killed about 10 a.m., when the
body of a dump truck he was
repairing fell on him. He was
dead on arrival at Lockport
Memorial Hospital of head
chest and other internal injur-
ies.
Sheriff's D e p u t y James
Owens said Mr. Haseley was
found by a neighbor, Carl
Harch. He summoned help and
the victim was rushed to Lock-
port.
According to the report. Mr.
Haseley had raised the truck
body with a chain hoist and
crawled under it when the
hoist gave way.
Born Feb. 16, 1910, in the
Town of Royalton, Mr. Haseley
was the son of Fred and Anna
Wittcopp Haseley and had re-
sided in this vicinity all his
life. He was employed by the
. Certain-Teed Products Co..un-
til three years ago, when he
went to work for Harrison Ra-
diator Division, General Mo-
tors, Lockport. He had oper-
ated the trucking business as
a sideline.
He was a member of St. Mi-
chael's Lutheran Church and
the Wolcottsville Volun t eer
Fire Co.
Surviving are his wife, Verna
•Haseley; his mother, Mrs. Fre
Haseley; a brother, Howard
Haseley, all of Wolcottsville
and a niece, Mrs. Reneo Cic-
ciorelli, Lockport.
Friends may call at the fam-
ily residence today and Tues-
day and after noon Wednesday
at St. Michael's Church, where
services will be conducted at
3:30 p.m. Wednesday by the
Rev. Hilbert Huth. Burial will
be in St. Michael's Cemetery.
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