| Notes |
- FERCHEN - Regina Ferchen, 77, of North Tonawanda, unexpectedly Sunday (Aug. 26, 1973) Miss Ferchen was a lifelong resident of the North Tonawanda area and a member of St, James Evangelical Lutheran Church. She was the sister of the late Cornelius Ferchen and is survived by many cousins. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. on TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY at the Hamp Funeral Home Inc., Adam and Seymour Sts. Tonawanda Funeral services will be held at a time and place to be announced.
--
REGINA FERCHEN
North Tonawanda - Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at St. James Lutheran Church for Regina Ferchen, 77, of 3316 Evergreen Drive, who died Sunday (Aug. 26,1973) in a three-car collision in Darien Center. Miss Ferchen was a passenger in a car driven by Harold A. Proefrock of 7168 Nash Rd., North Tonawanda, which was struck by an oncoming car driven by a Baltimore, Md. women who had swerved across the center of the road. Miss Ferchen was a lifelong resident of the area and was a member of St. James Lutheran Church. She was the sister of· the late Cornelius Ferchen and is survived by many cousins. Burial will be in St. James Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today and Wednesday at the Hamp Funeral Home .Inc.
--
Collision kills 2 Niagarans
DARIEN CENTER - Two Niagara County residents and a Pittsford man died, in a three-car collision Sunday near this Genesee County community. Seven others were injured. State Police said Mrs. Beata MilleviIle, 76, of 2035 Cayuga Drive Extension, Niagara Falls, and Mrs. Regina Ferchen, 76, of 3316 Evergreen Drive, North Tonawanda, were dead on arrival at St. Jerome Hospital in nearby Batavia. They were passengers in a car driven by Harold A. Proefrock, 52, of 7168 Nash Road, North Tonawanda, who was listed in satisfactory condition today at St. Jerome. His wife, Winifred Proefrock, 49, was in satisfactory condition in the hospital's intensive care unit. Mrs. Proefrock, who had been in critical condition Sunday, is Mrs. Milleville's daughter, a hospital spokesman said. Police said Frederick Treesh, 38, of Pittsford, near Rochester, the driver of the second car, was killed instantly. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The accident occurred about 11:30 a.m. Sunday. His son Frederick Treesh, 9, was in satisfactory condition in the hospital's intensive care unit. He, too, was removed from the critical list this morning. James Karl, 34, and his son, Stephen, 9, both of Henrietta, were listed in guarded condition at Strung Memorial Hospital in Rochester. They were passengers in the Treesh auto, state troopers said. Arletta Nusinov, 23, of Baltimore, Md., the driver of the third car, was in satisfactory condition at St. Jerome. A passenger in her auto Kevin Sachs, 32, of Severna Park, Md., was treated and released, troopers said. Investigators said the accident happened when the car driven by Miss Nusinov, which was westbound on Route 20, crossed the center line and struck the eastbound Proefrock auto nearly headon. Proefrock's car then skidded out of control and struck the westbound Treesh auto. Troopers said everyone except the Treeshs and the Karls was wearing seat belts at the time of the collision.
|
1895 - 1983 (87 years)