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- 3 February 1941 Evening News of the Tonawandas
P. J. Roggow Dies At Firemen's Home
The body of August P. J. Roggow, 74, a former resident of the towns of Niagara and Wheatfield, who died at the Firemen's Home in Hudson, N.Y., Saturday, will be brought to Tonawanda for funeral services and burial. Rites will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Hamp Funeral Home, 37 Adam street. Rev. H. G. Kleiner of the Redeemer Lutheran church will conduct the services and interment will be in Elmlawn.
Mr. Roggow was born in the LaSalle section of Niagara Falls, which was a part of the Town of Niagara at the time. He later took up his residence in a cottage on the Niagara river, a short distance from the North Tonawanda city line, working in the Tonawandas as a carpenter for many years. He was a member of the LaSalle Exempt Firemen's association. He became an inmate of the Firemen's Home in June, 1937.
Mr. Roggow is survived by three brother, Lewis of Buffalo; Henry of Marenisco, Mich., and Albert of North Tonawanda, and a sister, Mrs. Rose Foster
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