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- Niagara Gazette - 8/19/1965
Joseph William Goater, 56, of 446 81st St., a veteran
of 24 years on the Niagara Falls Police Department,
was pronounced dead on arrival at Memorial Hospital
today (Aug. 19, 1965) after suffering an apparent heart
attack at his home.
A fire department rescue
squad administered oxygen
for 15 minutes in an attempt
to revive him.
Mr. Goater joined the police
force May 1, 1941. He served
as a patrolman throughout his
almost a quarter-century span
of service. Before being named
to the department, he was
employed at the city's sewage
disposal plant.
Mr. Goater was a native of
Niagara Falls. He was a 25-
year member of t h e Independent
Order of Odd Fellows,
the Niagara Falls Police
Club and an elder at Riverside
Presbyterian Church. He
was also an active member of
the Handbell Society of the
church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Dorothy Goater; a son, Kenneth
Goater, at home; three
brothers. Thomas E. and Police
Lt. Harry C. Goater, both
of Niagara Falls, and Albert
G. Goater. Pompano Beach,
Fla.; and one sister, Mrs. Loz-
zilaire (Amy) Johnson, Niagara
Falls.
Services will be h e l d at
Riverside Presbyterian Church
at 11 a.m. Saturday. Rev. Alan
J. Perrine, pastor, will officiate.
Burial will be in Memorial
Park Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Lane
Funeral Home until 10 p.m.
Friday.
The family said that contributions
to t h e Riverside
Presbyterian Church Handbell
Society are acceptable as
tribute.
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1909 - 1965 (56 years)