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- Niagara Gazette - 12/24/1963
LOCKPORT-A retired, trucking contractor, John J.
Bower, 80, formerly of 67 Rochester St. here, died Monday
(Dec. 23,1963) in the Hilltop Nursing Home, Gasport.
Born July 8, 1883, in Gas
port, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joh n Bower, he had been a
resident of Lockport for the
last 60 years. He- had operated
a trucking business here
for many years. He was a
member of Second Presbyterian
Church of Lockport. He
had been ill for two years and
a patient at Hilltop for a
year.
Surviving are a daughter,
Mrs. Gordon (Ellagene) Hayes,
Lockport; two sons, Norman
Bower, Lockport, and Donald
E. Bower, Littleton, Colo.; a
step-son, Thomas E. Hallifax,
Lockport; a sister, Mrs. Louise
Argue, Lockport; nine grandchildren,
two great-grandchildren
and several nieces
and nephews.
Friends may call from 2 to
4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today
and Wednesday at the Lange
Funeral Home. A service will
be conducted at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday by Rev. David Van
Winkle, minister of Second
Presbyterian Church. Burial
will be in Glenwood Cemetery.
Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 12/24/1963
John J. Bower, 80, formerly of
17 Rochester St, a long • time
Lockport resident, died Monday
(Dec. 23. 1963) at Hilltop Nurs
ing Home, Gasport, alter a long
Illness.
He lived in Gasport after his
birth there July 8, 1883. In
Lockport he owned and operated
his own trucking contracting
business and was a member of
the Second Presbyterian Church.
He had been ill for the past two
years and lived at the home for
about a year before his death.
Surviving him ate a daughter,
Mrs. Gordon Hayes of Lockport;
two sons, Norman Bower
of Lockport and Donald E. Bower
of Littleton, Colo.; a sister,
Mrs.' Louise Argue of Lockport;
a stepson, Thomas E. Hallifax.
of Lockport; nine grandchildren;
two great - grandchildren
and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the Lange
Funeral Home, 188 East Ave.,
where the funeral will be held
Thursday at 3:30 p.m. with the
Rev. David VanWinkle of the
Second Presbyterian Church officiating.
The family will be
present from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m. Burial will be in Glenwood
Cemetery.
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1883 - 1963 (80 years)