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- North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 3/14/1977
Harold A. Badrow, former
chief of the City of Tonawanda
Fire Department, was killed
early yesterday when his car
left Creekside Drive in the Town
of Tonawanda and slammed into
a tree.
Mr. Badrow, 53, was
pronounced dead at the scene by
Dr. James J. Creighton, an Erie
County medical examiner. The
victim suffered a fractured skull
and died of internal bleeding, a
later autopsy showed.
The accident occurred at
about 4:35 a.m. near Willow
Drive, police said. Mr. Badrow's
car traveled about 125 feet along
the shoulder before crashing
into the tree.
The victim was alone at the
time.
Police said the unlighted
winding road was slick because
of rain.
Mr. Badrow served as fire
chief from 1072 until early last
year, when his status was
reverted to that of fire driver
because of a Supreme Court
ruling -that the post should be
filled by competitive Civil
Service examination.
Previously the post was filled
by decision of the Common
Council.
Last November, the Civil
Service question was on the
ballot and residents voted by a
five to one margin to go the Civil
Service selection route.
Mr. Badrow was a native of
Wheatfield, but had resided in
Tonawanda for more than 30
years.
He was an Army veteran of
World War II, a member of First
Presbyterian Church, International
Association of Fire
Chiefs, New York* State
Association of Fire Chiefs,
Niagara Hose Company,
Uniformed Professional
Firefighters Association and the
Buffalo Carpenters Union.
Mr. Badrow also was a
Democratic committeeman, a
member of Tonawandas Post
264 of the American Legion, the
International Association of
Arson Investigators and an
honorary member of National
Hose Company.
He was president of the United
Labor Council of the
Tonawandas for the past 16
years.
In 1976, Mr. Badrow was
named outstanding fireman of
the year by the Tonawandas
Jaycees.
Recently, Mr. Badrow was
charged by the city with using
city gasoline in his private
vehicle and was to have faced a
hearing on the matter shortly.
Survivors include his wife.
Doris J. (nee Kuhrt); three
daughters, Katherine Badrow of
Kenmore, Mrs. Edward
(Nancy) Bowker of Tonawanda
and Shelley Badrow, at home; a
son, Kurt J. Badrow; seven
sisters, Mrs. Wtlbert (Lena)
Lee, Mrs. Esther Miller, Mrs
Frederick (Gladys) Heln and
Mrs. William (Betty) Thaw, all
of North Tonawanda, and Mrs.
Bernard (Irene) Ramo and Mrs.
Herbert (Shirley) Shaver of
Tonawanda and Mrs. Henry
(Violet) Bahne of Rushford
Lake and a brother, Herman
(Betty) Wrege of Tonawanda
Another sister, Lorlnda
Schofleld. died last week.
Private services were conducted
today for Mr. Badrow at
the John O. Roth Funeral Home
in Tonawanda, with burial in
Elmlawn Cemetery.
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1923 - 1977 (53 years)