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- Niagara Gazette - 3/27/1968
Niagara Frontier Lodge No.
132, F&AM, will hold, a
memorial service for Malcolm
T. Witmer Thursday at 7:30
p.m. at the Gridley Funeral
Home.
ALSO
Niagara Gazette - 3/26/1968
Malcham T.. (M.T.) Witmer, a Niagara Falls lumberman
for more than half a century, died this morning
(March 26, 1968) in Memorial Hospital after a lengthy
illness. He was 94.
Mr. Witmer was president and
treasurer of the Ayers-Witmer
Lumber Co., 200 Portage Road,
the f irm he founded in 1911. He
residede at 1301 Ferry Ave..-
Born in Town of Niagara, Mr.
Witmer was the descendent of a
family which came to the area
at the end of the 18th century.
He w ent to school in the District
No. 3 School and later the
Cleveland Avenue School, which
was then a high school.
He completed his education at
Niagara Business College and
went to work in August 1897
as an office boy and assistant
bookkeeper at Niagara Falls
Lumber and Coal Co.
In 1908, Mr. Witmer and his
wife, the former Clara Carr,
moved to Savannah, N.Y. and
purchased a small lumber yard.
By 1909 Mr. Witmer was mayor
of the town.
He returned to Niagara Falls
in 1911 and purchased the J. J.
Cook lumber yard, which had
been idle for more than five
years.
Mr. Witmer was the last surviving
charter member of the
Niagara Falls Kiwanis Club,
which was founded in 1918. He
was the recipient of a pin for
32 years of perfect attendance.
He was a m ember of the
board of trustees of the Evangelical
United Brethren Church
here for 50 years and Sunday
school superintendent for 39
years.
° He was a charter member of
Niagara Falls YMCA and for
mer vice president of the City
Mission, where he was active
on the board of directors for
many years.
He served as a director of
the Northeastern Retail Lumbermen's
Association and was
one of the founders of the now defunct
Cataract National Bank.
He was a member of Savannah
Lodge No. 764, F. & A.M., Ni-
agara Builders Association, His-
torical Society of Niagara Falls
and Old Fort Niagara Associa-
tion.
Surviving are a son, Robert
C. Witmer, vice president and
secretary of the lumber company;
a daughter, Ruth E, Witmer,
this city; two brothers,
Orlando B. (0. B.) Witmer, this
city, and Artemas S. (Art) Witmer,
Lakeland, Fla.; a sister,
Mrs. Theresa Morrison, this
city; three grandhcildren and
several nieces and nephews.
His wife died, in 1959 at the
age of 80.
The Rev. Ardell G. Gould,
pastor of the Evangelical United
Brehern Church, will officiate
at services Friday at 1:30 p.m.
at the church. Burial will be in
Riverdaie Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may
be may to the City Mission.
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