JOHNSON CREEK MAN DIES
AFTER HOSPITAL OPERATION
(By Special Wire to The Courier,)
Lockport. Aug. 15.—Charles Webster, aged sixty-four years, a leading resident of Johnson Creek of the town of Hartland many years, and son of the late Lorenzo Webster, one of the town's early settlers, died suddenly today at the General hospital, Buffalo, where he underwent an operation Saturday last for abdominal trouble.
He was a Iarge owner of farm land and, although actively interested in all the affairs of his home c ommunity, he neither sought nor held public office. He is survived by his wife, Louise, three daughters. Mrs. John C. Taylor, Mrs. Henry Culver, Mrs. Bertha Silsby, and one son, Lorenzo, all of Hartland. The body will be brought to Hartland for burial.
from BUFFALO COURIER, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1919.
STRICKEN AT SUPPER
Mrs. Charles Webster Dies At Hartland Corners from Heart Attack
HARTLAND CORNERS. July 30
Stricken with a heart attack while eating supper last evening, Mrs. Charles Webster, 78, a lifelong resident of this village, died within a few minutes. Funeral services will be 2:30 p. m.. standard time Thursday, at the home of Henry Culver, Johnson Creek. Burial will be in Hartland cemetery.
Mrs. Webster is survived bya son, Lorenzo J. Webster, of Hartland three daughters, Mrs. John C Taylor, and Mrs. Henry J. Culver. Johnson Creek, and Mrs. Charles Silsby, Middleport, six grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren.
from THE NIAGARA FALLS GAZETTE
TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1935.
LORENZO J. WEBSTER,
RIDGE ROAD FARMER,
SNUFFS OPT HIS LIFE
Inhales Fumes In Closed
Auto—Reason For Act
Mystifies Family.
With a hose attached to the exhaust pipe, extending into the car window, and the engine running, Lorenzo J. Webster, 59, Hartland farmer, was found dead in his automobile, parked in a cornfield on his Ridge road farm at about 9:45 o'clock this morning.
The discovery was made by C. H. Porter of Gasport who had called at the farm to see Mr. Webster on business. Dr. Frank T. Carmer of Newfane, coroner, who investigated, said that he will issue a certificate of death by suicide. Relatives could ascribe no reason for the act. Mr. Webster had talked to friends earlier this morning, apparently in the best of spirits.
A lifelong resident of Hartland, Mr. Webster was a member of the Gasport Masonic and Odd Fellows' lodges, and Niagara Union Encampment, Lockport. He was also an attendant of the Hartland Methodist Episcopal church. He was a son of the late Charles and Louise Webster.
Surviving are his widow, Margaret Bordwell Webster, one daughter, Mrs. George Chapman Jr., of Hartland; two sons, Charles of Hartland and Dudley of Ryder college, Trenton, N. J.; three sisters, Mrs. John C. Taylor and Mrs. Henry Culver of Johnson's Creek, and Mrs. Charles Silsby of Wright's Corners; also three grandchildren.
The body was taken to the Richardson and Kneubel undertaking parlors in Middleport, where funeral arrangements will be made.
from LOCKPORT UNION-SUN & JOURNAL
MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 5, 1936.