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Leslie Day Croxson

Male 1898 - 1969  (71 years)


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  • Name Leslie Day Croxson 
    Birth 12 Feb 1898  New York Find all individuals with events at this location
    Gender Male 
    Census 1 Jun 1925  Lockport, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 32, born US, bond salesman, living in father's house
    Census 9 Apr 1930  Lockport, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 37, born NY, marr at 31, salesman of store supplies, parents born NY/NY, living in father's house
    Census 28 May 1940  Lockport, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 47, born NY, H4 ed, residing here in 1935, farmer
    Death 21 Jul 1969  Lockport, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial   Acacia Park Cemetery, North Tonawanda, NY Find all individuals with events at this location
    Person ID I13152  Family Tree
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2016 

    Family AncestorsEdith G Emerson,   b. 14 Jun 1893, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1977, Lockport, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 1924 
    Children 
    Married1. Jean Croxson,   b. 1927, Lakeland, Polk, FL Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Robert L Croxson,   b. 1929, Lockport, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1945 (Age 16 years)
     3. Denson D Croxson,   b. 14 Nov 1930, Lockport, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 May 2005 (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F4844  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2016 

  • Notes 
    • from "The Niagara Falls Gazette", 22 Jul 1969 (fultonhistory.com)
      L.D. Croxson Dies; Ex-Town Justice
      Leslie D. Croxson, 71, of 6767 Akron Road, a former town justice in the Town of Lockport, died Monday (July 21, 1969) at Lockport Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Born here Feb. 12, 1898, in the family homestead in Akron Road, he was the son of Eugene F. and Cora Day Croxson and was graduated from Lockport High School in 1912, the president of his class. A veteran of World War I, he served with the. U.S. Army overseas. For many years he was employed by the Badger Gummed Tape Co. of Racine, Wis., with headquarters in Lakeland, Fla. He retired in 1957 from the Harrison Radiator Division ,_of General Motors Corp. here, where he had been employer for 18 years as a regional sales engineer A Republican, he served two years as a town justice for the Town of Lockport and was a Republican town committeeman for 25 years. He also served as a member of the Niagara Count Republican executive committee for 14 years. He was a member of Lockport Lodge. 73, F&AM, the John Hodge Lodge of Perfection , the Buffalo Consistory, and the American Legion, B. Leo Dolan Post 410. He was a charter member and more recently an exempt member of the South Lockport Fire Co. Hs was also a member of the. First English Lutheran Church here. He is survived by his wife, Edith Emerson Croxson; a daughter, Mrs. William (Jean) Demler of Williamsville; a son, Denson D. Croxson of Rochester and three grandchildren. He was also the father of the late Robert L. Croxson. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Prudden and Kandt Funeral Home where services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday. The Rev. Ivan L. Lange, pastor emeritus of the First English Lutheran Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Acacia Park Cemetery. Memorials may be, made tothe abiding memorial fund ofthe First English Lutheran Church.