WESTERMAN - Maude May Westerman, 101, of Tonawanda, N.Y., Thursday (January 8, 1981) at Mt. View Health Facility, Lockport. She was a member of Salem United Church of Christ and had been employed at Buffalo Steel for 57 years.
She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Edward (Myrtle) Ritzler and a brother, Harry Westerman, both of Ohio and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the Fretthold Funeral Home Inc., 1241 Oliver St., at Ward Rd., North Tonawanda Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held at the funeral home Saturday at 10:30 a.m., the Rev. Richard Trump will officiate. Interment Elmlawn Cemetery.
Tonawanda NEWS Friday, January 9,1981
Maude Westerman dies at the age of 101 A Tonawanda centenarian, who was outspoken on rights for American Indians, died Thursday at the age of 101.
Maude Westerman, who formerly resided at 315 Grove Street, lived at the Mount View Health Facility in Lockport at the time of her death. She died of natural causes.
She was born in Olcott on Nov. 13, 1879.
Miss Westerman, a believer in equal rights, once remarked that white Americans have been scalping American Indians. She suggested the Indians go on the "warpath" to get what is rightfully theirs. She also criticized government for supporting Black rights, while ignoring the Indian and said she was distrubed about the underprivileged Alaskan Eskimos.
At the age of 90, Miss Westerman wrote the Congressional Antipoverty Subcommittee to investigate land traders, store keepers, welfare agents and pawnbrokers in Arizona, described as "scalping" the Navajos. She has also written to government agencies on behalf of the Bureau of Indian affairs.
Miss Westerman said whenever she had extra money, she donated it to various Indian tribes.
Besides her burning concern for the underpriveliged, Miss Westerman was an avid mystery story reader, her favorite being Perry Mason stories. When she wasn't reading, Miss Westerman was watching her favorite mysteries on television.
Until her retirement from the former Buffalo Steel Corp. in Tonawanda in 1957. Miss Westerman traveled extensively in the United States, Alaska, Hawaii and Cuba.
Miss Westerman, a member of the Salem United Church of Christ, Tonawanda, is survived by a sister, Mrs. Edward (Myrtle) Ritzier and a brother, Harry Westerman, both of Ohio, and several nieces and nephews.
She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Edward (Myrtle) Ritzler and a brother, Harry Westerman, both of Ohio and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the Fretthold Funeral Home Inc., 1241 Oliver St., at Ward Rd., North Tonawanda Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held at the funeral home Saturday at 10:30 a.m., the Rev. Richard Trump will officiate. Interment Elmlawn Cemetery.
Tonawanda NEWS Friday, January 9,1981
Maude Westerman dies at the age of 101 A Tonawanda centenarian, who was outspoken on rights for American Indians, died Thursday at the age of 101.
Maude Westerman, who formerly resided at 315 Grove Street, lived at the Mount View Health Facility in Lockport at the time of her death. She died of natural causes.
She was born in Olcott on Nov. 13, 1879.
Miss Westerman, a believer in equal rights, once remarked that white Americans have been scalping American Indians. She suggested the Indians go on the "warpath" to get what is rightfully theirs. She also criticized government for supporting Black rights, while ignoring the Indian and said she was distrubed about the underprivileged Alaskan Eskimos.
At the age of 90, Miss Westerman wrote the Congressional Antipoverty Subcommittee to investigate land traders, store keepers, welfare agents and pawnbrokers in Arizona, described as "scalping" the Navajos. She has also written to government agencies on behalf of the Bureau of Indian affairs.
Miss Westerman said whenever she had extra money, she donated it to various Indian tribes.
Besides her burning concern for the underpriveliged, Miss Westerman was an avid mystery story reader, her favorite being Perry Mason stories. When she wasn't reading, Miss Westerman was watching her favorite mysteries on television.
Until her retirement from the former Buffalo Steel Corp. in Tonawanda in 1957. Miss Westerman traveled extensively in the United States, Alaska, Hawaii and Cuba.
Miss Westerman, a member of the Salem United Church of Christ, Tonawanda, is survived by a sister, Mrs. Edward (Myrtle) Ritzier and a brother, Harry Westerman, both of Ohio, and several nieces and nephews.
WESTERMAN - Maude May Westerman, 101, of Tonawanda, N.Y., Thursday (January 8, 1981) at Mt. View Health Facility, Lockport. She was a member of Salem United Church of Christ and had been employed at Buffalo Steel for 57 years.
She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Edward (Myrtle) Ritzler and a brother, Harry Westerman, both of Ohio and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the Fretthold Funeral Home Inc., 1241 Oliver St., at Ward Rd., North Tonawanda Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held at the funeral home Saturday at 10:30 a.m., the Rev. Richard Trump will officiate. Interment Elmlawn Cemetery.
Tonawanda NEWS Friday, January 9,1981
Maude Westerman dies at the age of 101 A Tonawanda centenarian, who was outspoken on rights for American Indians, died Thursday at the age of 101.
Maude Westerman, who formerly resided at 315 Grove Street, lived at the Mount View Health Facility in Lockport at the time of her death. She died of natural causes.
She was born in Olcott on Nov. 13, 1879.
Miss Westerman, a believer in equal rights, once remarked that white Americans have been scalping American Indians. She suggested the Indians go on the "warpath" to get what is rightfully theirs. She also criticized government for supporting Black rights, while ignoring the Indian and said she was distrubed about the underprivileged Alaskan Eskimos.
At the age of 90, Miss Westerman wrote the Congressional Antipoverty Subcommittee to investigate land traders, store keepers, welfare agents and pawnbrokers in Arizona, described as "scalping" the Navajos. She has also written to government agencies on behalf of the Bureau of Indian affairs.
Miss Westerman said whenever she had extra money, she donated it to various Indian tribes.
Besides her burning concern for the underpriveliged, Miss Westerman was an avid mystery story reader, her favorite being Perry Mason stories. When she wasn't reading, Miss Westerman was watching her favorite mysteries on television.
Until her retirement from the former Buffalo Steel Corp. in Tonawanda in 1957. Miss Westerman traveled extensively in the United States, Alaska, Hawaii and Cuba.
Miss Westerman, a member of the Salem United Church of Christ, Tonawanda, is survived by a sister, Mrs. Edward (Myrtle) Ritzier and a brother, Harry Westerman, both of Ohio, and several nieces and nephews.
She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Edward (Myrtle) Ritzler and a brother, Harry Westerman, both of Ohio and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the Fretthold Funeral Home Inc., 1241 Oliver St., at Ward Rd., North Tonawanda Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held at the funeral home Saturday at 10:30 a.m., the Rev. Richard Trump will officiate. Interment Elmlawn Cemetery.
Tonawanda NEWS Friday, January 9,1981
Maude Westerman dies at the age of 101 A Tonawanda centenarian, who was outspoken on rights for American Indians, died Thursday at the age of 101.
Maude Westerman, who formerly resided at 315 Grove Street, lived at the Mount View Health Facility in Lockport at the time of her death. She died of natural causes.
She was born in Olcott on Nov. 13, 1879.
Miss Westerman, a believer in equal rights, once remarked that white Americans have been scalping American Indians. She suggested the Indians go on the "warpath" to get what is rightfully theirs. She also criticized government for supporting Black rights, while ignoring the Indian and said she was distrubed about the underprivileged Alaskan Eskimos.
At the age of 90, Miss Westerman wrote the Congressional Antipoverty Subcommittee to investigate land traders, store keepers, welfare agents and pawnbrokers in Arizona, described as "scalping" the Navajos. She has also written to government agencies on behalf of the Bureau of Indian affairs.
Miss Westerman said whenever she had extra money, she donated it to various Indian tribes.
Besides her burning concern for the underpriveliged, Miss Westerman was an avid mystery story reader, her favorite being Perry Mason stories. When she wasn't reading, Miss Westerman was watching her favorite mysteries on television.
Until her retirement from the former Buffalo Steel Corp. in Tonawanda in 1957. Miss Westerman traveled extensively in the United States, Alaska, Hawaii and Cuba.
Miss Westerman, a member of the Salem United Church of Christ, Tonawanda, is survived by a sister, Mrs. Edward (Myrtle) Ritzier and a brother, Harry Westerman, both of Ohio, and several nieces and nephews.
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