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- Grace M. Proefrock
Seamstress at Niagara Falls corset company
TOWN OF NIAGARA - Grace M. (Britton) Proefrock, 86, of East Britton Drive, died Tuesday July 8, 1997) in Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. She was born May 12, 1911, in Pittsburgh, the daughter of Samuel and Philimena (Lockner) Britton. she moved to the Town of Niagara when she was 5 years old. Mrs. Proefrock worked as a seamstress at the former Spirella Corset Co. in Niagara Falls for 15 years. She is survived by her husband, Wallace Proefrock; three daughters, Nancy Pfohl, Kathleen Chapin and Sally Frasca, all of Sanborn; four brothers, Philip Britton and John Britton, both of Niagara Falls, Harold Britton of Panama City, Fla., and Harry Britton of Satellite Beach, Fla.; two sisters, Lucille Martin of Lockport and Dorothy Fredericks of Wilson; eight grandchildren;. seven great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Her first husband, Angus Gray, died May 13, 1953. She was the sister of the late Earl Britton, Samual Britton, Helen Ganshaw Robinson and Lorraine Amsdill. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the DuBois Funeral Home, 2436 Niagara Road, Bergholz. Services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Niagara Falls Memorial Park Cemetery, Lewiston. Memorial contributions may be made to the National Kidney Foundation, 165 Genesee St., Buffalo, N.Y. 14203.
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