KREISCHER—On April 3, at 1017 Lodi-st., to Karl and Nellie Kreischer, a son.
[The Syracuse Journal, Saturday, April 8, 1905, page 2]
A. J. KREISCHER; CONTRACTOR; 79
Alfred J. Kreischer, 79, of 7118 Minoa-Bridgeport Road, East Syracuse, died Tuesday at Crouse Irving Memorial Hospital after a brief illness.
He was a native of North Syracuse [sic] and lived in Shepp's Corners for 41 years. He was a self-employed contractor.
He is survived by his wife, Evelyn, and a brother, Robert of Florida.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Russell H. Shepp & Son Funeral Home, Minoa. Burial will be in Collamer Cemetery.
Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today (June 7).
Contributions may be made to the Minoa Fire Department Ambulance Fund.
[Published in the Syracuse Herald-Journal, Thursday, June 7, 1984, page 4]
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Al was born in Syracuse, New York on 3 April 1905. Soon after that his family moved to Watertown, New York, where his mother's family lived. His sister Clara was born there in 1906. The family was living in Buffalo, New York when the youngest of the three children, his brother Bob, arrived in 1911. Then the family moved to his Kreischer grandparents' farm at Taft Settlement outside the village of North Syracuse in Onondaga County, where Al's father gave up working for the railroad and became a farmer.
Most of the men in his family worked for the railroad, and Al was familiar with the New York Central and had traveled its routes with his father and uncles since he was small. Al was always an adventurer. He left home at a young age to circle the globe on tramp steamers and traverse the Panama Canal. He also lived in Detroit and Chicago for awhile.
In the 1920's he worked for the New York Central Railroad himself in Syracuse as a driver and a patrolman ("yard bull"). During Prohibition he also ran bootleg alcohol from Canada, until he decided to "go straight." In the 1930 census he was listed as living on Taft Road near North Syracuse, working as a farmer on the old Kreischer farm land. He also built homes for friends and neighbors, and began to buy and sell real estate.
He married Leona when they were both 20 years old. They never had children of their own, but raised their nephew, Bobby Kreischer, like a son.
Around 1945 Al and Leona settled at Shepps Corners on their pig farm. (Their previous pig farm was condemned and the 87-1/2 acres of land were taken to become part of the Hancock Air Base that year.) Al would eventually retire from active farming, but he lived at the Shepps Corners farmhouse for the rest of his life. In his later years he was a self-employed building contractor. Today, a gas station, mini-mart, and greenhouse occupy the land near the corner where his pig barn used to be.
In the 1950's Al again traveled the world on cargo ships, taking Leona with him. After she died of cancer in 1965, Al married Evelyn Wright Camuso, a widow.
In 1984, at the age of 79, Al entered the hospital for a minor surgical procedure and while recovering there suffered a heart attack. When discovered, he never regained consciousness, and died there a couple of weeks later.
It was a shock to lose him and he is missed. He was a rough-talking but generous uncle, a loyal friend and neighbor, and a colorful character full of stories of bygone days. Any family member who needed help could count on him showing up with whatever heavy equipment was needed to solve the problem.
[The Syracuse Journal, Saturday, April 8, 1905, page 2]
A. J. KREISCHER; CONTRACTOR; 79
Alfred J. Kreischer, 79, of 7118 Minoa-Bridgeport Road, East Syracuse, died Tuesday at Crouse Irving Memorial Hospital after a brief illness.
He was a native of North Syracuse [sic] and lived in Shepp's Corners for 41 years. He was a self-employed contractor.
He is survived by his wife, Evelyn, and a brother, Robert of Florida.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Russell H. Shepp & Son Funeral Home, Minoa. Burial will be in Collamer Cemetery.
Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today (June 7).
Contributions may be made to the Minoa Fire Department Ambulance Fund.
[Published in the Syracuse Herald-Journal, Thursday, June 7, 1984, page 4]
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Al was born in Syracuse, New York on 3 April 1905. Soon after that his family moved to Watertown, New York, where his mother's family lived. His sister Clara was born there in 1906. The family was living in Buffalo, New York when the youngest of the three children, his brother Bob, arrived in 1911. Then the family moved to his Kreischer grandparents' farm at Taft Settlement outside the village of North Syracuse in Onondaga County, where Al's father gave up working for the railroad and became a farmer.
Most of the men in his family worked for the railroad, and Al was familiar with the New York Central and had traveled its routes with his father and uncles since he was small. Al was always an adventurer. He left home at a young age to circle the globe on tramp steamers and traverse the Panama Canal. He also lived in Detroit and Chicago for awhile.
In the 1920's he worked for the New York Central Railroad himself in Syracuse as a driver and a patrolman ("yard bull"). During Prohibition he also ran bootleg alcohol from Canada, until he decided to "go straight." In the 1930 census he was listed as living on Taft Road near North Syracuse, working as a farmer on the old Kreischer farm land. He also built homes for friends and neighbors, and began to buy and sell real estate.
He married Leona when they were both 20 years old. They never had children of their own, but raised their nephew, Bobby Kreischer, like a son.
Around 1945 Al and Leona settled at Shepps Corners on their pig farm. (Their previous pig farm was condemned and the 87-1/2 acres of land were taken to become part of the Hancock Air Base that year.) Al would eventually retire from active farming, but he lived at the Shepps Corners farmhouse for the rest of his life. In his later years he was a self-employed building contractor. Today, a gas station, mini-mart, and greenhouse occupy the land near the corner where his pig barn used to be.
In the 1950's Al again traveled the world on cargo ships, taking Leona with him. After she died of cancer in 1965, Al married Evelyn Wright Camuso, a widow.
In 1984, at the age of 79, Al entered the hospital for a minor surgical procedure and while recovering there suffered a heart attack. When discovered, he never regained consciousness, and died there a couple of weeks later.
It was a shock to lose him and he is missed. He was a rough-talking but generous uncle, a loyal friend and neighbor, and a colorful character full of stories of bygone days. Any family member who needed help could count on him showing up with whatever heavy equipment was needed to solve the problem.
KREISCHER—On April 3, at 1017 Lodi-st., to Karl and Nellie Kreischer, a son.
[The Syracuse Journal, Saturday, April 8, 1905, page 2]
A. J. KREISCHER; CONTRACTOR; 79
Alfred J. Kreischer, 79, of 7118 Minoa-Bridgeport Road, East Syracuse, died Tuesday at Crouse Irving Memorial Hospital after a brief illness.
He was a native of North Syracuse [sic] and lived in Shepp's Corners for 41 years. He was a self-employed contractor.
He is survived by his wife, Evelyn, and a brother, Robert of Florida.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Russell H. Shepp & Son Funeral Home, Minoa. Burial will be in Collamer Cemetery.
Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today (June 7).
Contributions may be made to the Minoa Fire Department Ambulance Fund.
[Published in the Syracuse Herald-Journal, Thursday, June 7, 1984, page 4]
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Al was born in Syracuse, New York on 3 April 1905. Soon after that his family moved to Watertown, New York, where his mother's family lived. His sister Clara was born there in 1906. The family was living in Buffalo, New York when the youngest of the three children, his brother Bob, arrived in 1911. Then the family moved to his Kreischer grandparents' farm at Taft Settlement outside the village of North Syracuse in Onondaga County, where Al's father gave up working for the railroad and became a farmer.
Most of the men in his family worked for the railroad, and Al was familiar with the New York Central and had traveled its routes with his father and uncles since he was small. Al was always an adventurer. He left home at a young age to circle the globe on tramp steamers and traverse the Panama Canal. He also lived in Detroit and Chicago for awhile.
In the 1920's he worked for the New York Central Railroad himself in Syracuse as a driver and a patrolman ("yard bull"). During Prohibition he also ran bootleg alcohol from Canada, until he decided to "go straight." In the 1930 census he was listed as living on Taft Road near North Syracuse, working as a farmer on the old Kreischer farm land. He also built homes for friends and neighbors, and began to buy and sell real estate.
He married Leona when they were both 20 years old. They never had children of their own, but raised their nephew, Bobby Kreischer, like a son.
Around 1945 Al and Leona settled at Shepps Corners on their pig farm. (Their previous pig farm was condemned and the 87-1/2 acres of land were taken to become part of the Hancock Air Base that year.) Al would eventually retire from active farming, but he lived at the Shepps Corners farmhouse for the rest of his life. In his later years he was a self-employed building contractor. Today, a gas station, mini-mart, and greenhouse occupy the land near the corner where his pig barn used to be.
In the 1950's Al again traveled the world on cargo ships, taking Leona with him. After she died of cancer in 1965, Al married Evelyn Wright Camuso, a widow.
In 1984, at the age of 79, Al entered the hospital for a minor surgical procedure and while recovering there suffered a heart attack. When discovered, he never regained consciousness, and died there a couple of weeks later.
It was a shock to lose him and he is missed. He was a rough-talking but generous uncle, a loyal friend and neighbor, and a colorful character full of stories of bygone days. Any family member who needed help could count on him showing up with whatever heavy equipment was needed to solve the problem.
[The Syracuse Journal, Saturday, April 8, 1905, page 2]
A. J. KREISCHER; CONTRACTOR; 79
Alfred J. Kreischer, 79, of 7118 Minoa-Bridgeport Road, East Syracuse, died Tuesday at Crouse Irving Memorial Hospital after a brief illness.
He was a native of North Syracuse [sic] and lived in Shepp's Corners for 41 years. He was a self-employed contractor.
He is survived by his wife, Evelyn, and a brother, Robert of Florida.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Russell H. Shepp & Son Funeral Home, Minoa. Burial will be in Collamer Cemetery.
Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today (June 7).
Contributions may be made to the Minoa Fire Department Ambulance Fund.
[Published in the Syracuse Herald-Journal, Thursday, June 7, 1984, page 4]
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Al was born in Syracuse, New York on 3 April 1905. Soon after that his family moved to Watertown, New York, where his mother's family lived. His sister Clara was born there in 1906. The family was living in Buffalo, New York when the youngest of the three children, his brother Bob, arrived in 1911. Then the family moved to his Kreischer grandparents' farm at Taft Settlement outside the village of North Syracuse in Onondaga County, where Al's father gave up working for the railroad and became a farmer.
Most of the men in his family worked for the railroad, and Al was familiar with the New York Central and had traveled its routes with his father and uncles since he was small. Al was always an adventurer. He left home at a young age to circle the globe on tramp steamers and traverse the Panama Canal. He also lived in Detroit and Chicago for awhile.
In the 1920's he worked for the New York Central Railroad himself in Syracuse as a driver and a patrolman ("yard bull"). During Prohibition he also ran bootleg alcohol from Canada, until he decided to "go straight." In the 1930 census he was listed as living on Taft Road near North Syracuse, working as a farmer on the old Kreischer farm land. He also built homes for friends and neighbors, and began to buy and sell real estate.
He married Leona when they were both 20 years old. They never had children of their own, but raised their nephew, Bobby Kreischer, like a son.
Around 1945 Al and Leona settled at Shepps Corners on their pig farm. (Their previous pig farm was condemned and the 87-1/2 acres of land were taken to become part of the Hancock Air Base that year.) Al would eventually retire from active farming, but he lived at the Shepps Corners farmhouse for the rest of his life. In his later years he was a self-employed building contractor. Today, a gas station, mini-mart, and greenhouse occupy the land near the corner where his pig barn used to be.
In the 1950's Al again traveled the world on cargo ships, taking Leona with him. After she died of cancer in 1965, Al married Evelyn Wright Camuso, a widow.
In 1984, at the age of 79, Al entered the hospital for a minor surgical procedure and while recovering there suffered a heart attack. When discovered, he never regained consciousness, and died there a couple of weeks later.
It was a shock to lose him and he is missed. He was a rough-talking but generous uncle, a loyal friend and neighbor, and a colorful character full of stories of bygone days. Any family member who needed help could count on him showing up with whatever heavy equipment was needed to solve the problem.
Inscription
The double stone in Collamer Cemetery reads: "KREISCHER" on the top, over "ALFRED J. /1905-1984" and "LEONA E. / 1905-1965." On the opposite side of the marker are inscriptions and graves for Al's mother and step-father, Nellie and Nelson LaClair.
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