Donald James Blair & Ruth Eileen Hutchinson


Donald James Blair & Ruth Eileen Hutchinson


Donald James Blair & Living

Husband Donald James Blair 

       Born: 22 Feb 1927 - Eggertsville, Erie Co., N. Y. 1
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       Died: 18 Sep 1996 - 8115 Tonawanda Creek Rd, E. Amherst, Erie, NY 1 2 3
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     Father: Jesse Joe Blair (1898-1966)
     Mother: Clara Wilhelmina Will (1900-1984)


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� His Social Security Number was 106-20-9411. 1 





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Husband's Medical Notes 


Cause of Death: Heart Attack "while watching television" 3




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1
Rootsweb.com, Social Security Death Index, (Online  <http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi>), 106-20-9411, Donald J. Blair.   Name: DONALD J BLAIR 
Birth: 22 Feb 1927 
Death: 18 Sep 1996 (V) 
Last Residence: 14051 (East Amherst, Erie, NY) 
Last Benefit: (none specified) 
SSN: 106-20-9411 
Issued: New York

(V)=(Verified) Report verified with a family member or someone acting on behalf of a family member. 
.  The SSDI component of Rootsweb is drawn from the Social Security Death Benefits Index of the U.S. Social Security Administration

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Buffalo News, Buffalo, Erie, NY, Buffalo News Death Notice, (Buffalo News), 19 Sept. 1996, BLAIR - Donald J.   BLAIR - Donald J.
September 18, 1996, of Amherst N.Y.; beloved husband of Ruth (nee Hutchinson); dear father of James Blair, Donna Adams and Kathleen (Peter) Smith; dear grandfather of Stephanie and Michael Adams, James and Joseph Smith; brother of Craig (Georgian) Blair, Beatrice (Franklin) Bingeman and Norma (late Howard) Page; also survived by nieces and nephews.  Friends may call Friday 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the HARRY A. WEDEKINDT FUNERAL HOME INC., 280 Grove Cleveland Hwy. at N. Bailey.  Funeral Services will be private.  Mr. Blair was the former business manager of Steam Fitters Local #395.  If desired, memorials may be made to the Comprehensive Dialysis Center of WNY or Make-a-Wish Foundation of WNY.  

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Buffalo News, Buffalo News Obituary, (Buffalo News), 20 Sept 1996, Donlad J. Blair, headed Building Trades Council.   Donlad J. Blair, headed Building Trades Council
	Donald J. Blair, who, as president of the Buffalo Building Trades Council between 1971 and 1983, forcefully represented 20,000 are construction workers, died Wednesday evening (Sept. 18, 1996) in his Clarence home. He was 69.
	"It was a heart attack" said his wife of 46 years, the former Ruth Hutchinson.  "He was watching television when it happened."
	During his years as council president and union business manager, he spoke out in support of causes that affected area construction workers.  He praised and criticized Democratic and Republican legislators when issues arose.
	While, ture to labor's fashion, Blair usually supported Democratic candidates, he was not bashful about yelling at them.  In 1977, he told then-Gov. Hugh Carey "to forget about coming to Buffalo looking for our endorsement" unless he first "came to Buffalo to "sit down with us, discussing our problems (lack of construction projects) and really trying to do something about them."
	Under his leadership, the Building Trades Council several time supported former Republican Rep. Jack Kemp's successful re-election bids, but in 1980 it broke with Kemp and backed his Democratic rival, Gale Denn of Eden.
	Blair pushed hard for federal funds that helped finance Buffalo's Metro Rail transit system.  He was an ardent supporter of the late George Meany, longtime president of the American Federation of Labor and its successor AFL-CIO.
	Born in Buffalo, Blair lived most of his life in Amherst and Clarence.  He was a graduate of Amherst Central High School and attended a steamfitters school for five years at Hutchinson Central Technical High School in Buffalo.
	In 1945, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy.  He served aboard the USS Indiana and was aboard the USS Avery Island when the government conducted its postwar atomic bomb tests on the Pacific Island of Bikini.
	In 1947, Blair was admitted to Local 395 of the Steamfitters and Plumbers Union.  In 1962, he became its business manager, a post he held for 20 years.  In 1966, Blair was elected president of the Plumbers and Pipefitters Industry of Western New York.  He held that office for 15 years.
	He was elected to leadership posts in the State Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters, Buffalo's Maritime Port Trades Concil, the United Way, Erie County Traffic Safety Committee, Industrial Relations Research Association, Western New York Hospital and Nursing Home council, Local 66 of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees and the Buffalo Affirmative Action Plan.
	Blair was honored in 1970 as Labor Man of the Year by the Brothers of Mercy, Clarence and was give the Citizenship Award by Williamsville Post 461, Veterans of Foreign Wars.  The Buffalo AFL-CIO Council in 1978 saluted Blair for his service to the labor movement.
	After retiring in 1983, Blair remained active in his home woodworking and lapidary shops.
	Besides his wife, Blair is survived by a son, James of Lockport; two daugthers, Donna Adams of North Tonawanda and Kathleen Smith of Lockport; a brother, Craig of San Pedro, Calif.; two sisters, Beatrice Bingeman of Amherst, and Norma Page of Williamsville; and four grandchildren.
	A private funeral and burial are planned.  







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