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m. Abt 1886
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Sent by Phyllis Leue Duncan: BUFFALO EVENING NEWS: Sunday, May 15, 1948 EMIL LEUE DIES; BUTCHER FOR 65 YEARS. One of Buffalo's oldest butchers, Emil Leue, who had been in business on Broadway for 65 years died Friday evening in his home. 438 Broadway. He was 84. Until Wednesday, when he suffered a stroke, Mr Leue kept most of the accounts and spent a great deal of time in the shop, which attracted people from all parts of the city and supplied many large restaurants. He had lived in the building where the store is located since he went into business with his stepfather, Herman Hartman in 1883. Mr Leue was born in Berlin and came to Buffalo at the age of 17. In 1943 Mr Leue and his son Fred, with whom he had been in partnership for 41 years, had a hard decision. Shortages made it impossible for them to give customers the o ld time service and treat all the same. Rather than compromise their principles, they closed up. The store reopened about two years ago. Mr. Leue once recalled that in the days before the "bicycle era," pedestrians walking downtown used to stop at the store between 5:30 and 7 A.M. to buy a nickel's worth of sausage. It took three men behind the counters to handle the crowds. Mr. Leue was one of the chief promoters of the old Allegany Summer Camp operated by the Buffalo Turners. He had a summer home at Prospect Point, Ont. Besides his son, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Augusta Sommerefeld Leue, one granddaughter, and two great-grandsons. He and Mrs Leue had been married 62 years. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:0clock Monday in the Forest Lawn Chapel by the Rev. William H. Tempest, pastor of the Peter's Evangelical & Reformed Church. References
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