Gertrude M. Starck Masters

(nee Starck)

May 19, 2011; age 97, Of Williamsville;

devoted wife of the late James M.

Masters; loving mother of Robert

(Shirley), Ronald (Nancy) of Broad

Brook, CT, David (Esther), Ann Marie

of New York City, James (Joan) of

Pittsburgh, PA, Kathleen (Kevin Coffey)

of New York City; proud grandmother

of Kenneth, Jeffrey, Laurie, Ann,

Andrew, Timothy, John, Candace,

Melissa (Brinson), Kevin, Amanda and

Jeremy; also survived by 16 greatgrandchildren

and one great-greatgrandchild;

sister of the late Joseph,

Alfred, Bernard Starck, Dorothy Boergers,

and Mary Reither; also survived by

many nieces and nephews. The family

will be present to receive friends

Sunday 12-2 PM and 4-7 PM at

BEACH-TUYN FUNERAL HOME INC.,

5541 Main St. (at Cayuga Rd.)

Williamsville. Friends are invited to a

Mass of Christian Burial Monday at

9:30 AM in SS Peter & Paul Church,

5480 Main St., Williamsville. Gertrude

was a graduate of Mount St. Joseph

Academy. She worked for many years

in the family business in Tonawanda.

She was a past president and life-long

member of the DeGraff Memorial

Hospital Auxiliary and she enjoyed

volunteer work at Roswell Park Memorial

Hospital and at several hospitals

while she lived in Florida. Online

condolences at www.beachtuynfh.com.