The Troy Times Record
Tuesday evening, March 29, 1938
page 5

LOUIS H. O'LENA, 93, CIVIL WAR VETERAN, EXPIRES AT HOME

Louis H. O'Lena, 93, Civil War veteran and one of the oldest residents of Cohoes, died late yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles Van Buskirk, 73 Amity Street, that city, following a brief illness. He was born in Keysville but had lived in Cohoes the greater part of his life.

In the Civil War he served with Company M of the Ninth Regiment, a cavalry unit. He was a communicant of St. Joseph's Church. Survivors are five daughters: Mrs. Lottie Plante, Mrs. Stella Lyons and Mrs. Van Buskirk, all of Cohoes; Mrs. Lillian Roy, Newark, N.J., and Mrs. R. G. Hall, Jersey City, N.J.; a son, Louis B. O'Lena, Forest Hills, L.I.; 24 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

The funeral will be held from the residence Thursday morning and later from St. Joseph's Church. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Waterford.

Lewis Olena