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WULF, Richard Praker

Male 1928 - 1994  (66 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  WULF, Richard Praker was born on 17 Apr 1928 in New York (son of WULF, Norman W and PRAEKER, Loretta Marie); died on 25 Dec 1994 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY.

    Richard married RUMBLES, Barbara Irene [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  WULF, Norman W was born about 1898 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (son of WULF, Frederick and Mary); died on 22 Jul 1964 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.

    Notes:

    Niagara Gazette - 7/22/1964

    NORTH TONAWANDA -
    Norman W. Wulf Sr., 66, of
    333 Tremont St., died today
    (July 22, 1964) in DeGraff Memorial
    Hospital after an illness
    of several months.
    He was a lifelong resident
    of this city and was president
    and general manager of the
    Wulf Bottling Works in Tonawanda
    which he founded in
    1921.
    Mr. Wulf was a member, of
    the congregation of Immanuel
    Lutheran Church and a member
    of the Luther Laymen's
    League. He served as treasurer
    for the Eastern District
    churches in the Missouri Synod
    for 10 years and served
    also on various national committees
    for both the.eastern
    and western districts of the
    synod.
    Survivors include his widow,
    the former Loretta Praker;
    two sons, Norman W. Wulf
    Jr. of Oceanside, Calif., and
    Richard P. Wulf, Tonawanda;
    two sisters, Mrs. Robert Fogelsanger,
    Clarence Center,
    and Mrs. Alvin Hartman,
    Tonawanda; two brothers,
    Harold W. and John A. Wulf,
    both of Tonawanda, and five
    grandchildren.
    Friends may call until 10
    p.m. Thursday at the Roth
    Funeral Home. Services will
    be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Friday
    at Immanuel Lutheran
    C h u r c h , Rey. Frank J.
    Schwarz and Rev. Gustav Karkau
    officiating. Burial will be
    in Elmlawn Cemetery.

    Norman married PRAEKER, Loretta Marie on 24 Sep 1919 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Loretta (daughter of PRAEKER, August C and PENSLIEN, Wilhelmina) was born in 1899 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 11 Jun 1977 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  PRAEKER, Loretta Marie was born in 1899 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (daughter of PRAEKER, August C and PENSLIEN, Wilhelmina); died on 11 Jun 1977 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.

    Notes:

    North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 6/13/1977

    WULF - Loretta P.
    (nee Praker) Wulf, 78, of
    North Tonawanda,
    Saturday evening (June
    11, 1977) at DeGraff
    Memorial Hospital after
    a brief illness. A native of
    North Tonawanda, she
    had been a resident of the
    Tonawandas all her life
    and was the wife of
    Norman W. Wulf Sr., who
    died in 1964. Mrs. Wulf
    was a member and past
    treasurer of the Women's
    Auxiliary to DeGraff
    Memorial Hospital, a
    member of Immanuel
    Lutheran Church, the
    Altar Society, Women's
    Guild and Women's
    Missionary Society of the
    church. Lutheran Service
    S o c i e t y , Women's
    Auxiliary of Luther
    Manor, Golden Agers,
    North Tonawanda Senior
    Citizens and the Leisure
    ClubofYWCA.
    She is survived by two
    sons, Norman W. Wulf of
    Dana Point, Calif., and
    Richard P. (Barbara)
    Wulf of Amherst, N.Y.;
    five grandchildren and
    two great-grandchildren.
    Friends may call from
    2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.,
    today only at John O.
    Roth Funeral Home,
    Morgan and William Sts.,
    Tonawanda. A Memorial
    Service will be conducted
    at 2 p.m. Tuesday at
    Immanuel Lutheran
    Church by the Rev.
    Robert L. Rickus.
    Relatives and friends are
    cordially invited to att
    e n d . If desired,
    memorial contributions
    may be made to Luther
    M a n o r , N o r th
    Tonawanda or Bethesda
    Lutheran Home.

    Notes:

    North Tonawanda NY Evening News

    Mr. and Mrs. August C. Praker of 22
    Grant avenue have issued invitations
    for the marriage of their daughter.
    Loretta Marie, to Mr. Norman W. Wulf
    of Tonawanda on September 24 at 7:30
    o'clock at St Matthew's church

    Children:
    1. WULF, Norman W was born on 1 Nov 1921 in New York; died on 8 Jun 2004 in Charlottesville, Charlottesville City, VA.
    2. 1. WULF, Richard Praker was born on 17 Apr 1928 in New York; died on 25 Dec 1994 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  WULF, Frederick was born about 1868 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY (son of WULF, John and Sophia); died on 21 Feb 1933 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY.

    Notes:

    North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 2/22/1933

    Funeral services will be held on
    Friday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock at
    the residence for Frederick Wulf,
    64 years old. who died last night
    at his heme, 136 William street.
    His death was attributed to two
    paralytic strokes, the first of
    "hich was sustained in November
    and the other in December.
    Mr. Wulf was a life-long and
    well known resident of Tonawanda.
    For 21 years he was connecl-
    BU with the International Railway
    company. Prior to going into the
    employ of the trolley company he
    was engaged in the retail shoe
    business in Tonawanda. He was
    a member of the Immanuel Lutheran
    church. William and Morgan
    streets, and of the Men's club
    of the church.
    Surviving are wife, Mary;
    three sons, Norman and Harold,
    Tonawanda.and John, a student
    in Drake university, Des Moines,
    Iowa; two daughters, Miss Vir-
    ginia Wulf, Tonawanda, and Mrs.
    Alvin Hartman, Bear Ridge; two
    grandchildren; two brothers, Chris-
    tian, Plainfield, N.J., and William,
    Huston, Tex., and a sister, Miss
    Lena Wulf, Kenmore.

    Frederick married Mary about 1897. Mary was born about 1874 in Germany; died on 14 Mar 1952 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary was born about 1874 in Germany; died on 14 Mar 1952 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY.

    Notes:

    North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 3/14/1952

    Mrs. Mary Wulf, 136 William St.
    died early today in Buffalo Gen-
    eral Hospital after a prolonged ill-
    ness. She was 78.

    Born in Germany,, Mrs. Wulf had
    resided in Tonawanda for 76 years
    She was a member of Immanuel
    Lutheran Church and a charter
    member of the Women's Guild of
    the church.
    Survivors include two daughters
    Mrs. Alvin Hartman of Tonawanda,
    and Mrs. Robert Fogelsonger of
    Clarence Center; three sons, Norman
    W. Harold W. and John A.,
    all of the Tonawandas; a sister,
    Mrs. Libby Retake of North Tonawanda,
    11 grandchildren and two
    great-grandchildren.
    Services will be held at the John
    O. Roth Funeral Home, 60 Morgan
    St., at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. The
    Rev. Theodore Schroeder will officiate.
    Burial will follow in Elmlawn
    Cemetery.

    Children:
    1. 2. WULF, Norman W was born about 1898 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 22 Jul 1964 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
    2. WULF, Mildred E was born on 28 Jun 1900 in New York; died in Dec 1985 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY.
    3. WULF, Harold W was born on 5 Jul 1902 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY; died on 1 Dec 1980 in Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
    4. WULF, John A was born on 24 Feb 1907 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY; died on 8 May 1976 in Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
    5. WULF, Virginia L was born on 5 Mar 1915 in New York; died on 11 Mar 2008 in Casey, Clark County, IL.

  3. 6.  PRAEKER, August C was born in 1868 in Town of Pendleton, Niagara County, NY (son of PRAEKER, August Wilhelm and KRULL, Wilhelmine Friedericke); died on 17 Jan 1952 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.

    August + PENSLIEN, Wilhelmina. Wilhelmina (daughter of PENSLIEN, Paul and Sophie) was born in 1872 in North Ridge, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY; died on 22 Nov 1937 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  PENSLIEN, Wilhelmina was born in 1872 in North Ridge, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY (daughter of PENSLIEN, Paul and Sophie); died on 22 Nov 1937 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.

    Notes:

    NORTH TONAWANDA Nov 23. - Stricken with a heart attack Wilhelmina Praker. 65 years old died yesterday at her home 21 Grant avenue. She was bon, in North Ridge, but had been a resident of North Tonawanda most of her life. She was a member
    of St Matthew's church on Wheatfield street and the Ladies' Aid society of the church, the Lutheran Hospice of Buffalo, and the Ladies auxiliary of the Hospice. Surviving are a husband August C. a daughter. Mrs. Norman Wulf, two sons. Elmer A. and Howard C., five grandchildren, all of Tonawanda. and Mrs. Albert Strassburg, Sanborn, and two brothers, Otto Pensllen, Tonawanda, and Frank Penslien, North Tonawanda. Mrs. Praker was the mother of the late Mrs. Adelene Risius and Clarence W. Praker. Rites will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the residence. Rev. Carl Frankenstein will conduct the services and lnterment will be in St Matthew's cemetery

    Children:
    1. PRAEKER, Adelene E was born in 1896 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 16 Mar 1937 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
    2. PRAEKER, Clarence W
    3. PRAEKER, Elmer A was born in 1897 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 29 Apr 1974 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY.
    4. 3. PRAEKER, Loretta Marie was born in 1899 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 11 Jun 1977 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
    5. PRAEKER, Howard Christian was born on 19 Jul 1902 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died in Jun 1971 in New York.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  WULF, John was born about 1837 in Mecklenburg, Germany; died before 16 Feb 1916.

    John + Sophia. Sophia was born about 1847 in Prussia; died on 16 Feb 1916 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Sophia was born about 1847 in Prussia; died on 16 Feb 1916 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY.

    Notes:

    North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 2/16/1916

    Mrs. Sophia Wulf, a resident of
    Tonawanda for over-fifty years, died
    at her home at No. 28 Minerva street
    this morning at the age of 67 years.
    Mrs. Wulf was the widow of John
    Wulf of Tonawanda. She was born in
    Germany. The deceased was a member
    of the Emanuel Lutheran church of
    Tonawanda. Three sons William Wulf
    of Houston, Tex., Christian Wulf of
    Plainfield, N. J., Fred W of Tonawanda,
    one daughter, Miss Lena Wulf
    of Tonawanda; one sister, Mrs. Caroline,
    Diedrich'of Tonawanda and eight
    grand children survive

    Children:
    1. 4. WULF, Frederick was born about 1868 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY; died on 21 Feb 1933 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY.
    2. WULF, William was born about 1871 in New York; and died.
    3. WULF, Caroline was born about 1872 in New York; and died.
    4. WULF, Christian was born about 1875 in New York; and died.
    5. WULF, Charles was born in Jun 1880 in New York; and died.

  3. 12.  PRAEKER, August Wilhelm was born in 1829 in Prussia (son of PRAEKER, Christian Gottfried and SCIPT, Wilhelmine); and died.

    August + KRULL, Wilhelmine Friedericke. Wilhelmine (daughter of KRULL, Johann David and DUCKWITZ, Christine Louise) was born in 1833 in Prussia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  KRULL, Wilhelmine Friedericke was born in 1833 in Prussia (daughter of KRULL, Johann David and DUCKWITZ, Christine Louise); and died.
    Children:
    1. PRAEKER, Mary was born in 1858 in Town of Pendleton, Niagara County, NY; and died.
    2. PRAEKER, Hermina Christine was born on 3 Feb 1860 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 7 Apr 1938 in New York.
    3. PRAEKER, William was born in 1862 in Town of Pendleton, Niagara County, NY; and died.
    4. PRAEKER, Edward was born in 1864 in Town of Pendleton, Niagara County, NY; and died.
    5. 6. PRAEKER, August C was born in 1868 in Town of Pendleton, Niagara County, NY; died on 17 Jan 1952 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
    6. PRAEKER, Louise Therese was born in May 1870 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 4 Mar 1907 in Town of Wilson, Niagara County, NY.
    7. PRAEKER, Eliza was born in 1871 in Town of Pendleton, Niagara County, NY; and died.
    8. PRAEKER, Emma was born in 1874 in Town of Pendleton, Niagara County, NY; and died.
    9. PRAEKER, Christopher was born in 1878 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; and died.

  5. 14.  PENSLIEN, Paul

    Paul + Sophie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Sophie
    Children:
    1. 7. PENSLIEN, Wilhelmina was born in 1872 in North Ridge, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY; died on 22 Nov 1937 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
    2. PENSLIEN, Maria L was born in Mar 1874 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 15 Feb 1956 in Niagara County, NY.
    3. PENSLIEN, Emma Auguste Helene was born on 16 Sep 1875 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 27 Dec 1941 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY.
    4. PENSLIEN, Ella A was born in Oct 1877 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 19 Oct 1946 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
    5. PENSLIEN, Otto Ernest was born on 18 Sep 1881 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died in Dec 1969 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY.
    6. PENSLIEN, Frank George was born on 27 Jun 1883 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 30 Jan 1968 in Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY.
    7. PENSLIEN, Fred



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