Joseph + Alexis. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ronald married BECKEN, Arlene Alice [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sabbath + LACIVITA, Anna R. Anna (daughter of LACIVITA, Frank and ODDI, Eleanora) was born about 1918 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 17 Jun 2011 in Chicago, Cook County, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

June 22, 2011
Anne R. Cheff

Niagara Gazette

CHICAGO — Anne R. (LaCivita) Cheff, 94, a life-long resident of Niagara Falls, NY until moving to the Chicago suburban area in 2007, passed away Friday, June 17, 2011. Anne worked as a buyer for over 20 years at the former Beir’s Department Store in Niagara Falls, NY. She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Sabbath F. Cheff, in 1983.

Anne was the fond mother of Dr. Ronald (Arlene) Cheff of Hinsdale, IL; grandmother of Carrie (Jonathan) Kowalski, Joseph M. (Alexis) Cheff and Alissa (Michael) Hennen; great-grandmother of Julia, Abby and Kate Kowalski, Aidan Cheff and Avery Hennen. She is also survived by one sister and three brothers: Edith (late James) Serrio, Ernest LaCivita, Louis (Gladys) LaCivita, all of Niagara Falls, NY, and Al (Bee) LaCivita of Lewiston, NY; and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her sister, Celia (late Peter J. Sr.) Barto.

Visitation will be Saturday, June 25th from 9:30–11:15 AM at M.J. COLUCCI & SON NIAGARA FUNERAL CHAPEL, 2730 Military Road, Niagara Falls, NY, where prayers will be held at 11:15 AM, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 12 noon at Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph Parish at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, 27th St. and Independence Ave., Niagara Falls, NY, with Rev. Duane Klizek officiating. Entombment in St. Joseph Cemetery, Niagara Falls, NY.

Please visit www.mjcoluccifuneralchapel.com for online guest register.

Arnold married STRASBURG, Alice Violet on 6 Dec 1935 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Alice (daughter of STRASBURG, Robert Walter Benjamin and WENDT, Violet Helene Elisabeth) was born in 1915 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 13 Sep 1993 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Buffalo News - September 14, 1993
Alice Violet Becken, 78, a native of Niagara Falls, died Monday (Sept. 13, 1993) in her home on Creekside Drive.
The former Alice Violet Strasburg was a member of Grace Lutheran Church and its Evangelism Committee and the Grace Ladies. Her husband, Arnold, died in 1984. Survivors include five daughters, Anita Foreman of Jackson, N.J., Suzanne Wheeler of Pittsford, Arlene Cheff of Hinsdale, ILl., Sharon Weiling of Copenhagen, Denmark, and Gretchen Waggoner of Lewiston; a son, Arnold Jr. of Wesley Chapel, Fla.; two brothers, Allen R. Strasburg of Lewiston and James W. Strasburg of Youngstown; and seven grandchildren. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Grace Lutheran Church, Cayuga Drive and Pershing Avenue.

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 12/11/1935

Weddings
Becken - Strasburg
The marriage of Miss Alice V.
Strasburg, daughter, of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert W. Strasburg, of Tenth street,
to Arnold W. C. Becken. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Becken of Whitney
avenue, was solemnized on Saturday,
December 6, at 4 p. m., in Trinlny
Evangelical church. The Rev. M.
C. Kretzmann, pastor of the church,
officiated.
Miss Ruth Strasburg, sister of the
bride, was her only attendant. Edwin
Becken, brother of the groom, was
best man.
Mr. and Mrs. Becken are residing
at 1520 Whitney avenue.