Kenneth + Harriet. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 1944

NEW YEAR'S PROMOTION
-Kenneth Pletcher, son of
Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Ensminger
of 247 Zimmerman boulevard,
Kenmore, started the
New Year right with a promotion
to Corporal, dated
Jan. 1. His wife is the former
Leona Zimmerman of Morgan
street, Tona. Cpl. Pletcher entered
the service in August,
1942. He received his basic
training in the Medical Corps
at Camp Pickett, Va., and is
now stationed at Columbia,
S. C. He has two brothers in
the service, Robert Ensminger
stationed In California and
Floyd stationed In N o r th
Dakota.

ALSO

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 9/26/1981

PLETCHER - Kenneth
P. Pletcher, Sr., 62, of
North Tonawanda and
formerly of Tonawanda,
Thursday (Sept. 24, 1981)
at DeGraff Memorial Hospital
after a long illness. A
lifelong resident of the
Tonawandas, he was the
brother of the late Robert
E. Ensminger and Lois
Markovitz An Army veteran
of World War U, he
was a member of Grove
Street Christian Church
where he had been given
the honor of Deacon
Emeritus and was a
committee member of Boy
Scout Troop 580.
He is survived by his
wife, Leona A. (nee Zimmerman)
Pletcher; a son,
Kenneth P. (Harriet)
Pletcher, Jr., and three
grandchildren, Kevin,
Kathleen and Daniel Pletcher,
all of North Tonawanda;
two brothers,
Floyd (Dorothy) Ensminger
of the Town of
Tonawanda and Jack
Pletcher of North Tonawanda
and several nieces
and nephews.
Friends may call Friday
evening from 7 to 9 and
Saturday and Sunday from
2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., at
John O. Roth Funeral
Home, Morgan and
William Sts., Tonawanda
where services will be
private and at the convenience
of the family. Burial
will be in Elmlawn Cemetery.
Relatives and friends
are cordially invited to
attend a Memorial Service
at 7 o'clock Monday evening
at Grove Street Christian
Church in Tonawanda,
the Rev. Richard L. Speck
will officiate. If desired,
memorial contributions
may be made to Boy Scout
Troop 580, (Grove Street
Christian Church)

Kenneth + ZIMMERMAN, Leona A. Leona (daughter of ZIMMERMAN, Otto A and RADTKE, Anna D) was born on 22 Oct 1921 in New York; died on 17 Jul 2006 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 4/14/1969

NORTH TONAWANDA -
Stanley D. Pletcher, 70, of 238
Oliver St., died Sunday (April
13, 1969) in Lockport after a
months illness.
Funeral services will be conducted
at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
in the Wattengel Funeral Home.
by the Rev. Karl I . A. Rest.
Burial will be in Resthaven
Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to
4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral
home.

ALSO

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 4/14/1969

Stanley D. Pletcher, 70, of 238
Oliver St., North Tonawanda,
proprietor of a bait and tackle
shop and a former city employe,
died yesterday after a month's
illness.
A lifelong resident of North
Tonawanda, Mr. Pletcher op-
erated Stan's Tackle and Bait
2 T o n a W a n d a n S Shop, 238 Oliver St. Previously.
he was employed by the North
Tonawanda Signal Department
Survivors include his wife,
Mayme Pletcher, two sons, Kenneth
and Jack F. Pletcher of
the Tonawandas; a daughter,
Mrs. Joseph Haley of Grand
Island; three stepsons, William
Vogt of Virginia, Edward Vogt
of New Jersey and Robert Vogt
of Eggertsville; two stepdaughters,
Mrs. Earl Hauenstein of
Massachusetts and Mrs.
Eugene Dirmyer of Tonawanda.

Stanley + NEUBECKER, Hattie A. Hattie (daughter of NEUBECKER, Barthold and CLEVER, Augusta) was born in Jun 1899 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 30 Dec 1961 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette

TDNAWANDA-Mrs. Hattie
(Neubecker )Ensminger,
62, of 247 Zimmerman
Blvd., Town .of Tonawanda,
mother of two police lieutenants,
died suddenly Saturday
(Dec. 30, 1961) after
suffering an apparent heart
attack at her home.
A native of the Town of
Wheatfield, she-lived in the'
Town of Tonavanda for the
last 30 years.
She was a member of
E m m a n u e l L u t h e r an
Church of Tonawanda.
Survivors include her
husband LeRoy Ensmihger,
one daughter, Mrs. Samuel
Markovic, Town of Tonawanda;
three sons, Lt. Robert
E. Ensmlnger, of Tonawanda;
Lt: FLoyd Ensminger,
Town of Tonawanda,
and Kenneth Pletcher, of
Tonawanda; one brother,
Richard Neubecker of Tonawanda
and 10 grandchildren.
Funereal services will be conducted
at 2 p.m. Wednesday
in the Kamp Funeral
Home Tonawanda with, the
Rev. Theodore E. Schroeder,
officiating. Burial will be in
Elmlawn Cemetery.

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 3/3/1972

TONAWANDA - Otto A.
Zimmerman, 76, of 449 Morgan
St., an Army veteran of World
War I, died unexpectedly
Thursday (March 2, 1972) at
DeGraff Memorial Hospital.
A resident of this city for 53
years, he was employed by the
former. Buffalo Bolt Co. for 45
years, retiring in 1958.
He was a member of Salem
United Church of Christ and a
past vice commander_of
Tonawanda Post *5 254,
American Legion.
He is survived by his widow,
Anna; a son, Richard O.
Zimmerman of Kenmore; 'two
daughters, Mrs. Kenneth
(Leona) Pletcher of this city
and Mrs. Ronald (Marian)
Lum of North Tonawanda, and
a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth
Schmitt, also of North
T o n a w a n d a . Five
grandchildren and one great-'
grandchild also survive.
Funeral services will be held
at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Roth
Funeral Home, with the Rev '
Karl H. A. Rest officiating.
Burial .will be in Elmlawn
Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral
home. A memorial service will
be held at 7 p.m. Saturday at
the funeral home.

Otto married RADTKE, Anna D on 8 Jul 1919 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Anna was born about 1899 in New York; died on 9 Nov 1979 in Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 11/10/1979

ZIMMERMAN -
Anna D. (nee Radtke),
80, of North Tonawanda,
a n d f o r m e r l y of
Tonawanda, Friday
(Nov. 9, 1979)atDeGraff
Memorial Hospital after
brief illness.
A r e s i d e n t of
Tonawanda for more
than 70 years, she was
the wife of Otto A.
Zimmerman who died in
1972 and sister of the late
Minnie RiChau, Mary
Kruezer and Frank
Radtke. Mrs. Zimmerman
was a member
of Salem United Church
of Christ.
She is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Kenneth
(Leona) Pletcher and
Mrs. Ronald (Marion)
Lum, both of North
Tonawanda, and a son,
R i c h a r d (Emilia)
Zimmerman of the Town
of Tonawanda, three
sisters, Mrs. Emma
Richau and Mrs. Flora
L u k e , b o t h of
Tonawanda, and Mrs.
Lillian Martin of North
T o n a w a n d a , five
grandchildren, three
great-grandchildren and
many nieces and
nephews.
Friends may call from
7-9 p. m. Saturday and 2-4
and 7-9 p.m. Sunday at
John O. Roth Funeral
Home, Morgan and
William Streets in
Tonawanda, where
services will be conducted
at 11 a.m.
Monday to^r the %ev.
Richard H. Trump.
Burial at the Elmlawn
Cemetery. If desired,
memorial contributions
may be made to the
Special Care Unit at
DeGraff Memorial
Hospital.

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/10/1969

Mr. and Mrs. Otto Zimmerman,
449 Morgan St., Tonawanda,
will celebrate their
golden anniversary Saturday.
Mr. Zimmerman, 73, and his
wife, the former Ann Radtke,
70, were married July 8, 1919 in
the home of Mrs. Zimmerman's
parents by the late Rev.
Andrew Hils, then pastor of
Salem Evangelical and
Reformed Church of which they
have been lifelong members.
The couple will be honored by
their children at a family dinner
in the home of their daughter
and son-in-law, Mrs. Ronald
(Marion) Lum and Mr. Lum, of
1286 Moll St., North Tonawanda.
. The couple's other children are
Richard Zimmerman of
Kenmore, and Mrs. Kenneth.
(Leona) Pletcher of Tonawanda.
They have five grandchildren:
Diana. Ralph and
Dawn Zimmerman; Kenneth
Pletcher Jr. and Gregory Lum;
and one great-grandchild, Kevin
Pletcher.
Mr. Zimmerman was employed
44 years at Buffalo Bolt
Co., where he was a machine
shop foreman. He has been a
member of American Legion
Post 264 for 35 years