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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 9/26/1983

ZOBRIST Jacob
Zobrist, 83, of North Tonawanda,
Sunday (September
25, 1983) at DeGraff Memorial
Hospital Mr.
Zobrist was a member of
Payne Avenue Christian
Church, a 53 member and
past Noble Grand of
Electric City Lodge No.
663, International Order of
Oddfellows, Rebekah
Lodge and was retired
paymaster at Buffalo Bolt
Co
He is survived by his
wife, Twila (nee Smith)
Zobrist; two sons. Jack V
(Marjorie) Zobrist of North
Tonawanda and Paul
(Ardell) Zobrist of Las
Vegas, Nev.; one daughter,
Mrs. Robert L (Verda)
Grand of Fremont, Calif ;
four brothers, Paul Zobrist,
Brockport, Pa . John
(Minnie) Zobrist of Las
Vegas, Nev.. Ernest
(Anne) Zobrist and Fred
(Marie) Zobrist. both of
North Tonawanda; two
sisters, Mrs. Margaret
Malchow of Tonawanda
and Mrs. Ann McCully of
North Tonawanda; grandfather
of eight grandchildren
and twelve
great-grandchildren; Father
of the late Delia
Zobrist and brother of the
late Arnold Zobrist.
Friends may call Monday
7 to 9 p.m.. and
Tuesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m., at the Wattengel
Funeral Home, Inc . 307
Oliver St., North Tonawanda
where services will be
held Wednesday 130 p.m.,
the Rev. Charles W Hobbs
Sr., officiating Burial
Acacia Park Cemetery If
desired, memorials may be
made to the Payne Avenue
Christian Church

Jacob married SMITH, Twila Fay on 1 Sep 1925 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Twila was born on 18 Nov 1901; died on 15 Apr 1997 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News

Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Zobrist,
1400B Nash Road, North
Tonawanda, will observe their
50th wedding anniversary Sept.
1.
An anniversary tea scheduled
in Payne Avenue Christian
Church Sunday has been
postponed due to the
hospitalization of Mr. Zobrist.
Mr. Zobrist, a native of
Brienz, Switzerland, and the
former Twila Fay Smith of Mt.
Pleasant, Pa., were married
Sept. 1,1925, in First Methodist
Church, North Tonawanda.
They are active members of
-Payne Avenue Christian
Church and Rosedale Rebekah
Lodge. Mr. Zobrist also belongs
to Electric City Lodge, IOOF.
They have three children,
Mrs. Robert (Verda Ann)
Grand of Fremont, Calif., Jack
Zobrist of North Tonawanda
and Paul Zobrist of Las Vegas.
Nev. They also have eight
grandchildren, Timothy and
Laura Grand and Mrs. Michael
(Pamela) Quier, all of
Fremont; Randy, Paula and
Carla Zobrist, all of Las Vegas;
Mrs. David (Brenda) Long of
Lockport and Lorna Zobrist of
North Tonawanda. In addition,
they are the greatgrandparents
of five, Arianne
and Jason Grand, Jerilyn and
Cindy Quier and Brian Long.

1. ZOBRIST, Jack V was born on 4 Oct 1927 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 8 Mar 2022 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
2. ZOBRIST, Paul H
3. ZOBRIST, Verda Ann
4. ZOBRIST, Della died before 1983.

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 6/23/1958

ZOBRIST - Jacob Zobrist, 84,
for many years a resident of
Shawmut, Pa., died Sunday after-
noon (June 22, 1958). He was born
in Switzerland. He leaves his
wife, Elizabeth; six sons, Jacob
Jr., Arnold Ernest, John and
Fred of North Tonawanda a n d
Paul Zobrist of Shawmut, Pa.;
two daughters, ^Mrs. Raymond
Malchow and Mrs. John McCully
of the Tonawandas; 15 grandchildren,
and 12 great grandchildren.
Services will be Wednesday afternoon,
June 25, from the Lehman
Hammond Funeral Home at Ridgway,
Pa. The Rev. Richard E.
Kneller will officiate. Burial in
Otts Cemetery, Ridgway

Jacob married Elizabeth about 26 Jun 1899 in Brians, Switzerland. Elizabeth was born about 1882 in Switzerland; died on 11 Nov 1961 in Shawmut, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 11/13/1961

ZOBRIST - Mrs. Elizabeth Zobrist,
80, of Shawmut, Pa., died
unexpectedly Saturday, (Nov. 11,
1961). She was the wife of the
late Jacob Zobrist Sr. Surviving
are six sons, Jacob, Arnold, Ernest,
Fred and John Zobrist, all
of North Tonawanda, and Paul Zobrist
of Shawmut; two daughters,
Mrs. John McCully of North Tonawanda
and Mrs. Raymond Malchow
of Tonawanda, 15 grandchildren
and 19 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted
at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14,
from the Lehman Hammond Funeral
Parlors, Ridgway, Pa

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 6/26/1949

The home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Zobrist, of Shawmut, Pa., was the
scene of a Golden Wedding Annilor
versary party, held in their honor,
on Saturday, June 18. The
celebration was enthusiastically
enjoyed by everyone in attendi
ance, all members of the family
being present with the exception
of two of the grandsons, Kenneth
Malchow, of Tonawanda, N. Y.
and Paul H. Zobrist, who is with
the A.A.F. in Tucson, Arizona.
Mr. and Mrs. Zobrist were
married fifty years ago in Brians,
Switzerland. They came to America
in 1912 to make their home
and have lived in Shawmut, Pa.,
up to the present time.
° They have eight children, as
follows: Jacob Zobrist of North
Tonawanda; Paul Zobrist, Shaw-
mut; Arnold Zobrist, North Tonawanda;
Mrs, Raymond Malchow
of Tonawanda; Ernest Zobrist of
North Tonawanda; Mrs. John Mc
Cully of North Tonawanda; John
Zobrist of Niagara Falls, N. Y. and
Fred Zobrist of North Tonawanda.
Grandchildren and one greatgrandchild
in attendance include.
Jack Zobrist, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
L. Grand and son, Timmy, of
Akron, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Dennis
Zobrist: Donald and Neal Malchow;
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Kruse;
Virginia, Richard and Jean Zobrist;
John and Jacqueline Mc
Cutly; Michael and William Zobrist
Celebrating with Mr. and Mrs.
Zobrist and family were Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Moser, of LeRoy, Minnesota
and daughter Ruth Moser
of Bu|falo. N. Y. Also Mr. Fred
Kohler of Niagara Falls, N. Y,
Mr. Zobrist, who, for the past
five months has been on the sick
list, is steadily improving, and it
is sincerely hoped by their many
friends and relatives that he will
enjoy complete recovery soon.