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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 9/3/1979

BREITENBACH
Dorothea (nee Ensminger)
Breitenbach,
78, of Tonawanda, N.Y.,
unexpectedly Saturday
(Sept. 1, 1979).
A r e s i d e n t of
Tonawanda for more
than 50 years, Mrs.
Breitenbach was a
member of the Womens'
Fellowship and the Adult
Bible Class at Salem
United Church of Christ.
She is survived by her
h u s b a n d , William
Breitenbach. three
daughters, Mrs. Kennard
(Norma) Stryker,
Mrs. John (Nancy)
Staffen and Mrs. John
(Sally) Sherman all of
T o n a w a n d a . F o u r
sisters, Mrs. Clara
Schelb, Mrs. Alice
Brush, Mrs Walter
(Marion) Radarit and
Mrs. Margaret Kibe.
Also surviving are 12
grandchildren and many
nieces and newphews.
The family will be
present from 2-4 and 7-9
p.m. at the Hamp
Funeral Home Inc.,
Adam and Seymour Sts.,
Tonawanda. Furferal
services will be held at 11
a.m. Tuesday at Salem
United Church of Christ.
The Rev. Richard H.
Trump officiating. In
terment at Wheatfield
Cemetery Memorials to
Salem United Church of
Christ would be appreciated
by the family.

Dorothea married BREITENBACH, William about 1929. William (son of BREITENBACH, Adam and ZIMMERMAN, Louisa) was born on 24 Apr 1901 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 10 Nov 1983 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BREITENBACH, Norma Margaret
2. BREITENBACH, Nancy R was born on 28 Mar 1934 in New York; died on 27 Mar 2019 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY.
3. BREITENBACH, Sally

Phillip married KLINGENSCHMITT, Julia in 1893. Julia was born on 28 Jul 1868 in Wendelville, Town of Pendleton, Niagara County, NY; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/26/1958

Mrs. Philip Ensminger, wife of a pioneer farmer
of this area, is to celebrate her 90th birthday Sunday
with members of her family.
Hostess for the occasion, will be
one of her -granddaughters. Mrs.
Kenneth Stryker, 47 Canton St.,
another granddaughter. Mrs. Robert
Hutchinson is baking the birthday
cake.
Mrs. Ensminger's late husband
owned a large tract of land in
the Military and Ensminger R,
section, of what is now the Town
of Tonawanda and at: that, time was
within the limits of Tona-
wanda. Ensminger Rd- was named
for the family, Mr. Ensminger
died about, 20 years ago.
At the time of her marriage
and early married life, farms
abounded in this section of the
Frontier and Mrs. Ensminger,
over the years, watched the
changes irom the rural tone to
the present residential and indus-
trial theme.
Mrs. Ensminger, the former
Julia Klingenschmitt, was born
in Wendelville, July 28, 1868 and
was married in 1893. She and the
late Philip Ensminger were the
parents of five daughters.
Mrs. Louis Scheid, Kenmore.
.Mrs. Thomas Brush and Mrs.
William. Breitenbach, both
Tonawanda; Mrs. Walter Radant,
Gasport; and Miss Margaret Ens-
minger, who lives with her moth-
er in 1850 Miitary Rd. She has
nine grand children and 15 great
grandchildren. the family still
celebrates Christmas "at grand-
ma's."
Because of progressively failing
eyesight, Mrs. Ensminger identi-
fied member of the family large-
ly through their voices. An acid
radio fan, she listens to the stor-
ies and for the latest new items
on the radio and television. She
enjoys vacations and traveling by
car and is active and alert to the
world and people around her.
She tells her children and grand-
children "they have it easy" i
their homes, in comparison to the
"old days" and she rejoices with
the conveniences available to the
modern housewife.
Her "party" will begin at noon
with a buffet luncheon. In the aft-
ernoon Mrs. Ensminger will re-
count family stories for the fami-
lies to make her birthday another
full and eventful day in her long
life.