Family/Spouse: Patricia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Kenneth + PIEPER, Doris R. Doris (daughter of PIEPER, Arthur August and GRAWE, Ruth Ann Ernestine) was born in 1922 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 28 Jul 1983 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/29/1983

BARNES - Doris R
Barnes, 61, of North Tona-
wanda, Thursday, July 28,
1983 in De Graff Memorial
Hospital after a brief ill-
ness. Mrs. Barnes was a
lifelong resident of North
Tonawanda and member of
St. Matt hew Lutheran
Church.
She is survived by her
husband Kenneth H.
Barnes Sr.; a son Kenneth
H. (Patricia) Barnes of
Buffalo,; two daughters,
Mrs. Wayne (Barbara)
Smith of Hamilton. Ontario
and Mrs. Lynn (Dolores)
Chesebro of North Tona
w a n d a , ; ten grand
children; her mother Mrs
Ruth Pieper of North Ton
awanda, four sisters, Mrs
Clifford (Betty) Pohlman,
Mrs. Frank (Norma ) Fill,
Mrs Frank (Ruby)
Brosius and Mrs Marilyn
Kerlin, two brothers, Robert
(Rene) Pieper and
James (Diane) Pieper all
of North Tonawanda
Friends may call at the
Fretthold Funeral Home
Inc., Oliver St at
Ward Rd. Friday, from 7-9,
Sat. and Sun 2^ and 79
Services will be held in St
.Matthew Lutheran Church,
Monday at 10 am the
Rev. A W Moldenhauer
will officiate Interment in
St Matthew Lutheran
Cemetery. If so desired
memorials may be made to
St Matthew Lutheran
Church.

James married WANKASKY, Amelia on 6 Mar 1914 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Amelia (daughter of WANKASKY, Gustav and WERTH, Auguste H) was born in Aug 1890 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 11 Jan 1972 in Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 1/12/1972

NORTH TONAWANDA -
Mrs. Amelia Barnes, 80, of 229
. Miller St., died Tuesday (Jan.
11,1972) in DeGraff Memorial
Hospital.
She was a lifelong resident of
this city and a member of
Payne Avenue Christian
Church. Her husband, James.
C. Barnes, predeceased her.
She is survived by three sons,
Robert L. Barnes, Kenneth
Barnes and William J. Barnes,
all of the Tonawandas; 'two
brothers, Edwin Wankowsky of
Buffalo and William
Wankowsky of Osteen, Fla.,
and a sister, Mrs. Herbert
Ensminger of Tonawanda; five
grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the
Wattengel Funeral Home, with
the Rev. Lyle V. Newman
officiating. Burial will be in
Sweeney Cemetery.
Friends may call at the
funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7
to 9 p.m. today.

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 3/2/1914

At the parsonage of the First Methodist
Episcopal Church, Thursday
evening, March 6, Mr. James C.
Barnes of Tonawanda and Miss Amelia
A. Wankasky of North Tonawanda
were united in marriage by the Reverend
Horace Alonzo Crane. They were
attended by Mr. and Mrs. Will'.am J.
Doyle of Miller street who were married
at the parsonage by Mr. Crane on
February 15. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes
will make their future home at 70
Prospect avenue, Buffalo

Notes:

Arthur A. Pieper - 73, of 180 Miller St., North Tonawanda, Tuesday (Feb 27, 1973) at DeGraff Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. Mr. Pieper was a member of St. Matthew Lutheran Church. A former employee of The Wurlitzer Co. for 45 years. He retired in 1965.
He is survived by his wife Ruth (nee Grawe) Pieper; five daughters, Mrs. Kenneth (Doris) Barnes, Mrs. Clifford (Betty) Polhman, Mrs. Frank (Norma) Fill, Mrs. Franklin (Ruby) Brosius and Mrs. Marilyn Brosius; two sons Robert R. and James J. Pieper; 25 grandchildren; two sisters Mrs. Louise Lee of North Tonawanda and Mrs. Marie Heidenfeldt.
The family will receive friends at the Fretthold Funeral Home, Inc., 1241 Oliver St., at Ward Rd., North Tonawanda for 7 to 9 p.m. this evening and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Services will be held Friday at 1:30 p.m., the Rev. A.W. Moldenhauer officiating. Interment Friedens Cemetery.
Tonawanda News, Tuesday, February 28, 1973

Arthur married GRAWE, Ruth Ann Ernestine on 21 Apr 1921 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Ruth (daughter of GRAWE, Gustav and PANKOW, Ernestine Wilhelmine Caroline) was born on 1 Jan 1903 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 20 Apr 1994 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ruth A. (nee Grawe) Pieper, age 91, of North Tonawanda, Wednesday (April 20, 1994) in DeGraff Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Pieper was a lifelong resident of North Tonawanda, a member of St. Matthew Lutheran Church and the North Tonawanda Senior Citizens. She was the wife of the late Arthur A. Pieper who died in 1973.
She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Clifford (Betty Jane) Pohlman, Mrs. Norma Fill and Mrs. Franklin (Ruby) Brosius; a son James J. (Diane) Pieper, all of North Tonawanda; twenty-five grandchildren, forty-four great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren; also survived by many nieces and nephews. She was the mother of the late Doris Barnes, Marylin Kerlin and Robert Pieper.
Friends may call at the Feretthold Funeral Home, Inc., 1241 Oliver St. at Ward Rd., North Tonawanda, this evening from 7-9 and Friday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 a.m. from St. Matthew Lutheran Church; the Rev. A.W. Moldenhauer officiating. Interment in Friedens Cemetery. Flowers gratefully declined; memorials may be made to St. Matthew Lutheran Church.

Henry + Emma. Emma was born in Dec 1849 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gustav married WERTH, Auguste H about 1888. Auguste (daughter of WERTH, August and NEDELL, Henriette) was born in Mar 1869 in Pomerania, Germany; died on 4 Mar 1937 in Sanford, Seminole County, FL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 3/6/1937

The body of Mrs. Augusta Karkau,
70 years old, a former resident of
North Tonawanda. will arrive here this
evening from Sanford, Fla., where she
d i e d Thursday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. William J. Doyle, where
she had been living the past year.
Rites will be held Tuesday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock from the home of an-
other daughter, Mrs. Amelia Baker,
2 2 5 Miller street. Burial will be in
St. Matthew's cemetery. Mrs. Karkau
was bom in Germany. For 40 years
she resided in North Tonawanda. Besides
the two daughters named she
leaves a third daughter, Mrs. Herbert
Ensminger, Tonawanda; three sons,
Paul, William and Edwin Wankasky,
all of North Tonawanda, and 12
grandchildren survive.

Notes:

Buffalo Courier Express
Pieper - March 11, 1932. Wilhelm, husband of the late Bertha Behm: father of Mrs. Fred Schwald, Mrs. Henry Hardy, Arthur, Mrs. Martin Nahr, the late Mrs. Martha Hammond and the late William Pieper, Jr. Funeral from the parlors of Sauer & Holzman, 823 Genesee street. Monday at 2 o'clock. Friends invited.

William married BEHM, Bertha Ernestine Louise on 12 Jul 1896 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Bertha (daughter of BEHM, Christian and WERTH, Christine Dorothea) was born on 2 Feb 1855 in Rothenklempenow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 6 Jul 1923 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/6/1923

Mrs. Bertha Pieper, sixty-seven
y e a r s old, died this m o r n i n g at her
home on t h e N i a g a r a ' F a l l s boulevard
a f t e r a l i n g e r i n g ' i l l n e s s , i n d u c e d by a
p a r a l y t i c stroke. Mrs. Pieper was
born in G e r m a n y . During t h e p a s t fift
y - t h r e e y e a r s she r e s i d e d h e r e . Sur
Viving a r e a h u s b a n d , W i l l i am Pieper,.
s i x d a u g h t e r s , Mrs. F r a n k Sasse, Bui
falb, Mrs. William H e i d e n f e l d t , Mrs
W i l l i am S t r a s s b u r g . Mrs. A l b e r t W a rb
low and Mrs. Edward Hardy, North
Tonawanda, and Mrs E d w a r d Doebler.
N o r t h Ridge; two sons, W i l l i am Pan
kow and A r t h u r Pieper, North Tona
w a n d a ; t h i r t y - e i g h t g r a n d c h i l d r e n , one
s i s t e r , Mrs., A u g u s t a Holler, Buffalo
arid two b r o t h e r s , William Behm
North T o n a w a n d a , and C h a f e s Behm
R a n s o m v i l l e . The f u n e r a l will be held
S u n d a y afternoon at 3:30 at the late
r e s i d e n c e and half an hour l a t e r at the
J o h n ' s c h u r c h , St. J o h n s b u r g , Rev
Wa l t e r T h i e m e c k e officiating. Burial
ill be at St. J o h n ' s cemetery, St.
J o h n s b u r g .

Notes:

GUSTAVE DRAWE DIES
Aged Town of Wheattleld Resident Passes after Brief Illness.
NORTH TONAWANDA, Oct. 24 - Gustave Drawe, 70 years old, a well known resident of the town of Wheatfield, died at his home in the Nash road this morning, following a brief illness. The deceased was born in Germany, but came to this country at the age of 18 and had lived in the town of Wheatfield since. He is survived by four sons and two daughters, Edward, Herman, and
Benjamin Drawe, and Mrs. Elsie Neumann, of North Tonawanda. Philip Drawe, of Tonawanda, and George and Walter Drawe and Mrs. Ruth Piper, of the town of Wheatfield. Thirty-one grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also survive. Funeral serevices will be held, from the home of his son, George, In the Nash road, Friday at 2 p. m., and at 2:30 p. m. from St. John's Evangelical church, St- Johnsburg. Interment will be in St. Johnsburg cemetery.

Gustav married PANKOW, Ernestine Wilhelmine Caroline on 13 Nov 1884 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Ernestine (daughter of PANKOW, Christian Frederick and ELLMAN, Sophia Friedericke) was born on 12 Sep 1862 in Rothenklempenow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 16 Jul 1931 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ernestine Grawe, 68, of the Nash Road, Town of Wheatfield, died this morning at her home. Born in Germany, Mrs. Grawe came to this country and the Town of Wheatfield 62 years ago.
She is survived by her husband, Gustave Grawe, two daughters, Mrs. Charles Neumann of North Tonawanda, and Mrs. Arthur Peiper, town of Wheatfield; six sons, Edmund, George, and Walter, of the town of Wheatfield; Herman and Benjamin of North Tonawanda, and Phillip of Tonawanda. Mrs. Grawe leaves also 35 grandchildren, one great grandchild, three sisters, Mrs. Jacob Kline, town of Wheatfield, Mrs. William Achterburg, town of Pendleton, an Mrs. AIbert Broecker of Pekin.
The funeral will be held Sunday at two o'clock from the late residence and 2:30 from St. John's church, St. Johnsburg, the Rev. Walter Thiemecke officiating. Burial will be in St. Johnsburg cemetery.
The Evening News of the Tonawandas, July 16, 1931.