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

Robert married POPE, Jo Anne on 18 Apr 1952 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 4/18/1952

Miss Pope to Wed
Robert Wagner
The marriage of Miss Jo• Anne
Pope, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L.
W. Pope, Edgewood drive, Town of
Niagara, to Mr. Robert Wagner, will
take place this afternoon at 5 p.m.
In the Presbyterian church. Military
road. Town of Niagara. The Rev.
William McFarland will officiate.
Mr. Wagner is the son of Mr. John
Wagner, Elsa place.
The bride will be given in marriage
by her father, and will be
gowned in white organdy with satin
underskirt. The fitted bodice will be
fashioned in tucks, and ornamented
with baby breath. Her shoulderlength
lace veil will be held in place
by a crown of lilies of the valley.
Mrs. John Baker, sister of the
bride and her matron of honor, will
be attired in a rose-colored gown
and will carry yellow roses. Miss
Helen Wagner, sister of the bridegroom,
will be bridesmaid, wearing
a blue gown and carrying yellow
roses.
Best man is S/Sgt. George R.
Lawrence. USAF, while ushering
duties will be performed by Mr.
Floyd Pope, brother of the bridegroom,
and Sgt. Glen Cooper, United
States Army.
Mrs. Pope will wear a blue net
dress with pink accessories, and a
corsage of red and white roses. A
dinner for members of the immediate
families will follow the ceremony
at the Pope home.
At 8 o'clock this evening a reception
will be held at the Farmhouse
restaurant, Packard and Forter roads.
Decorations will include a three-tiered
white wedding cake and mixed
spring flowers.

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 6/5/1970

Rites Arranged
For Gun Victim
Funeral services will be held
Saturday at the Lane Funeral
Home for Lemuel W. Pope, 66,
of the Town of Tonawanda, who
died Wednesday (June 3, 1970)
after he was shot at the Buffalo
Pipe and Foundry Corp. plant
in Tonawanda.
Karl D. Knight, 31. of Buffalo
is being held on first degree
assault charges in the shooting
of Roman Oolu, 47, who was
wounded at the same plant
Wednesday.
Mr. Pope was a foreman at
the foundry for 25 years and
worked at Frontier Bronze Co.
in Niagara Falls during World
II. He was born in Georgia.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Pearl V. Pope; three sons,
Floyd W. Pope of this city and
Thomas E. and James E. Pope,
both in California; s i x
daughters, Mrs. Joyce S. Baker
of this city, Mrs.. Joe Anne
Wagner of North Tonawanda,
Mrs. Jeraldine Sutter in Kentucky,
Mrs. Mary J. Sutter of
Tonawanda and Mrs. Janet L.
Steele and Mrs. Susan Horn,
both in California.
Also surviving are f i ve
brothers, Grover C. Pope of
Anniston, Ala., O.O. Pope of
Tyler, Tex., Clyde Pope of
Huntsvelle, Ala., J.G. Pope of
Birmingham, Ala., and S.J.
Pope of Seattle, Wash., and four
sisters, Mrs. Kate Dempsey of
Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. Mary
LockLear of Buffalo, M r s .
Helen McCollum of Huntsville
and Mrs. Ruth Simmons, of
Birmingham, Ala.
He is also survived by 27
6randchildren.
Funeral services will be held
at the Lane Funeral Hame
Saturday at 1 p.mi The Rev.
Kenneth Traxler of Wesley
United Methodist Church will
officiate.
Burial will be in Memorial
Park Cemetery.
Friends may call today from
2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Lemuel + Pearl V. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]