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Janet M. “Tootie” Fleming (Schmeichel) age 83, of North Tonawanda, June 2, 2018 after a brief illness. She was a life-long member of St. Paul Lutheran Church. She was the wife of the late Thomas Fleming. Beloved mother of Jackie (Robert) Malinowski and Terri Fiore. Grandmother of Shannon, Thomas and Edward Malinowski, and Gianna and Daniella Fiore. Sister of Robert (Mabel) Schmeichel and the late Velma Hy. Aunt of several nieces and nephews. She is survived by many loving friends.
Friends may call at the Fretthold Funeral Home Inc. 1241 Oliver St., at Ward Rd., in North Tonawanda on Tuesday from 4-8 pm. Funeral services will be held at the funeral home on Tuesday beginning at 8 pm. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Niagara Hospice or St. Paul Lutheran Church. Guest register available at frettholdfuneralhome.com.

Family/Spouse: FLEMING, Thomas. Thomas and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. FLEMING, Jackie
2. FLEMING, Terri

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Niagara Gazette - 9/23/1941

NORTH TONAWANDA- Edward
A. Schmeichel, 42, of 433 Falls
boulevard, died today at the De-
Graff Memorial hospital. He was a
lifelong resident of the Martinsville
section and was a member of the
Rescue fire company and the North
Tonawanda Firemen's Benevolent
association.
He Is survived by his wife. Mrs.
Cora A. Kopp Schmelchel: a son.
Robert: two daughters. Zelma and
Janet: his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Schmeichel. of this city; two
brothers. Arthur, of Amherst, and
Wilbert, of this city; a sister. Mrs.
Theodore Fonton. of this city.
Last rites will be Friday at 2
p. m. at the home of Mrs. Schmelchel's
sister, Mrs. William Otterstein,
of 1785 Dellwood avenue, and
at 2:30 at the St. Paul's Lutheran
church at Martinsville. The Rev. F.
A. Hlnners will officiate and Interment
will be In White Chapel
Memorial Park cemetery.

Edward married KOPP, Cora Leona on 12 Jun 1924 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Cora (daughter of KOPP, Edward I and FRIELING, Marie Augusta) was born about 1904 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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24 September 1954 Tonawanda News
SCHMEICHEL - Albert C. Schmeichel, 76, of 334 Oliver St., died last evening
(Sept. 23, 1954) at DeGraff Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He was
born in Germany and had lived here 73 years. He is survived by his wife,
Adelaide Wienke Schmeichel; two sons, Arthur of Eggertsville and Wilbert
Schmeichel of North Tonawanda; a daughter, Mrs. Donald Black of North
Tonawanda; four brothers, William of Colorado Springs, Colo., Edward,
Benjamin and Charles of the Tonawandas; four sisters , Mrs. Edward Batt,
Mrs. Carl Kolz and Mrs. Frank Netter, all of Tonawanda, and Mrs. William
Collins of Buffalo; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He
was a member of St. Martin's Lutheran Church and the Live Hose Company.
Funeral will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Wattengel Funeral Home., 307 Oliver
St., the Rev. Arthur Hornish officiating. Burial in St. Martin's Cemetery.

Albert married WIENKE, Adelaide Helene Louise on 10 Mar 1898 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Adelaide (daughter of WIENKE, Albert Frederic and RETZLAFF, Mathilda Bertha Auguste) was born on 26 Oct 1879 in Prussia; died on 13 Apr 1957 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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13 April 1957 Tonawanda News
POKELWALDT - Adelaide Schmeichel Pokelwaldt, 77, of 181 18th Ave., North
Tonawanda, died Saturday (Apr. 13, 1957) in Meyer Memorial Hospital,
Buffalo, after a long illness. Born in Germany, she resided in North
Tonawanda for 71 years and was the wife of the late Herman Pokelwaldt. She
is survived by two sons, Arthur of Eggertsville and Wilbert of North
Tonawanda; a daughter, Mrs. Donald Black of North Tonawanda; three bothers,
Adolph Weinke of Sanborn and John and Reinhardt Weinke of Bergholtz, and
four sisters, Mrs. Edward Jagow of Niagara Falls, Mrs. Esther Moll and Mrs.
Emma Haseley of Bergholtz and Mrs. Ella Eggert of Gasport. Seven
grandchildren and six great-grandchildren also survive. Mrs. Pokelwaldt was
a member of St. Martin's Church, North Tonawanda. Friends may call at the
Wattengel Funeral Home, 307 Oliver St., where services will be at 2 p.m.
Monday with the Rev. Arthur Hornish officiating. Burial will be in St. Mark's
Cemetery.

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 3/10/1954

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schmeichel,
334 Oliver St., both residents of
North Tonawanda for more than
70 years, today are observing their
56th wedding anniversary.
Both were born in Germany and
came to this city when they were
small children. Mr. Schmeichel
is 76 years old, his wife, 73.
The couple was married March
10,1898 in Bergholtz. They are the
parents of four children: Wilbert
Schmeichel and Mrs. Leona Black
of North Tonawanda, Arthur
Schmeichel of Eggertsville and the
late Edward Schmeichel, a former
alderman of the seventh ward.
They have 12 grandchildren and 3
great-grandchildren.
A former cabinet maker at the
Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, Mr
Schmeichel later was custodian at
the Tonawandas YMCA and worked
for a time in the Evening
NEWS building.
For several years, until his retirement
about 10 years ago, Mr.
Schmeichel . operated a tavern
Mrs. Schmeichel, who occupies
much of her leisure time with hand
work, at one time prepared luncheons
for the Kiwanis and Rotary
Clubs of the Tonawandas.
Mr. Schmeichel is confined in
his home with penumonia and a
celebration of the anniversary has
been postponed by the couple's
family until his recovery and
"warmer weather" will allow a
family get-together.

Edward married FRIELING, Marie Augusta about 1895 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Marie (daughter of FRIELING, Fred and WILLIAMS, Wilhelmine Caroline) was born in Mar 1876 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY; died on 28 Feb 1964 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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HAHN - Marie Augusta Hahn, 88, of 86 Morgan St., Tonawanda, died Wednesday (Feb. 26, 1964) after a long illness. She was born in Wolcottsburg, N.Y., but had lived the greater part of her life in the Tonawandas. She was a member of St Paul's Lutheran Church, North Tonawanda. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. William (Esther) Otterstein and Mrs. Cora Schmeichel, both of the Tonawandas; one son, Gerhardt Kopp of North Tonawanda; four grandchildren and 11 great- grandchildren. Friends may call at Hamp Funeral Home Inc., Adam-Seymour Streets, Tonawanda, where services will be Friday at 2 p.m., the Rev. Enno Schmook officiating. Burial in St. Paul's Cemetery, Martinsville.

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Buffalo Express - 9/11/1916

William A. Schmeichel. 59 years old, a well-known resident of this city, died at he home of his son. Albert Schmeichel of the Creek road. Martinsville, this morning after a lingering illness. He was born in Berlin, Germany. He had llved here nearly a half century He leaves five daughters. Mrs. Edward Batt, Mrs. William Callopy, Mrs. Charles Koelsch of Buffalo, Elisabeth Schmeichel of Bradford. Pa..and five sons, Albert. William. Edward and Charles Schmeichel of Tonawanda and Benjamin Schmeichel, a private now at Pharr, Tex. The funeral will be on Wednesday.

Wilhelm married EWIG, Bertha Ann about 1878 in Germany. Bertha was born in Nov 1858 in Germany; died on 28 Jun 1915 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary from Evening News of the Tonawandas
Monday, June 29, 1915
Mrs. Bertha A. Schmeichel
Mrs. Bertha A. Schmeichel, 57 yeras old, wife of William Schmeichel of the Nash road, died yesterday afternoon at her home after a lingering illness. She was born in Germany and had lived here 32 years. Besides her husband, five daughters, Mrs. E. Batt, Mrs. W. Callopy, Mrs. Melville Helbron, the Misses Agnes and Elizabeth Schmeichel of North Tonawanda and five sons, Albert, William, Edward, Benjamin and Carl Schmeichel of North Tonawnada survive. The funeral will be held from the family home at 1:30 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon and a half hour later from the St. Matthew's church on Wheatfield street, Rev. Carl Frankenstein officiating. Burial will be made in St. Matthew's cemetery at Sawyers Creek.

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 6/28/1945

Albert F. Wienke, 86, of the
Falls bouelverd, Bergholtz, died
yesterday afternoon after a brief
illness. Born in Germany, he had
lived in the town of Wheatfield
the past 61 years. Mr. Wienke is
survived by four sons, Adolph
of Sanborn, John and Remhard
of Bergholtz and Albert F., Jr.,
of North Tonawanda; five daughters,
Mrs. Albert Schnemichel of
North Tonawanda, Mrs. Edward
Jagow of Niagara Falls, Mrs
Christ Haseley and Mrs. Esther
Moll of Bergholtz and Mrs. William
Eggert of Ransomville; 35
grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
held Saturday at 2:30 p. m. from
the residence of his daughter, Mrs.
Moll, Falls Blvd. and at 3 p. m from
St. James church The Rev
Otto Bruss will officiate. Burial
will be in St. James cemetery.

Albert married RETZLAFF, Mathilda Bertha Auguste on 4 Feb 1879 in Stolzenburg, Prussia. Mathilda (daughter of RETZLAFF, Christian and LEMKE, Maria Dorothea) was born on 20 Oct 1860 in Pampow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 17 Apr 1935 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Falls Gazette - 4/1935

Aged Bergholtz Resident Passes
BERGHOLTZ, April 17,-Mrs. Matilda Wienke, nee Retzlaff, 74 years old, wife of Albert Wienke, died today at her home, in Cayuga road after a brief illness. She was stricken with paralysis Sunday. She was born in Campow (sic), Germany, and had resided in this village for the past 51 years. She was a member of St. James Lutheran church and the Ladies' Aid society.
Besides her husband, she is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Edward Jagow and Mrs. William Eggert, both of Niagara Falls, Mrs. Albert Schmeichel, of North Tonawanda, Mrs. Christ (sic) Haseley, of Sanborn, and Mrs. Gustav Moll, of Bergholtz; five sons, Adolph, of Sanborn, John, Hugo and Reinhard, all of Bergholtz. and Albert, of North Tonawanda; 34 grandchildren; seven great granchildren (sic); two brothers, Fred, of Grand Haven, Mich., and Edward, of Sanborn. The funeral will be Friday at 2 p. m. from the home and at 2:30 from St. James church. The Rev. Otto Bruss will officiate. Interment will be in St. James cemetery.

Gottfried married HILGES, Sophia about 1856 in Niagara County, NY. Sophia was born in Apr 1837 in Prussia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Fred married WILLIAMS, Wilhelmine Caroline about 1868 in Niagara County, NY. Wilhelmine was born in Jan 1846 in Prussia; died on 18 Aug 1909 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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19 August 1909 Tonawanda News
Martinsville Resident Dies Suddenly
Mrs. Minnie Caroline Frieling, 63 years old, died suddenly at her home on the Lockport road in Martinsville Wednesday morning. She was stricken with apoplexy while in her home and, before Dr. Jacob E. Helwig, who had been hurriedly called, arrived, she expired. Mrs. Frieling had been in poor health for some time. She is survived by four sons and two daughters, all of the Tonawandas. They are Mrs. Mary Kopp, Amelia, William, Ernest, Fred and Herman Frieling. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the house and a half hour later from St. Paul's church, the Rev. Phillip Laux officiating. Interment will be in St. Paul's cemetery.