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Robert E. Payne Obituary

Robert E. Payne of Burt passed away on Saturday, January 13, 2024, at Absolute Care of Gasport. He was born in Lockport, NY, on August 30, 1934, a son of the late Elmer F. and Lena P. (Breitenbach) Payne. Robert was a graduate of Newfane High School. He was employed at Harrison Radiator from 1952-1993. He served in the U.S. Army from 1957-1959 and was stationed in Germany. Robert enjoyed making wine, airplanes, and watching the Buffalo Bills. He loved racing and old cars – including his beloved Mustang, the last “collectable car” he owned. Travelling was something else he enjoyed, especially trips to Letchworth State Park with his son Sam.
He was predeceased by his sisters and their husbands Robert and Marion (Payne) Woods, and Alan and Betty (Payne) Ostwald. Robert is survived by his son Samuel R. Payne and his brother David R. Payne and several nieces and nephews.
Family and friends may call at the Rutland-Corwin Funeral Home, Inc. 2670 Main St. Newfane, NY on Thursday, January 18, 2024, from 10am-12pm where a funeral service will be held at 12 noon. The burial will be in Cold Springs Cemetery. Memorials in Roberts name can be made to St. Andrews Episcopal Church 2239 West Creek Rd. Burt, NY 14028.

Robert married VIGRASS, Charlene Sue on 29 May 1971 in Burt, Niagara County, NY. Charlene (daughter of VIGRASS, Robert Charles and RYAN, Dorothy M) was born on 24 Jun 1950 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 21 Mar 2019 in Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 5/2/1971

Mr. and Mrs. Robert C.
Vigrass Sr., 3120 Ewings
Road, Newfane, f o r m er
residents of North Tonawanda,
announce the'engagement
of their daughter
Miss Charlene Sue Vigrass,
to Robert E. Payne,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
F. Payne, Hess Road, Appleton.
The wedding will take
place May 29 at St. Andrews
Episcopal Church,
Burt.

ALSO

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 6/1/1971

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E.
Payne will make their home at
6041 Edwards St., Newfane,
following their honeymoon in
Toronto.
The couple was married at
4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 29,
1971, in St. Andrew's Episcopal
Church, Burt.
The Rev. James C. Emerson
officiated for the former
Charlene Sue Vigrass, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C.
Vigrass of Newfane, formerly
of North Tonawanda, and the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer F.
Payne of Appleton.
Maid of honor was Miss Carol
Stolzenberg, assisted by Miss
Beth Ostwald, Miss Susan
Keyes and Karen Heschke,
flower girl.
Harold Stolzenberg, best man,
was attended by David Payne,
brother of the bridegroom,
Robert Vigrass Jr., brother of
the bride, and Richard Vigrass,
another brother of the bride,
ring bearer.
The couple greeted relatives
and friends at the Miller Hose
Company, Newfane.

1. PAYNE, Samuel R

Elmer + BREITENBACH, Lena P. Lena (daughter of BREITENBACH, Adam and ZIMMERMAN, Louisa) was born on 12 Jun 1902 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 19 Nov 1972 in Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 1/21/1972

PAYNE - Una P. of Appleton,
N.Y., Nov. 19,1972, at Inter-
Community Memorial Hospital,
Newfane.
Wife of Elmer Payne; mother
of Mrs. Allen (Betty) Ostwald
of Pekin, Robert E. of
Burt, and David R. of Appleton;
sister of William Breitenbach
and Mrs. Louise Schwagler of
Tonawanda, Edward Breitenbach,
Alfred Breitenbach
and Mrs. Arnold (Bertha)
Zimmerman, all of North Tonawanda;
Mrs. Raymond
(Margaret) Holland of Williamsville;
also survived by six
grandchildren and several
nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the Rutland-
Corwin Funeral Home,
2670 Main St., Newfane, Monday
7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral service
Wednesday at 11 a.m. at St.
Peter's United Church of Christ,
66 Locust St., Lockport, N.Y.
Burial in Cold Spring Cemetery,
Lockport. Mrs. Payne was a
member of St. Peter's United
Church of Christ.

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Obituary from Tonawanda News
Monday, Feb. 3, 1953
BREITENBACH - Adam Breitenbach, Jr., 74, of 608 Old Falls Blvd., North Tonawanda, died Saturday, Jan. 31, 1953 at his residence after a prolonged illness. Born in Germany, he resided in North Tonawanda the past 70 years. A farmer for many years, he retired 12 years ago. He was a member of Salem Evangelical and Reformed church. He is survived by his wife, Agnes, nee Mudd Snell; four sons, Adam F., William, Edward, and Alfred, all of the Tonawandas; four daughters, Mrs. Elmer Payne of Newfane, Mrs. Raymond Holland, Mrs. Walter Schwagler and Mrs. Arnold Zimmerman, all of North Tonawanda; a step daughter, Mrs. Clyde Muth of Sanborn; a brother, Louis and a sister, Mrs. Margaret Toellner, both of the Town of Amherst. Friends may call at the Hamp Funeral Home, 37 Adam St., Tonawanda, where funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. The Rev. Walter F. Hetzel will officiate. Burial will be in Wheatfield Cemetery.

Adam married ZIMMERMAN, Louisa about 1899. Louisa (daughter of ZIMMERMAN, Herman and GROSE, Louise Friederike) was born in 1879 in Clarence, Erie County, NY; died on 10 Apr 1933 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 4/11/1933

Funeral services will be conducted
Thursday afternoon at 2
o'clock at the l a t e residence for
Mrs. Louise Breitenbach, nee Zimmerman,
54 years old, who died
y e s t e r d a y afternoon at her home
on the Shawnee road, town of
Wheatfield. Her death followed
a brief illness with pneumonia.
She wtas born in Clarence, N. Y.,
and had lived in Wheatfield for
t h e past 25 years.
Surviving a r e a husband, Adam:
four d a u g h t e r s . B e r t h a and Louise,
Wheatfield. Mrs. Elmer Payne.
Lockport. and Mrs. Raymond Hol
land, North Tonawanda: four
sons, Adam F., Wheatfield. William.
Tonawanda; Edward and
Albert. Wheatfield; two sisters,
Mrs. Arnold Jaenecke and Mrs.
Edward Kowsky, North Tonawanda,
and t h r e e brothers. Edward J
and John Zimmerman, North Ton-
awanda, and Herman Zimmerman
of Amherst.
Rev. Walter F. Hetsel of Salem
church, of which Mrs. Breitenbach
was a member, will conduct
t h e services and interment will
be in the Wheatfield cemetery.

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Obituary from Tonawanda News
19 May 1931
ADAM REITENBACH (sic)
Adam Reitenbach (sic), 82 years old, died this morning at his home, Shawnee road, town of Wheatfield, where he had resided for the last 40 years, coming to America from Germany. He is survived by three sons, Philip, Pickard's Bridge; Louis, town of Amherst, and Adam, Wheatfield; a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Toellner, Amherst; 18 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren, and a brother, William, Wheatfield. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, standard time at the residence. Rev. Andrew Hils of the Salem church will conduct the services and interment will be in the Wheatfield cemetery.

Adam married Philipine in 1873 in Prussia. Philipine was born in Dec 1847 in Prussia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanada NY Evening News - 5/16/1914

John Zimmerman Disappeared Twenty-
One Years Ago and Has Not
Been Heard from Since-Louis H.
Zimmerman May be Alive Out Weat
The matter of granting letters of administration
on the estate of the late
Louise Zimmerman of No. 819 Robinson
street, North Tonawanda, was
taken up before Surrogate Norman D.
Fish yesterday and developed the fact
that the woman's husband, Herman
Zimmerman, has been missing for 21
years and the whereabouts of one of
her sons, Louis H Zimmerman, is unknown.
The husband disappeared suddenly
and no trace of him was ever secured.
The police worked on the case but nobody
was found who saw him after he
left home. His family gave Zimmerman
up for dead long ago. Two years
ago the son left home, telling his family
that' he was going west. He was
last heard from when he wrote from
the mining districts of Colorado,
where he was then working. All efforts
to get in touch with him .since
then have failed. His family does not
believe that he is dead and hope to
hear from him. The missing son does
not know that his mother is dead.
Mrs. Zimmerman died on December
18, last. She left an estate of $200
personal property and $1,500 in real
estate. Besides the absent son she
left four sons, William, John, Edward
and Herman Zimmerman, all of North
Tonawanda, and four daughters, Miss
Rose Zimmerman. Mrs. Edward Kowsky.
and Mrs. Albert Kowsky of North
Tonawanda and Mrs. Louise Brietenbach
of Shawnee.
l e t t e r s were granted on the estate
to a son, Edward.

Herman married GROSE, Louise Friederike about 1878 in Niagara County, NY. Louise (daughter of GROSE, Wilhelm Friedrich and DOEBLER, Henriette Caroline Wilhelmine) was born on 8 Mar 1858 in Bergholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 18 Dec 1913 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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WOMAN DIES ABOARD TRAIN
Mrs. Louise Zimmerman Was Going to Michigan to Visit Sister
DEATH CAME SUDDENLY
Stricken in Buffalo and Expired Before Medical Aid Arrived - Heart Failure Is Given As the Cause - Body Will be Brought Home Today
Mrs. Louise Zimmermann. fifty years old, of No. 819 East Robinson street. North Tonawanda. died on a New York Central passenger train just before the Exchange street station in Buffalo was reached at 7:30 o'clock last evening. The woman left North Tonawanda on the 7:09 train and was on her way to Unionville, Mich., to visit her sister, Mrs. Charles Riehman. Death was due to heart failure. Mrs. Zimmerman was accompanied by her son, Edward. She had been ill some time with heart troub!e and was stricken with more severe pain than usual as the train pulled into Buffalo. Several passengers lent their assistance in an attempt to revive
the woman but she had expired. Death came suddenly. Mrs. Zimmerman hurried her arrangements for the trip to Michigan. This, together with the excitement,
which the woman experienced over the thought,of visiting her sister, whom she had not seen for over thirty years, is believed to have been too much for her weakened heart to withstand. Medical Examiner Earl G. Danger had the body removed from the train to the morgue in Buffalo, whence it will be brought to the late home today. Mrs, Zimmerman is survived by four daughters. Miss Rosa Zimmerman, Mrs. Edward Kowsky, and Mrs. Albert Kowsky of North Tonawanda
and Mrs. Adam Brietenbach of Shawnee, and five sons, William, John, Edward, Herman and Louis Zimmerman of the Tonawandas. The funeral will be held from the family home at 1:30 o'clock on Sunday afternoon and an hour later from the St. Peter's Church on Thompson street, the Rev. R. A. Salzwedel officiating. Burial will be made in the St. Peter's cemetery on the Boehmng Road.