Family/Spouse: TOMSEN, Nicole. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jerald F. Lehman, age 80, of the Town of Wheatfield, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 13, 2020. He was born June 19, 1939 in Niagara Falls, to Frank and Mildred Lehman. He was a 1957 graduate of North Tonawanda High School. He was very active in organizing events not only for the Class of ‘57 but also various other classes. His stamp on his high school and the friends he made throughout the years will leave an everlasting impression on all of us. He married Barbara Bach on August 5, 1961. Jerry served honorably in the United States Army from 1960-1966. He worked for the Operating Engineers, Carborundum and the New York State Power Authority where he happily retired in 2005. Jerry truly lived life to the fullest through simple pleasures such as watching football games with his sons and calling them when he wasn’t able to be there in person. He also loved boating. Spending time with his grandchildren was his greatest pleasure. He enjoyed 58 years of marriage with his wonderful wife “Barbara Jean his teenage queen.” Jerry had an amazing talent of making anyone that stepped into his front door feel like family. His constant charisma and devotion to his family and friends made him the admirable man that everyone knew him to be and love. Jerry and Barb enjoyed 15 years of spending winters in their home in Clermont Florida with their many friends and family. He is survived by his wife, Barbara; three sons, Jeffrey (Marilyn), Michael (Susan), and Scott (Nicole Tomsen). Grandfather of Jordan, Taylor, James, Matthew, John, Eric, Renee, Griffin, Madison, Kyle, and Hayley. Brother of Roger Lehman and Shirley Vill. Also survived by nieces, nephews and cousins. The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 8:00 PM on Monday, February 17th, at the Fretthold Funeral Home, 1241 Oliver St. at Ward Rd. in North Tonawanda, to celebrate his life. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday at 11:00 AM, from St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 1135 Oliver St, in North Tonawanda. Reverend Ernest Green will officiate, interment in St. Mark Lutheran Cemetery. If so desired memorials may be made to St. Mark Lutheran Church. Guest register available at frettholdfuneralhome.com

Jerald married BACH, Barbara Jean on 5 Aug 1961 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Barbara (daughter of BACH, Edward Charles Herman and COOKE, Ethel) was born on 10 Aug 1942 in Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 5 Nov 2021 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Barbara J. Lehman
Age 79, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 5, 2021. Beloved wife of the late Jerald F Lehman. She was born August 10, 1942 in North Tonawanda NY, to Edward and Ethel Bach. She was a 1960 graduate of North Tonawanda High School. She married Jerry on August 5, 1961. She worked as a Dental assistant for many years and was a homemaker. She and Jerry retired in 2005.
After which they spent many winters in Clermont FL. The rest of the year at their home on the Niagara River. She was a lifelong member of St Mark Lutheran Church and taught Sunday school. Barb was a kind, loving mother and grandmother who enjoyed spending time with and cooking for her family. She is survived by her children Jeffrey (Marilyn),
Michael (Susan), and Scott (Nicole Tomsen) and many grandchildren; Jordan, Taylor (James), Matthew, John, Eric, Renee, Griffin, Madison (Kyle), Hayley, and many nieces, nephews and cousins. The family will receive friends from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Wednesday, November 10 at the WATTENGEL Funeral Home, 533 Meadow Drive, North Tonawanda, NY 14120.
A Funeral Service is scheduled at 11:00 AM on Thursday, November 11 at St. Mark Lutheran Church, 1135 Oliver St, North Tonawanda, NY 14120. Reverend Keith Knupp will officiate. Burial will be in St. Mark's Cemetery. Memorials may be made to St. Mark Lutheran Church.

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 8/18/1961

Miss Barbara Jean Bach, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Bach, 71 Hagen Ave., and Jerald Frank
Lehman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lehman, 24 Linwood
Ave., North Tonawanda* were married Aug. 5 in
St. Peter Lutheran Church.
The Rev. M. L. Baseler performed
the ceremony before an
altar graced with white gladioli,
chrysanthemums and pompons
and four seven-branch candelabra
entwined with lemon leaves,
The bride's gown of white embroidered
silk organza over taffeta
was designed with a scoop
neckline, short sleeves and a full
skirt. A large bow accented the
skirt back which fell into a chapel
length train. A pearl trimmed
crown held her bouffant veil of
silk illusion and she carried a
cascade of phalaenopsis orchids
arranged with ivy.
Miss Sallie Bach was maid of
honor for her sister. The Misses
Barbara Schultz and Betsy Cook,
the bride's cousin, were bridesmaids
and Jacqueline Tremble
and Pamela Ensminger, t he
bride's niece, were junior
bridesmaids. They w o r e Nile
green silk organza gowns made
with scoop necklines, three-quarter
sleeves and taffeta cummerbunds.
Taffeta applique accented
the bodices and street length
skirts. Miss Bach carried a cascade
bouquet of yellow roses and
white carnations with ivy. The
bridesmaids and junior bridesmaids
carried yellow roses and
carnations.
The flower girls, Valerie and
Debra I^ehman, the bridegroom's
nieces, wore white organdy over
taffeta dresses with Nile green
taffeta sashes and carried cascade
bouquets of yellow sweetheart
roses and carnations
Roger Lehman was his brother's
best man. Thomas Kuczkowski
and David Bach, the bride's
brother, were ushers.
The bride's mother wore a two
piece powder blue silk shantung
dress and a corsage of pink
sweetheart roses with blue accents.
The bridegroom's mother
chose a pink linen sheath dress
and a pink chiffon sweetheart
rose corsage.
Out of town guests attending a
buffet dinner and reception in Stephen
Sikora American Legion
Post home were from ICast Aurora,
Lockport. Medina, Lewiston,
Rochester; Pittsburgh, Pa., and
Abingdon, Va.
After a trip to the Thousand
Islands, Montreal, and the New
England states, Mr. and Mrs.
Lehman will be at home in North
Avenue and Ruie Road, North
Tonawanda.
Pre - nuptial parties for the
bride were given by Mrs. Sherwood
Tremble and Miss Sallie
Bach; Mrs. Roger Lehman and
Mrs. Frank Lehman; Mrs. Klatt
and; Mrs. Voelker, Middleport,
N.Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Lehman entertained
the wedding party and
guests following the wedding rehearsal.

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/22/1985

LEHMAN Frank Lehman, 82, of
North Tonawanda, Sunday (July 21,
1985) in Schofield Residence, after a
lengthy illness. Mr. Lehman was a
member of St. Mark Lutheran
Church and an exempt member of
Sanborn Fire Company and a
former employee of Union Carbide,
ile was the husband of the late
Mildred Lehman, who died in 1970.
He is survived of his wife Minna
(nee Ballerstein) Lehman; two
sons, Roger (Pearl) Lehman and
Jerald (Barbara) Lehman both of
No Tonawanda; a daughter Mrs.
David (Shirley) Vill of Anaheim,
Calif.; four step-children, Richard
of Tacoma, Washington, Arlene of
Brookville, Maryland, Onnlee of
Yukon, Oklahoma and Robert of
Knox, Pennsylvania; 21 grandc
h i l d r e n and 12 g r e at
grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Fretthold
Funeral Home, Inc., 1241 Oliver St.
at Ward Rd., No. Tonawanda,
Monday and Tuesday 2-4 and 7-9
p.m. Funeral services will be held
Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. from St.
Mark Lutheran Church. The Rev.
Thomas K. Spahn will officiate.
Interment St Mark Lutheran Cemetery.
If so desired, memorials may
be made to St. Mark Lutheran
Church.

Frank married BAEHR, Mildred on 14 Jul 1926 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. Mildred (daughter of BAEHR, Charles Frederick and SCHULER, Johanna Maria Augustina) was born on 29 Jan 1904 in West Shelby, Orleans County, NY; died on 21 Oct 1970 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 10/23/1970

LEHMAN - Mildred B.
Lehman, 66, of 24 Linwood Ave..
North Tonawanda, Wednesday
(Oct. 21, 1970) in DeGraff
Memorial Hospital after a
lengthy illness.
She was a member of St.
Mark Lutheran Church and a
former employe of the Allen-
Mack Pharmacy.
Survived by her husband.
Frank Lehman; two sons,
Roger J. and Jerald F. Lehman,
both of North Tonawanda; a
daughter, Mrs. David (Shirley)
Vill of Garden Grove. Calif.:
eight grandchildren; a brother.
Fred Beahr of Miami, Fla.; two
sisters, Mrs. Clarence (Matie)
Leverentz of Niagara Falls and
Mrs. Ralph (Edith) Aiken of
North Tonawanda, and many
nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at Fretthold
Funeral Home Inc., 1241 Oliver
St. at Ward Road. North
Tonawanda, until noon Saturday.
Services will be conducted
in St. Mark Lutheran Church at
1:30 p.m. Saturday. The Rev.
Edward C. Goehner will
officiate. Interment in St. Mark
Lutheran Cemetery. The family
will receive friends at the
funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7
to 9 p.m.

Notes:

Medina NY Daily Register Journal - 6/29/1926

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baehr of
Shelby, announcement the engage,
ment of their daughter Mildred to
Prank Lehman of Niagara Falls, the
wedding to take place in the near
future.

ALSO

Medina NY Daily Register Journal - 7/16/1926

Married Wednesday July 14th 4 P.
M. at Trinity Ev. Lutheran church,
Rev. C. Poeckler officiating, Frank
Lehman of Niagara Falls and Miss
Mildred Baehr of Shelby Center
During the strains of the Lohengrin
wedding march rendered In a most
efficient manner by Prof. Karl Fischle
organist of St. Matthews Lutheran
congregation at North Tonawanda,
the bridal procession entered the
beautifully decorated church to the
arch erected at the altar.. Little,
Lois Voelker, a niece of the bride
walked in front of the bridal couple
carrying a basket of flowers in which
the bride's wedding ring was placed
in a lily. The impressive ring service
was used. The bride was attired in a
white silk georgette dress elaborately
trimmed with white ruffled satin
ribbons wearing an artistically
arranged veil and carrying a shower
bouquet of brides' roses and lilies of
the valley. Mrs. Esther Mente
Mackey, the matron of honor was
dressed In peach color georgette,
wore a pictuiesque hat matching her
dress and carried roses of similar
color. The maid of honor was Miss
Edna Lindke who wore a pale yellow
crepe de chine dress trimmed in
pink ribbons carrying pink roses and
pictresque hat to match. Clyde Gallman
of Belfast, N. Y. took the part
of best man. The other male
attendant was Wayne Eaton of Middleport.
The Misses Nora and Sylvia
Elck. Ada Hellert and Anna Knuth
were the ushers. A sumptuous wedding
supper was served at the home
of the bride's parents. The house
decorations were yellow and white.
After a short wedding tour to eastern
points Mr. and Mrs. .Frank Lehman
will reside at 38 'Sixteenth street,
North Tonawanda.

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 2/27/1963

BACH - Edward C. Bach, 63,
71 Hagen Ave.,North Tonawanda,
died Tuesday (Feb. 26, 1963) inm
DeGraff Memorial Hospital after
a brief illness. He was a lifelong
resident of North Tonawanda; a
member of St. Peter's American
Lutheran Church and North Ton-
awanda Lodge 860, BPOE. He
owned and operated a service
station in North Tonawanda since
1923. He is survived by his wife,
Ethel Cooke Bach; four daugh-
ters, Mrs. Sherwood Tremble of
North Tonawanda, Mrs. Howard
Ensminger of Abingdon, Va., and
Mrs. Thomas Kuczkowski and
Mrs. Jerald Lehman of the Tona-
wandas; a son, David of North
Tonawanda; a sister, Mrs. Irwin
Hils of North Tonawanda, and
four grandchildren. Friends may
call at the Wattengel Funeral
Home, 307 Oliver St., where serv-
ices will be a 2 p.m. Friday, the
Rev. Alfred Walck officiating.
Burial in White Chapel Memorial
Park.

Edward married COOKE, Ethel about 1925. Ethel was born about 1906 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/17/1948

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bach of 71
Hagen Ave. announce the engagement
of their daughter, Betty Jane,
to Sherwood Tremble, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Schultz of 373
Miller St. The wedding will take
place in the Fall.

Notes:

Niagara Falls Gazette, April23, 1940
SANBORN, April 23, - Charles F. Baehr, 83,died at his home at West Shelby on Sunday after an illness of two weeks. He is survived by his wife, Augustina; two sons, Fred, of Miami, Fla.; Edward, of Shelby; four daughters, Mrs. Andrew Voelker of Middleport: Mrs. Clarence Leverentz of North Tonawanda: Mrs. Ralph Aiker of North Tonawanda, and Mrs. Frank Lehman of Griffon street, Sanborn and 18 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p. m. at the home and at 2:30 at Trinity Lutheran church at Medina. Burial will be in Mount Pleasant cemetery at West Shelby.

Charles married SCHULER, Johanna Maria Augustina on 4 Jan 1883 in Niagara County, NY. Johanna (daughter of SCHULER, Heinrich Wilhelm Johann and PARCHERT, Henriette Ernestine Malvina) was born on 26 Mar 1863 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 14 Aug 1947 in Middleport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport Union Sun & Journal, Aug 20, 1947
Services for Mrs. Augustina Schuler Baehr, 84, widow of Charles Baehr who died Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Andrew Voelker, Middleport, were held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock from Trinity Lutheran Church, Medina with the Rev. Herman Meier officiating. Burial was in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, West Shelby. Mrs. Baehr, who was born in Johnsburg and has been a resident of Middleport for the past six years, was a member of the Lutheran Church.

Notes:

Medina NY Daily Register Journal - 1/5/1933

On Wednesday, Jan. 4th the
golden wedding anniversary oh
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baehr was
celebrated at their hone in Shelby
Center. On Jan. 4, 1883 they
were married by Rev. Staerker in
Wolcottsvllle, N. Y.
Their brothers and sisters with
their respective spouses, the children
and grandchildren assembled
at the residence at 8 o'clock p. m.
The celebration was begun with a
short service, Rev. C. Poeekler officiating.
After a solo on the words
of Pa. 91, i-6 by the pastor, he also
gave an address on 1 Samuel 7,18:
"Then Samuel took a stone, and
set it between Mfsoeh and Shen,
and called the name of it Ebenezer,
saying. Hitherto hath the
Lord helped us." Then the golden
wedding ritual was used closing
with prayer suitable for the occasion.
The service ended by another
solo by the pastor:
"All depends on our possessing
God's free love and grace blessing.
Though all earthly wealth depart;
He who God for bis hath taken,
'Mid the changing world unshaken
Keeps a free, heroic heart.
He who hitherto hath fed me.
And to many a Joy hath led me.
Is and shall be ever mine;
He who did so gently school me.
He who still doth guide and rule
me, *
Will not leave me now to pine.
Shall I weary mo with fretting
O'er vain trifles, and regretting
Things that never can remain?
I will strive but that to win me
Which can shed true rest within
me,-
Rest the world must seek in vain

Notes:

Obituary from Niagara Falls Gazette
Thursday, January 15, 1959
Herman H. Bach Dies at Age 87
NORTH TONAWANDA - Herman H. Bach, 87, of 448 Bennet St., died Wednesday (Jan. 14, 1959) at DeGraff Memorial Hospital after a short illness. A native of Germany, he lived in this city for the last 80 years and was formerly employed as a lumber handler for many years. He retired a number of years ago. Survivors include a son, Edward C. Bach, and a daughter, Mrs. Irwin Hils, both of this city; a brother, Ernest Bach, Buffalo, and seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren. The Rev. Merton L. Baseler will conduct the funeral service at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Wattengel Funeral Home. Burial will be in White Chapel Memorial Park.

Herman married BOHLMAN, Mathilda Auguste about 1896. Mathilda (daughter of BOHLMAN, August and KRIEDEMANN, Amelia) was born in Aug 1874 in Prussia; died on 11 Oct 1942 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary from The Evening News
Monday, October 12, 1942
MRS. MATILDA BACH
Mrs. Matilda Bach, 68, died Sunday afternoon at her home, 328 Schenck street. Born in Germany, she had resided inthe Tonawandas for the past 56 years. She was a member of St. Peter's church on Thompson street and the Ladies' Aid Society of the church. Surviving are her husband, Herman; two daughters, Mrs. Amanda Thuersam and Mrs. Irwin Hils; a son Edward; six grandchildren and three sisters, Mrs. John Roloff, Mrs. Charles Schulmeister and Mrs. Fred Vorpahl, all of the Tonawandas. Rites will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the residence. The Rev. Robert Hein will officiate. Burial will be in White Chapel Memorial Park.