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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 11/11/1927

Roy T. Berner, one and a half
years old, son of Rev. and Mrs. T.
H. Berner, 326 Niagara Falls
boulevard, died this morning. The
funeral will be held Sunday after-
noon. Services at the residence
will precede those ot be conduct-
ed at the St. Martin's church at
2:30 o'clock. The services at the
house will be private. Interment
will be at St. Martin's cemetery.
Besides his parents the child is
survived by four sisters.

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Obit - Tonawanda News - 12/11/1961

BERNER - Rev. Theophilus Berner, 76, of 7412 Shawnee Road, Town of Wheatfield, Sunday (Dec. 10, 1961) in DeGraff Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Beloved husband of Bertha (nee Feders) Berner; father of Mrs. Edgar (Florence) Huber, Mrs. Rupert (Laura) Borton, Miss Phyllis Berner and Mrs. Harold (Carol) Gebhardt, all of North Tonawanda, and Mrs. Mark (Ellen) Harris of Kalamazoo, Mich.; grandfather of 14 grandchildren; brother of Mrs. Alfred Heller and Mrs. Herbert Hollinger, both of Kitchener, Ont., Mrs. Lydia Paschka of Hamburg, N.Y., Mrs. George Dewar of Wyoming, Ont., and Mrs. Michael Sammentinger of Fort Wayne, Ind. Friends received at Brunner Funeral Home, 156 Robinson St., North Tonawanda, until 10 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12, 1961. Mr. Berner will lie in state at St. Martin Lutheran Church, Martinsville, Old Falls Boulevard, at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13, where services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m., the Rev. Luther Knauff officiating. Interment in White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery.

ALSO

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 9/18/1952

The congregation of St. Martin's
Church. Monday evening, honored
its pastor, the Rev. Theophilus
Berner on the 45th anniversary of
his ordination in St. Martin's
Church and his birthday anniversary.
A potluck supper was served in
the dining rooms of the church.
The room and tables were decorated
with Fall flowers. There was
a beautifully decorated anniversary
cake, baked by Mrs. Henry
Thiele Jr. The Rev. Merton Baseler
of St. Peter's American Lutheran
Church spoke.
Mr. Berner, a native of Canada,
has lived in this vicinity since he
was a young boy. His father was a
former pastor and superintendent
of St. John's Orphan Home in Buf
ialo. Mr. Berner was graduated
from the Buffalo Seminary.
The congregation presented its
pastor with a purse. A social evening
followed supper.

Theophilus married FEDDERS, Bertha about Jul 1909 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. Bertha (daughter of FEDDERS, Louie and Margaret) was born about 1891 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY; died on 18 Oct 1965 in Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 10/19/1965

NORTH TONAWANDA -
Mrs. Bertha Fedders Berner,
75, of 7412 Shawnee Road,
Wheatfield, died Monday (Oct.
18. 1965) in DeGraff Memorial
hospital.
Born in Buffalo, she lived
in Wheatfield for the last 58
years. She was a life-long
member of St. Martin's Lutheran
Church.
She was the widow of Theophilus
Berner woh died Dec.
10, 1961.
Surviving are five daugh-
ers, Mrs. Edgar (Florence)
Huber, Mrs. Rupert (Laura)
Barton, Miss Phyllis Berner,
Mrs. Harold Carroll Gebhardt,
aII of this city, and Mrs. Mark
Ellen Harris, of Kalamazoo,
Iich.; a brother. Dr. John F.
Fedders. D.D.. of St. Peters-
burg, Fla., and 14 grandchildren.
Friends may call from 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Brun-
ner Funeral Home. Services,
will be at St. Martin's Luther-
an Church, Old Niagara Falls
Boulebaard, at 1:30 p.m. Thurs-
day by Rev. Luther Knauff.
Burial will be in White Chapel
Memorial Park.

ALSO

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 10/19/1965

BERNER - Bertha (nee Fedders)
Berner, 75. of 7412 Shawnee
Road, North Tonawanda,
Monday (Oct. 18, 1965) in De-
Graff Memorial Hospital. Wife
of the late Rev. Theophilus Berner.
Beloved mother of Mrs.
Edgar (Florence) Huber, Mrs.
Rupert (Laura Barton, Miss
Phyllis Berner, Mrs. Harold
(Carol) Gebhardt, all of North
Tonawanda, and Mrs. Mark (El-
len Harris of Kalamazoo, Mich.;
grandmother of 14 grandchildren,
sister of Dr. John F. Fedders,
D. D., of St. Petersburg,
Fla. Friends received by the
family from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m. at the Brunner Funeral
Home, 156 Robinson St., North
Tonawanda. Services from St.
Martin Church, Old Falls Boulevard,
at 1:30 p.m. Thursday,
Oct. 21. The Rev. Luther Knauff
will officiate. Internment White
Chapel Memorial Park Ceme-
tery. At the request of the fam-
ily, flowers gratefully declined.
Memorials may be made to St.
Martin Church.

Louie married Margaret in 1885. Margaret was born in 1858 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]