Robert married BODE, Nannette [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BENDT, Curtis William

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 6/24/1974

Harold Bendt, 47, of Burt, died last
night at Emergency Hospital's Burn
Treatment Center in Buffalo from
burns suffered in an industrial
accident.
The Niagara County Sheriff's Department
said Bendt was working at the
Noury Chemical plant in Burt when a
small amount of chemical exploded
last Wednesday.
He was taken to Newfane Intercommunity
Hospital for initial
treatment and then transferred to
Buffalo.
No one else was hurt in the
explosion,

Harold married RHOADES, Jane Marie on 22 Jul 1950. Jane (daughter of RHOADES, Glenn R and KRULL, Clara M) was born on 13 Feb 1925; died on 26 May 1990. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 7/5/1950

Mr and Mrs Glenn R. Rhoades
of Chestnut Ridge announce the engagement
of their daughter. Jane
Marie, to Harold William Bendt.
son of Mrs. Lily Bendt of Newtane
and William Bendt of 133 Main St.
The wedding will be solemnized
July 22.

ALSO

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 7/18/1950

Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Rhoades of
Chestnut Ridge announce that the
marriage of their daughter, Jane
Marie, to Harold William Bendt,
son of Mrs. Lilly Bendt of Newfane
and William Bendt of Main
Street. will be solemnized Saturday
at 4 o'clock. A reception will
be held at Gagliardi's Chestnut
Ridge Hotel from to 8 o'clock.
Friends and relatives are cordially
invited to attend.

William married HOFFMEISTER, Lillian Elisabeth on 28 Oct 1926 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Lillian (daughter of HOFFMEISTER, Johann Jacob and MOLL, Wilhelmine Maria) was born on 12 Mar 1898 in Niagara County, NY; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 9/27/1926

John Hoffmeister of La Salle
announces the engagement of his
daughter Lillian C. to William F.
Bendt of Wilson, the marriage to
take place In the near future.

ALSO

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 11/17/1926

The marriage of Lilly E , daughter
of John Hoffmeister of LaSalle to
William F. Bendt of Wilson was solemnised
at 4 o clock, October 28th at
the home of the groom's sister, Mrs.
Edward Budde at Wilson, Rev. Kuckbacker
of Bergholtz officiating. The
wedding march was played by Mrs.
Elmer Crutts of Hartland and Mrs.
Fred Bendt sang "O Promise Me."
The ceremony took place beneath an
arch of white wound with myrtle nnd
the house was decorated with cut
flowers of the fall.
The bride was gowned In white
crepe with taffeta and pearls and her
shower bouquet was of bride roses
and lilies of the valley. She was attended
by Miss Florence Wattengall
as honor maid, wearing pink crepe
with rhlnestones and carrying pink
Premier roses, with the groom's sister,
Miss Evelyn Bendt, as bridesmaid,
wearing peach crepe with
Spanish lace and rhlnestones, and
her flowers were also Premier roses.
Lois Budde of Cambria was the
flower girl and carried a basket of
ferns and Snapdragons, while Howard
Bendt attended his brother as best
man and Alfred Strutting acted as
usher. The bride's gift to her maids
were rhinestone bracelets and to her
flower girl a string of pearls while
the groom presented his attendants
with cuff links.
Some 140 guests were present for
the dinner, twelve being at the bridal
table. Dancing followed the music
being furnished by De Fabbio of this
city.
Mr. and Mrs. Bendt will reside in
Wilson.

Glenn + KRULL, Clara M. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 10/17/1945

Rudolph H. Bendt of Burt entered
into rest at the Lockport City
hospital Wednesday morning October
17, 1945. At the age of 86
years. He is survived by 4, sons and
4 daughters. Mrs. William Scbaoor,
Mrs. Arthur Hausman, Howard
and William Bendt of Wilson. Arthur
Bendt of North Tonawanda
Pred Bendt, Mrs. Herman Bobzien,
Mrs. Ella Budde of Burt. Also 15
grandchildren and 7 great-grandchrrdlren.
Funeral services will be
held from the home or his daughter,
Mrs. Herman Bobzien Friday
afternoon October 19 at 2:15 and 3
o'clock at the North Ridge Lutheran
church. Burial North Ridge
Lutheran cemetery

Rudolph married SCHULZ, Amelia Auguste about Apr 1885 in Niagara County, NY. Amelia (daughter of SCHULZ, Ferdinand and NIEMANN, Dorothea Louise) was born on 26 Jul 1863 in Mewegen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 8 May 1943 in Town of Wilson, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 5/10/1943

Amelia, wife of Rudolph Bendt
entered Into rest at her home on
the Shadigee Road, Wilson, Saturday
evening, May 8, at the age of
81 years. She leaves besides her
husband, four sons and four daughters,
Mrs. William Schnoor, Arthur
Bendt, Howard Bendt, William
Bendt. Mrs. Arthur Hausman, all
of Wilson, Fred Bendt and Mrs.
Herman Bobzlen of Burt, and Mrs.
Ella Budde of Newfane. Fifteen
grandchildren and three great grand
children, also one sister, Mrs. Augusta
Mahl of Niagara Falls. Funeral
services will be conducted Wednesday
afternoon, May 13 from her
late home at 2 o'clock and from
the N. Ridge Lutheran Church at
3:30. Burial In N. Ridge Lutheran
Cemetery.

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 4/20/1935

WILSON, April 20-Mr. and Mrs.
Rudolph Bendt of the Shadigee
road. Wilson, were pleasantly surprised
on Tuesday evening when
their children and grandchildren
gathered at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Hausman to celebrate
their golden wedding anniversary.
The dining room was decorated in
gold and white, with a large white
bell suspended over the center of
the table. At seven o'clock an elaborate
dinner was served. The table
was centered with a bouquet of yel
low and white flowers, with a three
tiered wedding cake decorated In
gold at each end. The evening was
spent In playing cards and bingo.
Mrs. Bendt befose her marriage
fifty years a g o was Amelia Schultz
of St. Johnsburg. Mr. and Mrs.
Bendt have resided on t h e S h a d l g ee
road the e n t i r e fifty years of their
marriage.
Beside the honored couple the
guests were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bendt
of appleton, Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Bobzien and daughter Brenda of Ol-
cott. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bendt
Mr. and Mrs. William Schnoor, Miss
Leona Schnoor, Mr. and Mrs. Arth-
ur Schnoor, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Budde, Lois, Erwin, Gordon and
Laurence Budde. Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
liam Bendt and son Harold. Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Bendt and son, Dur-
wood. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Haus-
man, Evelyn, Loraine and Nancy
Hausman, LaValle Albright, Max
Nye, John and Lewis Hausman, all of
Wilson.

Notes:

15 November 1927 Tonawanda News
Farmer in Bergholz Kills Self
John J. Hoffmeister, 66, Takes Life By Shooting Himself in Abdomen With Shot Gun-Found By Son
John J. Hoffmeister, 66 years old, committed suicide yesterday afternoon at his home on the Niagara Falls boulevard near Bergholz by shooting himself in the abdomen, with a shot gun. Hoffmeister's act was attributed to a long siege of illness. He had been a sufferer from rheumatism.
Hoffmeister and his son, Arthur Hoffmeister, lived alone on their farm. The son returned to the house late in the afternoon from working in a field on the farm and found his father dead in the summer kitchen at the rear of the house. He had placed the butt of the gun against the wall and the muzzle against his abdomen and then pulled the trigger with his toe. The son last saw his father alive at noon.
Life Long Resident
Hoffmeister was a life-long resident of Bergholz. He is survived by four sons, Arthur and Benjamin and Alvin Hoffmeister of Lewiston and Harvey Hoffmeister, a World war veteran, who is being treated at the United States Navy hospital, Brooklyn, for a broken back, sustained in a fall from an apple tree over a year ago at Cambria, and one daughter, Mrs. William Bendt of Bergholz.
The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence. Interment will be in the Holy Ghost cemetery.

Johann married MOLL, Wilhelmine Maria on 20 Jan 1887 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Wilhelmine (daughter of MOLL, August and ROGGOW, Wilhelmine Christina) was born on 31 Dec 1863 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 31 Aug 1904 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]