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Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 5/23/1967

BOETCHER - W. William Boetcher
Jr. of 6490 Rapids Road
passed away suddenly at Lockport
Memorial Hospital, Tuesday,
May 23, 1967. He leaves his
wife Sharon A. (nee Barnes) one
daughter Jill Elizabeth, his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Walter W.
Boetcher Sr., one brother Robert
L. Boetcher, one sister Mrs.
Paul (Joyce) Ames and several
nieces and nephews, all of
Lockport. Beginning Wednesday
friends may call from 2 to 4 and
7 to 9 o'clock at Prudden and
Kandt Funeral Home, 242 Genesee
St., where funeral services
will be held Friday afternoon at
1:30 o'clock. Interment in Glenwood
Cemetery.

ALSO

Niagara Gazette - 5/23/1967

LOCKPORT-A Harrison Radiator Division, General
Motors Corp., engineer, William VY. Boetcher Jr.,
32, of 6490 Rapids Road, Town-of Lockport, died unexpectedly
today (May 23, 1967), after suffering an apparent
heart attack at Lockport Memorial Hospital.
He-had been admitted to the
hospital Monday afternoon.
Beginning Wednesday, friends
may call at the Prudden and
Kandt Funeral Home from 2
to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. where ser-
vices will be held Friday at 1:30
p.m.
Burial will be in Glenwood
Cemetery.

Walter married BARNES, Sharon Ann on 4 Jun 1960 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 4/5/1960

Mr. and Mrs. Wilson G. Barnes
Sr. of Bunker Hill Rd., Gasport
announce the engagement of
their daughter, Sharon Ann, to
W. William Boetcher, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter W. Boetcher, 16
Franklin Ave., Lockport.
Miss Barnes was graduated
from Royalton - Hartland Central
School, Middleport. Her fiance is
a graduate of Lockport Senior
High School and General Motors
Institute, Flint, Mich.
Both are employed at Harrison
Radiator Div., General Motors
Corp.
The wedding will be solemnized
June 4.

ALSO

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 6/10/1960

Miss Sharon Ann Barnes became
the bride of W. William
Boetcher Saturday, June 4, at 2
in the afternoon. The Rev. Ritchard
E. Lyon performed the cer
emony at the altar of the First
Baptist Church which was
adorned with baskets of gladioli,
fern and candelabra. Large white
bows marked family pews.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson G. Barnes
Sr. of Gasport are the parents of
the bride, and the groom is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter W.
Boetcher of 16 Franklin Ave..
Lockport.
FATHER GIVES BRIDE
The bride was given in marriage
by her father. Her full
length white gown featured short
sleeves and a fitted Basque bodice
of Chantilly lace. The cutout
circlet neckline was adorned with
seed pearls and iridescents. The
full silk organza skirt was fashioned
with soft impressed pleats
at the front and back, appliqued
with motifs of lace and iridescents,
terminating in a chapel
train.
Her veil of fingertip length silk
illusion, imported from France,
was held by a lace capote with
a flat matching organza bow. She
carried a cascade bouquet of
white roses, lilies of the valley
and miniature ivy leaves entwined
with tulle and white ribbon.
The matron of honor and
bridesmaids were identically attired
in ballet blue day length
gowns with Chantilly lace bodices
and short sleeves above parasol
skirts of nylon organza. Narrow
velvet ribbons encircled the
fitted waists. Bandeaux of matching
blue organza with circular
veils completed their costumes.
The flowers of the matron of
honor, Mrs. Kenneth Van Buren,
sister of the bride, were yellow
mums and stephanotis in a cascade
arrangement. Those of the
bridesmaids, the Misses Sylvia
Pickles and Joyce Boetcher, sister
of the groom, were identical
except in blue to match their costumes.
Deborah Lee Barnes, niece of
the bride, was flower girl. She
wore a blue nylon dress with lace
bodice and bouffant skirt and
matching horsehair head bow.
Her flowers were like those of
the bridesmaids.
GROOM'S ATTENDANTS
Robert L. Boetcher was his
brother's best man. Ushering duties
were performed by Emerson
F. Barnes of Gasport, brother of
the bride, and Gary E. Richards
Robert Eberhardt was the soloist,
accompanied at the organ by
Miss Evelyn Bayliss.
The bride's mother was attired
a day length sheath of beige
silk organza, beige silk hat, bit
ter green accessories and a corsage
of bronze orchids. The
groom's mother wore a pink cotton
and rayon lace dress, white
accessories and a pink orchid corsage.
The reception was held at the
Elks Club.
As the couple left for a trip to
Maine, the bride was wearing a
navy blue silk shantung sheath
dress, white accessories and a
corsage of white mums and stephanotis.
They will reside at 232
Price St.
Out-of-towns guests were from
Brockport, Fair Haven, Mich.,
and Buffalo.
The bride is a Royalton-Hartland
Central School graduate. The
groom was graduated from Lockport
Senior High School and General
Motors Institute, Flint, Mich.
Before her marriage, the bride
was feted at several parties and
showers. The rehearsal party was
held at the home of the groom's
parents.

1. BOETCHER, Jill Elizabeth

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 1/22/1971

LOCKPORT - Walter W
Boetcher, 74, of 16 Franklin
Ave., here, died Thursday (Jan.
21, 1971) at Kenmore Mercy
Hospital after a long illness.
Born in Clarence, July 15,
1897, he was the son of Herman
and Augusta Bluhm Boetcher.
He retired in 1964 from the
Harrison Radiator Division of
General Motors Corp., where he
worked int he tool and die
department for 33 years.
He was a member of the First
Baptist Church, Local 686 of
the United Auto Workers,
retired, the Old Guard, and was
an active bowler.
He is survived by his widow,
the former Pearl E. Riddle;
a son, Robert L. Boetcher; a
daughter, Mrs. Paul (Joyce)
Ames; three sisters, Mrs.
Lenora Scott, Mrs. Edward
Israel and Mrs. Olvie Lewis,
all of this city; eight
grandchildren, and several
nieces and nephews.
Mr. Boetcher was also the
father of the late Walter W. Boetcher Jr.
Begining today, friends may
call from 2 to 4 and from 7
to 9 pm. at the Prudden and
Kandt Funeral Home, where
services will be held Sunday
at 2:30 p.m. with the Rev.
Leland Roth officiating.

Walter married RIDDLE, Pearl Elizabeth on 21 Jul 1934 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Pearl (daughter of RIDDLE, Lafayette) was born on 24 May 1900 in New York; died in Mar 1974 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 7/24/1934

Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette Riddle,
126 Harvey avenue, announce the
marriage of their daughter, Pearl
Elizabeth, to Walter W. Boetcher,
son of Mrs. August Boetcher, 24
Spalding street, on Saturday, July
31 in the Baptist parsonage with
Rev. J. D. Livingstone officiating.
Miss Frances Gets, 133 Harvey avenue,
and Lloyd Riddle, brother of
the bride, attended Mr. and Mrs.
Boetcher.

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 7/15/1940

GLANCE INTO THE PUT
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO-1915
Death announced in
Buffalo of Herman Boetcher of Walnut street-

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 8/6/1948

BOETCHER -Funeral services for
Augusta M. Boetcher were held at
her home, 49 Spalding Street,
Thursday afternoon, August 5, 1948
at 2:30 o'clock. The Reverend Herbert
L. Siegner officiated. The bearers
were Leland Coash, Arthur
Israel, Ronald Gifford, Harold Riddle,
Lloyd Riddle, and Eben Strong.
Burial in Cold Springs Cemetery.

ALSO

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal

BOETCHER- Augusta M. Boetcher,
widow of Herman T. Boetcher passed
away at the City Hospital Tuesday
morning August 3, 1948. She Is survived
by four daughters, one son,
Mabel E. and Walter W. Boetcher,
Mrs. Lenora Scott, Mrs. Freda Is
raei, Mrs. Olive Lewis, one niece,
Mrs. Gladys Gomesky, all of Lockport,
one brother, August Bluhm of
Olcott, two granddaughters, Violet
Scott and Joyce Ann Boetcher, two
grandsons, William and Robert
Boetcher. Friends may call at her
home, 49 Spalding Street where funeral
services wil lbe held on Thursday
afternoon August 5th at 2.30
o'clock. Burial In Cold Springs cemtery

Augustus + Mary. Mary was born about 1842 in Prussia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]