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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 9/5/1981

GRAF - Loretta B. Graf,
85, of North Tonawanda,
Thursday (September 3,
1981) at the Niagara Lu-
theran Home. Mrs. Graf
was a member of St.
Matthew Lutheran Church,
life long resident of the
Tonawandas and a charter
member to the Woman's
Auxiiary of Degraff Me-
morial Hospital. she is
survived by her husband,
Arnold Graf; one son,
Raymond (Erva) Graf of
Youngstown, N.Y.; two
daughters, Mrs. Raymond
C. (Gladys) Edwards, No.
Tona., Mrs. Lockhart T.
(Katherine) HIcks,
Sarasota, Florida.
Grandmother of six grand-
children and seven
great-grandchildren.
No prior visitation.
Funeral services will be
held Tuesday, September
8, at 10:30 a.m. in the
Wattengel Funeral Home,
Inc., 307 Oliver St., No.
Tona., the Rev. A. W.
Moldenhauer officiating.
Burial Acacia Park
Resthaven Cemetery. In
lieu of flowers, memorials
may be sent to the Niagara
Lutheran Home, 64 Hager
St., Buffalo or St. Matthew
Lutheran Church.

Family/Spouse: GRAF, Arnold W. Arnold was born about 1889; died on 9 Apr 1982 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. GRAF, Gladys
2. GRAF, Katherine
3. GRAF, Raymond E

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 6/4/1932

Charles Bockhahn, 59 years old,
died yesterday afternoon at his
home, 208 William street, after a
brief illness. He was born in Germany
and had lived in Tonawanda
since he was 14 years old. He
was a member of Lumber City
Tent, Knights of the Maccabees
and the Salem church.
Surviving are a wife, Minnie,
nee Schumacher; two daughters,
Mrs. Arnold Graft and Mrs. James
Place of North Tonawanda; a son,
Elmer, Tonawanda; a sister, Mrs.
Anna Peterson of Redwood, Calif.,
and seven grandchildren.
The fuueral will be held Monday
afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from
the residence. Rev. Theodore Mayer
will conduct the services and
Interment will be in Rest Haven
cemetery.

Charles married SCHUMACHER, Minnie about 1896. Minnie was born about 1874 in New York; died on 2 Dec 1956 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 12/4/1956

BOCKHAHN - Mrs. M i n n ie
Bockhahn, 83, of 208 William St.,
Tonawanda, died Sunday (Dec. 2,
1956) at her home after a lingering
illness. A lifelong resident of Tonawanda,
she is survived by a son,
Elmer, and two daughters, Mrs.
James (Emma) Place of Tonawanda
and Mrs. Arnold (Loretto) Graf
°f North Tonawanda. Nine grandchildren
and 22 great grandchildren
also survive. She was a
member of the Salem E & R
Church and of the Women's Guild
of the church, and of the Western
New York Auxiliary of the Shut Ins
Society. Friends may call at
the residence, 208 William St.,
where services will be at 2 p.m.
Wednesday with the Rev. W. F.
Hetzel officiating. Burial in Resthaven
Cemetery