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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 1/20/1972

PLACE - Emma A. Place,
71. of 38 Douglas St., Tonawanda.
Wednesday (Jan. 19,
1972) in DeGraff Memorial
Hospital after a brief illness. A
resident of Tonawanda for the
greater part of her life, Mrs.
Place was a member of Salem
United Church of Christ, the
Salem Home Department, the
Degree of Pocahontas. Swiftwater
Council No. 186 and the
Golden Agers of the Salvation
Army.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. Kenneth (Esther)
Chase, of Tonawanda; Mrs.
William (Beatrice) Vogt of
Chesapeake, Va., and Mrs. John
(Carol) Hoover; a son, Morris
Place of Springville, also surviving
are 15 grandchildren;
eight great-grandchildren; a
brother, Elmer Bockhahn of
Tonawanda, and a sister, Mrs.
Arnold (Loretta) Graf of North
Tonawanda.
Friends may call at their
convenience at the Ham
Funeral Home, Inc., Adam-
Seymour Sts.. Tonawanda.
where services will be
conducted at 2 p.m. Friday,
Rev. Karl H.A. Rest will
officiate. Interment in Acacia
Park-Resthaven Cemetery.

Family/Spouse: PLACE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. PLACE, Esther
2. PLACE, Beatrice
3. PLACE, Carol
4. PLACE, Morris

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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