Robert married LUCAS, Joanne Elizabeth on 28 Apr 1962 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 1/20/1962

The engagement of Miss
Joanne Elizabeth Lucas,
daughter of the late Woodrow
W. Lucas, to Robert
Lynn Boetcher, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Boetcher, 16
Franklin Ave., is announced
by her mother, Mrs. Wilhelmina
Lucas.
A graduate of Newfane
Central School, Miss Lucas
is employed at America Fore
Loyalty Group, Buffalo. The
bridegroom - elect was graduated
from Lockport Senior
High School and is employed
at Harrison Radiator, Div.,
GMC.
The couple plans to be mar
ried April 28.

ALSO

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal 5/8/1962

An altar bedecked with
snapdragons and carnations
set the scene for the nuptial
ceremony joining Miss Joanne
Elizabeth Lucas and
Robert Lynn Boetcher at Immanuel
Lutheran Church,
Ridgewood.
The pastor, the Rev. August
P. Kreutz performed the
ceremony at 4:40 p.m. April
28 for the daughter of Mrs.
Wilhelmina Lucas, Hatter
Road, Newfane. The groom is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Boetcher, Franklin Ave.,
Lockport.
The bride, who was given In
marriage by her brother-inlaw,
Robert Staples, wore a
floor length dress of silk organza
with a scalloped neckline
of rose point lace. Three
tiers of lace formed die bottom
of the skirt accenting the
roses that surrounded the bottom.
A cabbage rose headpiece
held her elbow length
veil of silk illusion. She carried
a cascade bouquet of
white roses.
The bride's sister, Mrs.
Charles Thursam, as matron
of honor wore a floor length
dress of peach colored taffeta
with a rounded neckline
and elbow length sleeves and
matching headpiece. She also
ware elbow length gloves.
Peach colored roses formed
her cascade bouquet.
Dressed In nUe green taffeta
with matching headpieces
were the bridesmaids,
Mrs. William Briggs, Miss
Linda Feltz, and Miss Linda
Herl. Each carried a cascade
bouquet of peach colored
rosea. The bride's niece, Kelly
Thursam. as flower girl,
wore a floor length dress of
white embroidered organdy
over peach colored taffeta
with matching headpiece. She
carried a basket of roses.
Woodrow Staples, t h e
bride's nephew, acted at ring
bearer. The groom's brother,
Walter Boetcher, acted as
best man. Ushering guests to
pews were Paul Ames, David
Fiegel and Richard Riddle.
The bride's mother selected
a beige chiffon and lace dress
with coral and coffee accessories
and a coral rose corsage.
The bridegroom's mother
wore a blue lace over taffeta
ensemble with a rose corsage.
The grandmothers of
the bride and bridegroom had
rose corsages.
A buffet dinner and reception
for 300 guests and was
held at the Newfane Fire Hall
where the bride's table was
centered by a four tier wedding
cake, flanked by the attendants'
bouquets. Music was
by Don Keller and his orchestra.
When the bride left for a
honeymoon trip with the bridegroom
to Montreal, Canada,
she wore a cinnamon brown
suit with beige accessories
and a white rose corsage.
They will make their home
at 282 High St., Lockport.
The bride is a graduate of
Newfane Central School, Mr.
Boetcher is a graduate of
Lockport Senior High School.
Before her marriage, the
bride was guest of honor at
several showers. A bathroombedroom
shower given by her
bridesmaids at Green Acres
Restaurant. A kitchen shower
was given by the bride's
aunts, Mrs. Flovd Connors.
Mrs. Walter Gow, Mrs. John
Verguson. and the bride's sisters,
Mrs. Robert Staples and
Mrs. Charles Thursam.
A variety shower was held
by Mrs. Harold Riddle, Mrs,
Leverne Riddle and Mrs.
Lloyd Riddle. Another variety
shower was given by Mrs. Edward
Israel, Mrs. Edward
Lewis, Mrs. Leanora Scott,
and Mrs. Robert Wall. A dinner
was held by the girls of
The America Fore Loyalty Insurance
Group at Leonardo's
Restaurant, Buffalo.
The rehearsal party was
hosted by the bridegrooms
parents.

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.

Woodrow + SAHR, Wilhelmina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 9/4/1958

RIDGEWOOD - Ernest Sahr.
82. a retired Appleton farmer who
had lived here for the last year
and a half, died today (Sept. 4,
1958) at the home of a daughter.
He suffered a lengthy illness.
Mr. Sahr had resided at the home
of Mrs. Floyd Conner, Ridge Rd..
since retiring in 1957, He had
farmed all his life in the Hess
Rd., Newfane. He was bom in
Newfane Aug. 30, 1872.
Surviving him are three other
daughters. Mrs. Frederick Fredericks,
Wilson, Mrs. Francis Hand,
Lockport. and Mrs. Woodrow
Lucas, Newfane; three sons, Carl
J. Sahr, Appleton, Walter Sahr and
George Sahr, both of Lockport:
five sisters, Mrs. Martha Wagner.
Appleton, Mrs. Dora Bendt, Lockport,
Mrs. Gertrude Seelow, Ridgewood,
Mrs. Matilda Volschow,
Lockport. and Mrs. Mary Stolzenberg,
Appleton; and a brother,
George Sahr, Newfane. There are
several grandchildren And nieces
and nephews.
Funeral arrangements arc being
made by the Glenn H. Corwin
Funeral Home, Newfane.

Ernest + KOLBOW, Elizabeth. Elizabeth (daughter of KOLBOW, Fred and NEVERMAN, Minnie) was born about 1881 in Cambria Center, Niagara County, NY; died on 26 Sep 1945 in Burt, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 9/27/1945

BURT, N. Y., Sept. 27 - Mrs
Lizzie Sahr, 64, died last night in
her home, in the Drake Settlement
road, following several months ill
health. Mrs. Sahr was born in Cambria
Center and had lived in the
Town of Newfane for 45 years.
Surviving her are her husband,
Ernest Sahr, four daughters, Mrs.
Fred Frederick, of Wilson, N. Y.,
Mrs. Floyd Connor, of Ridgewood, N.
Y., Mrs. Louis Hanel, of Lockport,
and Mrs. Woodrow Lucas, of Mlddleport,
N.Y.; three sons, Private
First Class Karl Sahr, of the United
States Army in the Pacific, Walter
Sahr, of the Ide road, Town of
Newfane, and George Sahr, of
Lockport; one brother, John Kolbow,
of Wilson, N. Y., and one sister,
Mrs. Louis Baldwin, of Newfane,
N.Y. She also leaves eleven
grandchildren.
The funeral rites will be conducted
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the family home and at 2:30 In 8t.
John's Lutheran church in the
Drake Settlement road. The Rev.
William H. Dahlmann will officiate.
Interment will be at Wright's Corners
cemetery.