Family/Spouse: DOLL, Thomas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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March 15, 2014
Von E. Meritt

Niagara Gazette

NIAGARA FALLS - Von E. Meritt of Niagara Falls is now walking with the Lord. He was 84. He was born in Terra Alta, WV on August 11, 1929, a son of the late Carl Meritt and Sylvia (Weaver) Lee.

Von was a member of the Operating Engineers Local 463 for 56 years and helped erect many structures in Niagara Falls. He was past president and a longtime member of the Sanborn Lions Club. He was beloved by many and will be greatly missed by all.

Mr. Meritt is survived by his lifelong love and former wife, Lorraine A. (Mulholland) Meritt of Lisbon, OH; his two daughters, Brenda (Thomas) Doll of Tonawanda, and Shirley Pierson of Lisbon, OH; his siblings, Bob (Sis) Meritt of Cooksburgh, PA and Marvin Meritt of N. Tonawanda; two grandchildren, Eric Pierson of Lisbon, OH and Melissa Pierson of Salem, OH. He is also survived by six great-grandchildren, Amber, Daniel, Victoria, Adrianna, Skylar and Dillon; foster grandson, John L. Rammacher; great-great-grandchildren, Miekah and Kyanne and good friend, John Lynch, and was the favorite uncle of many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by three grandchildren, Timothy Pierson, John Pierson and Lauren Doll; and one great-granddaughter, Tiara Pierson.

Friends may call at the LANE FUNERAL HOME, INC., 8622 Buffalo Avenue on Saturday, March 22nd after 12 Noon, where services will be held at 1 PM. The interment will be private at the convenience of the family.

Visit www.lanefuneralhome.com.

Von + MULHOLLAND, Lorraine Annabelle. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Carl + WEAVER, Sylvia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 7/27/1964

Wellington D. Mulholland, 603 78th St., died Sunday
(July 26, 1964) in a Buffalo hospital after a lengthy illness.
He was 78. '
Born in Paris, Ont., Mr. Mul-
holland came to Niagara Falls
as a. boy. He worked as a
g u a r d at Carborundum Co.
and other local companies.
His survivors include his
wife, Lydia; five sons, Clarence,
Wilford. Norman, Don
aid Mulholland, of Niagara
Fails, and Marvin Mulholland,
with the U.S. Air Force near
Miami, Fla.; four daughters,
Mrs. Peter Becker, Mrs. Elizabeth
Seymour, Mrs. Martin
Kennedy and Mrs Von Merrit,
all' of Niagara Falls; two
brothers, Slivanvus and Clifton,
of this city, and a total
of 57 grandchildren and great
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
held Wednesday at the Lane
Funeral Home at 2 p.m., Capt.
Earl Schaffer of the Salvation
Army, officiating. Interment
will be in Memorial Park
Cemetery.

Wellington married WRUCK, Lydia Bertha Caroline on 22 Dec 1907 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Lydia (daughter of WRUCK, Friedrich Wilhelm Gottlieb and DUBOIS, Caroline Wilhelmine Dorothea) was born on 29 Oct 1889 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 17 Jan 1965 in Ransomville, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 1/18/1965

MULHOLLAND-In Ransomville General
Hospital, Jan. 17, 1965, Lydia B. Mulholland
of 603 78th St. Mother of
Clarence and Norman, both of Youngstown,
N.Y., Wilford, Mrs. Peter (Violet)
Becker, Mrs. Elizabeth Seymour,
Mrs. Martin (Esther) Kennedy, Don
aid, Mrs. Von (Lorraine) Merrltt, all
of ttils city, Ac 1st Class Marvin, Aura,
Colorado; sister of Mrs. Augusta Juneman
of Buffalo. N.Y., Mrs. Henry
Schuler of North Tonawanda, N.Y.,
Mr. William Wruck of Livingston,
Calif. Also survived by 57 grandchildren
and 9re»t grandchildren. Funeral
services will be held from the
Lane Funeral Home Wednesday. Jan.
20th, at 1:30 P.m., the Rev. William
White officiating. Interment In Memorial
Park Cemetery. Friends may call
from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m.

Friedrich married DUBOIS, Caroline Wilhelmine Dorothea on 24 Apr 1884 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Caroline (daughter of DUBOIS, Johann and BEHM, Johanna Caroline) was born on 15 Dec 1859 in Bergholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 21 Dec 1927 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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22 December 1927 Tonawanda News
Mrs. Caroline Bartel, 68 years old, died yesterday afternoon at her home on the River road, town of Wheatfield, after a lingering illness. She was born in Germany coming to the town of Wheatfield when two years old and residing there the rest of her life. She is survived by a husband, August Bartel; three daughters, Miss Carrie Bartel, Wheatfield; Mrs. L. C. Juneman, Buffalo, and Mrs. W. D. Mulholland, Niagara Falls; two sons, William J. Wruck, Buffalo, and Fred A. Wruck, Niagara Falls; twelve grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. John Schuler, Pendleton, and Mrs. Silas Allared, North Tonawanda. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the residence and an hour later at the Holy Ghost church, Bergholz, Rev. Kuckenbeck officiating. Burial will be in the Holy Ghost cemetery.
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NF Gazette
NORTH TONAWANDA, Dec. 23.- Mrs. Caroline Bartel, 68 years old, died yesterday at her home on the River road, town of Wheatfield, after a lingering illness. She is survived by a husband, August Bartel: three daughters, Miss Carrie Bartel, Wheatfield; Mrs. L. C. Juneman, Buffalo. and Mrs. W. D. Mulholland, Niagara Falls; two sons, William J. Wruck, Buffalo, and Fred A. Wruck, Niagara. Falls; twelve grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. John Schuler, Pendleton. and Mrs. Silas Allared (sic), North Tonawanda. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 13:30 (sic) o'clock at the residence and an hour later at the Holy Ghost church, Bergholz, Rev. Kuchenbeck officiating. Burial will be in the Holy Ghost cemetery.