Bruce married FITZGERALD, Maureen Adele [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 12/9/1972

WILSON - Ernest A. Branch,
70, of 279 Mechanic St., husband
of Mrs. Marion Branch, died
this morning at Lockport after
a long illness.
He was born May 20, 1902
in the Town of Hartland, a son
of Andrew and Alida (Ernest)
Branch.
He had worked as a carpenter
in construction work for most
of his life.
Surviving, besides his widow,
are six sons and a daughter,
Russell, Kenneth, Robert and
Bruce Branch and Mrs. Jack
(Joyce) Perry, all of Wilson and
Donald and Gordon Branch,
both of Lockport; a sister, Mrs.
Marion Frombgen of Lockport
and two brothers, Rogers and
Walter Branch, both of Gasport
also 23 grandchildren and three
great - grandchildren.
Friends may call tomorrow
from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
at the Hamilton & Clark
Funeral Chapel here, where
funeral services will be held at
10:30 a.m. Monday. The Rev.
Gordon Loomis will officiate'.
Burial will be in Wrights
Corners Cemetery.

Ernest married BROCKMAN, Marion E on 22 Aug 1923 in Town of Wilson, Niagara County, NY. Marion (daughter of BROCKMAN, Fred W and KOEPPEN, Maria Augusta Wilhelmine) was born on 29 Mar 1904 in New York; died in Aug 1987 in Town of Wilson, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 9/5/1923

M i s s M a r i a n E. B r o c k m a n o f W i l s
o n , a n d E r n e s t A. B r a n c h of N e w -
f a n e , w e r e u n i t e d i n m a r r i a g e A u g.
2 2 n d , a t t h e M e t h o d i s t p a r s o n a g e by
t h e R e v . W m . P a r t i n g t o n.

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - Abt 9/1963

Howard R. Fitzgerald, Re^
publican, 300 Lake St. -
Operator of the Wilson
House for »the last four
years and previously owned
and operated- Green Acres
Restaurant in Newfane for
5l/2years; was a foreman at
Carborundum Co., Niagara
Falls, for 12 year and a
supervisor with Twin Industries,
Cheektowaga, for 2 1/2
years.
Graduate of Niagara Falls
High School, 1936, and attended
Engineering School
at Syracuse University for
two years. Married to the
former Dorothy Wolf of-
Niagara Falls and they have
two daughters and a son,
Mrs. Bruce Branch of Newfane,
Miss Claudia. Fitzgerald,
at home, and A2C
Howard R. Fitzgerald Jr.,
with the U.S. Air Force,
in England.
Member of Exley Methodist
Church, Wilson Fire
Co. No. 1 and Wilson Lions
Club. Active in lodge work
as a member of Newfane
Lodge No,. 947, F & AM,
Ismalia Shrine of Buffalo,
the Buffalo Consistory, John
Hodges Lodge of Perfec-
tion, Lockport, and Lock
port Elks Club No. 41.

Howard married WOLF, Dorothy Mae on 27 Jan 1940 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Dorothy (daughter of WOLF, Frank L and BUERGER, Ida Anna Helene) was born on 20 Jun 1921 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 25 Sep 2016 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dorothy M. (Wolf) Fitzgerald entered into peace on September 25, 2016 in Briody Health Care Facility. Born June 20, 1921 in Niagara Falls, NY, she was a daughter of the late Frank L. and Ida (Berger) Wolf. In 1940 she married Howard R. Fitzgerald on January 27 at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church by Reverend Gustave Ziemer. In 1949 the family moved to Wilson where she and Howard owned and operated several restaurants in Wilson and Newfane. A life member of the Order of the Eastern Star Flagler Chapter #355, her husband predeceased her in November of 2000 and Sister Edith (Ray) Wendt. Dorothy is survived by three children, Maureen (Bob) Branch of Wilson, Claudia (Ray) Gow of Holiday, FL, Howard (Suzanne) Fitzgerald Jr. of Vernhelm, Germany; and God-child and niece, Delores (Richard) Whitcomb of Newfane. She is also survived and loved by her grandchildren, Kelli (Robert) Alaimo, Traci (Travis) Taylor, Candi (RandyCurry), Kristi (John) Confer, John Gow, Laura Gow Brown; several great-grandchildren and great great grandchildren. There will be no prior visitation, a private service will be held at the convenience of the family. Arrangements by the Hamilton and Clark Funeral Home, 270 Young Street, Wilson. Memorials to Wilson Fire Company #1 or Niagara Hospice are greatly appreciated. Rossfuneraldirectors.com.

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 10/24/1940

Burt J. Branch of the Old Niagara
Road passed away on Wednesday,
October 23rd, 1940. He is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Alida
Branch, two daughters and three
sons, Mrs. George Gurney of
Canastota, Mrs. Henry Frombgen.
Rogers and Lester Branch of Lockport
and Ernest Branch of Wilson,
and one sister, Mrs. Myra Gow of
Newfane. The funeral will be held
from Taylor & Reynolds Funeral
Home, Niagara at Transit Street,
at 2:30 o'clock on Friday afternoon.
Interment will be in Wright's Cemetery.

Elbert married CLERK, Alida about 1901. Alida (daughter of CLERK, Josiha Ernest and Elizabeth) was born on 11 Aug 1880 in Town of Hartland, Niagara County, NY; died on 22 Sep 1963 in Lockport Memorial Hospital, Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 9/23/1963

BRANCH - Alida C. Branch of 78
Beverly Ave., passed away Sept.
22.1983 at Lockport Memorial Hospital.
She is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. Henry (Marion)
Frombgen of Lockport; three sons,
Ernest A. Branch of Wilson, Roger
Branch of Gasport and Walter
L. Branch of Lockport. Also 13
grandchildren and 38 • greatgrandchildren.
Friends may call
at their convenience at the Lange
Funeral Home, 188 East Ave.,
where funeral services will be
held on Wednesday. Sept. 25. 1983
at 10 a.m. The family will be
present from 2-4 and 7 - 9 p.m.
Interment in Wrights Corners
Cemetery.

ALSO

Same Paper and date

A retired area school teacher
and employe of Lockport Memorial
Hospital, Mrs. Alida C.
Branch, 82, of 76 Beverly Ave.,
died Sunday (Sept. 22, 1983) in
Lockport Memorial Hospital.
She was born in the Town of
Hartland on Aug. 11. 1880,
daughter of Josiha Ernest and
Elizabeth Clerk. She was the widow
of Elbert J. Branch who died
in 1941.
Mrs. Branch, a resident of Lockport
for 38 years, taught in several
one - room school houses in
the county for many years until
her retirement abut 1940. Until
five years ago she worked as a
kitchen aide in the Lockport Hospital.
She was a charter member
of the Newfane Grange and a
member of Emmanuel Methodist
Church.
Surviving are one daughter,
Mrs. Henry (Marion) Frombgen
of Lockport; three sons, Ernest
A. Branch of Wilson, Roger
Branch of Gasport and Walter L.
Branch of Lockport; 13 grandchildren
and 36 great • grandchildren.
Friends may call at their convenience
at the Lange Funeral
Home, 186 East Ave., where the
family will be present from 2 to
4 and 7 to 9 p.m. The funeral
service will be conducted there at
10 a.m. Wednesday with the Rev.
Donald M. Peck, pastor of Emmanuel
Methodist Church, officiating.
Burial will be In Wright's
Corners Cemetery.

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 7/2/1957

WILSON - Fred Brockman, 75,
of Young St., a retired farmhand,
died Monday (July 1, 1957) at his
home, after a recent heart attack.
Born In Newfane, he was t he
son of Charles and Hannah Brockman
and had lived in Wilson for
several years. He was a member of
St. Peter's Lutheran Char eh,
North Ridge.
Surviving are his wife, Mayme
Brockman; a daughter, Mrs. Ernest
Branch, Wilson; a brother,
Walter Brockman, Lockport; a
sister, Mrs. Louis Kagels, Newfane;
seven grandchildren; and
nine great-grandchildren.
Services will be tomorrow afternoon
at 2 in Hamilton ft Clark Funeral
Chapel. Burial will be In
North Ridge Cemetery

Fred married KOEPPEN, Maria Augusta Wilhelmine in 1907. Maria (daughter of KOEPPEN, Wilhelm John and LUICK, Auguste Maria Louise) was born on 29 Aug 1883 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY; died on 24 Nov 1964 in Gasport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 11/25/1964

WILSON *- Mrs. M a y m e
Brockman, 81. widow of Fred
Brockman, died unexpectedly
Tuesday (Nov. 24, 1964) at
O'Stewart Nursing Home, Gasport,
where she had been a patient
since May.
Born in the Town of Cambria
Aug. 29, 1883, she was the
daughter of William and Augusta
Luck Koeppen. She was married
in 1907 to Mr. Brockman,
who died in 1957. Since his
death, she had made her home
with her daughter, Mrs. Marion
Branch of Wilson.
She also survived by three
sisters, Mrs. Rose Ganshaw and
Mrs. Ella Lansill, both of Wil-
son, and Mrs. Emma Schultz of
Lockport.
Friends may call from 7 to 9
this evening and tomorrow from
2 to 4 and 7 to 9 at Hamilton &
Clark Funeral Home, Wilson,
where services will be held at 2
p.m. Friday. The Rev. Paul
Huyett will officiate.
Burial will be in North Ridge
Cemetery.

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 8/20/1962

Frank L Wolf. 67. of 2062
Porter Road, died unexpect-
edly at home today (Aug. 20
1962).
Mr. Wolf attended the
Suerger family reunion Sun-
day. His family physician
said he suffered a heart at-
tack.
Born in Chicago, Ill, Mr.
Wolf lived here 45 years. Be-
fore retirement he worked at
the Carborundum Co. and
had heen employed before
his death by the Niagara
Frontier Park Commission
He was a member of St.
Paul Lutheran Church and
Niagara Frontier Lodge No.
132, F&AM.
The lodge will hold a me-
morial service at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday at the Gridley Fu-
neral Home.
Surviving are his wife, Ida
Wolf; two daughters, Mrs.
Rinhart Wendt, Tampa, Fla.
and Mrs. Howard R. Fitzger-
ald, Newfane; five grand-
children.
Friends may call at the
funeral home until 11 a.m.
Wednesday.
Rev. Theodore L. Mentor
will officiate at the funeral
at St. Paul Lutheran Church
at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Burial
will be in St. Paul Cemetery,
Bergholtz.

Frank married BUERGER, Ida Anna Helene about 28 Apr 1917 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Ida (daughter of BUERGER, William Friedrich and LANG, Emilie L) was born on 5 Apr 1898 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 10 Mar 1981 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 4/28/1932

Fifteen Years Ago Today
April 28, 1917
ANNOUNCEMET is made of
marriage of Miss Ida H. Berger
and Frank L. Wolf, both of this
city.