Family/Spouse: SASS, Daniel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Posted: Friday, October 17, 2014 4:35 pm


Harry "Butch" Vollmer, 64, of North Tonawanda, Thursday, October 16, 2014, at home, surrounded by family, under the care of Niagara Hospice. Butch was born in DuBois, PA on September 21, 1950 to Harry and Mary (Donahue) Vollmer. Butch was a 40-year skilled Drywall Contractor, 20-year North Tonawanda City employee. In his spare time he enjoyed music, playing his guitar and singing.

Butch is survived by his wife of 40 years, Karen (Kalpin) Vollmer; father of Dawn, Kristen (Daniel) Sass and Steven Vollmer; brother of Pat (JT) Wright, the late Eileen (Raymond) Summerville, the late Tessie (Bert) Holland, and Walter (Jennifer) Thompson; also surviving are several nieces and nephews.

Friends may call Sunday from 4-7 P.M. at the Wattengel Funeral Home, 533 Meadow Drive, North Tonawanda. (NEW LOCATION). Funeral services will be held Monday at 10:30 A.M. at St. Mark Lutheran Church, 1135 Oliver St., North Tonawanda. Flowers gratefully declined. Memorials may be made to Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

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Harry married KALPIN, Karen A about 1974. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harry + DONAHUE, Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas + VOELKER, Elaine. Elaine (daughter of VOELKER, Phillip and LEMKE, Ella Auguste Bertha) was born in Aug 1924; died on 12 Jul 2015 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Elaine V. Kalpin (nee Voelker) of North Tonawanda July 12, 2015. Loving mother of Karen Vollmer, Kathleen (Jonny) Davis and Janet (Michael) Curry all of North Tonawanda; Cherished grandmother of 9 grandchildren; Sister of the late Esther Nowark, Ellmer Voelker and Dr. Edwin Voelker; Sister in law of Adeline Voelker; Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the Fretthold Funeral Home Inc. 1241 Oliver St. at Ward Rd. in North Tonawanda on Tuesday from 4-8 PM. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 10:30 AM from St. Mark Lutheran Church. The Rev. Keith Knupp will officiate. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Mark Lutheran Church.

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Niagara Gazette - 1/29/1948

NORTH TONAWANDA, Jan. 29-
Philip E. Voelker, 65. of 151 Jackson
avenue, died from a heart attack at
his home yesterday. Mr. Voelker was
born In the Town of Wheatfield and
had lived in North Tonawanda the
last 42 years.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ella
Lemke Voelker; two sons, Elmer and
Edwin Voelker; two daughters, Mrs.
G. Fred Nowark and Miss Elaine
Voelker, of North Tonawanda; a
brother, William Voelker, and a sister,
Mrs. August Schlmsciack, both
of Bergholtz.
Funeral services will be held Saturday
at 2 p m in the Ramp funeral
home, 37 Adam street, and half an
hour later at St. Mark's Lutheran
church In Oliver street. The Rev.
Paul Fretthold will conduct the rites
and interment will be In St. Mark's
cemetery.

Phillip + LEMKE, Ella Auguste Bertha. Ella (daughter of LEMKE, Wilhelm Friedrich and BEHM, Wilhelmine Caroline Christine) was born on 4 May 1885 in North Ridge, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY; died on 4 Apr 1951 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Tonawanda Evening News, 4 April 1951
Mrs. Ella Voelker, 65, of 151 Jackson Ave., died Tuesday afternoon in the home of her daughter Mrs. Fred Nowark, 280 North Ave., after a long illness. Mrs. Voelker was born in North Ridge and had lived in North Tonawanda most of her life. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Nowark and Mrs. Thomas Kalpin; two sons, Elmer and Edwin, and five grandchildren, all of the Tonawandas; three sisters, Mrs. Gustav Ellman of Niagara Falls, Mrs. Gustav Warblow of North Tonawanda, and Mrs. Anna Brauer of the Town of Wheatfield; two brothers, William Lemke of Lockport and John Lemke of North Tonawanda; Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Hamp Funeral Home, 37 Adam St., and at 2:30 p.m. in St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Rev. Paul Fretthold will officiate. Burial will be in St. Mark's Cemetery