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Niagara Gazette - 3/16/1965

Edgar Mielke
PEKIN—A former resident
of this area, Edgar Mielke, 55,
died Monday (March 15, 1965)
in Buffalo Veterans Hospital
after a long illness.
Mr. Mielke, a native of
Pekin, served in the U.S.
Army during World War II
and was employed for many
years with the Railway Express
Agency in Niagara Falls.

Edgar married SCHIMSCHACK, Grace on 21 Jun 1941 in Pekin, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. Grace (daughter of SCHIMSCHACK, Otto Wilhelm Albert and BROECKER, Ella) was born on 27 Jul 1920 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 9 Oct 2000 in Jamestown, Chautauqua County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Herman married KRULL, Louise Caroline Ottilie on 24 Nov 1892 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Louise (daughter of KRULL, Johannes Christian and GRASSMANN, Wilhelmina Maria Magdalene) was born on 6 May 1873 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died in 1957 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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15 March 1949 Tonawanda News

Otto W. Schimschack

Otto W. Schimschack, 62, of 304 Stenzil St., died this morning in the DeGraff Memorial Hospital after a lingering illness. A native of Bergholtz, he retired three years ago as a tavern and restaurant keeper at Pekin, N. Y. He was in business at Pekin for 12 years. Prior to that he was employed for 32 years by the Aluminum Company of America, Niagara Falls. He was a member of the company’s 25-Year-Club. He was also a member of the Pekin Fire Department and the St. Paul’s Evangelical and Lutheran Church on East Felton St. He was a deacon of the church at the time of his death. He was also a former trustee of the church. Surviving are his wife, Ella, nee Broecker; two daughters, Mrs. Charles Tomm and Mrs. Edgar Milke of Pekin; two sons, Alfred O. of Newfane and Robert C. of Pekin; four grandchildren, four brothers, Herman and William R. of Bergholtz, Fred of St. Johnsburg, and Ferdinand of Lockport. Last rites will be held Friday at 2 p.m. from the residence and at 2:30 p.m. from the St. Paul’s Church. The Rev. Leonard Baldwin will officiate. Burial will be in Elmlawn.

Otto married BROECKER, Ella about 1904 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Ella (daughter of BROECKER, Charles J and MELLENTHINE, Wilhelmina) was born in Dec 1885 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 10 Jul 1955 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buffalo NY Courier Express - 7/12/1955

Funeral services for Mrs. Ella
Broecker Schimschack, retired
restaurant owner in Pekin, Town
of Wilson, will be at 2:30 Thursday
afternoon in St. Paul's Evangelical
Lutheran Church. North
Tonawanda. Prayers will be said
at 2 in her residence. 304 Stenzil
St., North Tonawanda. Burial
will be in Elmlawn Cemetery,
Town of Tonawanda.
Mrs. Schimschack, a native of
North Tonawanda. died Sunday
night in her summer home in
the Town of Wilson.
Two sons. Alfred and Robert
C. and two daughters, Mrs.
Charles Tomm and Mrs. Edgar
Mielke, survive.

Carl married HESCHKE, Wilhelmine about 1863. Wilhelmine was born in 1833; died in 1914 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johannes married GRASSMANN, Wilhelmina Maria Magdalene on 20 Apr 1871 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Wilhelmina (daughter of GRASSMAN, Wilhelm and ZABEL, Helena Magdalene) was born on 6 Sep 1851 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 12 Feb 1931 in Pekin, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NF Gazette

STRASSBURG-At Pekin, N. Y., February 12, 1931, Wilhelmina, aged 79, wife of Christian Strassburg; mother of Mrs. Geo. F. Planner. Henry, John and Christ of North Tonawanda, Mrs. William Strassburg of California. Philip, William, Mrs. Herman Mielke and Mrs. Edward Wendt of Pekin, Mrs. Louis Horacek of Rochester, N. Y. and Rachel at home. Funeral from the family home In Pekin, Sunday, February 15, 1931, at 2 p. m, and 2:30 from St. Andrew's church. Burial at Pekin N. Y.
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NF Gazette

PEKIN WOMAN DIES
Mrs. Wilhelmina Strassburg, 79, to be Buried Sunday.
Mrs. Wilhelmina A. Strassburg, 79, died yesterday afternoon at the family home at Pekin. Funeral services will be held from the home on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock and at 2:30 from St. Andrew's church at Pekin. Besides her husband, Christian, she is survived by five sons, Henry, John and Christ, all of Tonawanda, and Philip and William, both of Pekin, and six daughters, Mrs. George Pfanner, of Tonawanda, Mrs. William Strassburg, of California, Mrs. Henry Mielke, Mrs. Ernest Wendt and Rachael Strassburg, all of Pekin. and Mrs. Louis Horack, of Rochester.

Albert married SCHROEDER, Wilhelmina about 1878 in New York. Wilhelmina was born on 22 May 1848 in Prussia; died on 15 Aug 1938 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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15 August 1938 Tonawanda News

Mrs. Wilhelmina Schimschack

Mrs. Wilhelmina Schimschack, 86, died this morning at the home of her son, August, Bergholz, after a lingering illness. Born in Germany, Mrs. Schimschack had resided in Bergholz the past 53 years. She was a member of the Holy Ghost church in Bergholz. She leaves five sons, August and Herman, Bergholz; Ferdinand, Lockport; Fred, St, Johnsburg and Otto, Pekin; a brother, August Schroeder, Steubenville, O.; 22 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Rites will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock from the late residence and at 2 o’clock from the Holy Ghost church. The Rev. John Kuchenbecker will officiate. Burial will be the Holy Ghost cemetery.

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 2/15/1920

Charles Broeker, seventy-one years
old, died this morning at his home at
No. 196 Stenzel street. Mr. Broker was
stricken with apoplexy recently, resultng
in his death He was one of the oldest
residents of the Gratwick section
of the city. Surviving are a wife and
nine children.

Charles married MELLENTHINE, Wilhelmina about 1872 in Prussia. Wilhelmina (daughter of MELLENTHINE, William) was born in Jul 1854 in Prussia; died on 30 Jun 1927 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1 July 1927 Tonawanda News
Mrs. Wilhelmina Broecker, 73 years old, wife of the late Charles Broecker, died last night at her home, 192 Stenzel street. She was born in Germany. For the past 40 years she had been a resident of North Tonawanda. She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Rietch, Mrs. Herman Engel, Mrs. Otto Schimschack, Mrs. Fred Lavendusky and Mrs. William Pletcher, all of the Tonawandas; three sons, Albert Broecker, Pendleton, and William and Gustav Broecker, North Tonawanda; 28 grandchildren; four great grandchildren, and two brothers, William Mellentine, Germany, and Albert Mellentine, Niagara Falls, N. Y. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the residence and half an hour later at the St. Paul's church on East Felton street, Rev. H. J. Kleiner of the Redeemer Lutheran church, Schenck street officiating.