Jon + LUDKE, Janet E. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Walter married AIKEN, Janice Marilyn on 14 Jul 1951 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Janice (daughter of AIKEN, Ralph and BAEHR, Edith Marie) was born on 3 Feb 1931 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY; died on 27 Oct 2018 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary for Janice M Bukowski
Janice M. Bukowski, 87, of North Tonawanda, Saturday (October 27, 2018) in Northgate Nursing Home. Mrs. Bukowski was born in Lockport, New York on February 3, 1931 to Ralph and Edith (Baehr) Aiken. Mrs. Bukowski was predeceased by her husband Walter J. Bukowski, Jr. who died in May of 2017. 
Janice is survived by her children Holly (David) McCollum, Jon (Janet) and Tim Bukowski, sister of Robert Aiken and the late Lyle Aiken, also surviving are 7 grand children and nieces and nephews. 
Private funeral services were held at the convenience of the family. 

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 6/21/1951

MISS JANICE MARILYN AIKEN'S forthcoming marriage to
Walter Bukowski Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bukowski of
292 Shartel Place is announced today by her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Aiken of 26 Linwood Ave. The wedding will be
solemnised July 14 in St. Mark's Lutheran Church.

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 8/4/1951

In a double ring ceremony performed July 15 in St.
Mark's Lutheran Church, Miss Janice Aiken, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Aiken of 28 Linwood Ave., became the
bride of Mr. Walter Bukowski, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Bukowski Sr. of 292 Shartle Place. The Rev. Paul Fretthold
officiated.
Cases filled with white carna-
tions decorated the altar of the
church and backets of white
gladoli, larkspur and baby
breath with palms and ferns and
tall tapers in seven branch can-
delbra formed the chancel back-
ground for the service.
Mrs. Wallace Senechal presid-
ed at the organ and ac-
companied Mr. Martin Brauer
who sang The Lord's Prayer and
Because.
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, chose a Victorian
styled gown of French lace over
taffeta and her fingertip veil of
illusion was attached to a crown
of seed pearls. She carried a
cascade bouquet of white roses.
Miss Mary Dale Barbour,
maid of honor, wore a gown of
yellow lace over taffeta and carried
a cascade bouquet of Talisman
roses. Miss Marcia Leverentz
and Miss Shirley Lehman,
cousins of the bride, bridesmaids
wore similar gowns of
green and pink lace. Miss Leverentz
carried yellow roses and
pink roses harmonized with
Miss Lehman's costume.
Junior bridesmaids, Miss Marjorie
Ann Aiken and Miss Judith
Heerdt. dressed alike in white
flowered organdy gowns over pink
taffeta, carried baskets of pink
and blue garden flowers. Cheryl
Louise Aiken, in a white organdy
over blue taffeta, was the flower
girl. She carried pink roses.
Mr. Richard Warda attended
the bridegrom as best man and
ushers were Messrs. Stuart Carney
and James Buskis.
A sea green nylon dress with
white accessories was chosen by
the bride's mother and the bridegroom's
mother was attired in
beige lace with matching accessories.
Corsages of roses completed
their ensembles.
A wedding dinner was served
for the bridal party and immediate
families and a reception fol-
lowed at 8 p.m. m the Clay Pipe
Room of Delaware Hotel. Buffet
luncheon was served 300 guests
from a table centered with a
wedding cake flanked with white
candles in star-shaped crystal
holders.
For a wedding trip to the ad-
irondacks, the bride selected a
white linen dress with white ac-
cessories and a corsage of red
roses. Mr. and Mrs. Bukowski
are at home in 294 Goundry St.
Prenuptial parties were given
in honor of the bride by Miss
Barbour, the bridegroom's mother,
Mrs. James Harris and Miss
Leverentz; Mrs. Andrew Voelker.
Mrs. Richard Voelker and
Mrs. Ernest Klatt. Mrs. Robert
Aiken and Mrs. H. Lyle Aiken.

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 5/17/1972

BUKOWSKI - Walter J. Bu-
kowski Sr., 66. of 292 Shartle
Place. North Tonawanda,
suddenly Tuesday (May 16,
1972). Born in Buffalo, he
resided in North Tonawanda
for the past 42 years. Mr.
Bukowski was a member of the
U.A.W. and a former employe
of the Bell Aerosystems,
retiring in 1971.
Beloved husband of the late
Barbara (nee Andrasik) Bu-
kowski. dear father of two sons,
Walter (Janice) Bukowski Jr.,
and Dennis Paul Bukowski,
both of North Tonawanda:
grandfather of three grand-
children; brother of Joseph
(Frances) Bukowski of West
Seneca, Mrs. Rudolph (Mary)
Monkiewicz of North
Tonawanda, Frank Bukowski
of Billings, Mont., and the late
Stanley Bukowski; also
survived by several nieces and
nephews.
The family will be present to
receive relatives and friends
from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., at the
Skomski Funeral Home, 549
Oliver St., North Tonawanda

Walter + ANDRASIK, Barbara. Barbara was born about 1909 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 14 Sep 1970 in Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 9/15/1970

NORTH TONAWANDA- Mrs.
Barbara (Andrasik) Bukowski,
61, of 2921 Shartel Place, died
unexpectedly Monday (Sept. 14,
1970) at DeGraff Memorial Hos-
pital of an apparent heart at-
tack.
She was a lifelong resident of
this city, and a member of St.
Rita's Society No. 308. She was
employed by the Wurlitzer Co.
She is survived by her hus-
band, Walter Bukowski; two
sons, Walter J. Bukowski Jr.
and Dennis Bukowski, and three
grandchildren, all of this city;
two brothers, Michael Andrasik
of Poland, and Alex Andrasik of
Wilson; five sisters, Mrs. Anna
Olson, Mrs. Bernard (Helen)
Warda, Mrs. Charles (Veronica)
Mordick and Mrs. Annette
Batug, all of the Tonawandas,
and Mrs. Henry (Elizabeth)
Heerdt of Cleveland, Ohio.
Prayers will be said" at 3:30
a.m. Friday at the Skomski
Funeral Home, followed by a
requiem Mass at 10 a.m. at bur
Lady of Czestochowa Church.
Burial will be in Mount Olivet
Cemetery.
The family will be present
from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at
the funeral home.

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 2/3/1984

AIKEN - Ralph Aiken, 83,
of North Tonawanda. suddenly
Friday (February 3,
1994) in Hollywood, Fla Mr.
Aiken was a former
employee of National
Grinding Wheel, a member
of St. Mark Lutheran
Church, the St. Mark Senior
Citizens and the Wofcot
tsville Senior Citizens
Husband of the late Edith
M. Aiken who died in 1975,
he is survived by two sons,
Robert R (Marie) Aiken of
No. Miami, Fla , and H.
Lyle (Lois) Aiken; a daughter,
Mrs. Walter (Janice)
Buckowski, all of North
Tonawanda; nine grandchildren,
seven great-
grandchildren.
Arrangement by the
Fretthold Funeral Home,
Inc., are incomplete.

Ralph married BAEHR, Edith Marie on 3 Jun 1920 in Medina, Orleans County, NY. Edith (daughter of BAEHR, Charles Frederick and SCHULER, Johanna Maria Augustina) was born on 3 Dec 1898 in Orleans County, NY; died on 5 Oct 1975 in Kenmore Mercy Hospital, Kenmore, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 10/6/1975

AIKEN - Edith M.
(nee Baehr) Aiken, of
North Tonawanda Sunday
(Oct. 5, 1975) at
Kenmore Mercy Hospital
after a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Aiken was a
r e s i d e n t of North
Tonawanda the past 40
years, a member of St.
Mark Lutheran Church
and the Wollcottsville
Golden Agers.
She is survived by her
husband, Ralph Aiken;
two sons, Robert R. of
North Miami Beach, Fla.,
and H. Lyle Aiken of
North Tonawanda; a
daughter, Mrs. Walter
(Janice) Bukowski of
North Tonawanda; nine
g r a n d c h i l d r e n ; five
great-grandchildren and
m a n y n i e c e s and
nephews.
The family will receive
friends at the Fretthold
Funeral Home, Inc., 1241
Oliver St., at Ward Rd.,
North Tonawanda this
evening from 7 to 9 p.m.,
and Tuesday from 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 p.m. Services
will be held at the funeral
home Wednesday at 9:30
a.m., the Rev. Thomas K.
Spahn will officiate.
Interment in St. Mark
Lutheran Cemetery.
If desired, memorials
may be made to St. Mark
Lutheran Church.

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Medina NY Daily Register Journal - 6/24/1970

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Aiken
celebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary at a party in
their home at 28 Linwood Ave.,
North Tonawanda.
Mr. Aiken of Lockport and
the former Edith Baehr of
Medina were married June
3, 1920, in Trinity Lutheran
Church, Medina.
Attending the couple were
Mrs. Matie Baehr Leverentz
of Niagara Falls, Mrs. Frank
(Mildred Baehr) Lehman of
North Tonawanda, Herbert
Stevens of Median and Lyle
Wright of KnoWlesville.
The couple are members of
St. Mark. Lutheran Church and
they enjoy working in their
garden.
Mr. and Mrs. Aiken have
one daughter, Mrs. Walter
Bukowski of North Tonawanda,
and two sons, Robert
R. Aiken of Hallandale, Fla.,
and H. Lyle Aiken of North
Tonawanda. They also have
eight grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.