Family/Spouse: MAY, Kenneth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Leo J. Peryea, age 92, of Wheatfield, died unexpectedly, Thursday, June 16, 2016. Born Sepetember 30, 1923 in Alder Bend, New York, he was the son of the late John and Anna (nee DeBesque Miller) Peryea and had been a resident of Western New York for the greater part of his life. A graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, he was an Army Veteran of WWII where he served in France and was the Engineering Manager at Durez Plastics in North Tonawanda before retiring in 1988. Leo was a member of the American Legion Post 1322 in North Tonawanda and St. Matthew Lutheran Church in North Tonawanda. He was a former Boy Scout leader and had been actively involved in construction of St. Paul's Lutheran School as well as many other buildings. Leo enjoyed restoring old trucks and gasoline engines.

He was the husband of the late Doris (nee Stoelting) Peryea, who died November 5, 2000; father of Kirk (Margo) Peryea of Middleport, Dorilee (Gary) Male of Malta, Dean (Roxanne) Peryea of St. Petersburg, Florida, and Lavonne May of Niagara Falls; grandfather of Joshua Peryea, Leah (Jim) Tyrrell, Anna (Pedro) Sotelo-Peryea, Mary (Lindsay) Grabau, Trevor (Sydney) Grabau, Benjamin (Shawna) Peryea, Rebecca Peryea, Ross DeWeese, Lisa Sidor, and the late Jason Weaver; great-grandfather of Jackson, Charlotte, Victor, Gunnar, Jody, Joshua, Neehah, Tori, Riley, and Macie; and brother of Norman (Claire) Peryea of Woodstock, Virginia, Christine Shepard of Vancouver, British Columbia, and ten siblings who predeceased him. Also surviving are many nieces and nephews.

There is no visitation. Services will be cared for privately followed by interment at White Chapel Memorial Park, Town of Amherst. If desired, memorials to Lutheran World Relief, PO Box 17061, Baltimore, MD 21298-9832, or to St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 875 Eggert Drive, North Tonawanda, NY 14120, are preferred by the family.

Leo + STOELTING, Doris L. Doris (daughter of STOELTING, Herman Wilhelm Johann and WITKOP, Elsie Franziska Appolonia) was born on 16 Feb 1921 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 6 Nov 2000 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John + DEBESQUE, Anna. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NF Gazette Nov 8, 1952
H. W. Stoelting Dies at Sanborn
SANBORN, Nov. 8 - Herman W. Stoelting, 77, of the Upper Mountain road, died suddenly last evening at his home, following a heart attack. Born in Bergholtz, Mr. Stoelting was a lifelong resident of the area. He was employed by the Wurlitzer Manufacturing company, North Tonawanda for the last 25 years. He was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran church. North Tonawanda. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elsie Witkop Stoelting; two sons, Clarence, Sanborn, and Allen Stoelting, North Tonawanda; two daughters, Mrs. Leo Scholz, North Tonawanda, and Mrs. Leo Peryea, Sanborn; 12 grandchildren; a brother, Julius Stoelting, Bergholtz, and a sister, Mrs. Augusta Strassburg, Sanborn. The body will be at the family home, Upper Mountain road, where funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. and at 2:30 o'clock at St. Paul's* church. The Rev. Frederick Hinners will officiate. Interment will be in White Chapel Memorial Park cemetery.

Herman married WITKOP, Elsie Franziska Appolonia about 1907 in Niagara County, NY. Elsie (daughter of WITTKOPF, Heinrich August Wilhelm and GRASSMAN, Lydia Marie Auguste) was born on 11 Mar 1888 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY; died on 4 Jan 1965 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 1/4/1965

NORTH TONAWANDA-
Mrs. Elsie F. Stoelting, 76, of
1724 Forbes St., died today
(Jan. 4, 1965) in Roswell Park
Memorial Institute, Buffalo,
after an illness of several
weeks.
She had been a lifelong
resident of the Town of
Wehatfield and a member of
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
and its Ladies Aid Society.
Her husband, Herman W.
Stoelting, died in 1952.
Survivors I n c l u d e two
daughters, Mrs. Leo Scholz
and Mrs. Leo Peryea, both of
this city; two sons, Clarence
H. Stoelting, Sanborn, and
Allen R. Stoelting, this city;
a sister, Mrs. William Eggert,
and a brother, George Witkop,
both of this city; 15 grandchildren
and six great-grandchildren.
Friends may call until 10
p.m. Tuesday at the Roth Funeral
Home. Services will be
conducted at St. Paul's Lutheran
Church at 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday. Burial will be ln
White Chapel Memorial Park.

Otto married RADLOFF, Auguste Wihelmine on 30 Jul 1871 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Auguste (daughter of RADLOFF, Michael and BOLCKE, Wilhelmine) was born on 7 Dec 1844 in Prussia; died on 16 Jan 1928 in Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1860 Census with parents in Royalton
1870 Census with parents in Royalton - Witcap/Witcup
1880 Census with wife, son and father in Wheatfield - Wittkopf
1900 Census with wife and children in Cambria - Wittkopf
1910 Census with wife and Benjamin in Cambria - Witkop
1920 Census with wife on Upper Mountain Road in Cambria - Witkop
1930 Census with wife on Upper Mountain Road in Cambria - Witkop

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 4/21/1947

Henry A. Wittkopf, 86, died
Sunday at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. William Eggert on the
Upper Mountain road, town of
Cambria. He is survived by his
wife, two daughters, Mrs. Eggert
and Mrs. William Stolting of North
Tonawanda; two sons, George
Wittkopf of North Tonawanda and
Benjamin Wittkopf of Sanborn;
22 grandchildren and 34 great
grandchildren. Funeral services
will be held Wednesday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock from the
Eggert home. Interment will be
in St. Andrew's cemetery, Pekin,

Heinrich married GRASSMAN, Lydia Marie Auguste on 17 Oct 1878 in Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, Bergholz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Lydia (daughter of GRASSMAN, Wilhelm and ZABEL, Helena Magdalene) was born on 27 Jul 1858 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 19 Jun 1951 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 6/20/1951

LOCKPORT. June 20-A lifelong
resident of Niagara county, Mrs.
Augusta Wittkop, 92, widow of Henry
Wittkop, died yesterday after a long
illness at the home of, her daughter,
Mrs. William Eggert, Upper Mountain
road, Town of Cambria.
She was born July 27, 1858 in the
Town of Wheatfield but had lived
many years in Cambria where her
husband, a farmer, died several years
Besides Mrs. Eggert she is survived
by another daughter, Mrs. Herman
Stoelting. Cambria; two sons.
George of North Tonawanda, and
Benjamin of Cambria.
Services will be held Friday at
1:30 at the Gaul Funeral home, 263
East avenue and at 2:30 at St. Pauls
'Lutheran church, North Tonawanda.
Burial will be in St. Andrew's cemetery,
Pekin.