13. | WIENKE, Adelaide Helene Louise was born on 26 Oct 1879 in Prussia (daughter of WIENKE, Albert Frederic and RETZLAFF, Mathilda Bertha Auguste); died on 13 Apr 1957 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. Notes:
13 April 1957 Tonawanda News
POKELWALDT - Adelaide Schmeichel Pokelwaldt, 77, of 181 18th Ave., North
Tonawanda, died Saturday (Apr. 13, 1957) in Meyer Memorial Hospital,
Buffalo, after a long illness. Born in Germany, she resided in North
Tonawanda for 71 years and was the wife of the late Herman Pokelwaldt. She
is survived by two sons, Arthur of Eggertsville and Wilbert of North
Tonawanda; a daughter, Mrs. Donald Black of North Tonawanda; three bothers,
Adolph Weinke of Sanborn and John and Reinhardt Weinke of Bergholtz, and
four sisters, Mrs. Edward Jagow of Niagara Falls, Mrs. Esther Moll and Mrs.
Emma Haseley of Bergholtz and Mrs. Ella Eggert of Gasport. Seven
grandchildren and six great-grandchildren also survive. Mrs. Pokelwaldt was
a member of St. Martin's Church, North Tonawanda. Friends may call at the
Wattengel Funeral Home, 307 Oliver St., where services will be at 2 p.m.
Monday with the Rev. Arthur Hornish officiating. Burial will be in St. Mark's
Cemetery.
Notes:
North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 3/10/1954
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schmeichel,
334 Oliver St., both residents of
North Tonawanda for more than
70 years, today are observing their
56th wedding anniversary.
Both were born in Germany and
came to this city when they were
small children. Mr. Schmeichel
is 76 years old, his wife, 73.
The couple was married March
10,1898 in Bergholtz. They are the
parents of four children: Wilbert
Schmeichel and Mrs. Leona Black
of North Tonawanda, Arthur
Schmeichel of Eggertsville and the
late Edward Schmeichel, a former
alderman of the seventh ward.
They have 12 grandchildren and 3
great-grandchildren.
A former cabinet maker at the
Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, Mr
Schmeichel later was custodian at
the Tonawandas YMCA and worked
for a time in the Evening
NEWS building.
For several years, until his retirement
about 10 years ago, Mr.
Schmeichel . operated a tavern
Mrs. Schmeichel, who occupies
much of her leisure time with hand
work, at one time prepared luncheons
for the Kiwanis and Rotary
Clubs of the Tonawandas.
Mr. Schmeichel is confined in
his home with penumonia and a
celebration of the anniversary has
been postponed by the couple's
family until his recovery and
"warmer weather" will allow a
family get-together.
Children:
- 6. SCHMEICHEL, Edward Albert was born in Feb 1899 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 23 Sep 1941 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
- SCHMEICHEL, Arthur R was born on 11 Jun 1902 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 17 Dec 1989 in Willcox, Cochise County, AZ.
- SCHMEICHEL, Wilbert Lawrence was born about 1909 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY; died on 26 Jan 1967 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
- SCHMEICHEL, Leona L was born on 5 Oct 1916 in New York; died on 15 Jan 1979 in Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
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