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Vicki Davis, 64, of West End, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019, at FirstHealth Hospice House after a short battle with cancer.
Vicki was born Aug. 18, 1955, in North Tonawanda, N.Y. She was predeceased by her mother, Margaret Maerten, and her father, Burdette “Bud” Maerten.
She is survived by her husband of 43 years, Gerard “Jerry” Davis, of West End; daughter, Janel Anderson and her husband, Jeffrey Anderson, of Winston-Salem; son, Matthew Davis and his wife, Ashley Davis, of West End; sister, Sandra “Sandy” Tortorete and her husband, Charles “Chuck” Tortorete, of Lady Lakes, Fla.; and three beautiful grandchildren.
A private service will be held Saturday, Aug. 24, at 4 p.m. in West End.

Family/Spouse: DAVIS, Gerard. Gerard was born in 1950; died on 4 Apr 2021. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. DAVIS, Janel
2. DAVIS, Matthew

Burdette + WELCH, Margaret Etta. Margaret (daughter of WELCH, Charles and KELLY, Lona Amelia) was born on 31 Jan 1927 in New York; died on 31 Mar 2009 in Lady Lake, Lake County, FL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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TONAWANDA - Louis E. Maerten, 78, of 646 Emerson Dr., Eggersville, a former resident of this city, died Thursday (Oct. 9, 1969) at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Buffalo, after a long illness. Mr. Maerten, a lifelong resident of this area, was formerly employed as a piano tuner. He was a veteran of World War I in France with the U.S. Army. He is survived by his widow, the former Lelia Sherwood; three daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Nulls. and Mrs. Henry Rule,both of the Tonawandas, and Mrs. Clayton Gorn, of Eggertsville; a son, Burdette Maerten, of this city; nine grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Baer of Sanborn, and Mrs. Jennie Miller of Hialeah, Fla. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Hamp Funeral Home by the Rev. Carl F. Fiscus. Burial will be in St. Paul's Cemetery at the convenience of the family. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home today.

Louis + SHERWOOD, Lelia. Lelia was born in 1895; died on 13 Sep 1970 in Eggertsville, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 5/11/1945

TONAWANDA. May 11-Stricken
with a heart attack while working
as a fireman aboard the tug Georgia
in Buffalo this morning. Charles
Welch. 58. of 392 Fletcher street,
died later despite the efforts of
coast guardsmen to revive him.
Mr. Welch was a lifelong resident
of this city and a member of the
Union Hook and Ladder company
and the Tugmen's. Firemen's and
Linemen's Protective association,
He had been employed by the Hand
and Johnson Tug Lines in Buffalo
the last four years as a tug fireman.
Prior to that he worked on the
steamer Niagara owned and operated
by the Gravels Products company,
of this city. Before that he
was employed as an engineer by
the International Paper company.
He is survived by his wife. Mrs.
Welch, at homeF(sic)
Lona Welch: two sons. Frank: L.
Welch, with the U. S. Navy in England,
and Patrick Welch, U.S.S.
Missouri, and two daughters. Mrs.
Florence Kopcho, and Margaret
Welch, at home. The funeral plans
have not been completed.

Charles married KELLY, Lona Amelia about 1924. Lona was born about 1903 in Star Lake, St. Lawrence County, NY; died on 17 Apr 1965 in Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 4/18/1965

NORTH TONAWANDA-
Mrs. Lona A. Breitenbach,
62, of 325 North Ave. died
unexpectedly S a t u r d ay
(April 17, 1965) at DeGraff
Memorial Hospital.
.Born at Star Lake, N.Y.,
she lived in this city for the
last 45 years and was a
member of the Lady Forester
Lodge and St. Paul's
United Church of Christ at
Wendelville.
She is survived by her
husband Henry C. Breitenbach;
;a daughter, Mrs. Burdette
(Margaret) Maerten,
this city; two sons, Frank
L. Welch, Van Nuys, Calif.,
and Charles P. Welch, this
city; a sister, Mrs. Ruth E.
Curtis, of Florida and two
brothers, William Kelly,
Wilmington, Del., and Robert
Kelly, Trenton, N.J.
She is also survived by
six grandchildren and a
great grandchild.
F u n e r a l arrangements
are being made by the
Fretthold Funeral Home.

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Niagara Gazette - 6/20/1933

The funeral of Christian Maerten,
well known here, was held on Friday
afternoon from his home in North
Tonawanda, and later at the Frieden's
Evangelical church. Rev. Theodore
Mayer officiating.

Christian married BEHNKE, Mary in 1890 in Niagara County, NY. Mary (daughter of BEHNKE, Louis and Johanna) was born in Dec 1865 in New York; died on 14 Sep 1934 in Sanborn, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 9/15/1934

MAERTEN—ln Sanborn, N. Y., Sept.. 14th,
1934, Mary Maerten, wife of the late
Christian Maerten. mother of Mrs. Harold
Miller, Sanborn, Mrs. Walter Baer,
this city. Louis of North Tonawanda,
George of Wheatfletd, sister of Mrs.
Minnie Schultz, Wm. Behnke, N Ton.-
awanda, Christian of Erie, Pa. Funeral
from home in Sanborn, Monday at 2
p.m. and 2:30 from Frieden's Church,
N. Tonawanda, Rev. Theodore Meyer officiating-
. Interment In St. Paul's cemetery,
Tonawanda.

Joseph married Gusta about 1888. Gusta was born in Aug 1860 in Germany; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]