Family/Spouse: BAMPTON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married EDIGHOFFER, Joan Elizabeth Joan (daughter of EDIGHOFFER, Erwin) was born about 1935; died on 19 Sep 2021 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

WILKE, Joan E. (nee Edighoffer)
September 19, 2021, at age 86, beloved wife of 64 years to Richard L. "Bud" Wilke; devoted mother of Craig Wilke, Daniel (Sandy) Wilke, Susan Bampton; loving grandmother of Cassandra, Jillian, Michael, Sara, James, Samantha, Daniel and Alexis; great-grandmother of Sophia, Kason, Ethan and Elliana; dear sister of Myrna (late Otto) Zietler, Carol (late Arthur) Ellsworth and the late Shirley (Elton) Bayer and Phyllis Aber; also survived by nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 4-7 PM at the (Amherst Chapel) AMIGONE FUNERAL HOME, INC., 5200 Sheridan Drive (corner Hopkins Rd.), where funeral services will follow at 7:00 PM Friends invited. Share condolences online at www.AMIGONE.com

Raymond married GARRITY, Margaret on 12 Apr 1923 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 4/11/1978

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
L. Wilke of Clinton Street,
Tonawanda, will
celebrate their 55th
wedding anniversary
tomorrow.
They were married
April 12, 1923, in St.
Francis of Assissi
Church, Tonawanda.
Attendants at the
marriage were Richard
Garrity, Mrs. Wilke's
brother, and Miss Marion
Sommers.
The couple has three
children, nine grandchildren
and two greatgrandchildren.
Their
children will honor them
at a dinner celebrating
the anniversary.
Mr. Wilke retired from
Atlantic Refining Co.,
Town of Tonawanda,
after 25 years of service.

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 9/25/1959

Louis a Wilke, 81, a founder
and one of the most active mem-
bers of Grace Lutheran Church,
North Tonawanda, died today in
DeGrass Memorial Hospital after
a short illness.
His death terminated a 52-year
record of perfect attendance at
the church's Sunday School.
Mr. Wilke, a lifelong resident of
North Tonawanda, was treasurer
of Wagenschuetz Hardware Inc ,
230 Oliver St., where he had
been employed since he was 14
iyears old.
n 1956 Mr. Wilke received a
golden hammer from the Estwing
Manufacturing Co. of Rockford,
Ill., whose products he sold
throughout his 67-year career at
the store. The hammer commem-
orated 60 years' service in the
hardware industry.
Grace Lutheran Church was or-
ganized 53 years ago in the third-
floor hall of Mr. Wilke's hard-
ware store, on Jan. 21, 1906.
His numerous activities in con-
nection with the church include
the position as a Sunday School
superintendent for 25 years, and
as the church's financial secre-
tary for 20 years.
He was the first president of
the grace Lutheran Brotherhood
in 1920 and 1921, and had served
as president of the New York
State Luther League, the Buffalo
Luther League, his church's first
bowling league, the Union Broth-
erhood, the Grace Lutheran
Church, the Retail Credit Bureau
and the Church cabinet. He was
vice president of the Twin City
Council of Churches from 1939 to
1942.
He regularly attended synod
and other meetings all over the
country, was several times elect-
ed a delegate to the United Lu-
theran Church conventions and
held numerous offices in Luther-
an groups.
Arrangements are being made
at the Brunner Funeral Home, 156
Robinson St., North Tonawanda.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday
in the Grace Lutheran Church.

Louis + STOLTZ, Ida. Ida was born about 1888; died on 5 Nov 1961 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 11/6/1961

WILKE - Ida S. Wilke, 73, of
130 Falter Ave., Tonawanda, died
Sunday (Nov, 5, 1961) at the Niagara
Lutheran Home, Buffalo,
after a long illness. She was a
member of Grace Lutheran
Church and was the widow of
Louis A. Wilke, who died in September
1959. Survivors include a
daughter, Mrs. Chester (Helen)
Peters and a son, Raymond
Wilke, of Tonawanda; five grandchildren,
13 great-grandchildren
and several cousins in Canada.
Friends may call at Creasey Funeral
Home, 93 Adam St., Tonawanda,
where services will be
Wednesday at 2 p.m. The Rev.
Howard E. Funk will officiate.
Burial in Elmlawn Cemetery