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

Samuel married FERRERIO, Betty on 30 Aug 1963. Betty (daughter of FERRERIO, Joseeph and GESCHWENDER, Isabella) was born on 13 Nov 1934 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 21 May 2022 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Betty (Ferrerio) Hoff
November 13, 1934 - May 21, 2022

Betty Hoff, who was a longtime area resident, passed away peacefully on Friday May 21, 2022 at her home. She was born in Niagara Falls on November 13, 1934, the daughter of the late Joseph Ferrerio Sr. and Isabella (Thomas) Geschwender Ferrerio Sessman.  She attended LaSalle Jr. Sr. High School Class of 1952.  She married the late Samuel Hoff on August 30, 1963.
 In 1974 she got a BA in Psychology from Penn State and then a MS in Psychology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Betty was a librarian, first for Airco Speer in the Falls and St. Mary’s, PA and then the Ridgeway Public library. She loved her Little Library.  She was an avid sports fan and a 50 year season ticket holder for both hometown teams the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres, listening to WGR 550 for all her sports news.   She enjoyed clipping Bills articles and sending them to family and Bills fans away from home. 
Mrs. Hoff is survived by:  her three sons Jeffrey (Gilka) of Brazil,Harmon (Eve Ann) of Earlville, New York, Kenneth of Garrison, New York, sister in-law Helen (Leonard) Hodes, grandchildren, Sasha, Jesse and Dora Hoff, brothers Joseph  Ferrerio, Thomas Sessman Jr., a sister Susan (Joe) Hrapkowski,  sister  in -law Darlene (late Dennis) Ferrerio,  Aunt Audrey Geschwender (Chuck) McCombs, niece Bettyjo (William) Williams, nephews Joseph (Mary) Ferrerio, Sandy (Lisa) Hodes, Robert (Batsheba) Hodes and her dear friend Andrea O’Leary.
       In addition to her husband and parents she was predeceased by her brother Dennis Ferrerio, Uncles Vernon (Myrtle), William (Ida), Frank (Ruth), James (Nettie) Ernest (Nelie).
Friends and family may call at the LANE FUNERAL HOME, INC., 8622 Buffalo Avenue on Saturday, June 11 at 9:30 A.M. where funeral services will be held at 11 A.M. followed by burial alongside her husband in Oakwood Cemetery in Niagara Falls.
  In lieu of flowers please send donations to Hospice Foundation, PO Box 590, Buffalo, NY 14240-0590 or to the charity of your choice

Joseeph married GESCHWENDER, Isabella on 25 Sep 1933 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Isabella (daughter of GESCHWENDER, Frank and CLARKSON, Martha Isabell) was born on 16 Mar 1916 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 29 May 2017 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Isabella (Geschwender) Sessman, longtime area resident, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 29, 2017 at her home. She was 101. She was born in Niagara Falls on March 16, 1916, a daughter of the late Frank and Martha ( Clarkson) Geschwender. She attended local schools and then worked as a bookkeeper at Olskers Concrete, Hooker Chemical and then several companies in Florida where she lived for 43 years with her second husband, Tom Sessman.
She loved to cook, sew and she enjoyed playing Euchre with her family.
Mrs. Sessman is survived by 4 children: Betty (late Samuel) Hoff, Joseph Ferrerio, Susan (Joe) Hrapkowski and Thomas Sessman, Jr., her daughter-in-law Darlene (late Dennis) Ferrerio, two siblings: Ernest (late Nellie) Geschwender and Audrey (late Charles) McCombs, 10 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her first husband, Joseph Ferrerio in 1947, her second husband Tom Sessman in 2004, her son Dennis (Darlene) Ferrerio and four siblings: Vernon (late Myrtle), William (late Ida), Frank (late Ruth) and James (late Nettie) Geschwender.
Friends may call at the LANE FUNERAL HOME, INC., 8622 Buffalo Avenue, Niagara Falls on Friday from 6-8 PM and Saturday from 10-11 AM where funeral services will be held at 11. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery in Niagara Falls.

Frank + JONES, Mary. Mary was born in Kentucky; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 11/25/1939

Stricken while at work at the Niagara Alkali company plant yesterday afternoon, Frank Geschwender, 48 years ol, 332 Seventy-first street, a millwright, died almost immediately. He was stricken while walking through the freight yard of the plant.
Coroner Harry R. Emes, who was summoned, pronounced death due to natural causes. The body was taken to the Quinn and Reardon funeral home.
Geschwender, who was born in Pennsylvania, had worked at the Alkali plant for the last 18 years. He came to Niagara Falls 20 years ago. He is survived by his wife, Martha; five sons ,James, Franklin, Wiliam, Ernest and Vernon Geschwender, al of this city' two daughters, Mrs. Isabella Ferrerio and Audrey Geschwender, of this city; four brothers, Irwin, Milo and Elmer, of this city, and Harold Geschwender, of Louisiana; five sisters, Mrs. Grace Owens, Louisiana, Mrs. Bernice Moyer, Mrs. Irene Synder and Mrs. Nancy Brent, all of Washington, D.C., and Mrs. Ella Franell, of this city. His mother, Mrs. Ella B. Geschwender, of Pennsylvania, also survives.
Funeral services will be held from the home Monday at 2:30 p.m. with the Rev. Roy Cooley officiating. Interment will be in Oakwood cemetery.

Frank married CLARKSON, Martha Isabell on 24 Mar 1913 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Martha (daughter of CLARKSON, James and DRUMMOND, Isabella) was born on 10 Feb 1896 in Brantford, Ontario, Canada; died on 1 Mar 1988 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]