Leonard married ZITZKA, Dorothy Christine in Oct 1949. Dorothy (daughter of ZITZKA, Wendell and BAUMGARTNER, Barbara) was born on 28 Mar 1924 in New York; died on 6 Feb 2024 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Foels, Dorothy C. (nee Zizka)

March 28, 1924 - February 6, 2024

Dorothy C. Foels (nee Zitzka), age 99, on February 6th, 2024. She was the daughter of the late Wendell and Barbara (nee Baumgartner) Zitzka. Loving wife of the late Leonerd J. Foel (who died in 1986). Mother of Len (Gwenn) Foels and Fredric Foels. Grandmother of Nicholas and Eric Foels. Dorothy was the last of seven siblings; Theresa (Joseph) Mayer, Barbara (James) Butler, Ann (Harold) Gromlovits, Wendell (Theresa) Zitzka, George (Minnie) Zitzka, and Donald Zitzka. She will also be missed by many nieces and nephews, especially Jamie (Richard) Domis and MaryBeth (Lew) McCaw. She shared a special bond with cousin, the late Rose Bronschidle. Dorothy was a lifelong resident of the City of Tonawanda and a lifelong member of Saint Francis of Assisi Parish, as well as the City of Tonawanda Senior Center. Friends may call at Fretthold and Hamp Funeral Home, 37 Adam Street, corner of Seymour Street, on Friday, February 9th, from 4:00pm - 8:00pm. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:30AM, Saturday, at Saint Francis of Assisi Church, 150 Broad Street, City of Tonawanda.Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. If desired, memorial donations may be made in her honor to Saint Francis of Assisi Outreach, 73 Adam Street, Tonawanda, NY 14150. Condolences may be made online at FrettholdAndHamp.com

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 9/16/1949

Mr. and Mrs. Wendel Zitzka of
13 Glenwood Ave. announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Dorothy Christine, to Leonard
John Foels, ton of Mrs. Helen
Foels of Broughton St. and the
late Frank Foels. The wedding is
planned for October.

Frank + Helen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 11/12/1954

TONAWANDA, Nov. 12 Wendel
Zitzka, 68, of 13 Glenwood Ave.
died yesterday in DcGraff Memorial
Hospital after a short illness.
He was a member pf St.
Francis Church and the Holy Name
Society of the church.
He is survived by three sons,
Wendel Jr., George and Donald;
four daughters. Mrs. Joseph Mayer,
Mrs. James Butler, Mrs. Harold
Gromlovits and Mrs. Leonard
Foels, all of this city.
Prayers will be said at 8:45 Monday
morning in the Hamp Funeral
Home, followed by a Requiem
Mass at 9:15 in St. Francis' church.
Interment will be in Mt. Olivet
cemetery

Wendell married BAUMGARTNER, Barbara about 1908. Barbara (daughter of Anna) was born about 1890 in Austria-Hungary; died on 31 Dec 1953 in Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 1/3/1954

ZITZKA - Mrs. Barbara Zitzka,
63, of 13 Glenwood Ave., Tonawanda,
d i e d Thursday morning,
Dec. 31, 1953 in DeGraff Memorial
Hospital after a prolonged
illness. Mrs. Zitzka was born in
Austria, Hungary and had resided
in Tonawanda for the past 43
years. Mrs. Zitzka was a member
of St. Francis Church and the Rosary
Society of the church. Survived
by her husband, Wendell;
four daughters, Mrs. Joseph Mayer,
Mrs. James Butler, Mrs. Harold
Gromlovits and Mrs. Leonard
Foels; three sons, Wendell Jr.,
George and Donald; 13 grandchildren;
a brother, Anton Baumgartner;
and three sisters, Mrs. Fred
Keller, Mrs. Martin Zipp, all ' of
the Tonawandas, and Mrs. Michael
Peterman of Whittier, Calif.
Friends may call at the Hamp
Funeral Home, 37 Adam St., Tonawanda,
after noon on Friday,
were services will be Monday at
830 a.m. and at 9 a.m. in St.
Francis Church. The Rev.„ John
A. Weismantel will officiate.
Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.