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

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PALMITER - Shirley B., retired math teacher
5/4/2005

LOCKPORT - A Celebration of Life for Shirley "Chuck" Beach Palmiter, retired
math and computer science teacher, will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday in
Lockport Canalside Banquet Facility, 210 Market St., Lockport.

The Niagara Falls native died Sunday in his Pendleton home while under the
care of Niagara Hospice after a long illness. He was 78.

After graduating from LaSalle High School, he served in the Navy as a seaman
1st class aboard the aircraft carrier USS Shangrila.

After the war, he received a bachelor of science degree from the College of
Charleston in South Carolina and subsequently took many graduate school
courses.

Mr. Palmiter taught math and computer science at Starpoint High School from
1958 to 1960 and at Lockport High School from 1960 until retiring in 1983.

He then operated his own computer consulting business for six years.

Mr. Palmiter and members of his family were involved in many area youth
projects, including the Pendleton Little League Baseball and working with Boy
Scout troops.

Survivors include his wife, the former Shirley Pokelwaldt; a daughter,
Margaret L. of Washington, D.C.; and a son, Gary E. of Wilmington, Del.

Shirley married POKELWALDT, Shirley Louise on 1 Sep 1948 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Shirley (daughter of POKELWALDT, Edward Phillip and BREITENBACH, Catherine Carolyn) was born in Dec 1929 in Niagara County, NY; died on 23 Nov 2013 in Atlanta, Dekalb County, GA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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November 26, 2013
Shirley Palmiter

Lockport Union-Sun & Journal

ATLANTA, GA —
Shirley Palmiter, formerly of Lockport, NY, died on Saturday, November 23, 2013 in Atlanta, GA, following a long illness.
Shirley was well-known at the Lockport Schools Federal Credit Union where she worked for many years. She moved to Atlanta to be near her daughter and has been living with Peggy and her partner, Nancy Chandler, for the last two years.
Shirley is survived by her son, Gary, of Wilmington Delaware; her daughter, Peggy; her sister, Audrey Smith of Ransomville, NY; her sister, Carol Burnsworth of Atlanta, GA; and her sister, Beverly Blaise of Chicago, IL. A celebration of the lives of Shirley and her husband Chuck will be planned for the spring on Goat Island, the location of their first date. Donations should be made to Niagara Hospice or Hospice Atlanta in her name.
Visit www.lockportjournal.com/obituaries for online guest register.

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Niagara Gazette - 9/8/1948

Palmiter-Pokelwadt
Nuptials are Held
Zlon Lutheran church. Cayuga
drive, was the setting last Wednesday
afternoon for the wedding ceremony
uniting in marriage Miss
Shirley Loiuse Pokelwaldt to Mr,
Shlrlev B. Palmiter. Jr. The Rev.
O. F. Hover officiated.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Pokelwaldt. 152
Eightieth street, and the bridegroom
is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
S. P. Palmiter. 204 Eightieth street.
Baskets of colored gladioli and
tall lighted candleabra decorated
the church for the ceremony.
Miss Virginia Wendt. at the organ,
provided the musical getting for the
wedding party with Mr. Paul Mehls.
soloist.
The bride, entering the church on
the arm of her father, wore a white
marquisette gown fashioned on colonial
lines with a high neckline,
long sleeves and hooped skirt. Her
veil fell from a crescent tiara of
seed pearls Into a full length train.
She carried a bouquet of white
roses centered with an orchid.
The wedding party Included Miss
Audrey Pokelwaldt, maid of honor:
Miss Annette Wendt, Miss Louise
Palmiter, bridesmaids: Miss Beverly
Pokelwaldt, flower girl: Mr. Robert
Jamieson. best man, and the Messrs.
Walter Breltenbach and Gerald
Walsh, ushers.
Immediately following the ceremony,
Mr. and Mrs. Palmiter. parents
of the bridegroom, held -a dinner
for the wedding group and for
the immediate family at their home.
Later in the evening a receptlon
for 200 guests was held at the Stone
Castle, restaurant. Ferry avenue.
After the reception the couple
left on a motor trip to New York
City. The bride traveled In a red
gabardine suit with white accessories
and an orchid corsage.
Upon their return Mr. and Mrs.
Palmiter will reside at Charleston.
S. C. where Mr. Palmiter is
tending Charleston university.

Shirley married Sarah about 1917. Sarah was born about 1890 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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POKELWALDT-In St. Mary's Hospital June 17. 1970. Edward P. Pokelwaldt of 152 80th Street. Husband of Catherine, father of Mrs. Shirley Palmiter and Mrs. Carol Burnsworth, both of Lockport, N.Y. Mrs. Ronald Smith, Ransomville, N.Y. and Mrs. Charles Blaise, Wheeling, ILl. Brother of Irving, Lewiston, N.Y. Norman, North Tonawanda, N.Y. and Mrs. Clarence Haseley, Bergholtz, N.Y. Also survived by 11 grandchl1dren. Funeral .services will be held from the Lane Funeral Home, 8622 Buffalo Ave.. Saturday June 20 at 2 p.m. The Rev. Walter G. Schultz officiating. Interment Wheatfield Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Grace Lutheran Church. Friends may call Thursday 7-9 p.m. and Friday 2-5 and 7-9 p.m

Edward married BREITENBACH, Catherine Carolyn in 1927 in New York. Catherine (daughter of BREITENBACH, Phillip and BEHM, Augusta L) was born on 10 Aug 1907 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 9 Sep 2004 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY; was buried on 13 Sep 2004 in Wheatfield Cemetery, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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9/12/2004 LOCKPORT - Catherine C. Pokelwaldt, a homemaker and a defense worker during World War II, died Thursday in Briody Health Care Facility after a long illness. She was 97.
Mrs. Pokelwaldt was born Catherine Breitenbach in Wheatfield and raised in a farmhouse on the Amherst side of Tonawanda Creek. She lived most of her adult life in Niagara Falls, moving to Lockport at age 90. She had lived in the nursing home for more than a year.
During World War II, she worked as a riveter, assembling airplanes at Bell Aircraft Corp. in Wheatfield.
For most of her life she was a homemaker, enjoying what she called her "fancy work": knitting and crocheting, especially doilies and tablecloths.
Her family said she was a fine baker, specializing in a sour cream cookie recipe handed down from her grandmother. She also enjoyed playing cards.
Her husband of 43 years, Edward, died in 1970.
Survivors include four daughters, Shirley Palmiter of Pendleton, Audrey Smith of Ransomville, Carol Burnsworth of Lockport and Beverly Blaise of Prospect Heights, ILl.; 11 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at noon Monday in Grace Lutheran Church, 736 Cayuga Drive, Niagara Falls. Burial will be in Wheatfield Cemetery.

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Can't be Feiwel Perkelwald arrived in US in 3/14/1898 from Rotterdam - ship - Spaarndam - marital status - M - last residence - Merzyez - nationality - Russian - going to see brother-in-law Schwartzberg (?) at 154 Allen Street, New York - BECAUSE the 1910 census shows him as nationalized in 1884

Was he HERMANN POECKELWALD listed as age 7 came with mother in 6/14/1884 on ship POLYNESIA from Hamburg?? If so, mother was Marie - age 31 - other children with her were Marie age 11 months, Ferdinand age 2 months

NF Gazette

H. W. Pokelwaldt Fatally Stricken
TONAWANDA -Herman W. Pokelwaldt, 82, of 60 Cleveland Ave., died unexpectedly early today (Oct. 26, 1956) after suffering a heart attack at the Columbus-McKinnon Chain County, where he was employed. City firemen administered oxygen and took Mr. Pokelwaldt to DeGraff Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Born in Germany, Mr. Pokelwaldt formerly resided at Walmore before moving to this city 19 years ago. He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, St. Johnsburg. Surviving are his wife, Adelaide Winke (sic) Pokelwaldt; three sons, Irving Pokelwaldt, Lockport, Edward Pokelwalt, (sic) Niagara Falls, and Norman Pokelwaldt, North Tonawanda; a daughter, Mrs. Clara Haseley, Bergholtz; two stepsons, Arthur Schmeichel, Buffalo, and Wilbert Schmeichel; this city; a stepdaughter. Mrs. Donald Black. this city; a brother, Ferdinand Pokelwaldt, Medina; and a sister, Mrs. Anna Heinaman (sic), Buffalo. The Rev. J. Walter Theimeck will conduct services at. 2 p.m. Monday at the Ramp Funeral Home. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery.

Herman married WITTKOPP, Helena Louise on 30 Jan 1902 in Walmore, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Helena (daughter of WITTCOPP, Christian Friedrich and HASELEY, Friederike Louise) was born on 19 Jan 1879 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 14 Apr 1919 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Tonawanda News Jun 14. 1951
PHILIP BREITENBACH
Philip Breitenbach, 78, of 96 Robinson St., died Wednesday in DeGraff Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Germany, Mr. Breitenbach came to the U.S. when he was 12 years old and has since been a resident of the North Tonawanda area. He was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church of Wendelville. Surviving are five sons: Louis, Fred, Henry and Walter all of North Tonawnda, and John of the Town of Tonawanda, four daughters, Mrs. Benjamin Wendt of Sanborn, Mrs. Edward Pokelwaldt of Niagara Falls, and Mrs. Kenneth Bayer and Mrs. Earl Bayer of Wendelville; 14 grandchildren, four great grandchildren; two brothers, Louis of the Town of Amherst and Adam of North Tonawanda; a sister, Mrs. Margaret Toellner of the Town of Amherst. Services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Hamp Funeral Home, 37 Adam St, the Rev. Karl Kindt officiating. Burial will be in Wheatfield cemetery.

Phillip married BEHM, Augusta L in 1896 in New York. Augusta (daughter of BEHM, Ferdinand and BEHM, Caroline Ernestine) was born on 4 Jun 1877 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]