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Buffalo News, The (NY) - November 18, 1993
Funeral services for former Niagara Falls resident Margaret A. Ferchen will be held at 11 A.M. Saturday in DuBois Funeral Home, 2436 Niagara Road, Bergholz. Burial will be in Mount View Cemetery, Pekin.
Mrs. Ferchen, 73, died Wednesday (Nov. 17, 1993) at her home in Marietta, Ga.
A native of Oakland, Calif., the former Margaret A. Willard came to Niagara Falls with her family as an an infant. She had lived in Marietta since 1987.
She was a former member of St. James Lutheran Church, Bergholz.
Her husband, Walter K., died in 1989.
Surviving are two daughters, Barbara Robinson of Marietta and Andrea Austin of Byron; two sons, Stephen of Elba and Randy of Cincinnati; a brother, Howard Willard; three sisters, Dorothy Lundy of Cohoes, Norma Siford and Ruth Downey; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren

Margaret married FERCHEN, Walter Karl on 20 Nov 1948. Walter (son of FERCHEN, Johannes Friedrich August and HASELEY, Albertine Regina) was born on 14 Apr 1915 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 23 Aug 1989 in Marietta, Cobb County, GA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. FERCHEN, Stephen Charles
2. FERCHEN, Randolph Loren
3. FERCHEN, Andrea Alice was born on 1 Aug 1951; died on 24 Mar 2007 in Byron, Genesee County, NY.

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

1. MILLER, Barbara Ann was born on 16 May 1943 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 30 Jan 2004 in Batavia, Genesee County, NY.

Howard married RATKAY, Anna Dell on 19 Nov 1919 in Oakland, Alameda County, CA. Anna was born on 26 Dec 1900 in New York; died in Apr 1985 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette

Mr. and Mrs. H o w a rd
Willard Sr.,: 5622 Lindbergh
Ave., were guests of honor'
at a family party Sunday at
the Boathouse Restaurant,
marking their 50th wedding
anniversary.
Although the. former Anna
Dell Ratkay of Lockport, and
Mr. Willars were married
Nov. 19, 1969 in Oakland,
Calif.,. they returned t o
Niagara County one year
later and have lived in
Niagara Falls the past 49
years.
Mr. Willard, an electrician
with Niagara Alkali retired
seven years ago.
The Willards have six children,
Mrs. Walter (Margaret)
Ferchen, Batavia; Mrs. John
(Norma) Sinclair, Mrs.
William (Dorothy) Lundy.,
Mrs. John (Ruth) Downey,
Howard Willard Jr., all this
city; and Donald Willard,
Long Beach, Calif. They also
have 22 grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren.