1. | WALCK, Leonard William was born on 27 Jul 1926 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY (son of WALCK, Rudolph Christopher and HASELEY, Ernestine Dorothea Justine); died on 1 Dec 1994 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. Notes:
Leonard W. Walck NF Gazette
Longtime farmer, 68, was active in church
SANBORN-Leonard W. Walck, 68, of Walmore Road, died Thursday (Dec. 1, 1994) in Millard Fillmore Hospital, Buffalo, after a short illness.
He was born in Lewiston on July 27, 1926, the son of Rudolf C. and Ernestine (Haseley) Walck. He was a graduate of LaSalle Senior High School.
He was in a partnership with his nephew, Wayne R. Walck, in the Falcon Acres Farm in Sanborn, where he was a dairy and vegetable farmer for 50 years.
The Walck family has had a stall for more than 50 years at the Niagara Falls City Market, where he had worked since he was a boy.
He was member of the Town of Lewiston Planning Board.
Mr. Walck was a lifelong member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Sanborn, where he was a past treasurer of its Sunday school. He was also a member of the Farm Bureau, the Niagara County Milk Producers Cooperative, and a past member of the Sanborn Volunteer Fire Co. Band.
Mr. Walck is survived by his wife of 22 years, Alice (Retzlaff) Walck of Sanborn; three nephews; a niece; and several great-nieces and great-nephews.
He was the brother of the late Rudolf A. Walck and Edna Craft.
Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. today and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Otto Redanz Funeral Home, LaSalle Park Chapel, 2215 Military Road. The Ronald L. Majeroni will conduct services at 2 p.m. Sunday in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, 6168 Walmore Road. Burial will be in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Sanborn.
Memorials may be made to the St. Peter's Lutheran Church Entrance Fund.
Buffalo News, The (NY) - December 2, 1994
Leonard W. Walck, 68, of Walmore Road, operator of a dairy and vegetable farm, died Thursday (Dec. 1, 1994) in Millard Fillmore Hospital, Buffalo, after a brief illness.
A native of Lewiston, Walck was a graduate of LaSalle High School in Niagara Falls.
He was in partnership with his nephew, Wayne R. Walck, in the Falcon Acres Farm. The Walck family has had a stall in the Niagara Falls City Market for more than 50 years, and Leonard Walck worked there since he was a boy.
He was a member of the Town of Lewiston Planning Board, the Farm Bureau and the Niagara County Milk Producers Cooperative and a former member of the Sanborn Volunteer Fire Company Band.
Walck was a lifelong member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, where he was a former Sunday school treasurer.
Surviving is his wife, Alice Retzlaff Walck.
Services will be held at 2 P.M. Sunday in St. Peter's Church, 6168 Walmore Road. Burial will be in St. Peter's Cemetery
Leonard married RETZLAFF, Alice Bernice on 5 Feb 1972 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Alice (daughter of RETZLAFF, Arthur Edward and PFOHL, Lily Auguste Albertine) was born on 22 Jul 1925 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 16 Oct 2012 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Notes:
Niagara Gazette - 2/6/1972
MISS ALICE B. RETZLAFF
and Leonard W. Walck exchanged
wedding vows
Saturday (Feb. 5, 1972) in a
2:30 service at St. Peter's
Evangelical Lutheran Church,
Sanborn. The Rev. Harold L.
Baum officiated.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Retzlaff,
2515 Lockport Road,
Sanborn. Mr. Walck is the son
of Rudolf C. Walck, 5939
Walmore Road, Sanborn, and
the late Mrs. Walck.
For her marriage the bride
lose a princess gown of white.
peau de soie with Sabrina
neckline, lace and chiffon
bishop sleeves and a bodice of
Venise lace with pearls.
Matching lace edged the skirt.
A headpiece of beaded petals
secured her three tier illusion
veil and she carried a cascade
of white roses and stephanotis.
MAID OF HONOR, Miss
Debra C. Retzlaff, wore a ruby
red velvet sown with Dink
Venise lace trimming the high
neck and long full sleeves. She
wore a matching velvet Dior
bow with red illusion veil and
carried a cascade of pink
Sweetheart roses centered with
cranberry roses and pink baby
breath.
Similarly styled gowns were
worn by the bridesmaids, Mrs.
Kenneth Retzlaff and Miss
Lynn Walck. They carried
cascades of pink Sweetheart
roses and cranberry baby
br.eath.
Rudolf A. Walck, brother of
the bridegroom, was best man.
Kenneth Retzlaff, brother of
the bride, and Ronald Craft
were ushers.
A late afternoon reception
was held at Portage Post,
American Legion Hall.
On their return from a
wedding trip to Washington,
D.C. and the southern states
Mr. and Mrs. Walck will make
their home in Walmore Road.
|