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SANBORN - Adolph G. Wienke, 95, of 2652 Saunders Settlement Road, died Saturday (Oct. 2, 1976) in Grand Island Manor after a long illness. He was born in Stateen, Germany, and came to this country and the Town of Wheatfield at the age of four. He moved to Sanborn in 1903. He operated a farm on Saunders Settlement for most of his life prior to retiring. He was a member of St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Walmore, and had served as a trustee of the church. He was also a member of the Farm Bureau.
Survivors include two sons, Walter A. and Clarence E. of Sanborn; one daughter, Mrs. Hubert (Hilda) Ferchen, Wheatfield; one brother, Reinhard Wienke, Wheatfield; three sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Jagow of Niagara Falls, Mrs. Emma Haseley and Mrs. Esther Moll, both of Wheatfield, and five grandchildren. He is also survived by 13 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church Tuesday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. John Crilley officiating. Burial will be in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call at the Rhoney Funeral Home, Sanborn, from 7 to 9 p.m. today and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. Contributions may be made to the St. Peter's Lutheran Church Memorial Fund or the Lutheran Vespers as tribute the family said.

Adolph married HASELEY, Bertha Augusta on 26 Nov 1903 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Bertha (daughter of HASELEY, August Andreas and HELLERT, Auguste Albertine Maria) was born on 20 Mar 1884 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY; died on 12 Jun 1967 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 11/26/1963

SANBORN - Mr. and Mrs. Adolphe Wienke of
Saunders Settlement Road celebrated their 60th wedding
anniversary Sunday.
Friends and relatives honored Mr. and Mrs.
Wienke at a dinner at Harding's Restaurant, Youngstown,
home, where Mr. Wienke op-
The Wienkes have three
children: Walter and Clar-
ence Wienke of Sanborn
and Mrs. Hubert Ferchen of
Bergholtz. They also have
four grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren.
Since their first year of
m a r r i a g e , Mr, and Mrs.
Wienke have r e s i d e d at
their Saunders Settlement
home where mr. Wienke op-
erated his farm until retire-
ment.
Born in Germany, Mr.
Wienke came to this community
at the age of four.
Mrs. Wienke, a native of
Tonawanda, has l i v e d in
S a n b o r n since her early
youth.
Mr. and Mrs. Wienke were
married in St. Peter's Lutheran
Church in Walmore.

1. WIENKE, Walter Adolf Eduard was born on 25 Aug 1904 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY; died on 5 Nov 1996 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY.
2. WIENKE, Clarence Edgar Helmuth was born on 17 May 1907 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY; died on 2 Jan 1979 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY.
3. WIENKE, Hilda Bertha was born on 8 May 1910 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY; died on 2 Aug 2010 in Tucson, Pima County, AZ.

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 6/28/1945

Albert F. Wienke, 86, of the
Falls bouelverd, Bergholtz, died
yesterday afternoon after a brief
illness. Born in Germany, he had
lived in the town of Wheatfield
the past 61 years. Mr. Wienke is
survived by four sons, Adolph
of Sanborn, John and Remhard
of Bergholtz and Albert F., Jr.,
of North Tonawanda; five daughters,
Mrs. Albert Schnemichel of
North Tonawanda, Mrs. Edward
Jagow of Niagara Falls, Mrs
Christ Haseley and Mrs. Esther
Moll of Bergholtz and Mrs. William
Eggert of Ransomville; 35
grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
held Saturday at 2:30 p. m. from
the residence of his daughter, Mrs.
Moll, Falls Blvd. and at 3 p. m from
St. James church The Rev
Otto Bruss will officiate. Burial
will be in St. James cemetery.

Albert married RETZLAFF, Mathilda Bertha Auguste on 4 Feb 1879 in Stolzenburg, Prussia. Mathilda (daughter of RETZLAFF, Christian and LEMKE, Maria Dorothea) was born on 20 Oct 1860 in Pampow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 17 Apr 1935 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Falls Gazette - 4/1935

Aged Bergholtz Resident Passes
BERGHOLTZ, April 17,-Mrs. Matilda Wienke, nee Retzlaff, 74 years old, wife of Albert Wienke, died today at her home, in Cayuga road after a brief illness. She was stricken with paralysis Sunday. She was born in Campow (sic), Germany, and had resided in this village for the past 51 years. She was a member of St. James Lutheran church and the Ladies' Aid society.
Besides her husband, she is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Edward Jagow and Mrs. William Eggert, both of Niagara Falls, Mrs. Albert Schmeichel, of North Tonawanda, Mrs. Christ (sic) Haseley, of Sanborn, and Mrs. Gustav Moll, of Bergholtz; five sons, Adolph, of Sanborn, John, Hugo and Reinhard, all of Bergholtz. and Albert, of North Tonawanda; 34 grandchildren; seven great granchildren (sic); two brothers, Fred, of Grand Haven, Mich., and Edward, of Sanborn. The funeral will be Friday at 2 p. m. from the home and at 2:30 from St. James church. The Rev. Otto Bruss will officiate. Interment will be in St. James cemetery.

Albert + KOPP, Wilhelmine. Wilhelmine was born in Prussia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christian married LEMKE, Maria Dorothea in 1841 in Prussia. Maria was born on 29 Nov 1819 in Ognica, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland; died on 6 Nov 1905 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]