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

Daniel married WALCK, Patricia Ann LeValley on 3 Mar 1956 in Leesville, LA. Patricia (daughter of WALCK, Paul Albert Siegmund and BLANK, Evelyn Helene) was born on 30 May 1938 in Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY; died on 14 Aug 1976 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NF Gazette Patricia Schearer
NORTH TONAWANDA - Mrs. Patricia A. Schearer, 39, of 183 Fairgreen Dr., North Tonawanda, died Saturday (Aug, 14, 1976) in the Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center after a long illness.
She was a resident of the Sanborn area prior to moving to the Town of Amherst three years ago. She was a member of St. Paul Calvary Lutheran Church, Niagara Falls.
She is survived by her husband; George Schearer, two daughters, Michelle Schearer, of Amherst, and Evelyn Rhodes, of Barker, her mother, Mrs. Paul (Evelyn) Walck, of Sanborn, a brother; Allen R. Walck, of Niagara Falls, a sister, Mrs. William (Shirley) Lange, of Sanborn, She was the mother of the late Paul Rhodes.
Funeral services will be held at the Rhoney Funeral Home, Sanborn, New York, Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev. Robert C. Richardson of St. Paul Calvary Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will be in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. Memorials may be made to the Diabetes Association

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Niagara Gazette - 4/12/1956

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Walck,
Lockport Rd., announce the mar-
riage of their daughter, Patricia,
to Pvt. Daniel H. Rhodes, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rhodes,
W. Somerset Rd., Appleton.
The double-ring ceremony was
solemized at the First Baptist
Church, Leesville, La., March 3,
1956, with the Rev. R.s. Craw-
ford officiating.
Miss Ruby Thaxton and Pct.
Everette Coppock Jr. were the
attendants and D.A. McCor-
mick was an usher.
The couple is residing at Lees-
ville, where Pvt. Rhodes is sta-
tioned at Camp Polk, La.

Lewis married WASS, Leona about Dec 1920. Leona (daughter of WASS, William and Ella) was born on 29 Jul 1903 in New York; died on 20 Nov 1996 in Appleton, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 12/6/1950

BARKER. Dec. 6-Friends and
relatives called at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. L. Henry Rhodes, when
their daughters.Mrs. Farl Dickinson.
Gasport, and Miss Elenaor Rhodes
Barker, entertained at an Open
House in honor of their thirtieth
wedding anniversary. Preceding the
reception, at the home, a dinner for
the immediate familv was held M
Green Acres, Burt.
During the evening, refreshments
were served from a buffet table laid
with a lace cloth and centered with
a decorated anniversary cake flanked
by white candles in crystal holders.
Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes' daughterin-
law, Mrs. Gordon Rhodes, and a
niece. Miss Joan Wass. poured while
another niece, Mrs. Chalton Riley,
assisted in serving the cake. Other
who assisted were Mrs. F. K. Sandburg,
Mrs. Clifford Wyman and Mrs.
Harvey Snyder.
Mrs. Rhodes received her guests
gowned in navy blue with corsage of,
pink camellias, the gift of her two
young sons. Daniel and Keith.
During the afternoon. Dr. Wesley
Searles, Lima, who united the former
Miss Leona Wass and Henry Rhodes
in marriage 30 years ago. together
with Mrs. Searles, called at the
Rhodes home.
Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes are the parents
of seven children; Lewis, who
was a casualty of World War 2: Mrs.
Earl Dickinson, Gasport; Mrs. David
Wilson, Providence. R. I.; Gordon.
West Somerset, and Eleanor, Danile
and Keith, at home, and have five
grandchildren.
Among the out of town guests were
Mr. Rhodes' brother. George Rhodes,
and Mrs. Rhodes, Rochester.

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NF Gazette - Paul A. Walck
TOWN OF WHEATFIELD-Paul A. Walck, 70, of 3222 Lockport Road, died Saturday (Jan. 24, 1976) in Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center after a long illness. He was a lifelong resident of the Town of Wheatfield and had been employed at the Frontier Bronze, General Abrasive and for over 20 years at Bell Aerospace as millwright, retiring in 1967. He had been a custodian for the Niagara County Highway Department for the past two years. Mr. Walck was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, the Wheatfield Senior Citizens and a former member of the Sanborn Fire Co. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn (Blank) Walck; a son, Allen P. Walck of Niagara Falls; two daughters, Mrs. William (Shirley) Lange of Sanborn and Mrs. George (Patricia) Schearer of the Town of Amherst; a brother, Philip C. Walck of Sanborn, eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Walmore. The Rev. Harold L. Baum will officiate. The Rhoney Funeral Home, Sanborn, is making arrangements. Burial will be in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the church's memorial fund or the American Cancer Society, the family said.

Paul married BLANK, Evelyn Helene on 15 Apr 1928 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Evelyn (daughter of BLANK, Rudolph Friedrich Julius and WITTKOPP, Ida Elizabeth) was born on 3 Jul 1907 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 18 Mar 1992 in Kenmore, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Evelyn H. Walck
Member of St. Peter Lutheran Church
SANBORN - Evelyn H. (Blank) Walck, 84, of Lockport Road, died Wednesday (March 18, 1992) in Kenmore Mercy Hospital after a three-week illness.
She was born July 3, 1907, in the Town of Niagara to Rudolph and Ida (Wittcopp) Blank
She moved to Wheatfield in 1927.
$he was a life time member of the St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, where she was also a charter member of the Ladies Aid Society, and a member of the Horning (sic) Joy Club.
She enjoyed gardening and flowers.
She was the wife of the late Paul A. Walck, who died in 1976
Mrs. Walck is survived by a son, Allen P. Walck of Niagara Falls; two sisters, Arline (sic) Walck of Sanborn and Josephine Stange of North Tonawanda; eight grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was the mother of the late Shirley Lange and Patricia Schearer.
Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. today and from 2 to 4 and 7, to 9 p.m. Friday, at the Rhoney Funeral Home, 5893 Hoover Road, Sanborn, where a prayer service will be held at 9 p.m. Friday.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church, 6168 Walmore Road, with the. Rev. Herbert R. Maxwell officiating.
Burial will be in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery Wheatfield. Memorials contributions may be made to the St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church, 6168 Walmore Road, Sanborn

Buffalo News, The (NY) - March 19, 1992
Evelyn H. Walck, 84, of Lockport Road died Wednesday (March 18, 1992) in Kenmore Mercy Hospital, Town of Tonawanda, after an illness of three weeks.
A Town of Niagara native, the former Evelyn Blank lived in the Wheatfield area since 1927.
She was the widow of Paul A. Walck, who died in 1976.
She was a member of St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church, the church's Ladies Aid Society and the Morning Joy Club.
Survivors include a son, Allen P. of Niagara Falls; two sisters, Josephine Stange of North Tonawanda and Arline; eight grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 11 A.M. Saturday in St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church, 6168 Walmore Road. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

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Medina NY Tribune - 11/19/1942

William H. Rhodes, 68 , of Lyndonville,
died suddenly Saturday
at the home of his son, George
Rhodes of Kenmore, where he
was convalescing from an opera-
tion he bad undergone in Medina
Memorial Hospital. He was a
member of Lyndonville Metho-
dist Church.
Surviving are Ins wife, Mrs.
Sarah A. Rhodes; two sons, George
of Kenmore and Henry of
Applcton; two daughters, Mrs. Eisner
Dietrlck and Mrs. Delbert
Wass of Barker; two brothers,
Charles of Barker and John Rhodes
of Middleport; one sister, Mrs.
Albertina Butz of Wolcottsville
and fourteen grandchildren.
funeral services were held Wednesday
artemoon in the Warne
funeral Home, Lyndonville, Rev.
E, P. GilI conducting, Buiral was
in Mountain Ridge Cemetery

William + Sarah Francis. Sarah was born about 1878 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William + Ella. Ella was born about 1883 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NF Gazette

WALCK-Died, at his home on Lockport Road, July 23, 1929, Philip Walck, aged 67 years. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Herbert Zeckser, Mrs. Edward W. Haseley, Mrs. Hubert R. Haseley, and three sons, Felix, Philip C. and Paul, all of Sanborn. Funeral services from the home Thursday at 2 o'clock, standard time, and 2:30 from Walmore church. Burial in Walmore
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NF Gazette

Philip Walck of Walmore Is Dead
Philip Walck, 67 years old, died today at the family home in the Lockport road. Funeral services will be held from the home on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock and at 2:30 standard time from St. Peter's Lutheran church, Walmore. The Rev. Edwin (sic) Grabau will officiate. Interment will be in the Walmore cemetery.
Mr. Walck had resided in Walmore all his life and was one of the best known residents of the vicinity. For 19 years he was a trustee of St. Peter's church and for 28 years was treasurer of the Cooperative Fire Insurance company of Bergholtz. He was active in Walmore affairs and his loss will be mourned by a wide circle of friends and relatives. He is survived by six children, Mrs. Herbert Zeckser, Mrs. E. W. Haseley, Mrs. E. WW. (sic) Haseley. Felix, Philip C. and Paul. all of Sanborn.

Philipp married HASELEY, Maria Auguste Elizabeth on 21 Jan 1886 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Maria (daughter of HASELEY, Friedrich Wilhelm and WILLIAMS, Marie Bertha Louise) was born on 23 Dec 1862 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY; died on 25 Nov 1920 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NF Gazette Nov 26, 1920
At Walmore,. N.Y., Nov. 26th 1920, Maria Walck, aged 57 years wife of Philip Walck Sr. She leaves besides her husband, three daughters. Agatha Walck, Mrs. Edward W. Haseley. Mrs. Herbert Haseley, three sons, Felix, Philip Jr.,and Paul, all of Walmore, N.Y. Funeral from her late home Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Burial Walmore. N. Y.

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Niagara Gazette - 2/23/1944

BLANK-At his home, on the Tuscarora
Road, February 23, 1944. Rudolph Blank,
husband of Louise: father of Mrs. Arline
Walck. Mrs. Evelyn Walck. Mrs. Josephine
Haseley. Eleanor Tubbe and
Richard Tubbe. He is also survived by
4 grandchildren. Funeral arrangements
will be announced later.

ALSO

Former Highway Official Dies
Rudolph Blank, 66, formerly superintendent of highways for the Town of Niagara for 20 years, died early today at the family home, Tuscarora road, after a long period of ill health. The funeral plans have not been completed. Mr. Blank was born in Germany, a son of the late William and Fredericka , Blank, and came to this country with his parents when he was only four years old. They settled near Alabama in Orleans county but shortly afterward removed to the Tuscarora road area in Niagara county, where he had resided since, Mr. Blank was well known throughout this section, having conducted a farming implement sales business for many years in addition to being a successful farmer. He was an active member of St. Peter's Lutheran church at Walmore, N. Y., and its various organizations. Mr. Blank is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise Blank, at home; four daughters, Mrs. Arline Walck, of Sanborn, N. Y., Mrs. Evelyn Walck, of Niagara Falls, Mrs. Josephine Haseley, of Sanborn, N. Y., and Eleanor Tubbe, at home; one son, Richard Tubbe, at home; three brothers, John, of Sanborn, William, of Gasport, N. Y., and Gustave Blank, of Niagara Falls, and four grandchildren.

Rudolph married WITTKOPP, Ida Elizabeth on 30 Apr 1903 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Ida (daughter of WITTCOPP, Christian Friedrich and HASELEY, Friederike Louise) was born on 6 Dec 1876 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY; died in 1926 in Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]