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Niagara Gazette

BERGHOLZ — Cary R. Ferchen, age 56, of Bergholz, entered into rest unexpectedly on March 11, 2011 at his residence. Born in Niagara Falls, NY, on September 10, 1954 to the late Robert and Phyllis (Wendt) Ferchen.

A graduate of Niagara Wheatfield High School, he later attended college and was employed as a letter carrier with the U.S. Postal Service, retiring in 2009 after 29 years of service. Cary enjoyed playing cards, gardening and was an avid sports fan, of which he followed the Yankees and Buffalo Bills.

Survivors include his wife, Laura L. (Cramer) Ferchen. They were united in marriage October 6, 1993; six children, Christopher (Michelle) Ferchen, Donna (Ronald) Licht, Timothy (Francie) Ferchen, Johathan Ferchen, Lisa (Andrew) Ferree and Erin (Michael) Jankowiak; a sister, Claudia Ferchen; four grandchildren, Savannah, Andrew, Hannah and Madison; and a aunt, Audrey Follum.

Friends may call at the DUBOIS FUNERAL HOME, 2436 Niagara Road, (Bergholz) in Wheatfield on Monday from 2-4 and 6-8 PM. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Jeff Milsten, on Tuesday at 10:30 AM in St. James Ev. Lutheran Church, corner Niagara Road and Rohr Street in Bergholz. Interment in St. James Lutheran Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the church.

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Cary married CRAMER, Laura L [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: KOCHAN, Cynthia L. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. FERCHEN, Christopher
2. FERCHEN, Donna Louise
3. FERCHEN, Timothy
4. FERCHEN, Jonathan M

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Niagara Gazette - 11/2/2010

NIAGARA FALLS - Robert E. Ferchen, age 82, of Bergholz, was called to his heavenly home on November 1, 2010 in Mount St. Mary's Hospital. Born in the Town of Wheatfield, NY, on January 2, 1928 to the late Valerius and Helene (Voelker) Ferchen.

A lifelong member of St. James Ev. Lutheran Church, Bergholz. He was united in marriage to Phyllis Wendt on June 3, 1950. She entered into rest December 5, 1997. Robert is a U.S. Army veteran and was a member of the American Legion- Wheatfield Post 1451 and an exempt member of the Bergholz Volunteer Fire Company. His hobbies and interests included baseball, playing euchre and gardening. He was employed at Canlake-Ashland Oil Company and NOCO in Tonawanda, retiring as a supervisor in 1990.

Survivors include two children, Cary (Laura) Ferchen and Claudia Ferchen; grandchildren, Christopher (Michelle) Ferchen, Donna (Ron) Ferchen, Tim (fiancee Franci) Ferchen and Jonathan Ferchen; step-grandchildren, Lisa (Andrew) Ferree and Erin (Michael) Jankowiak; a great-grandchild, Savannah and step-great-grandchildren, Andrew, Hannah and Madison; and several nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his parents, wife, a brother, Valerius Ferchen; and a sister, Marjorie Eustice.

Friends may call at the DUBOIS FUNERAL HOME, 2436 Niagara Road, (Bergholz) in Wheatfield on Wednesday from 4 - 8 PM. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Jeff Milsten, on Thursday at 11:00 AM in St. James Ev. Lutheran Church, corner Niagara Road and Rohr Street in Bergholz. Interment in St. James Lutheran Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Church.

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Robert married WENDT, Phyllis Louise on 4 Jun 1950 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Phyllis (daughter of WENDT, Philip Helmuth and BUERGER, Alvina Bertha Helene) was born on 17 Jan 1928 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY; died on 5 Dec 1997 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buffalo News, The (NY) - December 7, 1997
Phyllis L. Ferchen, 69, of Niagara Road, who retired from the Cooperative Fire Insurance Corp. of Bergholz, died Friday (Dec. 5, 1997) in Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston, after a brief illness.
The former Phyllis Wendt was born in Buffalo and moved to Niagara Falls at age 2 with her parents. She moved to Bergholz in 1944.
In 1989, she retired after 10 years with the Cooperative Fire Insurance Corp. She also worked at several other local businesses.
She was a member of St. James Lutheran Church.
Survivors include her husband, Robert; a son, Cary of Niagara Falls; a daughter, Claudia, of Wheatfield; a sister, Audrey Follum; four grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and two step-great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Monday in St. James Lutheran Church, Niagara Road and Rohr Street. Burial will be in St. James Lutheran Cemetery

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Tonawanda Evening News, Date Published: 16 March 1951
Valerius W. Ferchen, 62, of Niagara Falls Blvd., Town of Wheatfield, passed away this morning in DeGraff Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He was a lifelong resident of the Town of Wheatfield and served as the town assessor for the past ten years. Survived by his wife, Helen, nee Voelker; two sons, Valerius Jr., and Robert; a daughter, Mrs. Thomas Eustice; four grandchildren; three brothers, John, David and Paul Ferchen; two sisters, Miss Martha Ferchen, all of the Town of Wheatfield. Funeral services will be at 2 P.M. Monday in the residence and at 2:30 P.M. in St. James Church, Bergholz. The Rev. Otto Bruss will officiate. Burial will be in St. James Cemetery.

Valerius + VOELKER, Helene Emma Martha. Helene (daughter of VOELKER, Heinrich Wilhelm and HOFFMEISTER, Auguste Maria) was born on 4 Apr 1891 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 15 Jan 1953 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BERGHOLTZ, Jan. 17.- Funeral services for Mrs. Helen Ferchen, 61, a lifelong resident of the Town of Wheatfield who died on Thursday at Mt. St. Mary's hospital, Niagara Falls, will be conducted tomorrow. Her body will lie in state at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Thomas Eustice, Rohr street, until 2 p.m. tomorrow when-funeral service will be conducted at the home followed by 2:15 p:m. services at the St. James Lutheran church. "The Rev. Otto Brass will officiate at the services. Mrs. Ferchen made her home with her daughter; Mrs. Eustice, since the death of her late husband, Valerius Ferchen, Sr., in.March. 1951. She was a long-time member of the St. James church and was active in the Ladies' Aid society in that church. Besides her daughter,-Mrs. Eustice, Mrs. Ferchen is survived by two sons, Valerius Ferchen, Jr.. and Robert Ferchen, both of Bergholz; five sisters, Miss Louise Voelker, Los Angeles, Calif., Mrs. Bert Schultz and Mrs. Albert Grobengieser, both of Niagara Falls, Mrs. Reinhard Wienke, here, and Miss Esther Voelker, Los Angeles; three brothers, John Voelker, Buffalo, Charles Voelker, Niagara Falls, and Henry Voelker, here. She is also survived by four grandchildren here. Burial will be in St. James cemetery.

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Philip H. Wendt
Philip H. Wendt, 75, of 2413 Niagara Road, Wheatfield, died unexpectedly Monday (May 17, 1982) at Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Sanborn and lived In this area all his life. He was employed by the National Carbon Co. for more than 40 years before retiring in1969. He was a member of St. Paul's Calvary Lutheran Church. He is survived by daughters, Mrs. Robert (Phyllis) Ferchen of Wheatfield, and Mrs. Finn (Audrey) FolIum of this city; and two grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul's Calvary Lutheran Church, Upper Mountain Road, Sanborn, with the Rev. Douglas Behm officiating. Burial will be at St. Paul's Calvary Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today, and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Lane Funeral Home, 8622 Buffalo Ave. Contributions to St. Paul's Calvary Lutheran Church are acceptable as tribute.

Philip married BUERGER, Alvina Bertha Helene on 2 Jul 1925 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Alvina (daughter of BUERGER, William Friedrich and LANG, Emilie L) was born on 29 Mar 1904 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 1 Feb 1973 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NF Gazette

WENDT - Alvina B., February 1 1973 after a lengthy illness, at home, 2413 Niagara Road, Bergholtz, N,Y. Wife of Philip H. Wendt. Mother of Miss Audrey Wendt and Mrs. Robert Ferchen, all of this city. Sister of William Buerger, Mrs. John Schultz, Mrs. Frank Wolf, Mrs. Fred Werth, Mrs. Walter Holland and Mrs. Donald Toellner, all of this city. Also survived by two grandchildren. Funeral Service Saturday, February 3, 1973 in St. Paul Calvary Lutheran Church, Cleveland Avenue at 18th Street, at 11 p.m. The Rev. Robert C. Richardson officiating. Interment in St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Bergholtz, N.Y. Friends may call at the Chapel at Cornell & Daggett Inc., South Avenue at Tenth Street Thursday 7 to 9 and Friday 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. It is the family's wish that Memorial tributes be made to St. Paul Calvary Lutheran Building Fund. 2 1.2

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1 November 1945 Evening News of The Tonawandas
Car Crash Injuries Kill 90 Year Old
Struck by an automobile in front of his home on the Falls boulevard, near Bergholz, on October 12, within a short time after his aged neighbor, John Moll, was fatally injured by another motorist, William L. D. Ferchen, 90, died yesterday afternoon in the Memorial hospital, Niagara Falls, from his injuries.
A lifelong resident of Bergholz, Mr. Ferchen was a member of the St. James Lutheran church in the village many years. He held various offices in the church and played in the band that provided music for the services before an organ was purchased.
He is survived by four sons, John, Valerius, David and Paul; two daughters, Charlotte and Martha, all of the town of Wheatfield; 15 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 P.M. from the residence and half an hour later from the St. James church. The Rev. Otto Bruss will officiate and interment will be in St. James cemetery

Wilhelm married GOERSS, Auguste Wilhelmine on 3 Nov 1881 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Auguste (daughter of GOERSS, Carl Friedrich and SY, Charlotte Wilhelmine) was born on 27 Mar 1859 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 3 Nov 1942 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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22 July 1927 Tonawanda News
Henry Voelker, 70 years old, a lifelong resident of Bergholz, died yesterday at his home on the Niagara road. He had been in ill health for the past eleven years but it was not until Tuesday, when he was stricken with paralysis, that his condition became serious. For the past 30 years Mr. Voelker had been proprietor of a general store at Bergholz. Surviving are a wife, Augusta; three sons, John Voelker of Buffalo, Charles Voelker of Niagara Falls and Henry Voelker, Jr., of Bergholz; seven daughters, the Misses Louise and Esther Voelker of Los Angeles, Mrs. Lebrecht Schultz and Mrs. Albert Grobengieser of Niagara Falls and Mrs. George Heuer, Mrs. Valerius Ferchen and Mrs. Remhard Wienke of Bergholz, and 20 grandchildren. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence and half an hour later, standard time, from the St. Jacob's church. Rev. Otto Bruss officiating. Interment will be in the St. Jacob's cemetery.
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NF Gazette

Funeral of Henry Voelker Is Held
Was Born in Bergholtz; Had Lived There 70 Years.
BERGHOLTZ, July 28.-Henry Voelker, Sr., of Niagara street, who died at his home, removes one of the best known residents of Niagara county. Born in this village 70 years ago, he lived here all his life. For the past 30 years he had been proprietor of a general store on Niagara. street. Last week Tuesday he was stricken with paralysis from which he died Thursday morning. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the family home, and the St. Jacob's church, the Rev. Otto Bruss officiating. Burial was in St. Jacob's cemetery. The floral tributes were many And beautiful. He leaves a wide circle of friends, and is survived by his wife, Augusta. three sons, John of Buffalo, Charles, Niagara Falls, and Henry Jr. of this village, seven daughters, the Misses Louise and Esther Voelker, of Los Angeles, Calif., Mrs. Leberecht Schultz and Mrs. Albert Grobengieser, of Niagara Falls, and Mrs. George Heuer, Mrs. Valerius Ferchen and Mrs. Reinhard Wienke, of this village, and 20 grandchildren.

Heinrich married HOFFMEISTER, Auguste Maria in 1879 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Auguste (daughter of HOFFMEISTER, Karl Wilhelm and FERCHEN, Christine Frederike) was born on 15 Jan 1861 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 11 Jun 1948 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 5/20/1931

WENDT—At Sanborn. N. Y., May 19, 1931,
Christian F. Wendt, husband of the late
Louise Wendt; father of Christian and
Edward of Janesxille, Minn., William of
St. Paul, Mian., Mrs-. William Baker Berylinaa.
Mrs. John Mehla, Mr», Alexander
Doan, Philip, Mrs. Albert Plls. all of this
city, Mrs. Stanley 8peck of Chicago, Mrs.
Irving Pokelwaldt at home; brother of
William F., Fred E., Philip and Miss
Helen, all of Sanborn.- Funeral services
wilt be held, from the family residence
Saturday, May 23rd, at 2 p. m. and 2:30
frpm St. Peter's church, Walmore. Interment
in Walmore, N.Y.

Christian married KOEPPEN, Louise W in 1885 in Niagara County, NY. Louise was born in May 1864 in Germany; died on 5 Aug 1927 in Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NF Gazette

WENDT-Died in Memorial hospital, Aug. 5, 1927, Mrs. C. F. Wendt, age 63 years. She is survived by her husband and eleven children, five sons, Chris H., Ed. E. and William of Minnesota, Ben of this city and Philip of Buffalo; six daughters, Mrs. Wm. Baker, Mrs. John Mehls, Mrs. Albert Pils, Mrs. Alexander Doan all of this city, Mrs. Stanley Speck of Chicago and Mrs. Irving Pokelwaldt at home. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon, August 8th, from her late residence at 2 p. m. and 2:30 at the Walmore Lutheran church.
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#2 SANBORN WOMAN DIES
Mrs. Louise Wendt Succumbs After Illness In Falls Hospital.
SANBORN, Aug. 6.-Mrs. Louise Wendt, 63 years old, of the Saunders Settlement road, died at Memorial hospital, Niagara Falls late yesterday afternoon, following a brief illness. She is survived by her husband, Christopher, and a large family. The funeral will be held from St. Peter's Lutheran church at Walmore at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon. Burial will be at Walmore.

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Niagara Gazette - 11/20/1940

Funeral services for Mr. William
F. Burger. 71, Niagara road, Bergholtz,
who died at his home yesterday
morning, will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 2: 15 from the
home and at 2:45 from St. Jacob's
church, Bergholtz.
He Is survived by his wife, Amllla:
two sons, Charles' and William, and
seven daughters, Mrs. John Schultz,
Mrs. Frank Wolf, Mrs. George
Magln, Mrs. Fred Werth, Mrs.
Phillip Wendt, Mrs. Walter Holland
and Mrs. Donald Toellner. all of
this city. He Is also survived by 16
grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Interment will be In St. Jacob's
cemetery, Bergholts.

William married LANG, Emilie L in 1893. Emilie was born in Jun 1872 in Prussia; died on 8 May 1949 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]