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Buffalo News, The (NY) - December 29, 2004
SEPT. 25, 1927 -- DEC. 26, 2004 Shirley L. Ferchen of Bergholz, a member of the Bergholz German Band, died Sunday in Elderwood Heath Care Center at CrestWood, Wheatfield. She was 77.
Born Shirley Brooks in Toronto, she moved to the Niagara Frontier at an early age. She attended local schools.
Mrs. Ferchen was an active member of Holy Ghost Lutheran Church in Bergholz.
She is survived by her husband, Nathan O. of Bergholz; a son, Russell of Lockport; three daughters, DeEtte, Charlene Scherrer and Justine Wright, all of Bergholz; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Shirley married FERCHEN, Nathan Oliver on 7 Jun 1947 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Nathan (son of FERCHEN, Erich Nathaniel and MUELLER, Elsie R) was born on 21 Mar 1923 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 6 Jul 2018 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 6/6/1947

The marriage of Miss Shirley
E. Brooks, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Brooks of Niagara
Falls, to Nathan Oliver Ferchen,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Erich Ferchen
of Sy street, Begholtz, will
take place tomorrow at 2:30 p. m.
in Holy Ghost Evangelical church,
Bergholtz. The Rev. John Kuchenbecker
will officiate.

1. FERCHEN, Russell Nathan
2. FERCHEN, DeEtte Suzanne
3. FERCHEN, Charlene Rae
4. FERCHEN, Justine R

Russell married WILKENSEN, Elsie V in 1926. Elsie was born on 12 Jul 1905 in Cornwall, England; died on 28 Jan 2000 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buffalo News, The (NY) - January 29, 2000
Elsie V. Brooks, 94, a native of England, died Friday (Jan. 28, 2000) in Mount View Health Facility, Lockport, after a brief illness. She had been a patient at that nursing home since late 1998.
The former Elsie Wilkenson was born in Cornwall, England. Her family emigrated to Canada in 1917. She moved to Niagara Falls when she married Russell C. Brooks in 1926. He died in 1981.
The couple had moved to Bergholz in 1948, and Mrs. Brooks lived there until moving to Wheatfield Towers in 1985.
A homemaker, Mrs. Brooks was a member of Holy Ghost Lutheran Church. She enjoyed euchre, bingo, raffles, plays, and the Senior Citizens Club.
Survivors include her son Howard; her daughter Shirley Ferchen; seven grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 11 A.M. Monday in DuBois Funeral Home, 2436 Niagara Road. Burial will be in Holy Ghost Lutheran Cemetery