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Buffalo News, The (NY) - August 15, 1991
Marie Retzlaff Rensch, 92, of Wheatfield Towers, a native of Austria who came to Western New York at the age of 14, died Wednesday (Aug. 14, 1991) in Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center after a long illness.
She worked in Buffalo as manager of a rooming house at 77 Linwood Ave. and later in food service for the doctors' and nurses' dining area in the former Deaconess Hospital.
She moved to Wheatfield in 1920 after her marriage to Theodore Retzlaff, who died in 1938. Her second husband, Norman Rensch, died in 1982.
Mrs. Rensch was a member of St. James Lutheran Church, 2437 Niagara Road, Bergholz, where services will be conducted at 11 A.M. Saturday. A prayer service will be held at 9 P.M. Friday in the DuBois Funeral Home, 2436 Niagara Road, Bergholz. Burial will be in St. James Lutheran Church Cemetery.
Survivors include two daughters, Dorothy Mueller and Gertrude Schmidt of Bergholz; five grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren

Maria married RETZLAFF, Theodore August Johannes about 1918. Theodore (son of RETZLAFF, August C and WITTKOPF, Bertha L) was born on 22 Nov 1889 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died in 1938 in Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. RETZLAFF, Dorothy Berta was born on 13 Jun 1918 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY; died on 20 Jun 2006 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY.
2. RETZLAFF, Gertrude Irene was born on 11 Oct 1920 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 11 Jan 2011 in Kenmore Mercy Hospital, Kenmore, Erie County, NY.
3. RETZLAFF, Genevieve Gladys was born on 4 Oct 1925 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 12 Oct 1931 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY.

Family/Spouse: RENSCH, Norman. Norman (son of RENSCH, Charles and Bertha) was born on 21 Sep 1904 in New York; died in Jan 1982 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maria married ZIMMERMAN, Johannes Albert Paul about 1940. Johannes (son of ZIMMERMAN, John and KARRE, Maria) was born on 10 Sep 1885 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 16 Mar 1951 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]