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Buffalo News, The (NY) - January 8, 2001
Thomas H. Schmidt, 53, a former area resident who was transferred out of state by Bethlehem Steel Corp., died Thursday (Jan. 4, 2001) when he was stricken in Bel Air, MD., where he had lived for 12 years. He died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air. Schmidt was born in Niagara Falls and graduated from Niagara-Wheatfield Senior High School in 1965. For the past 32 years, he had been a commercial manager for Bethlehem Steel, starting at its Lackawanna plant. In 1983, the company transferred him to Indiana and then to Maryland, where he worked at its Sparrows Point plant. He was a member of Maryland Golf and Country Club and Bel Air Athletic Club. Survivors include his wife, the former Deborah Mietlicki; three sons, David D. of Bel Air and Aaron D. and Michael J., both of Towson, MD.; a daughter, Lisa A. Dill of Bel Air; his mother, Gertrude of Niagara Falls; two brothers, Michael J. of Sanborn and Mark T. of Bergholz; and three grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 A.M. Tuesday in St. James Lutheran Church, 2437 Niagara Road, Bergholz.

Thomas + MIETLICKI, Deborah J. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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SCHMIDT Howard L Schmidt, of 2431 Niagara Road, Bergholz, N.Y., in Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, August 30, 1982 Husband of Gertrude (Retzlaff) Schmidt. Father of Thomas H. of Lockport, N.Y . Mark T. of Amherst,N.Y., Michael J., and the late Kathy Schmidt, brother of Raymond and Paul, both of Tonawanda, NY, and Mrs Jane Selover of North Tonawanda, NY.; also survived by four grandchldren. and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held from the St. James Lutheran Church. Bergholz, NY, Thursday at 10:30 a m . with the Rev. John Crilley officiating. Interment in St James Lutheran Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Lane Funeral Home Inc., 8622 Buffalo Ave., Niagara Falls . NY.,Tuesday 7-9 p.m. and Wednesday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. In lieu of flowers memorials
may be made to St. James Lutheran Church.

Howard married RETZLAFF, Gertrude Irene on 25 May 1940 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Gertrude (daughter of RETZLAFF, Theodore August Johannes and BREMER, Maria) 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette

TOWN OF TONAWANDA — Gertrude I. (Retzlaff) Schmidt, age 90, of the Town of Tonawanda, formerly of Bergholz, was called to her heavenly home on January 11, 2011 in Kenmore Mercy Hospital. Born in the Town of Wheatfield, NY, on October 11, 1920 to the late Theodore and Marie (Bremer) Retzlaff.

A lifelong member of St. James Ev. Lutheran Church in Bergholz, she was employed at Moore Business Forms in Niagara Falls, Bell Aerospace in Wheatfield, and Sugar Kake in Buffalo. Gert was predeceased by her husband, Howard L. Schmidt in 1982; a daughter, Cathy Flynn; a son, Thomas Schmidt; and two sisters, Genevive Retzlaff and Dorothy Mueller.

Survivors include her twin sons, Mark (Irene) Schmidt of Bergholz and Michael (Janeen) Schmidt of Sanborn; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Friends may call at the DUBOIS FUNERAL HOME, 2436 Niagara Road, (Bergholz) in Wheatfield on Saturday from 2-4 and 6-8 PM. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Philip N. Sallach, on Sunday at 2:00 PM in St. James Ev. Lutheran Church, corner Niagara Road and Rohr Street. Interment in St. James Lutheran Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to St. James Ev. Lutheran Church.

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Niagara Gazette - 5/15/1940

BEROHOLTZ, May 15-Mrs. John
Zimmerman, of Martinsville, announces
the engagement of her
daughter, Gertrude Retzlaff, to
Howard L. Schmidt, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Alvln Schmidt, of the Ward
road. The wedding will take place
May 25.

Chester married BUDA, Dorothy M on 2 Mar 1946. Dorothy (daughter of BUDA, Jan and ZIBLUT, Helen) was born on 8 Mar 1926 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 17 Jun 2011 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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June 18, 2011
Dorothy M. Mietlicki

Niagara Gazette

LOCKPORT — Dorothy M. (Buda) Mietlicki, wife of the late Chester F. Mietlicki, entered into rest on Friday, June 17, 2011 in Odd Fellow& Rebekah Rehabilitation Center, Lockport, NY. She was born in Niagara Falls, NY, on March 8, 1926, the daughter of the late Jon and Helen (Ziblut) Buda.

Dorothy attended local schools and resided in Niagara Falls. She married Chester on March 2, 1946. He passed away on July 7, 1974. Dorothy worked at Harrison Radiator for twenty years, retiring in 1993. She was a member of UAW Retiree's Club and also St. Teresa's RC Church, Deveaux.

She is survived by her children, Deborah (Allan) Jacobs of Maryland, Chester (Jennifer Plache) Mietlicki of Burt, Barbara (Kenneth) Coutts of Newfane; grand and great-grandchildren; brothers, Henry (late Helen) Ketch and Peter (Patricia) Ketch; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her daughter, Helene Mietlicki; her dear sister, Jean Marchuck; sister, Virginia Fura; brothers, Stephen, Victor, Joseph, Marvin, John and Walter Ketch.

Family and friends invited to call on Monday, June 20, 2011 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the RUTLAND-CORWIN FUNERAL HOME, INC., 2670 Main St., Newfane, NY 14108. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, 11 AM at St. Brendan on the lake, 3455 Ewings Rd., Newfane, NY 14108. Burial at convenience of the family in Riverdale Cemetery, Lewiston, NY.

Please visit www.rutland-corwin.com to send a condolence to the family.

Alvin married Elizabeth M in 1940. Elizabeth was born in 1888 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Theodore married BREMER, Maria about 1918. Maria was born on 25 Nov 1898 in Austria; died on 14 Aug 1991 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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

Jan married ZIBLUT, Helen about 1915. Helen (daughter of ZIBLUT, John and DROZEK, Mary) was born on 25 Feb 1902 in Poland; died on 7 Jan 1996 in Burt, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]