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Niagara Gazette - 12/2/1940

LOCKPORT—The Rev. John N.
Grabau, 75, pastor emeritus of Trinity
Old Lutheran church, Brunswick
boulevard, Buffalo, died of a heart
attack at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon
ai 177 Niagara street, where
he came to attend the funeral of
his brother-in-law. Albert P. Wendt,
former Sanborn hotel proprietor.
Mr. Grabau's son, Dr. John C.
Grabau, a bearer at the Wendt
funeral, and other relatives were
present when the minister died.
The body was taken to the home
of another son, Andrew W. Grabau,
148 Fordham drive, Buffalo. It will
lie in state Wednesday at Trinity
Old Lutheran church, where services
will be held at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday.
The Rev. Mr. Grabau retired as
pastor of the Buffalo church a year
ago, after 45 years of service there,
and was made pastor emeritus. He
was feeling well when he came to
Lockport to attend the Wendt services
and went to the cemetery with
the mourners but did not leave the
automobile there. He was stricken
when he returned to the Wendt
home.
Besides his sons In Buffalo, he Is
survived by a son, Dr. Martin C.
Grabau, of Cambridge, Mass.

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Niagara Gazette - 12/5/1940

WALMORE-A host of friends
from all portions of the eastern dis-
trict of the American Lutheran
Synod yesterday afternoon paid las
tribute in Buffalo to the Rev. Dr.
John Nathaniel Grabau, 75, former
pastor of St. Peter's Evangelical
Lutheran chuerch in the Walmore
road.
The Rev. Dr. Walter E. Schmtte,
Sewickley, Pa., officiated at rites
for Dr. Hrabau in Trinity Old
Lutheran church, Buffalo, where
Dr. Grabau had been pastor since
1854 til April of this year. Prior
to his long pastorate in Buffalo
Dr. Hrabau was pastor in the old
St. Peter's church here from 1885
to 1894, at that time a recent
???? of the old Martin college
and seminary in Buffalo.
On Friday afternoon last week
Dr. Grabau conversed with the local
correspondent, recalling his stay in
Walmore and giving data on the
movement which his grandfather,
the Rev. Johannes Andrew August
Grabau led to this country from
Europe in the '40s of the last cen-
tury. His father, the Rev. John
August Grabau, was pastor here
from 1879 to his coming in 1885.
His brother, Rev. Edward A. Grab-
au, is present pastor of St. Peter's
Another brother, Theodore Grabau,
is teacher at St. James parochial
school in Bergholtz and organist
of St. James church in the latter
community.
On Sunday afternoon a jubilee
occasion in the local parish, Dr.
Grabau was on the way back from
the cemetery where his brother-in0
law, Albert F. Wendt, Lockport,
founder and former proprietor of
the Sanborn hotel and a large local
coal busines, had just been buried.
He suffered a heart fatal attack.
As his brother pastor Grabau
here ministered to a congregation
which outgrew its original church
building. Dr. Grabau, in Buffalo,
likewise saw his congregation grow
out of the equipment of his grand-
father's time into one of the major
houses of worship there.
Dr. Schuette, president of the
eastern district of the American
Lutheran church, paid tribute to Dr.
Grabau's 55 years in the ministry
and to his activity. He was given
the honorary doctor of divinity de-
gree by Capitol university in 1934.
He was, prior to the amalgamation
resulting in the American Lutheran
synod, former president of the Buf-
falo Lutheran synod, formerly
known as the Synod of Exiles from
the Prussian church. He was a
member of the board planning closer
cooperation with the United Luth-
eran church.
Burial was in Holy Rest ceme-
tery, Pine Hill. Besides his sons,
Andrew W and Dr, John C Grabau
of Buffalo, and Dr. Martin
Grabau, of Cambridge. Mass., he Is
also survived by a sister, Mrs. Helen
Broeker, Detroit, and another
brother. Dr. Rudolph Grabau, of
North Tonawanda, well known to-
ally.

Johannes married WENDT, Helene Wilhelmine Augustine on 24 Aug 1887 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. Helene (daughter of WENDT, Wilhelm August and WALK, Elisabeth) was born on 1 Sep 1863 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 20 Apr 1929 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. GRABAU, Elisabeth Sophia was born on 6 Jun 1888 in Niagara County, NY; died before Apr 1929.
2. GRABAU, Dr Johannes Christoph was born on 19 Sep 1889 in Niagara County, NY; died on 16 Aug 1942 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY.
3. GRABAU, Andreas Siegmund Wilhelm was born on 7 Apr 1894 in Niagara County, NY; died in Apr 1974 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY.
4. GRABAU, Martin Christian was born on 2 Oct 1901 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY; and died.

Johannes married HARNISCH, Johanna Sophia in 1864. Johanna was born on 6 Nov 1841; died on 14 May 1896 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johannes married BURGRAF, Christiane Sophie on 15 Jul 1834 in Erfurt, Magdeburg, Saxony, Germany. Christiane was born on 15 Feb 1809 in Magdeburg, Saxony, Germany; died on 18 Oct 1889 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johann married YEROCHO, Anna Dorothea on 2 Aug 1802 in Saxony, Sachsen, Germany. Anna was born in 1783; died in 1842 in Olvenstedt, Saxony, Prussia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]