1. | STRASSBURG, William August was born on 11 Jul 1911 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY (son of STRASSBURG, William Friedrich Gotthold and PANKOW, Emma Bertha); died on 25 Oct 1996 in Town of Wilson, Niagara County, NY. Notes:
The Buffalo News - October 26, 1996
William A. Strassburg, 85, a carpenter, farmer and plumber, died in his Randall Road home Friday (Oct. 25, 1996) under the care of Niagara Hospice.
Born in Wheatfield, Strassburg had lived on Randall Road since his marriage to the former Ethel Schultz in 1938. For many years, Strassburg was a self-employed carpenter and builder. He also was a vegetable farmer for about 15 years, selling produce at the farmers market in Buffalo.
In 1967, he joined the local staff of the state Parks and Recreation Department as a plumber, retiring after 10 years.
Strassburg was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church at North Ridge, Cambria, and a former member of the Wilson Lions Club. He was an avid hunter and fisherman.
Besides his wife, survivors include two sons, Timothy of Wilson and Robert of Ashland, Ky.; a daughter, Karen J. Carr of Oswego; two sisters, Irene Willert and Ida Hill of Buffalo; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in St. Peter's Lutheran Church at North Ridge, 4169 Church Road, Cambria. Burial will be in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery
William married SCHULZ, Ethel L on 17 Aug 1938 in North Ridge, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. Ethel (daughter of SCHULZ, Fred C and SEEFELDT, Edith Ida Wilhelmine Caroline) was born on 5 May 1916 in Town of Wilson, Niagara County, NY; died on 21 Mar 2004 in Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Notes:
Niagara Gazette
STRASSBURO-SCHULTZ
Randall Road Girl and Barker Man
United In Marriage
RANSOMVILLE, Aug 19 - A pret-
ty mid-summer wedding took place
Wednesday afternoon at St. Peter's
Lutheran church North Ridge, when
Miss Ethel Schultz, daughter of Mr.
and mrs. Fred c. Schultz, of the
Randall road, became the bride of
William Strassburg, son of William
Strassburg of Barker.
The church was beautifully deco-
rated in gladioli and palms as Mrs.
leonard Borget, at the organ, played
Lohengrin's wedding march. Pre-
ceded by little Miss Marlene
Schultz, the flower girl, the bride
entered the church on the arm of
her father and proceeded down the
aisle followed by the maid-of-honor,
Miss Lucy Strassburg, sister of the
groom, and Miss Leona Donner.
The groom's attendant was Gor-
don Hausmann, of Wilson. the Rev.
Carl Oldash, pastor of the church,
performed the ceremony. The Misses
Helen Seefeldt, Marjorie Schultz
and Marion Lindhurst sand "I Love
You Only" and "Perfect Love." The
bridal party left the church to the
strains of Mendelssohn's wedding
march. The ushers were Harold
Wilkins and Ralph Seefeldt.
The bride was lovely in a white
satin gown with long sleeves and
long tulle veil with a coronet of
pearls. She carried a bouquet of
white roses and baby's breath. The
maid of honor wore an ensemble
of yellow organdie with green accessories
and carried a bouquet of
mtxed roses. Mtss Ida Strassburg. a
bridesmaid, wore pMnk marquesette
with rose accessories and carried a
bouquet of mixed roses. Miss Leona
Donner wore a gown of light blue
marquessette with pink accessories.
She also carried a bouquet ef mixed
roses. The flower girl, little Miss
Schultz, wore pink organdie with a
blue ribbon around the head and
reaching down the back^The mother
of the bride and Mrs. Hanna- the
grandmother, wore gowns of black
crepe and corsages of roses.
Following the ceremony a recep-
tlon and chicken dinner was h e l d
at the home of the bride, to which
110 were invited. Following the reception
the young couple left on a
short honeymoon. Upon their return
they will be at home in North
Ridge.
Guests were present from Warsaw,
Barker, Buffalo, Ransomville,
Wilson. Lokport. Gardenvllle. Lewiston,
North Tonawanda, Niagara
Falls and Rochester.
The bride was the guest of honor
at a number of prenuptlal affairs,
among which were a crystal shower
given by Mrs. Elwood SchulU. the
Sunday school teachers' gift was a
handsome lamp: a linen shower, given
by Mrs. William Gcrtr. and Mrs.
Clifford Dennlm: a variety shower,
by mrs. August Hausman; a black,
white and red kitchen shower, by
Mrs. Carl Hausman, Mrs. Sara Bur-
master and Mrs. Dederich Burmas-
ter; a variety shower, by Mrs. Har-
old Gotts; a bedroom shower, by
Miss Leona Donner, and a personal
shower, given by Mrs. Elmer See-
feldt.
Children:
- STRASSBURG, Robert Frederick was born in 1940; died in Nov 2014 in Ashland, Boyd County, KY.
- STRASSBURG, Karen Jean
- STRASSBURG, Timothy K
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