Michael + Sue. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buffalo News

George W. Pankow Jr., operator of the former Pumpkin Village on Nash Road, died Thursday in Kenmore Mercy Hospital after a long illness. He was 64.
Mr. Pankow was born in North Tonawanda and graduated from North Tonawanda High School.
He worked at Ashland Oil Co. and the Chevrolet engine plant in the Town of Tonawanda, but his hobby was growing pumpkins.
Mr. Pankow's father founded Pumpkin Village, a seasonal attraction every fall, on Niagara Falls Boulevard. After his father died in 1981, Mr. Pankow moved it to Nash Road, where it continued into the 1990s.
In the early 1980s, Mr. Pankow and his father also operated the first hydroponic greenhouse to grow tomatoes in Niagara County.
Survivors include his wife of 43 years, the former Katherine J. Vossen; a son, Michael S. of Virginia Beach, Va.; two daughters, Patricia Snider of Chicago and Mary Childs of Orlando, Fla.; a sister, Alice Licht of Wheatfield; and five grandchildren.
Services will be held at 10 A.M. Monday in St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Niagara Falls Boulevard and Ward Road.

George + VOSSEN, Katherine J. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George + ROEKLE, Irene O. Irene was born on 1 Apr 1918; died on 20 May 1997 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Albert + GETTY, Violet. Violet was born about 1917 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 2 Oct 1966 in Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 10/3/1966

NORTH TONAWANDA-Mrs. Violet Vossen, 49,
of 211 Hagen Ave., died Sunday (Oct. 2, 1966) in DeGraff Memorial Hospital after a long illness.
She was a lifelong resident
of the Tonawandas and a
member of United Evangelical
Brethren Church and
Sireus Chapter No. 301, Order
of Eastern Star.
She is survived by her husband,
Albert Vossen; two
d a u g h t e r s , Mrs. Dennis
Goerss Pankow, both of the
Tonawandas; two brothers,
Vincent W. Getty, Mineapolis,
and Charles Getty, this city;
a sister, Mrs. Albert E. Gendrian,
of Tonawanda, and six
granchildren.
Funeral services will be
conducted at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday
at the Wattengel Funeral
Home, Rev. Eldon Snyder
officiating.