Family/Spouse: JACOBS, John. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. JACOBS, Siana
2. JACOBS, Mackenzie

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Niagara Gazette - 3/4/09

Roger A. Williams of Newfane, entered into rest on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at Eastern Niagara Hospital of Newfane. Born September 23, 1930 in Lockport, he was the son of the late Arthur E.G. and Alvina (nee Wittcop) Williams. Roger had worked at Harrison Radiator as a production worker for 30 years. He retired in 1983. Roger married Jeanne Ferguson June 4, 1960 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church of Ridgewood. An Army veteran, he served his country during the Korean War in the 125th Division 14th Infantry Tank Company as a gunner. He achieved the rank of Corporal. Roger loved his family and enjoyed gardening. He was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church for 49 years, serving on the church council for 24 years, was financial secretary for 20 years and also served as trustee. His loving wife, Jeanne Williams, survives him; dear father of Barbara Williams of Newfane, Paul Williams of Newfane, Norma Jeanne (John) Jacobs of Wheatfield and Robert Williams of Wheatfield; brother of Reverend Edwin (Carol) Williams of Omaha, NE, Kathryn Klotzbach of Medina and Richard (Sharon) Williams of Lockport; brother-in-law of James (Martha) Ferguson of Lockport; loving grandfather of Siana and Mackenzie Jacobs; several nieces and nephews also survive him. Family and friends are invited to attend visitation at the Kenneth H. Sherrie Funeral Home, 6139 East Avenue, Newfane, NY on Thursday from 7-9 PM and Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM. Funeral services will be held on Saturday at 11:00 AM from the Immanuel Lutheran Church, 7147 Ridge Road, Ridgewood, NY. In lieu of flowers, memorials appreciated to the Organ fund at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, Eastern Niagara Hospital of Newfane or Newfane Miller Hose Volunteer Fire Company. Visit www.sherriefuneralhome.com to sign guest register.

Roger married FERGUSON, Jeanne Carol on 4 Jun 1960 in Ridgewood, Queens County, NY. Jeanne (daughter of FERGUSON, Hiram and KLUMPP, Ruth R) was born on 16 Sep 1934 in Town of Appleton, Niagara County, NY; died on 29 Nov 2021 in Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary of Jeanne Williams

The earth life of Jeanne Carol Williams of Newfane, New York, ended peacefully on November 29, 2021.  As promised by her Lord and Savior in faith she has received His gift of eternal life.  She was under the loving care of her family, assisted by the staff of Elderwood at Wheatfield and Niagara Hospice.                                        
Born September 16, 1934 in Appleton, NY she was the daughter of the late Hiram and Ruth (nee Klumpp) Ferguson and sister of the late Joan.
Jeanne was a graduate of Barker Central School Class of 1952 and St. Joseph’s Academy, Lockport Class of 1953 from the secretarial program. She was employed from 1953 until 1961 at the Cornell Cooperative Extension Niagara County.  She enjoyed working with the 4-H program with fond memories of Niagara County and NYS fairs.  She returned to work part-time in 1974 and spent 23 years as receptionist for the offices of Dr. Prayoon Prabharasuth.
A lifetime member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Ridgewood, NY, Jeanne humbly served her Lord best from the age of 14 by sharing her gift of music across generations at Immanuel.  She taught Sunday School, organized Christmas programs, and played for many weddings and funerals.  A self-taught organist she retired in 2017 after 52 years of faithful service.
While raising her family she participated in her children’s activities as well as her own.  Any outside activity became a family event, working together, each sharing their talents. Jeanne was a member of the Newfane Inter-Community Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and served as President for two years.  Other activities included being Treasurer for the hospital gift shop and volunteering to help at blood mobiles and fundraisers. She enjoyed being a traditional mom and overseeing her household.
Married June 4, 1960 to Roger A. Williams, he predeceased her on March 3, 2009.  Together they were blessed with four children.  She is the dear mother of Barbara Williams, Newfane, NY; Paul Williams, Newfane, NY; Norma Jeanne (John) Jacobs of Wheatfield, NY; and Robert (Kara) Williams of Orchard Park, NY and the loving Grandma of Siana and Mackenzie Jacobs, Carson and Olivia Williams, and Austin Hoelscher.
She is survived by her brother, James (Martha) Ferguson Lockport, NY, brother-in-law Richard (late Sharon) Williams, Lockport, NY, and sister-in-law Carol (late Rev. Edwin) Williams of Omaha, NE.  She was also the sister-in-law of the late David Rhoadhouse and Kathryn (Glenn) Rhoadhouse-Klotzbach of Medina, NY.  As an aunt, she is survived by 11 nieces and nephews; 17 great nieces and nephews; and 4 great-great nieces and nephews.
Family and friends are invited to visitation at Prudden and Kandt Funeral Home, 242 Genesee Street, Lockport, NY on Friday, December 3rd from 3-8 PM.  Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 10:30 a.m.  at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 7147 Ridge Road, New York with the Rev. Kenneth L Craig officiating.   Out of respect for others the family has asked that all visitors to the funeral home and church be fully masked.  Burial will follow at Wrights Corners Cemetery, Lockport, New York.  Memorials may be made to Immanuel Lutheran Church Memorial Fund or a Charity of Choice.  Visit pruddenandkandt.com.

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NF Gazette

Cambria Man Stricken Doing Farm Work Dies
SANBORN-Arthur E. G. Williams, 64, of 6048 Baer Road, died Monday (March 6, 1967) after suffering an apparent heart attack while at work on his Town of Cambria farm.
Mr. Williams was born in Sanborn and had operated a farm in the area most of his life. He also had been employed 15 years at Norton's Laboratory in Lockport. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Lockport. He is survived by his widow, the former Alvina Wittcopp; three sons, Rev. Edwin Williams, Wall, S.D.; Roger Williams, Newfane, and Richard Williams, North Tonawanda; a daughter, Mrs. David (Kathryn) Rhoadhouse, Gasport, and two brothers, Rev. Walter Williams, Maumee, OH, and Melvin Williams, Ransomville. Mr. Williams is also survived by four sisters, Mrs. Edwin (Alice) Beutel, and Mrs. Alfred (Martha) DeVantier, both of Sanborn; Mrs. William (Josephine) Buerger, Bcrgholtz, and, Mrs. James (Esther) Holladay, Charlotteville, Va., five grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. in Trinity Lutheran Church, Lockport, Rev. Ernest E. Heuer officiating. Friends may call at Pike and Jones Funeral Home, Sanborn, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and noon until 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church. Burial will be in Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery. The family said contributions to the Organ Memorial Fund, Trinity Lutheran Church, Lockport, would be acceptable as tributes.

Arthur married WITTCOPP, Alvina Louise on 22 Nov 1928 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Alvina (daughter of WITTCOPP, Albert Christian and MEYERS, Louise Hulda Malvine) was born on 28 Aug 1907 in Niagara County, NY; died on 13 Dec 1972 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 12/1/1928

A very beautiful wedding was sol-
emnlzed at 7:30 o'clock, on Thursday
evening, In Trinity Lutheran Church
when Alvina Wittcopp, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Wittcopp. of Lockport
became the bride of Arthur Williams
son of Mr. Edward Williams of Sanborn
The Rev. Meyers performed the
ceremony. The church was decorated with
palms and ferns and the ceremony was
performed under a beautiful white ???.
The bride, who was given in marriage
by her father, looked lovely in a whhite
bridal satin gown, made longer in the
back and trimmed with lace ruffles and
rhinestones and long streamers
with orange blossoms falling from her
shoulder. Her veil was embroidered and
arranged in coronet style with pearls
and rhinestones she carried a shower
boquet tied with white and silver rib-
bons.
The maid of honor, Miss Esther Wil-
liams was gowned in light blue georg-
ette. The bridesmaids were Miss Mil-
dred Schultz gowned in pink georgette.
Miss Clara Bartlet gowned in purple
color georgette and Mrs. William
Berger, Jr. gowned in nile green.
They all wore white stockings and
slippers and carried arm bouquets of
pink roses tied with pink ribbons.
Arthur Wittcopp was the best man
and the ushers were, Walter Williams,
Melvin Williams, Raymond Schultz, and
William Berger, Jr.
Immediately following the ceremony
a reception was held at the home of
the bride's parents in Lockport covers
were laid for twenty-five at the bride's
table which was centered with a won-
derful wedding cake and white chrys-
anthemums.
Guests were present from Niagara
Falls, LaSalle, Bergholtz, Walmore,
Sanborn, Tonawanda, Martinsville and
Lockport. Mr. and Mrs. Williams will
make their home on the Lockport Rd.
Sanborn, N.Y.

Hiram + KLUMPP, Ruth R. Ruth (daughter of KLUMPP, John Fred and HECK, Kathleen) was born in 1904; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Falls Gazette Oct 18, 1945
Edward H. Williams, 53, Lockport Road, Dies
SANBORN, N Y., Oct. 18. - Edward H. Williams. 53, of the Lockport road, died yesterday at the, Buffalo General hospital. Mr Williams was a son of the late Gustave and Christine Williams. He was born In the Lockport road and had resided on the same farm all his, life. For the last 15 years he had conducted a gasoline service station at the corner of the Lockport and Ward roads. He was a lifelong member of St. Peter's church at Walmore. N. Y. Mr. Williams U survived by the following children: Mrs Edwin Beutel and Mrs. Alfred DeVantier of Sanborn. N. Y., Mrs. William Buerger, of Bergholz, N. Y.: Mrs James Holladay, of Dariem. Conn., Arthur and Melvin Williams, of Sanborn, and the Rev. Walter F Williams, of Defiance, Ohio; one stepson, John Weingartner of North Tonawanda. and three brothers, Albert. Hugo and Robert Williams, all of Lockport He is also survived by 23 grandchildren and several nephews and nieces. Funeral services will be held at the home of the daughter. Mrs William Buerger. Bergholz, Saturday, October 20, at 2 pm., and at 2:30 o'clock at St. Peter's church. Walmore. The Rev. Edward H Grabau will officiate. Interment will be In Walmore cemetery.

Rudolph married SCHULZ, Auguste Wilhelmine on 24 Apr 1901 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Auguste (daughter of SCHULZ, Ferdinand William and HASELEY, Justine Wilhelmine) was born on 25 Oct 1875 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY; died on 11 Mar 1917 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 9/17/1934

The marriage of Miss Elizabeth
Jagow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Jagow, of the Jagow road, to M. Williams,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Williams, of the Lockport road, has
been announced

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Bill Wittcopp states that the Wittcopp farm in the Town of Niagara was taken to extend the airport runway and the family moved to Lockport and joined a Missouri Lutheran Church in Lockport. (2/22/09)

ALSO

Niagara Gazette - 1/13/1953

WITTCOPP-Albert C. Wittcopp of the
Upper Mt. Rd., Lockport, N.Y. passed
away after a short period of illness,
Monday, January 12. 1953 at the
Edward J; Meyer Memorial Hospital.
Buffalo. N. Y., in his 78th year. Husband
of Louise Meyers Wittcopp.
Father of Arthur of Lewiston. N. Y..
Mrs. Arthur Williams of Lockport.
Brother of Henry of Bergholz. Mrs.
William Schultz of North Tonawanda.
Philip of the Town of Niagara. Also
survived by six grandchildren and
many nieces and nephews. Funeral
services will be held at Prudden
Funeral Home. 242 Genessee St.. Lockport.
N. Y.. Thursday, January 15. at
2 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran
Church, Lockport. N. Y. Inter-
ment Trinity Lutheran cemetery,
Lockport. N. Y

Albert married MEYERS, Louise Hulda Malvine on 17 Apr 1902 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Louise (daughter of MEYER, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich and KRUEGER, Wilhelmine Louise Henrietta) was born on 8 Sep 1873 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY; died on 22 Feb 1955 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette

LOCKPORT, Feb. 23 - Mrs.
Louise H. Wittcopp, 81, widow of
Albert Wittcopp, died yesterday at
Lockport City Hospital.
Born in the former Village of
LaSalle. Sept. 8, 1873, she was the
daughter of Carl Meyers and Henrietta
Krueger. The family moved
to Buffalo shortly after her birth
and she lived there until her marriage
when she moved to. Cambria
where her husband operated a farm
until his death in January, 1953.
They observed their golden wedding
in 1952. . ,
Surviving are a son, Arthur A.,
Lewiston; a daughter. Mrs. A. L.
Williams, Lockport: two brothers,
Rudolph and Albert Meyers, Sanborn,
and three sisters, Mrs. Leonard
Mante, Mrs. Gustav Blank and
Mrs. John Yaude, all'of Niagara
Falls.
Services will be held Friday at
2 p.m. at the Prudden and Kandt
Funeral Home and at 2:30 at Trin-
ity Lutheran Church. Interment will
be in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery.

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NEWFANE—John F. Klumpp, 91, a resident in this area for 50 years, died Sunday (Oct. 2, 1966) in Niagara Lutheran Nursing Home, Buffalo, where he had been a patient briefly. For the last 10 years, Mr. Klumpp had lived with a daughter, Miss Freda Klumpp, at 24 Bell St., Buffalo. He was born in Buffalo, Jan. 24, 1875, a son of Bernhardt and Mary Gulkelberger Klumpp. He married Katherine Heck, in Buffalo, Oct. 25, 1899. She died in 1952 at Ridgewood, where they were making their home at the time. Mr. Klumpp was a farmer throughout his life, retiring in 1953. He was a life member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Ridgewood, where he served as trustee for many years. Survivors include two sons, Elmer Klumpp, Appleton, and Walter Klumpp, Lockport; five daughters, Mrs. Charles (Lillian) Heckel, Buffalo, Mrs. Hiram (Ruth) Ferguson, Newfane, Mrs. Kathleen Kaufman, Lockport, Miss Freda Klumpp, Buffalo, and Mrs. Kenneth (Alice) Berner, Gasport; 17 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the Kenneth H. Sherrie Funeral Home, where the family will be present from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Rev. August Kruetz of Immanuel Lutheran Church will officiate at services at the funeral home at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Wrights Corners Cemetery.

John married HECK, Kathleen on 25 Oct 1899 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. Kathleen was born in 1875 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY; died in 1952 in Ridgewood, Orleans County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette, 7 Apr 1952
Services for Mrs. Kate H. Klumpp, who died today at her home, Ridge road, will be held Wedntsday at 2;30 p.m. at Emmanuel Lutheran church, Ridgewood, with burial in Wright's Corners cemetery. Mrs. Klumpp was the daughter of the late John and Barbara Wayland Heck. She wis born In Buffalo but had lived in Hartland. 14 years. Survivors include two sons and five daughters, Mrs. .Charles Heckel, Buffalo; Elmer Klumpp and Mrs. Hiram Ferguson, Apgpleton; Mrs. Howard Kauffman, Lockport; Miss Frieda Klumpp, at home; Walter Klumpp, Newfane, and Mrs. Kenneth Berner, Gasport, and three sisters, Mrs. William Wilhelm, Mrs. Albert Hock and Mrs. Arthur Hock, all of Buffalo.