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NF Gazette Mar 22, 1972
JOHN E. WIENKE - John E. Wienke, 84, formerly of Cayuga Road, Bergholtz, died Tuesday (March 21, 1972) in the Abbey Nursing Home Kenmore, after a long illness. Born in Bergholtz where he lived most of his life, he was the husband of the late Marie Mantke Wienke, who died 1936. He was a.lifelong member of the St. James Lutheran Church, and a member of the 1 Bergholtz Volunteer Fire Co. He had been a cabinet maker, and worked for the Meyer Lumber Co. of North Tonawanda. Survivors include four sons, Herbert and Erwin Wienke of this city, Edward and Nelson Wienke of North Tonawanda: three daughters, Mrs. Mildred Motchenbauth of Buffalo, Mrs. Charles (Florence) Donner of Tonawanda and Mrs. Donald (Lorraine) Werth of North Tonawanda;-two brothers, Adolf Wienke of Sanborn and Relnhard Wienke of this city; four sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Jagow, Mrs. Emma Haseley, Mrs. Esther Moll, all of this city; and Mrs. Ella Eggert of Sanborn, 20 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. He was father of the late Richard Wienke, who died in 1957. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at St. James Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Robert Lahman officiating. Burial will be in St. James Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call at the Rhoney Funeral Home (Pike and Jones), 5893 Hoover Road, Sanborn, from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial contributions to the St. James Lutheran Church Development Fund or the Lutheran Vespers will be acceptable as tribute, the family said.

Johannes married NANTHE, Maria Louise on 25 Apr 1912 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Maria (daughter of NANTKE, Paul and Auguste) was born on 24 Jul 1892 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 19 Sep 1939 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette

BERGHOLTZ, April 28.—A pleas-
ant afternoon and evening was spent
the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Se, corner Luther and Cayuga
sts, Sunday when they enter-
tained about 60 guests ln honor of
their twenty-fifth wedding annlver-
sary.
A delicious supper was served at 6
o'clock after which games and music
were enjoyed. A request number by
their sons and daughters, was played
for Mr. and Mrs. Wienke over sta-
WKBW Sunday noon,
They reside at Mr. Wlenke's home
which they purchased from
Wlenke's father, Albert Wienke,
last year and where Mr. John
Wienke was born almost 50 years ago.
The honored guests received many
pretty and useful gifts. Many guests
were from out-of-town.

1. WIENKE, Nelson
2. WIENKE, Herbert J was born on 8 Mar 1913 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 15 Mar 2016 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY.
3. WIENKE, Mildred M was born about 1915 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 14 Dec 2013 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
4. WIENKE, Florence G was born on 8 Jun 1920 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 26 Jun 2019 in Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY.
5. WIENKE, Lorraine V
6. WIENKE, Erwin Albert
7. WIENKE, Edward Allan was born on 4 Dec 1931 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 11 Apr 2024 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
8. WIENKE, Richard was born on 19 Aug 1934 in Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 6 Oct 1957 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY.

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 6/28/1945

Albert F. Wienke, 86, of the
Falls bouelverd, Bergholtz, died
yesterday afternoon after a brief
illness. Born in Germany, he had
lived in the town of Wheatfield
the past 61 years. Mr. Wienke is
survived by four sons, Adolph
of Sanborn, John and Remhard
of Bergholtz and Albert F., Jr.,
of North Tonawanda; five daughters,
Mrs. Albert Schnemichel of
North Tonawanda, Mrs. Edward
Jagow of Niagara Falls, Mrs
Christ Haseley and Mrs. Esther
Moll of Bergholtz and Mrs. William
Eggert of Ransomville; 35
grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
held Saturday at 2:30 p. m. from
the residence of his daughter, Mrs.
Moll, Falls Blvd. and at 3 p. m from
St. James church The Rev
Otto Bruss will officiate. Burial
will be in St. James cemetery.

Albert married RETZLAFF, Mathilda Bertha Auguste on 4 Feb 1879 in Stolzenburg, Prussia. Mathilda (daughter of RETZLAFF, Christian and LEMKE, Maria Dorothea) was born on 20 Oct 1860 in Pampow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 17 Apr 1935 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Falls Gazette - 4/1935

Aged Bergholtz Resident Passes
BERGHOLTZ, April 17,-Mrs. Matilda Wienke, nee Retzlaff, 74 years old, wife of Albert Wienke, died today at her home, in Cayuga road after a brief illness. She was stricken with paralysis Sunday. She was born in Campow (sic), Germany, and had resided in this village for the past 51 years. She was a member of St. James Lutheran church and the Ladies' Aid society.
Besides her husband, she is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Edward Jagow and Mrs. William Eggert, both of Niagara Falls, Mrs. Albert Schmeichel, of North Tonawanda, Mrs. Christ (sic) Haseley, of Sanborn, and Mrs. Gustav Moll, of Bergholtz; five sons, Adolph, of Sanborn, John, Hugo and Reinhard, all of Bergholtz. and Albert, of North Tonawanda; 34 grandchildren; seven great granchildren (sic); two brothers, Fred, of Grand Haven, Mich., and Edward, of Sanborn. The funeral will be Friday at 2 p. m. from the home and at 2:30 from St. James church. The Rev. Otto Bruss will officiate. Interment will be in St. James cemetery.

Albert + KOPP, Wilhelmine. Wilhelmine was born in Prussia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christian married LEMKE, Maria Dorothea in 1841 in Prussia. Maria was born on 29 Nov 1819 in Ognica, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland; died on 6 Nov 1905 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]