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Niagara Gazette - 11//28/1971

NORTH TONAWANDA -
Wallace W. Broeker, 56, of 524
Locust St., died Saturday (Nov.
27, 1971) at DeGraff Memorial
Hospital after a long illness.
He was a life long resident of
this city, and was employed by
the Tamburlin Auto Service.
He was a member of St. Paul
Lutheran Church and Bradwick
Hose Company No. 6.
He is survived by his widow,
the former Irene Harder; two
sons, Robert W. Broeker of
Grand Island and Dean R.
Broeker of Pendleton; three
sisters, Mrs. Leona Helwig and
Mrs. Daniel Daboll, both of this
city, and Mrs. Roy Murphy of
Wilksboro, Pa.; and three
grandchildren.
Funerall services will be
conducted at 1:30 p.m. Monday
at the Fretthold Funeral Home
with the Rev. Matthew
Pushkas officiating. Burial will
be in Elmlawn Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 4
p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at
the funeral home.

Family/Spouse: HARDER, Irene R. Irene (daughter of HARDER, Arthur and HESCHKE, Amanda M) was born on 25 Jul 1918; died on 5 Oct 2005 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BROEKER, Robert Wallace
2. BROEKER, Dean R was born on 16 May 1945 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY; died on 24 Dec 2023 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY.

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BROEKER - William F. Broeker. 84, of 200 Stenzil St, North Tonawanda, died Friday (May 7, 1965) at North Town Nursing Home, North Tonawanda. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Gardei Broeker; three daughters, Mrs. Walter (Leona) Helwig and Mrs. Daniel (Geneva) Daboll, both of North Tonawanda, and Mrs. Roy (Margaret) Murphy of the Town of Tonawanda; two sons, Wallace W. of North Tonawanda and Kenneth G. Broeker of the Town of Tonawanda; 11 grandchildren, and 12 great grandchildren. Friends may call the Fretthold Funeral Home, 1241 Oliver St at Ward Road, where services will be at 2 p.m. Monday. The Rev. Matthew Pushkar will officiate. Interment in Sweeney Cemetery. Mr. Broeker was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Felton Street, and a retired employe of the Durez Company.

William married GARDEI, Elisabeth in 1901 in New York. Elisabeth (daughter of GARDEI, August W and Wilhelmina) was born in Apr 1886 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 11 Jun 1968 in Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 6/12/1968

BROEKER - Elizabeth R.
Broeker, 82, of 200 Stenzil St.,
North Tonawanda, Tuesday
(June 11, 1968) at DeGraff
Memorial Hospital.
She was a member of St.
Paul's Lutheran Church and
the Women of the Church, and
was active in the Sunday
school.
She was the wife of the late
William Broeker, who died in
June, 1965. She is survived by
three daughters, Mrs. Leona
Helwig and Mrs. Daniel
(Geneva > Daboll, both of North
Tonawanda, and Mrs. Roy
(Margaret) Murphy of State
College, Pa.; a son, Wallace
W. Broeker of North Tonawanda:
11 grandchildren, 16 great -
g r a n d c h i l d r e n , and two
sisters, Mrs. Alma Weinheimer
and Mrs. Charles Zimmerman,
both of North Tonawanda. The
late Kenneth G. Broeker was a
son.
Friends may call at the Fretthold
Funeral Home, 1241 Oliver
St., North Tonawanda, where
services will be conducted at
130 p.m. Thursday. The Rev.
Matthew Pushkar will officiate.
Interment in Sweeney
Cemetery. Memorials may be
made to St. Paul's Lutheran
Church Building Fund.

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 2/15/1920

Charles Broeker, seventy-one years
old, died this morning at his home at
No. 196 Stenzel street. Mr. Broker was
stricken with apoplexy recently, resultng
in his death He was one of the oldest
residents of the Gratwick section
of the city. Surviving are a wife and
nine children.

Charles married MELLENTHINE, Wilhelmina about 1872 in Prussia. Wilhelmina (daughter of MELLENTHINE, William) was born in Jul 1854 in Prussia; died on 30 Jun 1927 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1 July 1927 Tonawanda News
Mrs. Wilhelmina Broecker, 73 years old, wife of the late Charles Broecker, died last night at her home, 192 Stenzel street. She was born in Germany. For the past 40 years she had been a resident of North Tonawanda. She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Rietch, Mrs. Herman Engel, Mrs. Otto Schimschack, Mrs. Fred Lavendusky and Mrs. William Pletcher, all of the Tonawandas; three sons, Albert Broecker, Pendleton, and William and Gustav Broecker, North Tonawanda; 28 grandchildren; four great grandchildren, and two brothers, William Mellentine, Germany, and Albert Mellentine, Niagara Falls, N. Y. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the residence and half an hour later at the St. Paul's church on East Felton street, Rev. H. J. Kleiner of the Redeemer Lutheran church, Schenck street officiating.

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August W. Gardei
August W. Gardei, 73 years old, died yesterday afternoon at his home at No. 79 Ward road after a long illness. Mr. Gardei was born in Germany and had lived in North Tonawanda for the past 36 years. He was employed by the street department of the city for many years. Surviving are a wife, a son, Arnold Gardei; five daughters, Mrs. Christian Engel; Mrs. Jacob Ossmann, Mrs. William Broecker, Mrs. Edward Hardy and Mrs. Charles Zimmerman, all of North Tonawanda, and one sister, mrs. Auguste Mercke of Germany. The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the late residence and a half an hour later from St. Paul's church on East Felton St. Rev. August Eberbach officiating. Burial will be in Sweeney Cemetery.

August married Wilhelmina about 1876 in Prussia. Wilhelmina was born in May 1852 in Prussia; died on 22 Apr 1931 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]