Terry married BERUBE, Carol A [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. STRASSBURG, David T
2. STRASSBURG, Amanda J

Notes:

AUGUST F. STRASSBURG JR., RETIRED MILLWRIGHT
The Buffalo News, May 4, 2000
August F. "Sonny" Strassburg Jr., 81, who worked as a millwright with DuPont Co. in Niagara Falls for more than 20 years, died Wednesday (May 3, 2000) in DeGraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, following a three-month illness. He was born in North Tonawanda and lived on Stenzel Avenue. He attended the former Gratwick Grammar School there as well. Strassburg worked for several years in production at the former Buffalo Bolt County, North Tonawanda, and as an inspector at the former Bell Aircraft here. A veteran of World War II, he entered the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1942 and served as a machinist with the 893rd Air Engineer Squadron in the European Theater until honorably discharged in 1946. Strassburg then worked as a millwright at DuPont, retiring in the mid-1970s. He was a lifelong member of St. Mark Evangelical Lutheran Church, North Tonawanda, and was an airplane and air show enthusiast. His wife, the former Violet R. Mellenthine, died in 1978. Survivors include two sons, Terry A. of North Tonawanda and Gary D. of Niagara Falls; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 1:30 P.M. Saturday in Lane Funeral Home, 8622 Buffalo Ave., Niagara Falls. Burial will be in St. Mark Lutheran Cemetery, North Tonawanda.

August married MELLENTHINE, Violet Ruth on 3 Nov 1943 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, SD. Violet (daughter of MELLENTHINE, Helmut C and STENZEL, Eleanora E) was born on 27 May 1922 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 22 Apr 1978 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Tonawanda News, April 24, 1978
Violet R. Strassburg. 55, of Albion. N.Y., formerly of North Tonawanda, Sunday (April 23,1978) at DeGraff Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness, Mrs. Strassburg was a member of St. Mark Lutheran Church. She is survived by her husband, August Strassburg; two sons Terry (Carol) Strassburg, of Kansas City, Kansas. Gary (Janice) Strassburg of Niagara Falls, N.Y. two grandchildren David and Amanda; her mother Mrs. Elenora Mellenthine of North Tonawanda and a brother Calvin Mellenthine of Kenmore. The family will receive friends at the Fretthold Funeral Home., 1241 Oliver St., at Ward Rd., North Tonawanda today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held in St. Mark Lutheran Church Tuesday at 10 a.m. the Rev. Thomas K. Spahn will officiate. Interment in St. Mark Lutheran Cemetery, In lieu of flowers, memorials, may be made to St. Mark Lutheran Church or to the Leukemia Society.

Notes:

Married:
9 November 1943 Evening News of the Tonawandas
Strassburg-Mellenthine Rites Took Place in Church at Sioux Falls, S.D.
Miss Violet Mellenthine, daughter of Mrs. Eleonora Mellenthine and Private August F. Strassburg, son of Mrs. Emma Strassburg were married Wednesday afternoon, November 3, at 1:30 o’clock in the Zion Lutheran church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The double ring ceremony was performed by the Rev. G. A. Troenel of Sioux Falls.
The bride was lovely in her gown of white satin, and net skirt. A sweetheart neckline and three-quarter length sleeves completed the dress. Her veil of illusion was held by a juliet cap, and she carried a bouquet of white asters and roses. The groom is serving with the armed forces at the air base at Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Her only attendant, Mrs. Hugo Belling, the former Marjorie Butzbach, was matron of honor. She wore a dusty blue taffeta dress with a spray of blue flowers in her hair, and carried a bouquet of yellow asters and roses.
P. F. C. Wilbert Ostwald of Ward road, Niagara Falls, N. Y., who is stationed at Sioux Falls was best man.
The reception was held at Carpenter Hotel.
Mrs. August Strassburg and Mrs. Hugo Belling will return shortly and the bride will make her home with her parent for the duration.

Notes:

12 May 1927 Tonawanda News
August S. Strassburg, 63 years old, died yesterday afternoon at his home, 63 Stenzel street. He suffered a stroke three months ago and had been in failing health since. Born in the town of Wheatfield, he had resided in North Tonawanda for the past 50 years. For 40 years he conducted a grocery and hardware business in the Gratwick section of North Tonawanda. He retired from business a year ago.
Surviving are a wife, Emma; two daughters, Mrs. Arthur Ostwald and Miss Dorothy Strassburg; four sons, Edward, George, Albert and August Strassburg, Jr.; six grandchildren; two brothers, William S. Strassburg of Santa Monica, Calif., and Frederick Strassburg, and a sister, Mrs. Edward Stenzel. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home and half an hour later from the St. Mark's church on Washington street, Rev. Paul Fretthold officiating. Interment will be at Elmlawn.

August married WITKOP, Emma Rosine Helene on 22 Sep 1892 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Emma (daughter of WITKOP, Christian Friedrich and BLUHM, Wilhelmine Fredericka) was born on 10 Dec 1870 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY; died on 26 Dec 1951 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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26 December 1951 Tonawanda News
Mrs. Emma Strassburg
Mrs. Emma Strassburg, 81, died this morning in her home, 63 Stenzil St., after a long illness. Mrs. Strassburg was a lifelong resident of the Tonawandas. She was the mother of Edward, Albert and August Strassburg, Mrs. Arthur Ostwald and Mrs. Edward Berndt, nine grandchildren and eight great grandchildren also survive. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. The Rev. Paul E. Fretthold will officiate and burial will be in the Elmlawn Cemetery.

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8 December 1936 Tonawanda News
Helmuth C. Mellenthine
Helmuth C. Mellenthine, 40 years old, died this morning at his home on the
Ward road, town of Wheatfield, after an illness of two days with pneumonia.
Born in North Tonawanda, he had resided in this locality all his life. He
was a member of the Niagara Lutheran chorus and the St. Johnsburg fire
department. He leaves a wife, Eleanor, nee Stenzel; a son, Calvin; a
daughter, Viola; three brothers, Marcus Mellenthine, town of Wheatfield;
Edmond Williams, Tonawanda and Walter Williams, Lockport and a sister, Mrs.
Henry Broecker, Wheatfield. Services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the residence and at 2:30 o'clock from the St. John's church, Rev.
Walter Thiemecke officiating. Burial will be in St. John's cemetery.

Helmut married STENZEL, Eleanora E in 1920 in New York. Eleanora (daughter of STENZEL, Charles August and PENSLIEN, Maria L) was born on 10 Mar 1901 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 5 Apr 1995 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Eleonora E. Mellenthine, 94, formerly of Ward Road, a former employee of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. in Niagara Falls, died Wednesday (April 5, 1995) in DeGraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, after a brief illness. The former Eleonora Stenzel was born in Wheatfield. She was employed for 25 years in the sewing department at Du Pont, retiring in 1966. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, the Ladies Aid Society, the Lutheran Missionary League, the DeGraff Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, the Wheatfield Senior Citizens and the Du Pont 25-Year Club. Her husband, Helmuth, died in 1936. Survivors include two sisters, Mathilda Stoelting of Bergholz and Dorothy Bross of North Tonawanda; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and six stepgreat-grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 A.M. Friday in St. John's Lutheran Church, Niagara Falls Boulevard at Ward Road.

Friedrich married WOLF, Caroline Friederike Wilhelmine on 6 Nov 1862 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Caroline (daughter of WOLF, Samuel and BRESSIN, Wilhelmine Elisabeth) was born on 21 Apr 1839 in Königreich, Prussia; died on 7 Dec 1906. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1860 Census - in Royalton with parents as Witcop
1870 Census - in Wheatfield as Christa Witcap
1900 Census - lived next door to Puckelwaldt

Niagara Gazette - 2/19/1929

CHRISTIAN WITKOP DIES
Was 82 Years Old: Funeral Will Be
Held Thursday, Burial In Mount View.
SANBORN. Feb. 19.—Christian F.
Witkop, aged 82, died at the home of
his son. August Witkop. on the Moun-
tain road late yesterday of apoplexy.
He Is survived by one daughter. Mrs.
Emma Strasburg, of North Tonawanda.
three sons, August C. Witkop of' Pekin.
William and Albert Witkop of North
Tonawanda. one brother. Henrv Wlt-
kop. of Pekln. Funeral will be held
from the home of his son, August, on
Thursday at 2 p.m. and 2:30 from St.
Andrews church. Rev. Schmidt will
offlclate. Burial will be at Mountain
View cemetery at Pekln, N. Y,

Christian married BLUHM, Wilhelmine Fredericka on 23 Nov 1869 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Wilhelmine (daughter of BLUHM, Christoph and MITTZLAFF, Dorothea Louise) was born in Jan 1848 in Menkin, Brandenburg, Germany; died in Oct 1928 in Pekin, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 10/24/1928

PEKIN, Oct. 24 - A double funeral
that of Mrs. Fredericka Witkop and
that of Mrs. Augusta Bruce, was held
at the St. Andrew's Evangelical Luth-
eran Church of Pekin, yesterday af-
ternoon. Rev. Charles a. Schmidt of-
ficiated. The services were held for
Mrs. Bruce at 2 o'clock from the home
of her son, Bertram Bruce and at 2:30
o'clock for Mrs. Witkop from the home
of her son, Augustus Witkop. The ser-
vices at the church were conducted
jointly at 3 o'clock.
Friends and relatives had gathered
in great numbers to pay the last re-
spects to the deceased. Floral offer-
ings were many and beautiful.
Mrs. Witkop was ill only three weeks
and succumbed to heart disease and
old age. She was 80 years of age.
She is survived by her husband, three
sons and a daughter.
Mrs. Bruce died Sunday afternoon
after a lingering illness. She was 76
years old. She is survived by two sons
and two daughters.
Mrs. Witkop and Mrs. Bruce were
sisters-in-law and died within 20 hours
of each other.
Interment was in the Lutheran
cemetery of Pekin.

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 11/25/1919

Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Witkop celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary Sun-
day afternoon and evening at their.
home on Ward- Road. There were
forty present including four children.
eighteen grandchildren and four great
grandchildren. The afternoon was
merit In music, after which dinner
was served

Carl married VOELKER, Augusta Wilhelmine Louise on 30 Oct 1890 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Augusta (daughter of VOELKER, Philipp Johann and Caroline Katherine) was born on 28 May 1869 in Plowen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 10 Jun 1909 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 11/6/1946

Charles A. Stenzel, of
St. Johnsburg, Dies
NORTH TONAWANDA, Nov. 6—
Charles A. Stenzel. 76. a lifelong
resident of St. Johnsburz and and
emplovc of the Buffalo Bolt company
for the past 40 years, died sud-
denly yesterday from a heart attack
while at his place of employment.
He retired as an employee of the
company just before the war broke
out but was called back as a guard
at the Oliver street plant when the
United States broke with Japan and
Germany.
Mr. Stenzel was a member of the
St. John's Lutheran church. For
more than 20 years he had served
the church as an elder. He was also
a member of the St. Johnsburg fire
company.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary
Perslien Stenzel; three sons, Wil-
bert Stenzel of tonawanda, and
Carl and Reuben Stenzel, of the
Town of Wheatfield four daugh-
ters, Mrs. Eleanora Mellenthine, Mrs.
Erwin Stoelting and Mrs. Arthur
Stoelting of the Town of Wheat-
field and Mrs. Dorothea Ellman
of the town of Tonawanda; 17
grandchildren and a brother, Her-
man Stenzel, of Lockport.
Funeral services will be held Fri-
day afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
residence and at 2:30 at St. John's
church. Rev. Walter Themecke will
officiate and burial will be in St.
John's cemetery.

Charles married PENSLIEN, Maria L about 1893. Maria (daughter of PENSLIEN, Paul and Sophie) was born in Mar 1874 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 15 Feb 1956 in Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 2/17/1956

STENZEL—Mary. February 15. 1936.
wife , of the late Charles Stenzel.
mother of Mrs. Eleanora Mellenthlne.
Mrs. Erwin StoelUng and Mrs., Arthur
StoelUng, all of the Town ot
Wheatfield and Mrs. John Bross ot
North Tonawanda: WJlbert of Tonawanda.
and Carl & Reuben both of
the Town of Wheatfield. Also survived
by 20 grandchildren and 8
great grandchildren. Brother Otto of
Tonawanda and Frank Penslien ot
North Tonawanda. Services will be
held from the residence of her daughter
Mrs..Arthur StoelUng.at Stoelting
and Rohr St., Bergholtz, Saturday
at 3 p.m. and tn St Johns Evangelical
Church at 2:30. p.m. The
Rev. J. Walter Thtemecke wul officiate.
Interment S t John's Lutheran
Cemetery. Mrs.- Stenzel was a member
of the Ladies Aid Society of St
John's Church.

ALSO

TOWN OF WHEATFIELD, Feb
Funeral services will be con-
ducted for Mrs. Marv Stcnzcl. 81,
of Niagara Falls Blvd.. at the home
ot her daughter. Mrs. Arthur Stoclt-
ing., Stoelting Rd., Bergholtz at 2
p.m. tomorrow and at 2:30 p.m. at
St. John's Lutheran Church. The
Rev. J. Walter Thiemecke will officiate.
Interment will be in St.
John's Lutheran Cemetery.
Mrs. Stenzel died Wednesday
(Feb. 15, 1956) after a long illness.
She was a member of St. John's
Church and its Ladies Aid Society.
She is survived by three o t h er
daughters, Mrs. Elcanora Mellenthine.
Mrs. Ervin Stoelting. Town
of Wheatfield. and Mrs. John Bross.
North Tonawanda; three sons. Carl
and Reuben Stenzel. Town of
Wrcatfield. and Wilbcrt Stenzel,
Tonawanda; 20 grandchildren and
eigfit great-grandchildren; two brothers.
Otto and Frank Penslien, both
of the Tonawanda.