Family/Spouse: AXELROD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Melvin married ARRANCE, Doris M on 27 Nov 1943. Doris (daughter of ARRANCE, George and Martha) was born about 1924 in MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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FUERCH - William Fuerch, age 76, of the Niagara Road, Bergholtz, in the Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital, October 16th, 1960. He is survived by a daughter, Elvera, 3 sons, Ronald, Norbert, all of Town of Wheatfield and Melvin Fuerch of Grand Rapids, Michigan, also survived by 14 grandchildren. Friends may call at the family residence where services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. and in The Holy Ghost Lutheran Church at 2:30 P.m. The Rev. Robert Jaeger will officiate. Interment in Holy Ghost Lutheran Cemetery. Mr. Fuerch was a member of Holy Ghost Lutheran Church. Charter member of the Bergholtz Fire Co., and 25 year member of the Carborundum Service Club.

William married URTEL, Katarina Wilhelmine Elisabeth about 1910 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Katarina (daughter of URTEL, Wilhelm and WINTER, Wilhelmine) was born on 20 Feb 1883 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 18 Apr 1946 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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18 April 1946 Evening News of The Tonawandas
Mrs. Katherine Fuerch, 63, of the Niagara road, Bergholz, died early today in a Buffalo hospital after a prolonged illness. A lifelong resident of the town of Wheatfield, she was a member of the Holy Ghost Lutheran church and the Ladies' Aid society of the church. Surviving are her husband, William; a daughter, Elvera, at home; three sons, Ronald and Norbert of Bergholz and Melvin of Grand Rapids, Mich.; four grandchildren, four sisters, Mrs. Bertha Behm and Mrs. Lester Canosa of Niagara Falls, Mrs. Gustav Werth of St. Johnsburg and Mrs. Minnie Camann of Bergholz, and a brother, Walter Urtel of Bergholz. Rites will be held Sunday at 2 P.M. from the residence and at 2:30 P.M. from the Holy Ghost church. The Rev. John Kuchenbecker will officiate. Burial will be in Holy Ghost cemetery

George married Martha about 1918. Martha was born about 1896 in MI; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NF Gazette

Ferdinand Fuerch Is Laid at Rest
Funeral Services Are Held for Old Resident.
SANBORN, March 12.-Funeral services for Ferdinand Fuerch, aged 78, who died at his home on the Lockport road on Monday, were held from his late home this afternoon at 2 o'clock and 2:30 o'clock from the Holy Ghost church at Bergholtz. The bearers were Messrs. Otto Licht, John Strassburg, Albert Jagow, Ernest Monte (sic), Ernest Oswald and August Mueller. The Rev. Keuchenbacher (sic) officiated. Burial was in Holy Ghost cemetery at Bergholtz. Mr. Fuerch came to this country from Germany about 50 years ago and had always resided in this vicinity. He is survived by three sons.

Ferdinand married MARKWALD, Auguste in 1883. Auguste was born in Dec 1855 in Germany; died in 1923 in Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Wilhelm married WINTER, Wilhelmine in 1874 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Wilhelmine (daughter of WINTER, Gottfried) was born in Dec 1851 in Brandenburg, Brandenburg, Brandenburg, Germany; died on 28 Jun 1934 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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AGED WOMAN WHO BROKE HER HIP IN FALL, DIES
Mrs. Wilhelmina Urtel, 82 years old, died today at the home of her son, Walter C, Niagara road, Bergholtz. She had been in poor health for the past year but her death was hastened by injuries which she sustained in a fall at the late home a week ago. A fractured hip was among her injuries. Mrs. Urtel was born in Germany. She had resided in the town of Wheatfield for the past 63 years. She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Bertha Behm and Mrs. Esther Canosa, Niagara Falls, Mrs. Augusta Werth, St. Johnsburg, and Mrs. Katherine Fuerch and Mrs. Minnie Camann, Bergholz; two sons, Henry, Niagara Falls, and Walter, Bergholz; 24 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock, daylight saving time, at the residence and half an hour later at the Holy Ghost church in Bergholz. Rev. John Kuchenbecker will officiate and interment will be in the Holy Ghost cemetery.

Perry married Ella about 1882. Ella was born in Sep 1861 in Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]