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Niagara Falls Gazette
Restaurant Man, Bergholtz, Dead
William Loeschke in Business There for Thirty Years
BERGHOLTZ, April 23.-William Loeschke, 62 years old, well known Bergholtz restaurant proprietor and & resident of this locality for the greater part of his life, died at Memorial hospital today, following a brief illness with pneumonia.
During the 30 years that Loeschke operated his restaurant in the Niagara road, he had become famous for the excellence of his German cooking and was widely known throughout Western New York as "Big Bill." Many persons were in the habit of driving for miles for one of his famous dinners.
Born in Germany, Mr. Loesch (sic) came to this country with his family when seven years old and spent most of the time since then in Bergholtz. He was ill for only a few days. He was a member of St. James Lutheran church of Bergholtz.
Surviving are his wife, Ruth Wolf Loeschke. daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Christian Wolf, Bergholtz peace justice for many years, and four children. Alice, Helen, William and Norma. Loeschke, all at home. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made, although the services will probably be held Sunday afternoon.

William married WOLF, Ruth Lydia Emma on 14 Aug 1921 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Ruth (daughter of WOLF, Christian Gottlieb George and PFUHL, Auguste Maria Ulricke) was born on 29 Sep 1894 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 5 Dec 1971 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. LOESCHKE, Alice Ruth was born on 24 Mar 1925 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 12 Dec 2011 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY.
2. LOESCHKE, Helen J was born in 1926 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 30 Nov 2006 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY.
3. LOESCHKE, William A was born in Jan 1928 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 23 Feb 2005 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY.
4. LOESCHKE, Norma Marion

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The Tonawanda News, Jun 8, 1921
August Loeschke, seventy-three years old, a retired farmer, living on the Niagara road at Bergholtz, died suddenly at his home yesterday afternoon. He was found by members of his family lying unconscious on the floor of the bedroom where he went to sleep early in the afternoon. Dr. W. A. Peart of Sanborn was called and found Loeschke had suffered a stroke of apoplexy. He died soon after being stricken. Loeschke was born in Germany. He had lived at Bergholtz for the past forty years . He is survived by a son, William Loeschke of Bergholtz; two daughters. Mrs. Ludwig Voss of Buffalo and Mrs. Benjamin Bunston of Cinconnatus . N. Y., and one sister, Mrs. John Miller of Germany. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the late residence and half and hour later, standard time, at Holy Ghost Lutheran church, Bergholtz , Rev. A. C. Stark officiating . Burial will be in Holy Ghost cemetery .

August married BREGE, Wilhelmine in 1874 in New York. Wilhelmine was born in Apr 1851 in Prussia; died on 13 Dec 1915 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 12/15/1915

N o r t h Tonawanda, Dec. 15.-Mrs.
Wilhelmina L. Loeschke, 63 years old
wife of August Loeschke of Ber-
holtz, is dead at her home after a
lingering illness.

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Tonawanda News, Dec 14, 1914
Mrs. Wilhelmina L. Loeschke
Mrs. Wilhelmina L. Loeschke, 65 years old, wife of August Loeschke of Bergholtz, died yesterday morning at her home after a lingering illness. She was born in Germany and came here over thirty years ago. Besides her husband, two daughters . Miss Martha Loeschke of Bergholtz and Mrs. Henry Voss of Buffalo. and one son, William Loeschke of Bergholtz, survive. The funeral will he held from the family home at 3 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon and a half hour later from the Holy Ghost Lutheran church, the Rev. Philip Stark officiating. Burial will be made at Bergholtz.