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NF Gazette Apr 14, 1970
Raymond Licht
NORTH TONAWANDA - Raymond Licht, 76. of 2876 Pearce Road, died Monday (April 13. 1970) in Buffalo Veterans Hospital after a brief illness. He was a native of this city and was a farmer and laborer for the former Greer Brothers Shavings and Sawdust Co. here for more than 35 years and until retiring in 1&S2. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Frances Licht; two sons, Floyd C. of this city and Edward R. of Niagara Falls; three daughters, Mrs. Gordon (Myrtle) Tracey of Lewiston; and Mrs. Walter (Olive) Pike and Mrs. James (Delores) Mowery, both of North Tonawanda; 16 grandchildren; nine great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at the Pike and Jones Funeral Home, 5893 Hoover Road, Sanborn, Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Burial will be in White Chapel Cemetery.

Raymond married MANTE, Frances A on 30 Oct 1921 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Frances (daughter of MANTE, Ernest August and KANDT, Katherine Anna Louise) was born on 14 Jul 1904 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 9 May 1979 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. LICHT, Dolores J was born on 27 Jun 1933 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 22 Feb 2023 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY.
2. LICHT, Myrtle was born about 1923 in New York.
3. LICHT, Olive
4. LICHT, Floyd C was born on 17 Apr 1930 in New York; died on 24 Feb 2009 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY.
5. LICHT, Edward R was born on 25 Aug 1937; died on 15 Jan 2004 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY.

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Otto A. Licht, 71, husband of the late Anna Kurth, died yesterday at his home on the Lockport road, Sanborn. He is survived by two sons, Raymond of the Ward road and Arthur of Sanborn; 10 grandchildren, two great grandchildren, two brothers, Albert and Frank of Tonawanda and a sister, Mrs. Esther Donaldson of Syracuse. The funeral will he held from the late residence at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Burial will be at Shawnee.

Otto married KURTH, Anna J in 1893 in Niagara County, NY. Anna was born on 21 Jun 1865 in Prussia; died on 11 Apr 1929 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mrs. Anna J. Licht, 64 years old, died yesterday at her home, 6 Ward Road. Mrs. Licht was born in Germany. For the past 40 years she has resided in the Tonawandas. Surviving are a husband, Otto Licht, two sons, Raymond and Arthur Licht, North Tonawandap; a brother, Frank Kurth of Lockport and six grandchildren. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence. Burial will be in the Swawnee cemetery. 

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Adolph Licht immigrated to the United States from Prussia in 1881 along with his wife Ernestine and his four sons and daughter (another daughter was born in the U.S.). The family traveled from Breman, Germany on the S.S. Main, arriving in New York City on December 12, 1881. Adolph seems to have worked at various jobs relating to the lumber industry in Tonawanda, including working at H.M. Loud's Sons lumber yard. There is no record of his vocation or trade in Prussia.
His obituary:
Adolph Licht, eighty-one years old, died this morning at the home of his son, Herman C. Licht, No. 196 Niagara street, after a brief illness. Mr. Licht was born in Germany. He had been a resident of Tonawanda for the past forty-three years. He was a staunch Democrat. Four sons, Herman, Albert and Frank Licht of Tonawanda and Adolph Licht of Sanborn; a daughter, Esther, nineteen grandchildren and twenty-seven great grandchildren survive. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. Chester W. Willis of the Broad street Baptist church officiating. Burial will be in Elmlawn. 

Adolph married BOCK, Ernestine Wilhelmine Friederike about 1867 in Germany. Ernestine was born on 15 Jun 1841 in Germany; died on 24 Jun 1903 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]