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8 March1965 Tonawanda News

SCHOENFELDT – Benjamin A. Schoenfeldt, 72, of 105 Hagen Ave., North Tonawanda, died unexpectedly Saturday (March 6, 1965). He was pronounced dead on arrival at DeGraff Memorial Hospital. A lifelong resident of North Tonawanda, Mr. Schoenfeldt was a member of Friedens United Church of Christ, Sweeney Hose Company, of which he was a past president and the North Tonawanda Firemen’s Benevolent Association, of which he had been president the past 18 years. He was employed at Roe Tool and Die Co., Tonawanda. Surviving are his wife, Anna (nee Rathgeber); two sons, Robert and LeVant Schoenfeldt; four daughters, Mrs. Joseph (Dorothy) Wiegand, Miss Bernice Schoenfeldt, Mrs. Erwin (Mildred) Krull and Mrs. Lois Erhart, all of the Tonawandas; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. James Jamieson of Tidioute, Pa. Friends may call at Hamp Funeral Home Inc., Adam-Seymour Streets, Tonawanda, where services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. The Rev. Carl K. Marks will officiate. Burial in Acacia Park-Resthaven Cemetery.

Benjamin married RATHGEBER, Anna M about 1913 in Niagara County, NY. Anna (daughter of RATHGEBER, John and Barbara) was born on 20 Aug 1895 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died in Feb 1974 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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5 February 1974 Tonawanda News

SCHOENFELDT – Anna M. Schoenfeldt, 78, of 131 Hagen Ave., North Tonawanda, Monday (Feb. 4, 1974) at DeGraff Memorial Hospital. She was a lifelong resident of the Tonawandas, a member of Friedens United Church of Christ and the Sweeney Hose Company auxiliary.

Wife of the late Benjamin Schoenfeldt who died in 1965, she is survived by two sons, Robert of North Tonawanda and Levant of Williamsville; four daughters, Mrs. Joseph (Dorothy) Wiegand of North Tonawanda, Miss Bernice Schoenfeldt of the Town of Tonawanda, Mrs. Erwin (Mildred) Krull of North Tonawanda and Mrs. Lois Erhart of North Tonawanda; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Wattengel Funeral Home, inc., 307 Oliver St., North Tonawanda, where funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, the Rev. Howard F. Cramer Jr. officiating. Burial in Acacia Park Cemetery.

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 12/8/1952

Charles F. Schoenfeldt, 83, of
743 Lee Ave., died yesterday to
DeGraff Memorial Hospital after
a brief illness.
At one time Mr. Schoenfeldt
worked for the New York State
Waterways, and he became a
familiar figure to Tonawandans as
he attended the Bascule bridge on
Webster St.
He was born in Germany, but
resided in North Tonawanda for
the past 80 years.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday at 2 p.m. with burial
in Salem Cemetery

Charles married WESTPHAL, Louise about 1892 in Niagara County, NY. Louise was born in Nov 1869 in Prussia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Barbara about 1887. Barbara was born in Feb 1867 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gottfried married HIDDE, Auguste A about 1866 in Germany. Auguste was born in Jan 1844 in Germany; died on 5 Jan 1933 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Wheatfield Woman Dies at 88 Years
Wheatfield, Jan. 5 - Mrs. Augustus Schoenfeldt, 88, widow of the late Gottlieb Schoenfeldt, of this town, died today at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Augusta Shartz(sic), Witmer road. Mrs. Schoenfeldt had been a resident of Wheatfield for more than 60 years. Her death followed a two weeks illness. The funeral will be held Sunday at the home of her son, Charles Schoenfeldt, Niagara Falls boulevard, North Tonawanda, at 2 o'clock, and at St. Martin's church, Martinville(sic), a half hour later. The Rev. Theo Berner, rector of that church, will perform the services. Mrs. Schoenfeldt is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Augusta Shartz(sic); three sons, Charles and William Schoenfeldt of North Tonawanda, and Herman Schoenfeldt of Nashville, N. Y.; one brother, William Hidde; 18 grandchildren, and 25 great grandchildren.