Dawn married NAPIER, Paul on 23 Jul 1983 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 6/10/1983

Mr. and Mrs Ambrose
Bille at 2611 Stenzel Ave.,
North Tonawanda. an
nounce the engagement of
their daughter, Dawn
Mellenthine, to the Rev.
Paul Napier, son of the
Rev. and Carl Napier of
Adelphi. Md The future
bride, also the daughter of
the late Donald Mellen-
thine. It a graduate of
Niagara Wheat field High
School. Concordia College
in Bronxville, and the
University of Maryland
She Is on the staff at
Concordia Lutheran School
in Hyattsville, Md. Her
fiance, a graduate of the
University of Maryland
and Concordia Seminary in
St. Louis, Mo., is associate
pastor of Trinity Lutheran
Church in Muskegan, Mich.
A July 23 wedding is
planned in St. John Lu-
theran Church in North
Tonawanda.

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15 August 1976 Tonawanda News

MELLENTHINE – Donald M. Mellenthine, 54, of the Town of Wheatfield, Monday (August 16, 1976) at DeGraff Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Mr. Mellenthine was a former employee of DuPont County, working there 33 years, a member of the 25 Year Club, a veteran of World War II, he was a member of Wheatfield Post 1451, American Legion and St. John Lutheran Church.

He is survived by his wife, Sophie (nee Prohaska) Mellenthine; two daughters, Dawn Louise and Nancy Ann Mellenthine; his mother, Mrs. Louise Mellenthine of the Town of Wheatfield; a brother, Ralph Mellenthine of North Tonawanda and a sister, Mrs. Melvin (Gladys) Voelker of the Town of Wheatfield.

The family will receive friends at the Fretthold Funeral Home, Inc., 1241 Oliver St., at Ward Rd., North Tonawanda, this evening from 7 to 9 and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held in St. John Lutheran Church, Wednesday at 1 p.m., the Rev. Albert W. Bahr will officiate. Interment in St. John Lutheran Cemetery. If so desired, memorials may be made to St. John Lutheran Church or DeGraff Memorial Hospital Building Fund.

Donald + PROHASKA, Sophie C. Sophie (daughter of PROHASKA, John and PROHASKA, Anna) was born on 27 Feb 1923 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 27 Mar 1997 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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7 September 1955 Tonawanda News

MELLENTHINE – Marcus P. Mellenthine, 62, last night (Sept. 6, 1955) in his home, Ward Rd., St. Johnsburg. He is survived by his wife, Louise, nee Schaller. He was the father of Mrs. Melvin Voelcker of Bergholtz, and Ralph F. and Donald M., of the Town of Wheatfield. He is also survived by six grandchildren. He was the brother of Mrs. Elizabeth Broecker and half-brother of Edmund and Walter Williams. Services will be in the family residence at 2 p.m. Friday, and at 2:30 p.m. in St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Rev. J. Walter Thiemecke will officiate. Interment will be in St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery. Mr. Mellenthine was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church and the St. Johnsburg Fire Company.

Marcus married SCHALLER, Louise in 1918 in Niagara County, NY. Louise was born on 3 Jun 1889 in Germany; died on 25 Nov 1979 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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27 November 1979 Tonawanda News

MELLENTHINE – Louise Mellenthine, 90, of the Town of Wheatfield, Sunday (November 25, 1979) at the Fairchild Manor Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Mellenthine was a member of St. John Lutheran Church.

She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Melvin (Gladys) Voelker of the Town of Wheatfield and a son, Ralph (Doris) Mellenthine of North Tonawanda; seven grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Cawley and Mrs. Martha Neidercorn, both of Wisconsin; mother of the late Donald Mellenthine.

Friends may call at the Fretthold Funeral Home, Inc., 1241 Oliver St., at Ward Rd., North Tonawanda this evening from 7 to 9 and Tuesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held at the funeral home Wednesday at 10:30 a.m., the Rev. Rolf A. Buchmann will officiate. Interment in St. John Lutheran Cemetery. If so desired, memorials may be made to St. John Lutheran Church.

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25 November 1970 Tonawanda News
PROHASKA - John Prohaska, age 83, of 4461 Lower Mountain Road, Lockport, N.
Y., died Tuesday, Nov. 24, 1970 in DeGraff Memorial Hospital after a brief
illness.
Born in Austria Hungary, Mr. Prohaska had resided in North Tonawanda for
over 50 years before moving to Lockport 12 years ago. He was employed for
many years at the former Richardson Boat Co. before retiring in 1947 and was
a member of St. Joseph's R. C. Church.
Surviving are his wife, Anna (nee Prohaska); three sons, John of North
Tonawanda; Frank and Paul Prohaska, both of Lockport; eight daughters, Mrs.
Catherine Butler, Mrs. Helen Ludwig, Mrs. Edward (Anne) Gougeon, Mrs.
Richard (Elizabeth) Perry, Mrs. Donald (Sophie) Mellenthine, Mrs. Anthony
(Margaret) Beringer, Mrs. Roy (Marie) Toellner and Mrs. Michael (Louise)
Miller, all of the Tonawandas; 22 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and
a sister, Mrs. Sophia Waldek of Tonawanda.
The family will b present from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Hamp Funeral
Home, inc., anda and Seymoure Streets, Tonawanda, where prayers will be said
Saturday morning at 9:30 o'clock followed by a Mass of the Resurrection at
10 o'clock in St. Joseph's Church. Interment in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. On
Thanksgiving Day, calling hours are from 2 to 9 p.m. only. Recitation of
the Rosary Friday evening at 8 o'clock in the funeral home.

John married PROHASKA, Anna on 8 Feb 1909 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Anna was born on 22 Feb 1891 in Austria-Hungary; died on 1 Jun 1975 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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3 June 1975 Tonawanda News

PROHASKA – Anna Prohaska, 84, of Lower Mountain Rd., Lockport, N.Y., Sunday (June 1, 1975) at DeGraff Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Austria-Hungary, Mrs. Prohaska had resided in North Tonawanda for over 50 years before moving to Lockport sixteen years ago. She was the wife of the late John Prohaska and a member of St. Joseph’s R. C. Church.

Mrs. Prohaska is survived by eight daughters, Mrs. Catherine Butler, Mrs. Helen Ludwig, Mrs. Edward (Anna) Gougeon, Mrs. Richard (Elizabeth) Perry, Mrs. Donald (Sophie) Mellenthine, Mrs. Anthony (Margaret) Beringer, Mrs. Roy) Marie) …..Lockport; also surviving are 22 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and two brothers in Rumania.

The family will be present from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Hamp Funeral Home, Inc., Adam and Seymour Streets, Tonawanda. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph’s Church. Interment in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. A Christian Wake Service will be held at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

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]

John married LEIFEL, Magdelina about 1886. Magdelina was born about 1866 in Austria; died on 13 Sep 1965 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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13 September 1965 Tonawanda News
PROHASKA - Magdelina Leifel Prohaska, 99, of 136 Linwood Ave., Tonawanda,
died Monday (sept. 13, 1965) in her home after a long illness. She was born
in Austria and had lived the past 62 years in Tonawanda. She was a member
of St. Francis of Assisi Church. She is survived by one son, John; one
daughter, Mrs. Sophia Waldeck; 14 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and
five great-great-grandchildren. Friends may call at Hamp Funeral Home,
Inc., Adam-Seymour Streets, Tonawandan, from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Prayers
will be said there at 9 a.m. Wednesday followed by a Requiem Mass in St.
Francis of Assisi Church at 9:30 a.m. The Rev. Wilbur Yaeger will
officiate. Burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.