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

Ralph married ANDREES, Doris A on 12 Apr 1947 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Doris (daughter of ANDREES, George Ernst Martin and HERMAN, Alma) was born on 18 Jul 1924 in New York; died on 1 Jun 2003 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 4/22/1947

White snapdragons and palms
decorated the chancel of St.
Mark's Evangelical Church for
the marriage of Miss Doris A.
Andrees, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. George Andrees, 98 Fredericka
street, to Ralph F. Mellenthine
of Ward road. The wedding
svas salemnized on April 12 by
the Rev. Paul Fretthold.
Wearing a white satin gown
with sweetheart neckline, long
sleeves pointed at the wrists, and
full skirt with train, the bride
carried an arm bouquet of white
roses centered with a corsage of
pink roses. Her fingertip veil of
illusion was edged with lace and
caught with a halo of orange blossoms.
Miss Violet Andrees, the maidof-
honor, wore a gown of yellow
marquisette with square neck
line, three-quarter length sleeves,
with tiers of ruffles featuring the
skirt. She carried an arm bouquet
of American Beauty roses. Mrs.
Ruth Strassburg, Miss Leona Jaeger
and Miss Sophie Prohaska,
bridesmaids, wore similarly styled
gewns in orchid, green and pink
marquisette. Mrs. Strassburg carried
Talisman roses, Miss Jaeger,
yellow roses, and Miss Prohaska,
pink roses.
Mr. Mellenthine was attended
by Donald M. Mellenthine as best
man; Calvin Mellenthine as
groom's man and Melvin Voelker
and Robert Schuster as ushers.
Mrs. Andrees wore a grey dress
with brown accessories for her
daughter's wedding and the bridegroom's
mother, Mrs. Mellenthine,
chose navy blue with white accessories.
Both wore corsages of
red roses.
Following the ceremony a wedding
supper was served in ranger's
Tavern with covers for
twenty-eight guests. In the evening
a reception was tendered the
couple in St. Johnsburg's Fire Hall
with 275 guests present. Out of
town guests were Mrs. Harold
Hastings and son, Frederick, and
Mrs. Harvey Zimmerman of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin and Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Johnson of Holly, N. Y.

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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.

George married HERMAN, Alma about 1924. Alma (daughter of HERMAN, Philip F and DUROW, Wilhelmine) was born on 25 Dec 1902 in New York; died on 7 Jun 1999 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

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The Evening News of the Tonawandas
Saturday, April 20, 1918
WILLIAM A. ANDREES
William A. Andrees, 52 years old, died yesterday afternoon at his home on the Nash road at St. Johnsburg after a brief illness. Besides his wife, the deceased is survived by five sons, Henry, William, George, Ernest and Norman of St. Johnsburg; four daughters, the Misses Wilhelmina, Louise, Rosina and Emma Andrees; his mother, Mrs. Wilhelmina Andrees; one brother, Henry Andrees of Ransomville and three sisters, Mrs. August Strassburg and Mrs, Charles Stang (sic) of St. Johnsburg and Mrs. Charles Werth of North Tonawanda. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the late residence and half an hour late from St. John's Lutheran  Church at St. Johnsburg.  Rev. William Albrecht officiating. Interment will be made at St. Johnsburg. Henry Andrees, the oldest son, is in the National Army.

William married SCHULTZ, Emma Louise on 12 Apr 1891 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Emma (daughter of SCHULTZ, Carl Martin and RUNDE, Louise) was born in Jul 1873 in Prussia; died on 24 Jan 1954 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NORTH TONAWANDA, Jan 25 - Mrs. Emma Andrees, 80, widow of William Andrees, Fall Town of Wheatfield, died at the home of her daughter, M Edward Heschke, 221 Robinson after a long illness. Born in Germany, she came to this country at the age of 18 residing the greater part of her life in the Town of Wheatfield. She was a member of St John's Lutheran Church, Ladies Aid Society of the church and the auxiliary of the Adams Fire Department. She is survived by three daughters besides Mrs. Heschke, Mrs, Carl Lureman. this city; Mrs.*Edward Hildebrandt and Mrs. Philip Moll, Town of Wheatfield; ;five sons, Henry, Norman and George, this city; William and Ernest, Town of Wheatfield: 24 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. William Runde, this city,'and a brother, Charles Schultz, Town of Wheatfield. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Hamp Funeral Home with the Rev, Walter Thiemecke officiating. Burial will be in St John's cemetery.

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Niagara Gazette - 12/4/1966

HERMAN-Philip F., age 85, of 98 Fredericka
St., North Tonawanda, died Saturday,
Dec. 3, 1966, In the Hill Too
Nursing Home, Gasport. Survived bv
his wife Hermlnnie (nee Durow); a
daughter, Mrs. Alma Andrees of Tonawandd;
four ,sons, Alfred of Newfane,
Arthur and Reuben of North Tonawanda,
and Martin of.the Town of Wheatfield.
Also 12 grandchildren ond 14
great grandchildren. Friends may coll
at the Fretthold Funeral Home, 1241
Oliver St. at Ward Rd., where services
will be held Mondav at 2 p.m. The
Rev. Loren J. Shiley will officiate.
Interment In St. Mark Lutheran Cemetery.

Philip married DUROW, Wilhelmine on 10 Nov 1901 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Wilhelmine (daughter of DUROW, Ferdinand and ELLMANN, Auguste Caroline Alwine) was born about 1883 in Niagara County, NY; died on 13 Feb 1980 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 2/14/1980

HERMAN - Herminnie
Herman, 97, of
North Tonawanda,
Wednesday (February
13, 1980) at Mount View
Health FacUity, Lockport,
N.Y.'Mrs. Herman
was a member of St.
Mark Lutheran Church.
Wife of the late Phillip
Herman who died in
1966, she is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Alma
Andrees of Tonawanda;
four sons, Alfred E. and
Martin F. Herman, both
of the Town of Wheatfield,
Arthur W. and
Reuben T. Herman, both
of North Tonawanda;
twelve grandchildren;
t w e n t y - f i v e greatgrandchildren;
three
g r e a t -
greatgrandchildren and
many nieces and
nephews.
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
Friday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m. Services will be
held at the funeral home
Saturday at 10 a.m., the
Rev. Thomas K. Spahn
will officiate. Interment
St. Mark Lutheran
Cemetery. If so desired,
memorials may be made
to St. Mark Lutheran
Church.