Family/Spouse: SCHULTZ, Paul Frederick. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. SCHULTZ, Emma Lee
2. SCHULTZ, Laura Elisa
3. SCHULTZ, Rebecca Marie

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James Jon Pieper, age 85, of North Tonawanda, passed away Tuesday evening August 6, 2019 at Niagara Hospice House, Lockport. Jim was born on July 17, 1934 in Wheatfield. He was the youngest child of Arthur and Ruth (nee Grawe). He was a lifelong resident of North Tonawanda graduating from the North Tonawanda High School in 1953. Jim served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean War. He was a member of the Niagara Aerospace Museum and the Vintage Aircraft Group, American Legion, Sikora Post 1322, and St. Matthew Lutheran Church. Retired from Durez in 1980 after 31 years. 
He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Diane (nee Wescott); two sons Timothy of Melbourne, FL and David (Cathy) of Fairview Heights, IL; one daughter Lynda (Paul) Schultz of Grand Island, NY; five grandchildren, Jonathan & Jenna Pieper, and Emma, Laura, & Rebecca Schultz; one sister-in-law Larene (Hall) Pieper, one-brother-in-law, Arthur (Chun) Wescott, and many nieces and nephews. 
Jim is predeceased by his parents and five sisters, Doris (Kenneth) Barnes, Betty (Clifford) Pohlman, Norma (Frank) Fill, Ruby (Franklin) Brosius, Marylin (Lloyd)(Kenneth) Brosius-Kerlin, and one brother, Robert Pieper. 
Friends may call at the Fretthold Funeral Home Inc. 1241 Oliver Street at Ward Road in North Tonawanda on Saturday August 10 from 2 pm-4 pm, and 7 pm-9 pm. Funeral service will be held on Sunday at 12:30 pm at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 875 Eggert Drive in North Tonawanda, Rev. Kenneth Craig will officiate, Interment at St. Matthew Lutheran Cemetery. Flowers gratefully declined. Memorials may be made to St. Matthew Lutheran Church or Niagara Hospice.

James married WESCOTT, Diane Lee on 12 Jul 1958 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Diane (daughter of WESCOTT, George Arthur and KOEPSELL, Lillian) was born on 14 Jan 1939 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 5 Jun 2024 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Diane Lee Pieper
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Diane Lee Pieper (nee Wescott) age 85, of North Tonawanda passed June 5th at her home, after a lengthy illness. Daine was born on January 14, 1939, in North Tonawanda, she was the eldest child of George and Lillian (nee Koepsell) Wescott. She was a 1957 graduate of Jefferson High School in Rochester, NY. On July 12, 1958, Diane married the love of her life, James Pieper. They shared 61 incredible years together until Jim’s passing in 2019. Diane was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and St Matthew Lutheran Church. At the church she has served, at one time, on the Decorating Committee, Youth Board, Sunday School, and the Ladies Guide. She retired from the North Tonawanda United Teachers in 1997 after 20 years serving as the union’s administrative secretary. Diane’s family was the center of her life, she also was an avid reader of romance novels, watcher of television mysteries, and enjoyed her memories from many cruise vacations. She is survived by two sons, Timothy of North Tonawanda, NY and David (Cathy) of Fairview Heights, IL; one daughter Lynda (Paul) Schultz of Grand Island, NY; five grandchildren, Jonathan (Rachel) and Jenna Pieper, and Emma, Laura and Rebecca Schultz; one brother, Arthur (Chun) Wescott, and many nieces and nephews. Diane was predeceased by her parents. Friends may call at the FRETTHOLD FUNERAL HOME, INC., 1241 Oliver St. at Ward Rd, in North Tonawanda, Monday, June 10th from 2-4 and 7-9 PM. Funeral service will be held Tuesday at 10:30 AM at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 875 Eggert Dr. in North Tonawanda, Rev. Kenneth Craig will officiate. Interment at St. Matthew Lutheran Cemetery. Flowers gratefully declined. Memorials may be made to St. Matthew Lutheran Church. Condolences may be shared at FrettholdFuneralHome.com

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 5/26/1958

BETROTHAL ANNOUNCED: Mr. and Mrs. George A. Wescott,
Myrtle Ave., Rochester, announce the engagement of
their daughter, Diane Lee, to James J. Pieper, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Pieper, Miller St. Mr. Pieper served as sergeant
in the U.S. Marine Corps. A July 12 wedding is planned.

ALSO

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/22/1958

Miss Diane Lee Wescott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George A. Wescott, 180 Myrtle St., Rochester, became
the bride of James J. Pieper, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Pieper, 180 Miller St., in a ceremony performed
July 12 in St. Matthew's Lutheran Church,
North Tonawanda.
The Rev. A. W. Moldenhauer officiated
before an altar decorated
with vases of white carnations.
The bride wore a floor-length
gown of white Chantilly lace over
silk with short sleeves, a scalloped
neckline and full skirt. A
crown of orange blossoms held her
fingertip veil of silk illusion. She
carried a cascade of white carna
tions centered with orchids.
Mrs. Robert Pieper, a cousin of
the bride, as maid-of-honor, wore
a ballerina gown of white nylon
shrimp color taffeta with a
matching headpiece and carried a
bouquet of shrimp color roses and
white carnations. S i m i l a r ly
dressed in white nylon over nile
green taffeta, was the bridesmaid,
Miss Janet Pohlman, the bride-
groom's niece. She carried yellow
roses and white carnations,
Robert Pieper attended his
brother as best man and Arthur
Wescott, brother of the bride, was.
the usher.
The bride's mother was attired
in a pink rayon dress with
white accessories and a corsage!
of white and pink carnations. The
bridegroom's mother also chose a
pink costume with white accesso-
ries and a pink and white carna-
tion corsage.
A reception was given in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pie-
per, 935 Sweeney St. White carnations
and shrimp and yellow
roses and the tiered wedding cake
were decorations at the bride's
table.
After a wedding trip into Can-
ada, Mr. and Mrs. Pieper are at
home in 180 Miller St.

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Arthur A. Pieper - 73, of 180 Miller St., North Tonawanda, Tuesday (Feb 27, 1973) at DeGraff Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. Mr. Pieper was a member of St. Matthew Lutheran Church. A former employee of The Wurlitzer Co. for 45 years. He retired in 1965.
He is survived by his wife Ruth (nee Grawe) Pieper; five daughters, Mrs. Kenneth (Doris) Barnes, Mrs. Clifford (Betty) Polhman, Mrs. Frank (Norma) Fill, Mrs. Franklin (Ruby) Brosius and Mrs. Marilyn Brosius; two sons Robert R. and James J. Pieper; 25 grandchildren; two sisters Mrs. Louise Lee of North Tonawanda and Mrs. Marie Heidenfeldt.
The family will receive friends at the Fretthold Funeral Home, Inc., 1241 Oliver St., at Ward Rd., North Tonawanda for 7 to 9 p.m. this evening and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Services will be held Friday at 1:30 p.m., the Rev. A.W. Moldenhauer officiating. Interment Friedens Cemetery.
Tonawanda News, Tuesday, February 28, 1973

Arthur married GRAWE, Ruth Ann Ernestine on 21 Apr 1921 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Ruth (daughter of GRAWE, Gustav and PANKOW, Ernestine Wilhelmine Caroline) was born on 1 Jan 1903 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 20 Apr 1994 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ruth A. (nee Grawe) Pieper, age 91, of North Tonawanda, Wednesday (April 20, 1994) in DeGraff Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Pieper was a lifelong resident of North Tonawanda, a member of St. Matthew Lutheran Church and the North Tonawanda Senior Citizens. She was the wife of the late Arthur A. Pieper who died in 1973.
She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Clifford (Betty Jane) Pohlman, Mrs. Norma Fill and Mrs. Franklin (Ruby) Brosius; a son James J. (Diane) Pieper, all of North Tonawanda; twenty-five grandchildren, forty-four great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren; also survived by many nieces and nephews. She was the mother of the late Doris Barnes, Marylin Kerlin and Robert Pieper.
Friends may call at the Feretthold Funeral Home, Inc., 1241 Oliver St. at Ward Rd., North Tonawanda, this evening from 7-9 and Friday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 a.m. from St. Matthew Lutheran Church; the Rev. A.W. Moldenhauer officiating. Interment in Friedens Cemetery. Flowers gratefully declined; memorials may be made to St. Matthew Lutheran Church.

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Tonawanda News June 17, 1987
George A. Wescott 73, of North Tonawanda, June 16, 1987 at Sisters Hospital, Buffalo after a long illness. Formerly of Rochester, NY. Beloved husband of Lillian (nee Koepsell) Wescott; father of Mrs. James (Diane) Pieper of North Tonawanda and Arthur G. (Chum) Wescott of Osan, Korea; grandfather of seven grandchildren; nephew of Lillian Schwalm of Rochester, NY. Friends received by the family Thursday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Brunner Funeral Home, 156 Robinson St., North Tonawanda, where services will be held Friday at 10 a.m. the Rev Albert Sam will officiate. Interment will be private and at the convenience of the family. If so desired memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.

George married KOEPSELL, Lillian on 28 Nov 1936 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Lillian (daughter of KOEPSELL, Charles William and GREENBURG, Helena Joanne) was born on 7 Mar 1915 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 21 Dec 1991 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Tonawanda News Monday, December 23, 1991
Wescott - Lillian E. Wescott, 76 of North Tonawanda, Saturday. (December 21, 1991) in DeGraff Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Mrs. Wescott was a member of St. Matthew Lutheran Church. She was the wife of the late George Wescott, who died in 1987. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. James (Diane) Pieper of North Tonawanda and a son Arthur G. (KC) Wescott of Seoul, Korea: five grandchildren, Timothy, Lynda, David (Catherine) Pieper and Alex and William Wescott; one great-grandson Jonathan; two sisters Audrey Sarziniak and Beatrice Arbeiter, both of North Tonawanda; also survived by many nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the Fretthold Funeral Home, Inc. 1241 Oliver St. at Ward Rd. in North Tonawanda, TODAY 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral services will be held at the funeral home Tuesday at 11:00 a.m The Rev A.W. Moldenhauer will officiate. Interment in St. Matthew Lutheran cemetery. If so desired memorials may be made to St. Matthew Lutheran Church.

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Buffalo Courier Express
Pieper - March 11, 1932. Wilhelm, husband of the late Bertha Behm: father of Mrs. Fred Schwald, Mrs. Henry Hardy, Arthur, Mrs. Martin Nahr, the late Mrs. Martha Hammond and the late William Pieper, Jr. Funeral from the parlors of Sauer & Holzman, 823 Genesee street. Monday at 2 o'clock. Friends invited.

William married BEHM, Bertha Ernestine Louise on 12 Jul 1896 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Bertha (daughter of BEHM, Christian and WERTH, Christine Dorothea) was born on 2 Feb 1855 in Rothenklempenow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 6 Jul 1923 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/6/1923

Mrs. Bertha Pieper, sixty-seven
y e a r s old, died this m o r n i n g at her
home on t h e N i a g a r a ' F a l l s boulevard
a f t e r a l i n g e r i n g ' i l l n e s s , i n d u c e d by a
p a r a l y t i c stroke. Mrs. Pieper was
born in G e r m a n y . During t h e p a s t fift
y - t h r e e y e a r s she r e s i d e d h e r e . Sur
Viving a r e a h u s b a n d , W i l l i am Pieper,.
s i x d a u g h t e r s , Mrs. F r a n k Sasse, Bui
falb, Mrs. William H e i d e n f e l d t , Mrs
W i l l i am S t r a s s b u r g . Mrs. A l b e r t W a rb
low and Mrs. Edward Hardy, North
Tonawanda, and Mrs E d w a r d Doebler.
N o r t h Ridge; two sons, W i l l i am Pan
kow and A r t h u r Pieper, North Tona
w a n d a ; t h i r t y - e i g h t g r a n d c h i l d r e n , one
s i s t e r , Mrs., A u g u s t a Holler, Buffalo
arid two b r o t h e r s , William Behm
North T o n a w a n d a , and C h a f e s Behm
R a n s o m v i l l e . The f u n e r a l will be held
S u n d a y afternoon at 3:30 at the late
r e s i d e n c e and half an hour l a t e r at the
J o h n ' s c h u r c h , St. J o h n s b u r g , Rev
Wa l t e r T h i e m e c k e officiating. Burial
ill be at St. J o h n ' s cemetery, St.
J o h n s b u r g .

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GUSTAVE DRAWE DIES
Aged Town of Wheattleld Resident Passes after Brief Illness.
NORTH TONAWANDA, Oct. 24 - Gustave Drawe, 70 years old, a well known resident of the town of Wheatfield, died at his home in the Nash road this morning, following a brief illness. The deceased was born in Germany, but came to this country at the age of 18 and had lived in the town of Wheatfield since. He is survived by four sons and two daughters, Edward, Herman, and
Benjamin Drawe, and Mrs. Elsie Neumann, of North Tonawanda. Philip Drawe, of Tonawanda, and George and Walter Drawe and Mrs. Ruth Piper, of the town of Wheatfield. Thirty-one grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also survive. Funeral serevices will be held, from the home of his son, George, In the Nash road, Friday at 2 p. m., and at 2:30 p. m. from St. John's Evangelical church, St- Johnsburg. Interment will be in St. Johnsburg cemetery.

Gustav married PANKOW, Ernestine Wilhelmine Caroline on 13 Nov 1884 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Ernestine (daughter of PANKOW, Christian Frederick and ELLMAN, Sophia Friedericke) was born on 12 Sep 1862 in Rothenklempenow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 16 Jul 1931 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ernestine Grawe, 68, of the Nash Road, Town of Wheatfield, died this morning at her home. Born in Germany, Mrs. Grawe came to this country and the Town of Wheatfield 62 years ago.
She is survived by her husband, Gustave Grawe, two daughters, Mrs. Charles Neumann of North Tonawanda, and Mrs. Arthur Peiper, town of Wheatfield; six sons, Edmund, George, and Walter, of the town of Wheatfield; Herman and Benjamin of North Tonawanda, and Phillip of Tonawanda. Mrs. Grawe leaves also 35 grandchildren, one great grandchild, three sisters, Mrs. Jacob Kline, town of Wheatfield, Mrs. William Achterburg, town of Pendleton, an Mrs. AIbert Broecker of Pekin.
The funeral will be held Sunday at two o'clock from the late residence and 2:30 from St. John's church, St. Johnsburg, the Rev. Walter Thiemecke officiating. Burial will be in St. Johnsburg cemetery.
The Evening News of the Tonawandas, July 16, 1931.

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Niagara Gazette - 11/17/1937

NORTH TONAWANDA, Nov 17-
Charles W. Koepsell. 54 years old, 8
Wheatfield street, died yesterday at
the DeGraff Memorial hospital after
a short illness. He had lived in
the town of Wheatfield. where he
was born, and North Tonawanda
all his life. He was a member of
the Remington Rand Social club
and Friedens Evangelical church.
Surviving are seven daughters.
Mrs. Mabel Parks of Niagara Falls,
Mrs. Pauline Brumley, Mrs. Mildred
Hall. Mrs. Lillian.Prescott and the
Misses Lillian. Beatrice and Audrey
Koepsell, all of the Tonawandas:
three sons. Charles, Jr.. Chester and
Norman. North Tonawanda: six
grandchildren, two sisters. Mrs. Edwin
Susty, North Tonawanda, and
Mrs. Otis Case, Olcott, and three
brothers. William, North Tonawanda,
Frank. Hudson Falls, N. Y.,
and John, St. Clair Shores, Mich.
Rites will be held Friday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock from the residence.
Rev. Theodore Mayer will
officiate and burial will be in
Friedens cemetery.

Charles married GREENBURG, Helena Joanne about 1905. Helena (daughter of GREENBURG, Christian William and KRUSE, Christina Wilhelmina) was born on 15 Jun 1889 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 29 Aug 1935 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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MRS.LENA KOEPSELL
Mrs. Lena Koepsell, 46, years old, died this morning at her home in 96 Wheatfield street after a lingering illness. Born in North Tonawanda, Mrs. Koepsell, a lifelong resident, was a member of Friedens Evangelical church. In addition to her husband Charles, she is survived by seven daughters, Mrs. Harold Brumley, Mrs. Robert Hall, Lillian, Violet, Beatrice and Audrey of the Tonawandas and Mrs. Norman Parks of Niagara Falls and three sons, Charles, Jr., Chester and Norman of this city. She also leaves twosisters, Mrs. Albert Gauda of this city, Mrs. James Bampton of Buffalo and a brother, William Greenburg of North Tonawanda.
Notice of the funeral will be given later.