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NF Gazette May 12, 1947
Wheatfield Resident Dies at Age of 74
NORTH TONAWANDA. May 12. - Mrs. Mary Kreuger, 74, died suddenly today at her home, in the Kreuger road, Town of Wheatfield. Mrs. Kreuger was a member of St. John's Lutheran church at St. Johnsburg. Surviving are her husband. Edward C. Krueger, Sr.; seven daughters, Mrs. B. George. Mrs. Edward Foster, Mrs. Julius Sarkovics and Mrs. Harry Bilodeau. all of this city, Mrs. George Drmacich. of Tonawanda. and Mrs. Herbert Mielke and Mrs. George Lambert, of Niagara Falls: two sons. Henry and Edward C. Kreuger. Jr.. of this city: a sister, Mrs. Anna Broecker. of this city; a brother. Albert Schuler, of Lockport, and 21 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 pjn. at the home and at 2:30 at St. John's church. The Rev. J. W. Thlemecke will officiate. Interment will be in St. Jqhn's cemetery.

Maria married KRUEGER, Carl Christian Edward on 28 Nov 1895 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Carl (son of KRUEGER, Johann Friedrich Heinrich friedrich and WERTH, Wilhelmine Friederike) was born on 21 Mar 1869 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 6 Oct 1960 in Ransomville, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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SAW TOWN OF WHEATFIELD GROW UP
Mr. and Mrs. Krueger Mark 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Krueger who live on the Krueger road in the Town of Wheatfield celebrated their fiftieth or Golden Wedding anniversary on Wednesday, November 28th at their home. Both are in excellent health and were actively engaged in their respective usual duties about the house and farm prior to the time they got ready for the evening's festivities. Mr. Krueger for the past 50 pears has operated a farm established by his father, the late Henry Krueger, after whom the highway on which it is located was named. He recalls well the spring of the year when the thoroughfare was opened connecting the old Sawyer's Creek road, now the Niagara Falls boulevard, with the Ward road. In the early days this was completely inundated but now the road is one of the best Improved highways in the town. Mr. Krueger, when a young man assisted in constructing the well-known town hall at St. Johnsburg and also served as a highway commissioner when the residents of each road cleaned out the ditches and scraped the highways with horses. From the years 1911 to 1915 he was elected twice as Town Clerk and was instrumental in making plans and purchasing machinery to start the Town of Wheatfield in maintaining its own roads. He himself helped to haul much of the slag and stone to form roadbeds in the various parts of the town. In later years he was appointed to the office of attendance officer for the township and also served for many years as an election inspector. He is a staunch Democrat and vividly remembers all of the old-time campaigns including the noted Grover Cleveland parades and demonstrations. After the Pan-American Exposition in 1901, Mr. Krueger purchased some of the choice lumber from the building temporarily erected and has a complete building on his farm constructed of absolutely clear material in which not a single knot appears. This was hauled from the site of the exposition in Buffalo to the Krueger farm with a team. While a member of the town board of the Town of Wheatfield remembers copying one of the first franchises for electric power lines into the town records. He also talks about the muddy road that preceded the present wide pavement of the modern boulevard near his home. Before establishing his home on the Krueger road farm, Mr. Krueger spent some time with his brothers and sisters who had taken up homesteads in North Dakota when this territory was opened. He is the only one of the family that returned to New York state. His nephew, William Krueger, Jr., and his wife are presently visiting relatives here. They are residents of North Dakota in Niagara not very far distant from the city of Grand Forks. In addition to his trip to the Wild West as it was then known he also served some apprenticeship on the original canal boats of the early Erie canal- Some of his relatives were owners and operators of such boats and Mr. Krueger often speaks of the stubborn mules that furnished the propelling power on the way to Albany and return. From Albany the boats were taken to New York city with steam tugs. Mrs. Krueger was born on the original Schueler farm now adjoining Payne avenue, near the present Gratwick school. She many times tells of playing on the timber logged to tne lumber yards of the Niagara river. She attended the parish school at St. Johnsburg and regularly walked back and forth daily winter and summer. Many of the present modern homes stand on ground that was covered with dense woods during those days. Mrs. Krueger has one sister, Mrs. Anna Broecker, and one brother, Albert Schueler still living. Mr. Krueger has only one sister, Mrs. Lottie Voelker of Niagara, North Dakota, living. All of the living children of the Krueger family were in attendance at the golden wedding festivities. They are Mrs. Esther Mielke and Mrs. Lucy Lambert of Niagara Falls; Mrs. Ruth Foster, Mrs. Meta Sarkovics, Henry Krueger of the Town of Wheatfield; Mrs. Lucinda Biladeau, Edward Krueger, Jr., and George Krueger, clerk of the North Tonawanda Board of Education, and Mrs. Mary Drmacich of Tonawanda. The Rev. Walter Thiemecke of St. John's Lutheran church appropriately addressed the celebrants. Mr. and Mrs. Krueger have been lifetime members of this church and Mr. Krueger has served in many capacities in the congregation. In commenting on the day of their anniversary the cheerful couple stated that they would continue to take life easy on the farm. They received many attractive gifts sp remembrances from their friends and family.

1. KRUEGER, George Edward was born on 19 Jun 1897 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 7 Jul 1979 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY.
2. KRUEGER, Lydia Marie Sophie was born on 6 Jan 1899 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 3 Apr 1944 in Niagara County, NY.
3. KRUEGER, Esther Caroline was born on 12 Dec 1900 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 15 Dec 1998 in Lombard, Du Page County, IL.
4. KRUEGER, Elsie W was born in 1903 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 9 Jun 1921 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
5. KRUEGER, Wilhelm Heinrich was born on 14 Dec 1904 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 2 Nov 1905 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY.
6. KRUEGER, Ruth E was born on 26 Jul 1905 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 2 Sep 1994 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY.
7. KRUEGER, Meta Luella was born on 7 Oct 1907 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 23 Apr 1998 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY.
8. KRUEGER, Hazel Josephine Wilhelmine was born on 13 Apr 1909 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died before 1910 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
9. KRUEGER, Heinrich Friedrich was born on 16 Apr 1910 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 2 Nov 1977 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
10. KRUEGER, Mary Helene was born on 1 Sep 1911 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 3 Mar 2005 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
11. KRUEGER, Edward Carl was born on 13 May 1914 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 14 Jun 2012 in Kenmore Mercy Hospital, Kenmore, Erie County, NY.
12. KRUEGER, Louise Charlotte was born on 27 Mar 1916 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 17 Apr 2011 in Franklin, KY.
13. KRUEGER, Lucinda was born in Aug 1917 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 3 Jun 2010 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.

Gottfried married WERTH, Caroline Friederike on 26 Jan 1851 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Caroline (daughter of WERTH and SANO, Wilhelmine) was born on 4 Sep 1830 in Mewegen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 19 Oct 1905 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gottfried married WEGENER, Maria Christine about 1823. Maria was born in 1795 in Brandenburg, Prussia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

+ SANO, Wilhelmine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]