Cheryl married BECKER, Douglas G [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BECKER, Jessica Michelle
2. BECKER, Andrew William

William married POSSEHL, Joan Lauretta [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Spencerport NY Suburban News - 10/18/1988

Arthur A. Wittcopp. Sunday, October 9, 1988 in Clinton:
He is survived by his wife, Mildred K. Wittcopp of
Clinton; son and daughter-in-law, Reverend William A.
Wittcopp and Theodora Wittcopp of Gates; daughter and
son-in-law, Katherine and Charles Gentry of Syracuse;
grandchildren, Cheryl (Wittcopp) Becker of Churcttville,
Chrystal Wittcopp of Chili and John, Ruth and Susan
Gentry of Syracuse; one great-grandchild and several
nieces and nephews.
Graveside services were held October 12 at Acacia
Park and Rest Haven Gardens in North Tonawanda and
a memorial service was October 15 at the Martin Luther
Home in Clinton.

ALSO

Clinton NY Courier - 6/22/1988

Arthur and Mildred Wittcopp,
residents of the Lutheran Homes
in Clinton, celebrated their 53rd
wedding anniversary June 15.
Mr. Wittcopp was born on Aug.
31, 1903; his wife was born May
24,1908. The couple were married
at Zion Lutheran Church in
Niagara Falls.
The Wittcopps have two
children, Kathryn Gentry of
Syracuse and the Rev. William
Wittcopp, a Lutheran minister in
the Rochester area.
The couple spent most of their
married life in Niagara Falls.
Mr. Wittcopp worked as a
chemical operator for the DuPont
company and Mrs. Wittcopp
worked for the Board of
Education in the Niagara
Wheatfield school system.
The couple came to Clinton in
September 1983, when they
moved into the Lutheran Home.
Mr. Wittcopp currently lives at
the Martin Luther Nursing Home
while Mrs; Wittcopp continues to
live at the Lutheran Home.

ALSO

Clinton NY Courier - 10/12/1988

Arthur A. Wittcopp, 85, of the
Martin Luther Home died Sunday
at the home.
He was a native of the town of
Niagara and a retired employee
of the DuPont Corp. He also was
a former farmer in the Lockport
area. He was a member of the
Zion Lutheran Church of
Lockport and the Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church in Fayetteville.
He also was a member of the
DuPont Retirees Club.
He is survived by his wife,
Mildred Shafer Wittcopp; a son,
the Rev. William A. Wittcopp of
Rochester; a daughter, Kathryn
L. Gentry of Syracuse; five
grandchildren, one great
grandchild, several nieces and
nephews.
Graveside services were held
today (Wednesday) at 11:30 a.m.
in North Tonawanda. Memorial
services will be Saturday at 11
a.m. at the Martin Luther
Home, 108 Utica Road.
Friends wishing may
contribute to the Martin Luther
Home. Frasier-Shepardson
Funeral Home in Syracuse is in
charge of arrangements.

Arthur married SHAFER, Mildred Katharina on 15 Jun 1935 in Zion Lutheran Church, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Mildred (daughter of SHAFER, Jacob William and LAUR, Katharine) was born on 24 May 1908 in Niagara County, NY; died on 14 Oct 1997 in Clinton, Oneida County, NY; was buried in Resthaven Memorial, North Tonawanda, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Buffalo News - October 16, 1997
Mildred K. Wittcopp, a native of Niagara County who had previously worked for the Niagara-Wheatfield School District and Niagara County Department of Social Services, died Tuesday (Oct. 14, 1997) in Clinton Lutheran Home.
Mrs. Wittcopp, 89, had resided in the Syracuse area and Clinton for the past several years. She was born in Niagara County and had been a longtime resident.
She had worked as an accounting clerk for Niagara-Wheatfield schools and then for the county Department of Social Services in Niagara Falls.
Mrs. Wittcopp also was a life member of both Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Pendleton and Zion Lutheran Church in Niagara Falls.
Her husband, Arthur A., died in 1988.
Mrs. Wittcopp is survived by a son, the Rev. William A. of Rochester; a daughter, Kathryn Gentry of East Syracuse; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Burial services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Chapel of Acacia Park and Resthaven Memorial Garden, Pendleton.

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Niagara Gazette - 5/21/1935

Mr. and Mra. Jacob Shafer. of
the Saunders Settlement road, announce
the engagement of their
daughter. Mildred E.. to Arthur A.
Wlttcopp, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Wittcopp. of McKoon avenue. The
wedding will take place in June.

Notes:

Bill Wittcopp states that the Wittcopp farm in the Town of Niagara was taken to extend the airport runway and the family moved to Lockport and joined a Missouri Lutheran Church in Lockport. (2/22/09)

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Niagara Gazette - 1/13/1953

WITTCOPP-Albert C. Wittcopp of the
Upper Mt. Rd., Lockport, N.Y. passed
away after a short period of illness,
Monday, January 12. 1953 at the
Edward J; Meyer Memorial Hospital.
Buffalo. N. Y., in his 78th year. Husband
of Louise Meyers Wittcopp.
Father of Arthur of Lewiston. N. Y..
Mrs. Arthur Williams of Lockport.
Brother of Henry of Bergholz. Mrs.
William Schultz of North Tonawanda.
Philip of the Town of Niagara. Also
survived by six grandchildren and
many nieces and nephews. Funeral
services will be held at Prudden
Funeral Home. 242 Genessee St.. Lockport.
N. Y.. Thursday, January 15. at
2 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran
Church, Lockport. N. Y. Inter-
ment Trinity Lutheran cemetery,
Lockport. N. Y

Albert married MEYERS, Louise Hulda Malvine on 17 Apr 1902 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Louise (daughter of MEYER, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich and KRUEGER, Wilhelmine Louise Henrietta) was born on 8 Sep 1873 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY; died on 22 Feb 1955 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette

LOCKPORT, Feb. 23 - Mrs.
Louise H. Wittcopp, 81, widow of
Albert Wittcopp, died yesterday at
Lockport City Hospital.
Born in the former Village of
LaSalle. Sept. 8, 1873, she was the
daughter of Carl Meyers and Henrietta
Krueger. The family moved
to Buffalo shortly after her birth
and she lived there until her marriage
when she moved to. Cambria
where her husband operated a farm
until his death in January, 1953.
They observed their golden wedding
in 1952. . ,
Surviving are a son, Arthur A.,
Lewiston; a daughter. Mrs. A. L.
Williams, Lockport: two brothers,
Rudolph and Albert Meyers, Sanborn,
and three sisters, Mrs. Leonard
Mante, Mrs. Gustav Blank and
Mrs. John Yaude, all'of Niagara
Falls.
Services will be held Friday at
2 p.m. at the Prudden and Kandt
Funeral Home and at 2:30 at Trin-
ity Lutheran Church. Interment will
be in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery.

Notes:

Born in log cabin on what is now Lafayette Avenue in the city of Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. He was a dairy farmer for 4 decades on Witmer Road and was school trustee, Town welfare officer and helped build the old gorge scenic railroad. He was one of the first wholesale dairy farmers to supply milk to the City of Niagara Falls.

Niagara Gazette

JACOB SHAFER DIES
Retired Farmer Was Lifelong Town of Niagara Resident.
Jacob W. Shafer, 81-year-old retired farmer and lifelong resident of the Town of Niagara, died this morning in the family homestead in the Witmer road, where he had resided for the last 54 years. Born in the Town of Niagara on Nov. 4, 1860, Mr. Shafer attended the old Cleveland avenue school at Suspension Bridge and graduated from the Northwestern Business college at Mapleville, Ill., in 1881. He was married on April 3, 1888, to Kathleen Laur, who died five years ago. He is survived by four sons and a daughter, William J., Roy W., Lawrence R. and J. Carl Shafer, and a daughter, Mrs, Arthur Wittcopp, all of Niagara Falls, and a sister, Mrs. R. J. Brandt, of Lockport. The funeral will be held from the Redanz funeral home at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, with services at the Zion Lutheran church at 2 p.m., Burial will be in Riverdale cemetery.

Jacob married LAUR, Katharine on 3 Apr 1888 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Katharine (daughter of LAUR, Vitus and RUSS, Catharina) was born in Jul 1869 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 18 May 1936 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Falls Gazette

SHAFER-At her home, May 18, 1936, Katherine Shafer, age 66, wife of Jacob W.; mother of William, Roy, Lawrence, Carl, Mrs. Mildred Wittcopp, all of this city; sister of Andrew, John, Henry and Chris Laur and Mrs. William Mess of this city. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren. Funeral from the home on Saunders Settlement Road, Wednesday at 3 and 3:30 from Zion Lutheran church, MI avenue and Tenth street. Rev. Arthur Schmoyer officiating. Interment In Riverdale cemetery. Deceased was a member of Ladies Aid of Zion Lutheran church and Ladies Rural Club.