9. | GOMBERT, Veronica Alma was born on 8 Aug 1894 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY (daughter of GOMBERT, Ferdinand Wilhelm Carl and SCHIMSCHACK, Bertha Emilie Auguste); died on 9 Mar 1962 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Notes:
Mrs. Witkop Is Dead at 67
PEKIN - Mrs. Veronica Alma Witkop, 67, of Upper Mountain Road, died today (March 9, 1962) at Mt. View Hospital, Lockport, after a lengthy illness. Born in the Town of Wheatfield, Aug. 8, 1895, Mrs. Witkop was a daughter of Ferdinand and Bertha Gombert. She lived in this area for 50 years. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, North Tonawanda. Surviving are her husband, Benjamin A. Witkop; two daughters, Mrs. Philip (Evelyn) Maerten and Mrs. William (Edith) Strothmann, both of Sanborn; six sons, Wilbert, Erwin, Norman, Robert and Kenneth Witkop all of Sanborn,and James Witkop, North Tonawanda; two sisters, Mrs. Elmer Mielke, Sanborn, and Mrs. Edward Moll, St. Johnsburg; 14 grandchildren and one-great-grandchild. Friends may call at the Pike and Jones Funeral Home Sanborn, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Services will be conducted at the funeral home at 2 p.m. Monday by Rev. Enno Schmoock. Burial will be in St. Andrew's Cemetery.
NOTE - apparent error in obit - birth year per headstone - 1894
Notes:
Niagara Gazette - 12/5/1935
A delightful afternoon and evening
was spent at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Gombert of Niagara
street. Sunday, when they entertained
for Mrs. Wilhelmina Schlmschack the
occasion being her 84th birthday and
also for Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wittkopp
of Pekin. it being their wedding anniversary-
Supper was served at 6 o'clock to
20 guests. The table was centered
with a birthday and a wedding cake,
handsomely decorated. During the
evening cards and music were enjoyed.
Ben Wittkopp acted as toastmaster.
Many pretty and useful gifts
were presented to Mrs. Schlmschack.
Out-of-town guests were present.
Children:
- WITKOP, Wilbert Elton was born on 12 Jul 1915 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY; died on 19 Nov 1985 in Friendship, Allegany County, NY.
- WITKOP, Evelyn R was born about 1917 in New York; died on 11 Apr 2003 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY.
- 4. WITKOP, Erwin Harold was born on 16 Mar 1919 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY; died on 13 Dec 1988 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY.
- WITKOP, Edith E was born in Feb 1921 in New York; died on 13 Aug 2014 in Rochester, Monroe County, NY.
- WITKOP, Norman Benjamin was born on 2 Sep 1922 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY; died on 21 Aug 1996 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
- WITKOP, James H was born in May 1924 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY; died on 24 Nov 2014 in Town of Amherst, Erie County, NY.
- WITKOP, Robert B was born on 9 Feb 1926 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY; died on 25 Apr 2020 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY.
- WITKOP, Kenneth C was born on 12 Jun 1929 in New York; died on 4 Jul 1974 in Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY.
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