Willis married STRASSBURG, Karen Jean [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Earl + CHENEY, Irene I. Irene (daughter of CHENEY, Alfred and FARNSWORTH, Emma) was born in Monroe, NH; died on 3 May 1986 in Oswego, Oswego County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Oswego Palladium - 5/5/1986

MRS. IRENE I CARR
OSWEGO - Mrs Irene I Carr. 68. of
RD 8 Whit taker Road. Oswego. died
Saturday at Oswego Hospital She was
the wife of Earl S Carr.
Bom in Monroe. N.H.. she was the
daughter of the late Alfred and Emma.
(Farnsworth) Cheney
At one time, Mrs Carr was
employed with Gilman Paper Co.,
Gilman, VT.
She is survived by her husband.
Earl; a daughter. Mrs. Curtis (Helen)
Wright of Oswego „two sons. Percy
Carr and Willis Carr. both of Oswego;
two brothers, Walter Cheney of
Plymouth, N.H.and Irvin Cheney of
Monroe, N.H. and three grand-
children, Terrie, Randy and Lori Carr
all of Oswego.
Funeral services will be held Tues
day at 10.30 a.m. from the Dain
Cullman Funeral Home.
Burial will be in Peck Cemetery.
Calling hours will be 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m. today at the funeral home. 112 E
Second St

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The Buffalo News - October 26, 1996
William A. Strassburg, 85, a carpenter, farmer and plumber, died in his Randall Road home Friday (Oct. 25, 1996) under the care of Niagara Hospice.
Born in Wheatfield, Strassburg had lived on Randall Road since his marriage to the former Ethel Schultz in 1938. For many years, Strassburg was a self-employed carpenter and builder. He also was a vegetable farmer for about 15 years, selling produce at the farmers market in Buffalo.
In 1967, he joined the local staff of the state Parks and Recreation Department as a plumber, retiring after 10 years.
Strassburg was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church at North Ridge, Cambria, and a former member of the Wilson Lions Club. He was an avid hunter and fisherman.
Besides his wife, survivors include two sons, Timothy of Wilson and Robert of Ashland, Ky.; a daughter, Karen J. Carr of Oswego; two sisters, Irene Willert and Ida Hill of Buffalo; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in St. Peter's Lutheran Church at North Ridge, 4169 Church Road, Cambria. Burial will be in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery

William married SCHULZ, Ethel L on 17 Aug 1938 in North Ridge, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. Ethel (daughter of SCHULZ, Fred C and SEEFELDT, Edith Ida Wilhelmine Caroline) was born on 5 May 1916 in Town of Wilson, Niagara County, NY; died on 21 Mar 2004 in Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buffalo News, The (NY) - March 24, 2004
Ethel L. Strassburg, a former school bus driver from Dorwood Park, died Sunday (March 21, 2004) in Newfane Intercommunity Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She was 87.
Born in Wilson, she lived her entire life in the area and was a 1935 graduate of Wilson High School.
She and her husband worked on the family farm, selling their produce at Buffalo's Clinton-Bailey market. She also worked as a school bus driver for Ransomville Bus Lines for 14 years, retiring in 1981.
Mrs. Strassburg was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church at North Ridge and its Ladies Aid Society.
She married William A. Strassburg in 1938. He died in 1996.
Survivors include two sons, Robert F. of Ashland, Ky., and Timothy K. of Wilson; a daughter, Karen J. Carr of Oswego; three sisters, Dorothy Schultz and Ruth Wickham, both of Ransomville, and Gladys Keicher of Cowlesville; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Services were held today in St. Peter's Lutheran Church at North Ridge, Cambria. Burial was in St. Peter's Lutheran Church Cemetery.

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Niagara Gazette

STRASSBURO-SCHULTZ
Randall Road Girl and Barker Man
United In Marriage
RANSOMVILLE, Aug 19 - A pret-
ty mid-summer wedding took place
Wednesday afternoon at St. Peter's
Lutheran church North Ridge, when
Miss Ethel Schultz, daughter of Mr.
and mrs. Fred c. Schultz, of the
Randall road, became the bride of
William Strassburg, son of William
Strassburg of Barker.
The church was beautifully deco-
rated in gladioli and palms as Mrs.
leonard Borget, at the organ, played
Lohengrin's wedding march. Pre-
ceded by little Miss Marlene
Schultz, the flower girl, the bride
entered the church on the arm of
her father and proceeded down the
aisle followed by the maid-of-honor,
Miss Lucy Strassburg, sister of the
groom, and Miss Leona Donner.
The groom's attendant was Gor-
don Hausmann, of Wilson. the Rev.
Carl Oldash, pastor of the church,
performed the ceremony. The Misses
Helen Seefeldt, Marjorie Schultz
and Marion Lindhurst sand "I Love
You Only" and "Perfect Love." The
bridal party left the church to the
strains of Mendelssohn's wedding
march. The ushers were Harold
Wilkins and Ralph Seefeldt.
The bride was lovely in a white
satin gown with long sleeves and
long tulle veil with a coronet of
pearls. She carried a bouquet of
white roses and baby's breath. The
maid of honor wore an ensemble
of yellow organdie with green accessories
and carried a bouquet of
mtxed roses. Mtss Ida Strassburg. a
bridesmaid, wore pMnk marquesette
with rose accessories and carried a
bouquet of mixed roses. Miss Leona
Donner wore a gown of light blue
marquessette with pink accessories.
She also carried a bouquet ef mixed
roses. The flower girl, little Miss
Schultz, wore pink organdie with a
blue ribbon around the head and
reaching down the back^The mother
of the bride and Mrs. Hanna- the
grandmother, wore gowns of black
crepe and corsages of roses.
Following the ceremony a recep-
tlon and chicken dinner was h e l d
at the home of the bride, to which
110 were invited. Following the reception
the young couple left on a
short honeymoon. Upon their return
they will be at home in North
Ridge.
Guests were present from Warsaw,
Barker, Buffalo, Ransomville,
Wilson. Lokport. Gardenvllle. Lewiston,
North Tonawanda, Niagara
Falls and Rochester.
The bride was the guest of honor
at a number of prenuptlal affairs,
among which were a crystal shower
given by Mrs. Elwood SchulU. the
Sunday school teachers' gift was a
handsome lamp: a linen shower, given
by Mrs. William Gcrtr. and Mrs.
Clifford Dennlm: a variety shower,
by mrs. August Hausman; a black,
white and red kitchen shower, by
Mrs. Carl Hausman, Mrs. Sara Bur-
master and Mrs. Dederich Burmas-
ter; a variety shower, by Mrs. Har-
old Gotts; a bedroom shower, by
Miss Leona Donner, and a personal
shower, given by Mrs. Elmer See-
feldt.

Alfred + FARNSWORTH, Emma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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TOWN OF WILSON - William H. Strassburg Sr., 82, of the Randall . Road, Town of Wilson, died Sunday (May 31, 1964) at the Inter-Community Hospital, Newfane, He retired from the McKinnon Chain Co., Tonawanda. He was born in Wheatfield and had lived in the Town of Wilson for the last nine years. His wife, the former Emma Pankow, died in 1926, He is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Harold (Regina) Gotts, Cambria. Mrs. Duane (Lucy) Honick, Barker, Mrs. Harold (Irene) Willert, Buffalo, Miss Loretta and Miss Ida Strassburg both of Buffalo; a son. William H. Strassburg Jr., Town of Wilson; 7 grand children and 2 great-grandchildren. The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at the Hardison Funeral Home, South Lake Street, Ransomville. The Rev. Carl W. Oldach, St. Peter's Lutheran Church, North Ridge, will officiate. Burial will be in North Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m.

William married PANKOW, Emma Bertha on 28 Nov 1907 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Emma (daughter of PANKOW, August Carl Wilhelm and BEHM, Bertha Ernestine Louise) was born on 9 Jun 1883 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 18 Sep 1926 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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20 September 1926 Evening News of the Tonawandas
Mrs. Emma Strassburg, 44 years old, wife of William G. Strassburg, died Saturday afternoon at her home, 61 Jackson avenue, after a lingering illness. Mrs. Strassburg was born in the town of Wheatfield and lived at St. Johnsburg all her life until removing to North Tonawanda a week ago.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Strassburg is survived by five daughters, the Misses Regina, Loretta, Irene, Lucy and Ida Strassburg, one son, William G. Strassburg, Jr.; five sisters, Mrs. Frank Sasse, Buffalo, Mrs. Edward Doebler, North Ridge; Mrs. W. Heidenfeldt, Mrs. Albert Warblow, and Mrs. Henry Hardy of North Tonawanda and two brothers, William Pankow and Arthur Piper, North Tonawanda. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the late residence and at 2:45 o'clock at the St. John's church, St. Johnsburg, Rev. Walter Thiemecke officiating. Burial will be in the St. John's cemetery.

Fred married SEEFELDT, Edith Ida Wilhelmine Caroline on 19 Jan 1910 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Edith (daughter of SEEFELDT, Bernhardt and DOBBERTEAN, Sophie) was born on 18 Dec 1888 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY; died on 10 Apr 1965 in Ransomville, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]