11. | PROEFROCK, Emma Wilhelmina Christine was born on 23 Jun 1888 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (daughter of PROEFROCK, August Heinrich and HAMANN, Wilhelmine Christine); died on 29 Jul 1978 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Notes:
31 July 1978 Tonawanda News
MILLS Emm Kolbe (nee Proefrock) Mills, 90, of North Tonawanda, Saturday (July 29, 1978) at DeGraff Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Mills was a lifelong resident of North Tonawanda , a member of the Golden Agers, St. Matthew Lutheran Church and the Womens Missionary League.
Wife of the late Melvin Mills and William C. Kolbe, Mrs. Mills is survived by three sons, the Rev. Edward ( Norma) Kolbe of Appleton, N.Y., Herbert E. (Lillian) Kolbe of Lockport, N.Y., and Carl W. (Alice) Kolbe of North Tonawanda; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothea Tober and Mrs. Irene Guido, both of North Tonawanda; 20 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild, many nieces and nephews; four brothers, Fred Proefrock of East Bethany, Edward Proefrock of Tonawanda, Walter Proefrock of California and Arnold Proefrock of North Tonawanda; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Manth and Mrs. Regina Salisbury, both of North Tonawanda.
The family will receive friends at the Fretthold Funeral Home, Inc., 1241 Oliver St. at Ward Rd., North Tonawanda today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held at the funeral home Tuesday at 1:30 p.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 Building Fund.
Children:
- KOLBE, Edward C was born on 26 Jun 1910 in New York; died on 23 Aug 2005 in Fruitland Park, Lake County, FL.
- 5. KOLBE, Dorothea Anna was born on 20 Mar 1912 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 3 Mar 2006.
- KOLBE, Carl W was born on 24 Jul 1914 in New York; died on 7 Mar 1998 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
- KOLBE, Herbert E was born on 31 May 1919 in New York; died in Jun 1985 in Gasport, Niagara County, NY.
- KOLBE, Irene E was born on 6 Feb 1921 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 21 Jun 2014 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
- KOLBE, William was born about 1924 in New York; died on 28 Jun 1934 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY.
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