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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 1/5/1952

Mrs. Albertine W. Wrege, nee
Badrow, 56, of 225 Ward Rd., died
earlly this morning in her home.
Mrs. Wrege was born in the Town
of Wheatfield and was a resident
of North Tonawanda for the past
27 years. She is survived by her
husband, Herman Wrege; eight
daughters, Mrs. Wilbert Lee, Mrs.
Sylvester Schofield, Mrs. Ber-
hardt Ramo, Mrs. Cornelius Miller,
Mrs. Frederick Hein, Mrs. Donald
Hathaway, Miss Betty and Miss
Shirley; a son Herman Wrege, Jr.
and Harold Badrow, all of the Ton-
awandas; three sisters, Mrs. Glen
Kurth of Lockport, Mrs. Arthur
Licht of Sanborn and Mrs. Emma
Keinner of Columbus, O.; a broth-
er, Rudolph Badrow of Walmore.
Thirteen grandchildren also sur-
vive. Services will be in the family
residence at 2 p.m. Tuesday and
in St. Mark's Lutheran Church at
2:30 p.m., the Rev. Paul H. Frett-
hold officiating. Interment will be
in St. Mark's Lutheran Cemetery.

Albertine married WREGE, Herman F in 1914 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Herman (son of WREGE, William Friedrich Carl and PIEPENHAGEN, Maria Louise Emilie) was born on 1 Dec 1893 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 14 Dec 1971 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. WREGE, Lena I was born about 1915 in New York.
2. WREGE, Lorinda was born on 29 Jun 1916 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 6 Mar 1977 in Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
3. WREGE, Rose
4. WREGE, Shirley
5. WREGE, Irene was born on 18 Nov 1917 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 16 Feb 2005 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY.
6. WREGE, Esther was born about 1920 in New York.
7. WREGE, Gladys was born on 13 Feb 1923 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 28 Feb 2005 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
8. WREGE, Violet Ruth was born on 6 Aug 1925 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 17 May 1993 in Caneadea, Allegany County, NY.
9. WREGE, Harold was born on 8 Mar 1928 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 4 Jul 2004 in Copiague, Suffolk County, NY.
10. WREGE, Herman F was born in Jan 1929 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 7 Dec 2020 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY.
11. WREGE, Betty Jane

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NF Gazette
BERGHOLTZ, Oct. 24.-John Badrow of this village died at his home Friday after a lingering illness. He is survived by four daughters. Mrs. Herman (Wrege) of North Tonawanda, Mrs. Elsie Licht of the Lockport road and Emma and Esther; one son, Rudolph, at home, and 12 grandchildren. His wife was the late Emilie Kahring Badrow, who was burned to death in her home when she was starting a fire in her kitchen range with kerosene oil. The can exploded, setting fire to her clothing. She ran outside the house and the flames were extinguished by her husband. Then she ran back into the house to save several children who had already jumped out of the bedroom window. She was burned to death in the fire which destroyed the home.

John married KAHRING, Emilie about 1888 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Emilie was born in Aug 1869 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 26 Aug 1927 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Evening News of the Tonawandas, Aug 26, 1927
Woman Burned to Death in Attempt to Save Children
Mrs. Mary Badrow, of Washington Street Bergholtz, Was Safely Out But Returned For Youngster - Husband Badly Burned Trying to Save Her
Bergholtz - Mrs. Emelia Badrow, 58 years old of Washington road, Bergholtz, was burned to death in a fire that destroyed her home at 5 o'clock this morning, and her husband, John Badrow, 60 years old, was severely burned about the head, hands and arms in a vain attempt to save his wife from the flames. Mrs. Badrow was safely out of the burning building once but returned to the house in an attempt to save her daughter, Esther, 16 years old, and her grandson, Howard, 5 years old who were still in the dwelling, when she was trapped by the flames and met her death. Firemen saved the two children. The fire was caused by the explosion of a kerosene stove, which was lighted by Mrs. Badrow to prepare breakfast. The Badrow home was a story and a half frame building and the flames swept rapidly through the lower part. Rudolph Badrow, 25 years old, a son, when aroused by the fire, jumped from an upper story bedroom window and sounded an alarm, which brought the Bergholtz, St. Johnsburg and Nashville volunteer firemen to the scene of the blaze with their motor apparatus. The blaze had gained such a start, however, that the firemen were unable to save the house or its contents. The fire loss was estimated at $5,000. Mr. Badrow was aroused by the explosion and mad his exit from the building safely, only to return again in search of his wife and sustain severe burning. The Badrow family was well known in Bergholtz. The spectacular and fatal fire attracted nearly the whole countryside to Bergholtz. Mrs. Badrow's body was not recovered until the fire was extinguished. Her husband made an heroic attempt to save her life. He reached the woman's body and was dragging it to safety when it slipped away from him and he was again unable to reach it in the dense smoke and fierce flames. Mrs. Badrow was born in the town of Wheatfield. Besides her husband, she is survived by four daughters, the Misses Esther and Emma at home, Mrs. Arthur Licht of Lockport road and Mrs. Herman Wrege of North Tonawanda; one son, Rudolph, 10 grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Emma Conrad of Bergholtz and Mrs. Alter Gierke of Bergholtz, and one brother, August Karing of Bergholtz. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon from the Licht home at 2 o'clock, standard time, and at 2:30 from St. Jacob's church, Rev. Otto Bruss officiating. Interment will be in St. Joseph's (Jacob's) Cemetery.