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Niagara Gazette - 10/20/1972

VOELKER - In St. Petersburg, Florida
Oct. 17th, 1972. Elmer H. Voelker of 721-
49th Ave. North. Formerly of Lower Mt.
Rd., Pekin, N.Y. Husband of Eva
Voelker. Father of Elwin Voelker or
Lockport, N.Y. Step-Father of Richard
O. Allen of Newport Richy, Virginia
Robert J Allen of St. Petersburg.
Florida, Ronald C. of Lewisburg. Pa. He
is also survived by 13 Step Grandchildren
and 1 step great grandson.
Funeral services will be held Saturday
at 2 p.m. at St. Andrew Evangelical
Lutheran Church with the Rev. Albert H.
Gaal officiating. Interment in St. Peters
Lutheran Cemetery North Ridge. The
family will be present at the Rhoney
Funeral Home Inc. (Pike & Jones) 5893
Hoover Rd., Sanborn, N.Y. Irom 3 to 5 &
7 to 9 p.m. Friday.

Family/Spouse: Anna E. Anna was born on 25 Oct 1904 in Germany; died in Nov 1992 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. VOELKER, Elwin A was born on 18 Nov 1921 in New York; died in Jun 1975.

Elmer married RABIDEAU, Eva E on 4 Sep 1954 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. Eva (daughter of RABIDEAU, Daniel William and Augusta Marie) was born about 1908 in MO; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 9/16/1954

Eva E. Allen,
Elmer Voelker
Exchange Vows
CAMBRIA CENTER, Sept 16
--Eva E. Allen, Cambria-Wilson
Town Line Rd., and Elmer H.
Voelker, Lower Mountain Rd.,
were united in marriage Sept. 4.
The double ring ceremony was per-
formed at St. Andrew's Lutheran
Church, Pekin, by the pastor, the
Rev. Walter Koenig.
They were attended by Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Rohida, Niagara
Falls. the bride was dressed in an
Alive Blue brocaded satin dress
with navy accessories and shoulder
corsage of pink roses and white
mums.
Mrs. Robida wore an aqua-
marine dress and shoulder corsage
of yellow roses and white mums.
After the ceremony, dinner was
served at Harding's Restaurant to
22 members of the immediate families.
A reception was held at the
Pekin Firehall for 200 guests.
Guests were present from Rochester,
Wilson, Bergen, Ellicott, Niagara
Falls. North Tonawanda,
Pekin and Lockport.
After a short wedding trip, Mr.
and Mrs. Voelker will reside on
Lower Mountain Rd.

Ferdinand married MIELKE, Matilda A on 10 Mar 1887 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. Matilda (daughter of MIELKE, Carl W and HESCHKE, Wilhelmine) was born about 1866 in Germany; died on 28 Jan 1944 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 1/31/1944

MRS. MATILDA VOELKER
DIES AT CAMBRIA
CAMBRIA, N. Y.-Mrs. Matilda
M. Voelker, 78 years old, widow of
Ferdinand Voelker, died Friday at
the family home In the town of
Cambria. Mrs. Voelker is survived
by one son, Elmer Voelker, and one
daughter, Mrs. Rudolph Bohnestadt,
both of Cambria, and two
brothers, Herman and Frank
Mlelke, of Pekin, N. Y. Four grandchildren,
one great grandchild and
several nieces and nephews also
survive.
Funeral services were held from
the home of the daughter, Mrs.
Bohnestadt. Upper Mountain road,
town of Cambria, this afternoon
at 2 o'clock, and at 2:30 a t St.
Andrew's church at Pekln. The
Rev. Charles A. Schmidt will officiate.
Interment will be ln St
Andrew's cemetery.

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Niagara Gazette - 3/18/1937

SANBORN, March 16.-Mr. and
Mrs. Ferdinand Voelker celebrated on
March 10. with friends and relatives,
in honor of their golden wedding anniversary,
at their home here. Mr.
and Mrs. Voelker were married at
Cambria on the Flach homestead in \
1887, and have resided in this vicinlty
ever since. The house was
beautifully decorated In yellow and
white with golden wedding bells. The
tables were in yellow and white and
the honored table was centered with
a beautiful wedding cake and gold ,
candle holders on either side.
The honored guest was dressed In
black crepe and wore a corsage of
roses and hyacinth tied with gold,
which was presented to her at the
table by her grandson and daughter
Mr. and Mrs. R. Kraase. Mrs. Zuch,
the only surviving bridesmaid, was
among the guests.
The evening was spent in opening
the many beautiful and useful gifts.
The Rev. C. Schmidt gave a short
talk, after which a mock wedding
was performed by the young people,
the clothes worn during the ceremo-
ny were worn 50 years ago.
She received congratulations from
the following guests who were present:
her daughter and son, Mr. and
Mrs. Rudolph Bohenstadt. and family;
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Voelker and
family and her grandchildren, Mr.
and Mrs. Reinhold Kraase. of San-
born: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Voelker. of
Lockport, her brothers, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Mielkie, William Milkie and
Herman Milkie: the Rev. and Mrs.
Charles Schmidt, Mr. and Mrs. Nor-
man Mielkie. Arthur Milkie. Mr. and
Elmer Mielkie, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Hasley. Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Has-
ley. Mrs. Otto Stoeltlng. Mr. and
Mrs. William Heskie. all of Sanborn
and Pekin; Mr. and Mrs. Mull and
Mr. and Mrs. John Maybond. of
Martinsville; Mr. and Mrs. Lambert
Drury and friends, of Warsaw: and
Mrs. Emma Bluhm and Helen Bluhm
of Niagara Falls.

Carl married HESCHKE, Wilhelmine about 1863. Wilhelmine was born in 1833; died in 1914 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]