Notes:

BATT - Robert Francis, Jr. Age 60, passed away in San Diego, July 24, 2012 from complications of mantle cell lymphoma. Born March 7, 1952 and graduated from Tonawanda High School and SUNY-Delhi, his career in foodservice design took him to Washington, DC, Pittsburgh and Ohio. He worked at KFC Headquarters, where he enjoyed communicating with "The Colonel" via CB radio. Rob moved to San Diego in 1982 to work for Foodmaker (Jack-in-the-Box) before opening Rob Batt Design in 1985. He was self-employed for 16 years. In 2001 he began his favorite position as Associate Director of Planning and Construction for Housing-Dining-Hospitality at University of California - San Diego. Rob loved the outdoors and every activity his children were involved in. His creative mind, sense of humor, generous heart, strength and devotion to family and friends endeared him to all. Survived by his wife of 27 years, Susan; daughter, Hannah; son, Nicholas; parents, Delores and Robert Batt of Clearwater, FL (formerly of Tonawanda); sister, Kathleen Patrick of Lockport, NY; nephews, Steven Ford (Barbara), Douglas Ford, and Eric Ford (Traci); and Godmother, Janet Holler of Tonawanda. Preceded in death by his sister, Pamela Batt, in 2000. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to St. Francis Chapel or to Niagara Hospice, Sunset Drive in Lockport.

Published in the Buffalo News on August 12, 2012

Family/Spouse: Susan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BATT, Hannah
2. BATT, Nicholas

Notes:

Robert F. Batt, age 101, formerly of Tonawanda, died Friday, December 22, 2017 at Elderwood at Wheatfield. Born April 18, 1916 in North Tonawanda, he was the son of the late Eugene and Mary (nee Fitzpatrick) Batt. He was a decorated Army Veteran of WWII, participating in both the D-Day Invasion of France and the Battle of the Bulge. He worked as a self-employed painter and paper hanger in the Tonawandas before retiring and had been a member of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Tonawanda.
He was the husband of Delores (nee Behm) Batt; father of Kathleen (the late Richard) Patrick of Lockport and the late Pamela Mae Batt, Robert F. Batt, Jr., and Janet (Jay) Holler. Also surviving are his daughter-in-law, Susan Batt of San Diego, California; 5 grandchildren, Steven (Barbara) Ford of Highland Heights, Ohio, Douglas Ford of Lockport, Eric (Traci) Ford of Medina, Hannah (Dustin) Carey of South Carolina, and Nicholas Batt of Chicago, Illinois; four great-grandchildren, Mitchell, Carolyn, Suzanne, and Allison Ford, all of Highland Heights, Ohio.
Services will be cared for privately at the convenience of the family with inurnment at St. Francis of Assisi Chapel Columbarium in Tonawanda. If desired, memorials to the St. Francis Chapel Fund, 73 Adam Street, Tonawanda, New York 14150, are preferred.

Robert married BEHM, Delores V on 17 Aug 1940 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Delores (daughter of BEHM, Franz Friedrich and URTEL, Alma Olga Mariette) was born on 21 Jun 1919 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 19 Apr 2020 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Delores (nee Behm) Batt, age 100, formerly of Tonawanda, died Sunday, April 19, 2020 at Elderwood at Wheatfield. Born June 21, 1919 in North Tonawanda, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Alma (nee Urtel) Behm.
She was the wife of the late Robert F. Batt, who died December 22, 2017; mother of Kathleen (the late Richard) Patrick of Lockport and the late Pamela Mae Batt, Robert F. Batt, Jr., and Janet (Jay) Holler. Also surviving are her daughter-in-law, Susan Batt of San Diego, California; 5 grandchildren, Steven (Barbara) Ford of Highland Heights, Ohio, Douglas Ford of Lockport, Eric Ford of Lockport, Hannah (Dustin) Carey of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Nicholas Batt of Chicago, Illinois; 5 great-grandchildren, Mitchell, Carolyn, Suzanne, and Allison Ford, and Charlotte Carey; and many nieces and nephews.
Services will be cared for privately at the convenience of the family with inurnment at St. Francis of Assisi Chapel Columbarium in Tonawanda. If desired, memorials to the St. Francis Chapel Fund, 73 Adam Street, Tonawanda, New York 14150, are preferred by the family.

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 8/30/1940

A beautiful wedding was solemnized
on Saturday morning at
eleven forty-five on the porch of
tne Ascension church rectory
when Miss Delores Behm, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Behm of
178 East Felton street, became the
bride of Robert F. Batt, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Batt, So.,
of Lincoln avenue. The Rev
Father McCarthy officiated in tha
presence of the immediate families
and friends using the double
ring ceremony.
The bride wore a white bengaline
taffeta fitted gown with short
train and sleeves. The gown had
a row of tiny buttons down the
back to the waist, a high neckline
which was fastened at the throat
with two bows in a row. Her
scalloped veil of illusion was fingertip
length and fell in two folds
from a tiara, in halo effect, of
tiny pearls. Across the back of
the headdress was a string of
pearls which were on the veil of
her mother's twenty-seven years
ago. She wore white sandals and
parried a bouquet of bride's roses
and white phlox tied with wide
satin ribbon. The bride also wore
a two strand necklace of pearls
the gift of the groom.
Miss Harriet Batt, sister of the
groom, as maid of honor, wore a
pink taffeta gown with a sweetheart
neckline, short puffed sleeves
and a bouffant skirt with a short
train. She wore a tiara of Briarcliff
roses in her hair, white sandals
and carried a bouquet of
pink Briarcliff roses and blue
delphiniums tied with widt pink
satin ribbon. She also wore two
strand necklace of pearls, the gift
of the bride.
The groom was attended by Mr.
Stuart Park as best man. -
The bride's mother wore a navy
blue silk printed dresa, having
a redingote of chiffon of the
same print. The mother of the
groom wore a rose crepe dress
with a short Jacket of the same
material and color. Each wore
a corsage of roses and delphiniums
and matching accessories.
Mrs. Hulda Urtel, maternal
grandmother of the bride, wore
a black satin dress with an over
dress of black net embroidered in
white. She wore a corsage of pink
roses.
A dinner was served at fourthirty
in the basement of the St,
Paul's church in East Felton street,
with covers for one-hundred
guests. Covers were laid for fourteen
at the bride's table which
was centered with a four-tiered
wedding cake topped with a miniature
bride and groom under a
wedding bell.
In the evening a reception was
held at the home of the bride.
Out-of-town guests present were
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Batt of Tully,
N. Y., Mrs. Mathilda Humble of
Milwaukee, Wis., Mr. Bill Peters of
North Carolina and also a number
from Buffalo, Lockport and Niagara
Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. Batt left for a
wedding trip through tha Blue
Ridge mountains and after August
26 will be at home in 198
Bryant street. For her going-away
outfit the bride wore a black crepe
dresi with white accessories and
a corsage.
Prenuptial showers to honor of
the bride were a blue and white
kitchen shower given by Mrs
Lee Thursam; a Jack and Jill, and
variety shower by Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Thursam; a linen shower by
Miss Ruth Kane of Buffalo; a
pantry shower by Mr. and Mrs.
Stephen Eisele, Jr.; a peach and
blue bathroom shower by Mrs.
Paul Kolb, Jr., the former Miss
Lorraine Gee; and a blue and
white bedroom and personal shower
by Miss Viola Vogt and Miss
June Corliss.

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 2/15/1944

Stricken with a heart attack
while walking along Thompson
street near the Erie railroad crossing
shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, Eugene A. Batt, 60,
of 145 Lincoln avenue, died a few
minutes later. He was taken into
DeForest Barber's garage and the
police notified. When the depart-
ment ambulance arrived Mr. Batt
had expired.
Mr. Batt was a lifelong resident
of North Tonawanda, the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Batt.
He was a member of North Tona-
wanda Council, Knights of Col-
umbus, and the Ascension church.
He was a painter and decorator.
Employed by the Bell Aircraft
corporation, he worked nights at
the Niagara Falls plant.
Surviving are his wife, Mary,
nee Fitzpatrick; two sons, Eugene
A., of Buffalo and Pvt. Orbert F.
Ball of the U. S. Engineers, sta-
tioned in England; a daughter,
Miss Harriet Batt of North Tona-
wanda; three grandchildren, three
brothers, Frank and James of
North Tonawanda and Walter J.
Batt, Tully, N.Y., and four sisters,
the Misses Rose and Grace Batt,
Mrs. Patrick Murphy, all of North
Tonawanda, and Mrs. Bertha E.
Bush of Buffalo.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday morning at 8:30 from
the residence and at 9 o'clock from
the Ascension church. The Rev.
He was a member of North Tonawanda
Council, Knights of Columbus,
and the Ascension church

Eugene married FITZPATRICK, Mary E on 12 Aug 1908 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Mary (daughter of FITZPATRICK, Herbert and KEARNEY, Elen) was born about 1885 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY; died on 24 Apr 1963 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 4/25/1963

BATT - Mrs. Mary E. Batt, 79,
of 206 Traverse Blvd., Kenmore,
N.Y., died Wednesday (April 24,
1963) at E. J. Meyer Memorial
Hospital, Buffalo, after a brief
illness. Born in Buffalo, Mrs. Batt
resided in North Tonawanda for
the greatest part of her life before
moving to Kenmore nine
years ago. She was a member of
the Ladies of Charity of Ascension
Church and the auxiliary of
Tonawandas Post 264, American
Legion. Her husband, Eugene A.
Batt, died in February, 1944. Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Frank
Kocsis of Kenmore, with whom
she resided; two sons, Eugene E.
Batt of Buffalo and Robert F.
Batt of Tonawanda; seven grandchildren;
a great - grandchild, and
two sisters, Mrs. Rose Cox of
North Tonawanda and Mrs. Harriet
Connolly of Buffalo. The family
will be present 2 - 4 and 7 - 9
p.m. at the Hamp Funeral Home
Inc., Adam - Seymour Streets,
Tonawanda, where prayers will be
said at 9 a.m. Saturday, followed
by a Requiem High Mass in Ascension
Church at 9:30. The Rev.
Francis J. Hunt will officiate. Burial
in Mount Olivet Cemetery.

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/29/1943

35 YEARS AGO

Mr. and Mrs. James Scanlon announce the engagement of their
daughter, Mary E. Fitzpatrick, to Eugene Batt The wedding will
take place on Aug. 12.

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 12/24/1957

NORTH TON AW AN DA -
Frank F. Behm. 72, of 676. Nash
Rd. died Monday (Dec. 23, 1957)
at th De Graff Memorial Hos-
pital after a short illness.
Born in the township of Cam-
bria, he had lived in this city the
past 40 years. He was a member
of St. Mark's Lutheran Church
and was formerly employed by the
Buffalo Bolt Co. His wife, the late
Mrs. Alma Urtel Behm, died July
19, 1957. He is survived by two
sons, Kermit of Kenmore and
Roger Behm of this city; two
daughters Mrs. P. LeGrant Thur-
sam and Mrs. Robert Batts, both
of this city; two brothers, Ber-
nard Behm, Florida, albert Behm,
of this city; two sisters, Mrs.
Bertha Hahn, Buffalo and Mrs.
George Klemer of this city and
10 grandchildren.
The Rev. Hall Fretthold will
conduct funeral services at 2 p.m
Thursday in the Fretthold Funeral
Home. Interment will be in St.
Mark's Lutheran Cemetery.

Franz married URTEL, Alma Olga Mariette about 1913. Alma (daughter of URTEL, Albert Philipp Wilhelm and BEHREND, Hulda Alvina Charlotte) was born on 19 Mar 1894 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 19 Jul 1957 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 7/19/1957

NORTH TONAWANDA-Mrs.
Alma Behm 63, of 178 E. FeltonSt.,
died today (July 19, 1957)
after a lengthy illness.
She is survived by her husband,
Frank Behm; two daughters, Mrs.
Leeland Thursam and Mrs. Robert
Batt, both this city; two sons, Kermit
of Kenmore and Roger, this
city; three sisters, Mrs. James
Dunn of Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs.
Christ Strassburg and Mrs. Burton
Lindsay, both this city, two
brothers, Edward Urtel, Wilson,
and Walter Urtel, Sanborn, and
ten grandchildren.
The Rev. Paul Frethold will
conduct funeral services at 2 p.m.
Monday at the Frethold Funeral
Home. Burial will be in St Mark's
Lutheran Cemetery.

Notes:

Buffalo NY Morning Express - 7/27/1916

So far as can be learned by the
family. Frank Batt. late of No. ??
Goundry street, left no will, but
keys were found this afternoon in
the family home which are believed
to be to a safe-deposit vault in a
falo bank. Members of the family
will go to Buffalo tomorrow morning
to find out whether Mr. Batt has
papers or a will in the vault.
Bstt wss stricken with paraylsls
died without regaining his speech.

ALSO

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 9/7/1916

Rose R. Batt of -North Tonawanda
was granted letters of administration
on the $3000 estate of her husband,
Frank Batt, who died July 4th. Eight
daughters and five sons survive with
the mother.

Frank married STARK, Rose R about 1874. Rose was born in Jun 1850 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Herbert + KEARNEY, Elen. Elen and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

August married HIDDE, Auguste Albertine on 6 May 1875 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Auguste (daughter of HIDDE, Johann and SAEGER, Christine Louise) was born on 7 Mar 1848 in Grimme, Brandenburg, Prussia; died on 13 Mar 1927 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 3/14/1927

LOCKPORT. Mar. 14-Mrs. Auguste
Behm, 79 years old, widow of the late
Auguste Behm, of Cambria, died late
yesterday at her home in the Lower
Mountain road, Cambria, following a
long illness.
Mrs. Behm came to this country
from Germany 52 years ago and spent
the greater part of her life In Niagara
county. She was an active member
of the German Lutheran church at
North Ridge.
She is survived by four sons, John
A. Behm of Cambria, Bernard A.,
Frank F. and Albert A. Behm, all of
North Tonawanda, and three daughters,
Mrs. Albert Hahn, Cambria; Mrs.
C. Nogel, Lockport; and Mrs. George
Elemer. of North Tonawanda. One
brother, Albert Hidde, Niagara Falls,
also survives.
Funeral services will be held from
the home Wedneseday afternoon at
1:30 o'clock and at 2 o'clock from the
North Ridge German Lutheran
church, the Rev. John Barkow. officiating.
Burial will be in North
Ridge cemetery.

Albert married BEHREND, Hulda Alvina Charlotte on 11 Jan 1882 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Hulda (daughter of BEHREND, August and SCHWERKE, Albertine) was born on 27 Jul 1862 in Germany; died on 4 Dec 1952 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 12/4/1952

URTEL- Mrs. Hulda Urtel. Dec. 4. 1952,
in North Tonawanda. N. Y. Mrs.
Urtel was the mother of William of
St. Johnsburgh, Edward of Ransomville.
Walter of this city. Mrs. Christ
Strassburg and Mrs. Frank Behm.
Mrs. Burt Lindsey of North Tonawanda
and Mrs. James Dunn of Los
Angeles. Calif. Funeral services will
be held Saturday at 2 p.m. from
the Fretthold Funeral Home. 1241
Oliver St.. North Tonawanda. Interment
in St. Mark's Lutheran cemetery.

ALSO

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 12/4/1952

URTEL - Mrs. Hulda Urtel, 90,
died Thursday morning, Dec. 4,
1952, in the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Christ Strassburg, 69 East
Felton St., North Tonawanda after
a long illness. Born in Germany,
brought here when an infant,
a lifetime resident of Niagara
County, formerly near Cambria,
she has resided in N o r th
Tonawanda the past ten years.
She was a member of St. Mark's
Lutheran Church. Besides Mrs.
Strassburg, she was the mother of
William of Johnsburg, Edward of
Ransomville, Walter of Niagara
Falls, Mrs. Frank Behm and Mrs.
Burt Lindsey of North Tonawanda,
Mrs. James Dunn of Los Angeles,
Calif. Grandmother of 29 and
great-grandmother of 32. Funeral
services will be Saturday at 2 p.m.
in the Fretthold Funeral Home,
1241 Oliver St. at Ward Rd: The
Rev. Paul H. Fretthold will officiate.
Interment will be in St.
Mark's Lutheran Cemetery.