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June 9, 2011
Charlotte J. Bruening

Niagara Gazette

BUFFALO — Charlotte J. Bruening (Voelker), age 76, of the Town of Lewiston, was called to her heavenly home on June 9, 2011 in Buffalo General Hospital. Born in the Town of Niagara, NY on June 23, 2011 to the late Frederick and Viola (Collins) Voelker. She was employed as an Administrative Assistant with the Niagara Wheatfield School District, until her retirement. Charlotte was a life-long member of Zion Lutheran Church in Niagara Falls, member of the Sanbornite Seniors, enjoyed astrology, crocheting, rock collecting and was an avid reader.

Survivors include her son, Mark (Susan) Bruening of Mechanicsburg, PA; five grandchildren, Blaine (Brie) Bruening, Stephen Bruening, Daniel Bruening, Casey Coull and Cody Coull; and one great-grandchild, Colin Bruening. She was predeceased by a daughter, Barbara Coull and a sister, Shirley Hileman.

Friends are invited to attend the funeral service on Saturday, June 11 at 1:30 PM in the DUBOIS FUNERAL HOME, 2436 Niagara Road (Bergholz), in Wheatfield. Visitation will follow the service from 2-4 and 6-8 PM. Interment will take place in Mount View Cemetery, Town of Cambria, on Monday at 9:30 AM. Memorial contributions may be made to Zion Lutheran Church.

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Charlotte married BRUENING, Fred Leonard on 20 May 1955 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY, and was divorced on 12 Aug 1993 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Fred (son of BRUENING, Fred Luther and LEONARD, Viola Grace) was born on 3 Dec 1930 in Shanksville, Somerset County, PA; died on 9 Jul 2022 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Voelker,
Witmer Rd., announce the forthcoming
marriage of their daughter,
Charlotte June, to F. Leonard
Bruening, son of Mrs. Viola
Bruening, Stoystpwn, Pa. The
wedding will take place May 20
ar Zion Lutheran Church, Michigan
Ave. and 10th St.

1. BRUENING, Mark Blaine
2. BRUENING, Barbara Ruth was born on 22 Jul 1959 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 20 Mar 2008 in Stockdale, TX.

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Niagara Gazette - 12/26/1962

Fred Voelker,. 52, of 3118 Saunders Settlement Rd.,
Sanborn, was pronounced dead on arrival today at Memorial
Hospital where he was taken after a car he was
driving left Ward Road, near Saunders Settlement Road,
Town of Lewiston, and crashed into a ditch and
telephone pole.
State police at the Military
Road substation said the ac-
cident happened as Voelker
was en route to work about
7:30 a.m.
Coroner F. Eugene Ingram
said he was withholding a
death certificate pending an
investigation.
State police said there was
a possibility the man may
have been stricken ill before
the accident. ,
A native of Niagara Falls,
Mr. Voelker was employed as
an electrician for the Electrometallurgical
Division of the
Union Carbide Chemicals
Corp.
He lived most of his life in
Niagara Falls before moving
to Sanborn. He was the
youngest of five sons of the
late Fred and Sarah Voelker.
Two brothers. Lawrence and
Roy, predeceased him.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Viola Voelker; two
daughters, Mrs. Fred (Charlotte)
Bruening, Niagara Falls,
and Mrs. Edward (Shirley)
Graham, St. Paul, Minn.; two
brothers, Chester Voelker,
Fort Latidcrdale ,FlaM and
Marvin Voelker, this city;
seven grandchildren and several
nieces and nephews.,
Funeral arrangements are
being completed at the Pike
and Jones Funeral Home,
Sanborn.

Frederick married SHAFER, Ruth Christianna on 23 Sep 1933 in Zion Lutheran Church, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Ruth (daughter of SHAFER, Jacob William and LAUR, Katharine) was born on 23 Sep 1910 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 18 Jun 1935 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 7/8/1941

Frederick W. Voelker. of 820 Willow
avenue. 74-year-old member of
a pioneer Niagara county family,
died In Memorial hospital this
morning.
Bom In the town of Wheatfleld,
Mr. Voelker came to Niagara Falls
as a child and lived here since. He
was employed for 40 years as a foreman
at the plant of the Aluminum
Company of America, retiring ten
years ago. He was a member of
Bellevue Lodge, No. 316, I. O. O. F.,
and the Young Men's club of Zlon
Evangelical Lutheran church. He
was also a member cf the Aluminum
company's 25-Year club.
Surviving him are five sons,
Chester A., Mllford Roy. Lawrence
E. Marvin E. and Frederick W.
Voelker. Jr. a brother. William
Voelker. of the Saunders Settlement
roAd. and four sisters. Mrs. Augusta
Schweitzer, of this city; Mrs.
Georglana Sattleberg. of Youngstown:
Miss Emma Voelker, of the
Saunders Settlement road, and Mrs.
Margaret Mulvey, In California.
Eleven grandchildren also survive.
The funeral will be held from
the family home at 2 p.m. Thurs-
day with services at Zion Evangelical
Lutheran church, Michigan avenue
and Tenth street, at 2:30 p.m.
Burial will be in Riverdale ceme-
tery.

Frederick married WATTS, Sarah on 25 Oct 1893 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Sarah (daughter of WATTS, Joseph and HOPKINS, Katherine) was born on 26 Jul 1869 in Lincoln, Ontario, Canada; died on 12 Apr 1938 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY - Section 7. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 4/13/1938

VOELKER - In this city, April 12, 1938,
Sarah Voelker, age 69 years, beloved
wife of Fred W. Voelker, Sr.; mother of
Chester, Roy, Lawrence, Marvin and
Fred, Jr.; sister of Mrs. Charles Nichols
and George Watts, all of this city. She
is also survived by 11 grandchildren.
Funeral services from the late residence.
820 Willow avenue. Friday. April 15. at
3 p. m. and at 3:30 from the Zion
Lutheran church. Michigan avenue and
Tenth street. Rev. Arthur Schmoyer officiating.
Interment In Rlverdale cemetery.
Deceased was a member of the
Missionary Society of the Zion Lutheran
church.

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Born in log cabin on what is now Lafayette Avenue in the city of Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. He was a dairy farmer for 4 decades on Witmer Road and was school trustee, Town welfare officer and helped build the old gorge scenic railroad. He was one of the first wholesale dairy farmers to supply milk to the City of Niagara Falls.

Niagara Gazette

JACOB SHAFER DIES
Retired Farmer Was Lifelong Town of Niagara Resident.
Jacob W. Shafer, 81-year-old retired farmer and lifelong resident of the Town of Niagara, died this morning in the family homestead in the Witmer road, where he had resided for the last 54 years. Born in the Town of Niagara on Nov. 4, 1860, Mr. Shafer attended the old Cleveland avenue school at Suspension Bridge and graduated from the Northwestern Business college at Mapleville, Ill., in 1881. He was married on April 3, 1888, to Kathleen Laur, who died five years ago. He is survived by four sons and a daughter, William J., Roy W., Lawrence R. and J. Carl Shafer, and a daughter, Mrs, Arthur Wittcopp, all of Niagara Falls, and a sister, Mrs. R. J. Brandt, of Lockport. The funeral will be held from the Redanz funeral home at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, with services at the Zion Lutheran church at 2 p.m., Burial will be in Riverdale cemetery.

Jacob married LAUR, Katharine on 3 Apr 1888 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Katharine (daughter of LAUR, Vitus and RUSS, Catharina) was born in Jul 1869 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 18 May 1936 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Falls Gazette

SHAFER-At her home, May 18, 1936, Katherine Shafer, age 66, wife of Jacob W.; mother of William, Roy, Lawrence, Carl, Mrs. Mildred Wittcopp, all of this city; sister of Andrew, John, Henry and Chris Laur and Mrs. William Mess of this city. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren. Funeral from the home on Saunders Settlement Road, Wednesday at 3 and 3:30 from Zion Lutheran church, MI avenue and Tenth street. Rev. Arthur Schmoyer officiating. Interment In Riverdale cemetery. Deceased was a member of Ladies Aid of Zion Lutheran church and Ladies Rural Club.

August + MESSING, Johanna. Johanna (daughter of MESSING, Theodore Sebastian and KLEIN, Elisabetha Margaretha) was born on 1 Dec 1836 in Prussia; died on 14 Jul 1893 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY - Section 7. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph + HOPKINS, Katherine. Katherine was born in Sep 1841 in Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Stone at cemetery says son died 4/5/1869

William married VOGT, Christianna about 1859 in Jefferson County, NY. Christianna (daughter of VOGT, Jacob J and BIEBER, Catherine) was born in Feb 1837 in PA; died in 1906 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lived in US 56 years - in Clarksville which was between Suspension
Bridge and Niagara Falls

Vitus married RUSS, Catharina on 1 Jan 1866 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Catharina (daughter of RUSS, Christian and SCHMID, Anna Maria) was born on 27 Feb 1845 in Feldstetten, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died on 12 Oct 1925 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 10/12/1925

Mrs Catherine Russ Laur, one of
the best known residents of tho narth
end of the city, widow of Vitus Laur
and mother of Andrew, John Sr., Mrs.
Catherine Shafer, Grace Laur and Mrs.
Annie Mess, died early today at the
age of 80 years. Funeral from No.
1807 Ontario avenue at two o'clock
Wednesday afternoon and following
services In Zion Lutheran church, burial
will be in Oakwood. Mrs. Laur was
born In Wurtemburg Germany Feb.
27, 1845. and came to the U. S. in
1886. For 30 years Mrs. Laur was secretary
of the Ladies Aid of Zion
church. She was noted for her delightful
characteristics both in her
home and away from it.