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Niagara Gazette - 6/7/1955

LOCKPORT, June 7—Just three
weeks before he was to. have received
his commission as an ensign,
a Lockport naval aviation cadet was
killed yesterday in the crash of an
F9F Panther Jet.
He was Cadet William Elmer
Wendt, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer A. Wendt, 38 Corwin Rd.
Cadet Wendt's plane, on a routine
practice bombing mission went
down in shallow water at the
mouth of Biffin Bay, approximately
30 miles south of Corpus Christi
Tex. Stationed at the Naval Auxiliary
Air Station, Chase Field,
Beeville, Tex. His commission was
set for June 27.
Cadet Wendt was born July 29,
1933 in North Tonawanda and attended
Goundry Street School there
and Delaware School in Tonawanda.
He was graduated from Trinity
Lutheran School here in 1947
and Lockport High School in 1951.
The family moved to Lockport in
1940
After graduation, he entered the
General Motors Institute, Flint
Micb. under sponsorship of Harrison
Radiator Division, General
Motors Corp., where he worked
summers. He enlisted in the Navy
Feb. 6, 1954, at the Niagara Falls
Naval Air Station and took flight
training at Pensacola Fla., where
he was graduated Dec. 17, and
transferred to Beeville where he
received advanced training.
At General Motors Institute, he
was a member of Phi Beta Chi Hi-Y
Ion fraternity. In high school, he
was amember of Phi Beta Chi Hi-Y
and on the sophomore and junior
swimming teams. He also was a
former member of Ship No. 20,
Lockport Sea Scouts
Cadet Wendt's father is an en-
gineer at Harrison and his mother
is employed by Corson Manufac-
turing Co.
In addition to his parents, he
is survived by a'brother, John R.
Wendt, stationed at Williams Air
Force Base, Chandler, Ariz., and
a sister, Mrs. George D. Davis,
Tonawanda.
The Rev. Herman Meier, pastor
emeritus of Trinity Lutheran
Church, Lockport, will officate at
services after the body is received
at the Hamp Funeral Home, Tonawanda.
Burial will be in St. Matthews
Cemetery, North Tonawanda

Notes:

Niagara Gazette

LOCKPORT - Elmer A.
Wendt, 65, of 6248 Corwin Road,
a retired power plant foreman
for the Harrison Radiator
Division of General Motors
Inc., died Sunday (July 2,1JT72)
at Buffalo General Hospital
after a long illness. _„ri
Born In North Tonawanda he
lived in the Lockport area for
more than 30 years and had
retired from Harrison after 25
years of service.
He was a member of Trinity
Lutheran Church, Lockport;
the Tonawandas Sportsmen's
Club; Niagara County Sportsmens'
Association; the
Mossport Racing Club;
Packard Automobile Classic
Club; the Antique Automobile
Club; the O.X,5 Club of
America; New York State
Rifle and Pistol Association;
the National Rifle Association;
the G-9 Management Club,
Inc., and the National
Management Association.
Mr. Wendt is survived by his
widow, Mary Lagoy Wendt; a
son, John Wendt of Mountain
Top, Pa.; a daughter, Mrs.
George (Audrey) Davis of
Tonawanda; two brothers,
Robert Wendt of Los Angeles
and Wilfred Wendt of North
tonawanda; two grandchildren
and two greatgrandchildren.
Funeral services will be
held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the
Hamp Funeral Home,
Tonawanda, by the Rev.
Ernest Heuer. Burial will be in
St. Matthews Lutheran
Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the
funeral home.

Elmer + LAGOY, Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 4/16/1955

NORTH TONAWANDA, April
16—William E. Wendt, 76, of 431
Robinson St., died last evening
(April 15,1955) It his home.
He was employed by the Ameri-
can District Steam Co. and the
Richardson Boat Co., retiring sev-
eral years ago. He was a member
of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church,
Rescue Hose Co. and the Ex-
Firemen's Assn.
He is survived by three sons,
Elmer, Lockport, Robert, in Wis-
consin and Wilfred, this city; eight
grandchildren and two great grand-
children; a brother, Martin Wendt,
of Dalton, and a sister, Mrs. Mary
Sahr, Pittsburgh.
Last rites will be held Monday
at 2 p.m. at the home and at 2:30
at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church.
Interment will be in St. Matthew's
Cemetery.

William married KICKBUSH, Dorothea M about 1905. Dorothea (daughter of KICKBUSH, Albert and Mary) was born about 1885 in New York; died on 9 Feb 1949 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 5/7/1949

LOCKPORT, May 7.-Letters, of
administration on the estate of
Dorcthy M. Wendt. North Tonawanda,
who died February 9. leaving
$1.000 and upwards personal
property, have been Issued by Surrogate
John S. Marsh to the husband,
William E, Wendt. 431 Robinson
street, North Tonawanda.

Ernest married KINNIE, Rosa Ulricke about 1874. Rosa was born in Jul 1853 in New York; died on 29 Jan 1904 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Tonawanda News, 1904
The funeral of the late Mrs. Rose Wendt, wife of Ernest Wendt, of Martinsville, who was found dead in bed, will be held from the late home at Martinsville at 1:30 o'clock and at 2 o'clock from the St. Paul's church tomorrow afternoon. Burial will be in the St. Paul cemetery.

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Niagara Gazette - 9/28/1936

Albert Kickbush, 81 years old, died
Saturday night at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. William E. Wendt, 431
Robinson street. Born in Germany,
he came to America 64 years ago. He
located on a farm near Eden, where
he lived until coming to North Tona-
wanda 15 years ago. He was a mem-
ber of St. Mathew's Lutheran church
on Wheatfield street. Surviving are
two sons, Fred of South Dayton and
Herbert of Middleport; a daughter,
Mrs. Wendt; seven grandchildren,
three great grandchildren and two
brothers, Julius of Cattaraugus and
Gustav of Springville. Rites will be
conducted tomorrow at 3 o'clock from
the Wendt home and half an hour
later at the St. Matthew's church,
Rev. Carl Frankenstein will officiate
and burial will be in St. Matthew's
cemetery.

Albert married Mary about 1880. Mary was born about 1860 in Germany; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]