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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 4/6/1955

PAPKE-Mrs. Ella Papke. died
Saturday (April 2. 1955) at San
Antonio, Tex., after a long illness.
She was a native of the Tonawandas,
and the widow of the late Henry
Papke. She is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Ellsworth Lorms of
San Antonio; three sisters, Mrs. Albert
Ensminger of the Town of
Tonawanda, Mrs. William R. Martin
of Tonawanda and Mrs. George
Kroenig of North Tonawanda; a
, brother, Louis Wilke of North Tonawanda,
and two grandsons. The
body will arrive Thursday at the
Hilliard Funeral Home, 147 Delaware
St., where services will be
held Friday at 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
at St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran
Church, Bryant and Thompson
Sts., North Tonawanda. The
Rev. Merton L. Baseler will officiate.
Burial will be in White
Chapel Cemetery.

Family/Spouse: PAPKE, Henry. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. PAPKE

August + FRITZ, Auguste C. Auguste was born in Jun 1854 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 6 Feb 1942 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 2/9/1942
Mrs Auguste C. Wilke, 87, died
late Sunday afternoon at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. George
Kroening, 618 Old Niagara Falls
boulevard. Mrs. Wilke was a lifelong
resident of North Tonawanda
and a charter member of the St.
Matthew's Lutheran church on
Wheatfield street. She is survived
by four daughters, Mrs. Henry
Papke of Niagara Falls, Mrs. Albert
Ensminger.of Kenmore, Mrs.
Kroening and Mrs. William R.
Martin of Tonawanda; a son, Louis
of North Tonawanda; 12 grandchildren,
11 great grandchildren
and five brothers, Julius and
George C. Fritz of North Tonawanda,
Louis Fritz of the town
of Wheatfield and John and Edward
Fritz of Lockport. Rites will
be held Wednesday afternoon at
4 o'clock from the Kroening residence.
The Rev. Carl Frankenstein
will officiate. Burial will be in St.
Paul's cemetery.