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July 9, 2013
Jeffrey D. Witkop

Niagara Gazette

ROCHESTER —
On July 7, 2013, I passed from the land of the dying into the land of the truly living. Heaven is now my home and there is no more sorrow, no more grief, no more tears. When you read this, I will already be enjoying eternal life with my Lord and Savior Jesus. However, as I write these words I grieve about leaving my loved ones behind. They include my beloved wife of 34 years, Dawn (Henry) Witkop, who has been my rock, along with my dear son and daughter, Adam Witkop, and Kristen Witkop. I also leave behind much loved sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law along with numerous aunts and uncles, cousins, and nieces and nephews.
I will skip the part where I list all of my life's accomplishments because they don't mean much after death. In fact, they don't mean much now as I type these words. Instead I will share with you something of the utmost importance.
Life is indeed short and no one knows when their time here will be up. It is my prayer that you won't face death without knowing Jesus. The Bible states that the wages of sin is death. We are all sinners and would be condemned to an eternity in Hell if it weren't for Jesus. Jesus is the Son of God and was sent to Earth to take the just punishment for our sin as our substitute. He rose from the dead to show His victory over sin and death. To be forgiven, all we have to do is accept Jesus as our Savior. Jesus did the rest. For more information about Jeffrey, visit www.aliferemembered.com.
Calling hours will be held from 2-4 PM & 7-9 PM on Thursday, July 11th at the funeral home, 1411 Vintage Lane, Rochester (between Rte. 390 & Long Pond Rd.) The memorial service will be at 2 PM on Friday, July 12th at Hope Lutheran Church, 1301 Vintage Lane, Rochester. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to fund esophageal and stomach cancer research may be made to the DeGregorio Family Foundation, P.O. Box 236, Pleasantville NY 10570 or at www.degregorio.org.
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Jeffrey + HENRY, Dawn. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1930 Census - with parents in Cambria

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/5/1974

A 45-year-old Sanborn man died
yesterday afternoon after he
apparently suffered a heart attack at
the wheel of his car on Route 429 in
Sanborn.
Kenneth Witkop of 3842 Lockport
Road was pronounced dead at Niagara
Falls Memorial Medical Center about
2:30 p.m. by county coroner Oscar
Bell.
State troopers from the Wrights
Corners substation said Witkop's car
was northbound when he apparently
collapsed at the wheel. The car left the
roadway and ran into a ditch before
coming to a stop on the lawn of the
Stuart Ford home, 6663 Ward Road.

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/5/1974

WITKOP - Kenneth C. Witkop
of 3849 Lockport Road,
Sanborn, N.Y., suddenly July 4,
1974.
Husband of Lorraine Wendt
Witkop; father of Jeffrey D.
Witkop; brother of Wilbert,
Erwin and Robert Witkop, all
of Pekin, Norman Witkop of
Sanborn and James Witkop of
North Tonawanda, Mrs.
Phillip (Evelyn) Maerten of
Sanborn, and Mrs. William
(Edith) Strotheman of Pekin.
Mr. Witkop had been
employed at the Gombert
Lumber Company in North
Tonawanda for the past 20
years and was a veteran of the
Korean war, serving in the
U.S. Army.
Funeral services will be held
Sunday at St. Paul Lutheran
Church with the Rev. Enno
A. Schmoock officiating.
Interment in Wheatfield
Cemetery. The family will be
present at the Rhoney Funeral
Hqme, Inc., 5893 Hoover Road,
Sanborn, from 7 to 9 p.m
Friday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to
9 p.m. Saturday. If preferred,
memorials may be made to St.
Paul Lutheran Church or to the
Heart Fund.

Kenneth + WENDT, Lorraine Marion. Lorraine (daughter of WENDT, Alton P and BLANK, Irene Eleanor Sophia) was born on 11 Mar 1930 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY; died on 10 Mar 2011 in Henrietta, Monroe County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette

NIAGARA FALLS — Lorraine M. (Wendt) Witkop, age 80, was called to her heavenly home on March 10, 2011 at the Hurlbut Nursing Home, Henrietta, NY, after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. She was formerly of Lockport Road in Sanborn.

Despite the loss of her husband, Kenneth Witkop in 1974 at an early age, and her numerous hardships and health problems, it is difficult to think of a time in which she complained and how three of these remained: Faith, Hope and Love. But the greatest of these is Love- 1 Corinthians 13:13.

If a life is to be measured by personal possessions, her life missed the mark. But if life is to be measured by Faith in a risen Savior, Hope in eternal life and Love to all, then her life was rich indeed, and we are richer for having known her. Lorraine was a long time member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in North Tonawanda, where she was active with the Ladies Aid. She also enjoyed cooking, baking, gardening and loved children.

Survivors include her son, Jeffrey (Dawn) Witkop of Rochester; two grandchildren, Adam Kenneth Witkop and Kristen Marie Witkop; two brothers, Ronald and Joel Wendt; two sisters, Jane Kroening and Marlyn Gross; and many nieces and nephews.

Friends may call at the DUBOIS FUNERAL HOME, 2436 Niagara Road, (Bergholz) in Wheatfield on Saturday from 6-8 PM and Sunday 1-3 and 5-7 PM. Services will be conducted in St. Paul Lutheran Church, 453 Old Falls Blvd., North Tonawanda on Monday, March 14th at 11:00 AM. Interment in the Wheatfield Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul Lutheran Church and School.

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Notes:

1900 Census with parents in Cambria - Wittkopf
1920 Census living next door to parents on Upper Mountain Road in Cambria with wife and children - Witkop
1930 Census living next door to parents on Upper Mountain Road in Cambria with wife and children - Witkop

NF Gazette Jun 12, 1964
B. A. Witkop
SANBORN - Benjamin A. Witkop, 71, of 3045 Upper Mountain Road, this community, died Thursday (June 11, 1964) in Mount View Hospital, Lockport, after a long illness. Born in the Town of Cambria, March 17, 1893, the son of Henry and Augusta Grossman Witkop, he lived all his life on the farm where he was born until the death of his wife, Veronica Gombert Witkop, two years ago. Since that time he made his home with his children. He was employed by the State Highway Department for 20 years and retired eight years ago. He was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, North Tonawanda, and is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Philip Martin and Mrs. William Strothman. both of this community; six sons, Wilbert, Robert, Norman and Kenneth Witkop, this community. Erwin Witkop, Niagara Falls, and James Witkop, North Tonawanda, two sisters, Mrs. Elsie Stoelting and Mrs, Lydia Eggert and a brother George Witkop, all of North Tonawanda; 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the Pike and Jones Funeral Home,Hoover Road, this community, where services will be conducted at 4:30 p.m., Sunday by Rev. Enno Schmoock. Burial will be in St. Andrew's Cemetery. The family will be present from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home.

Benjamin married GOMBERT, Veronica Alma about 5 Dec 1914 in Niagara County, NY. Veronica (daughter of GOMBERT, Ferdinand Wilhelm Carl and SCHIMSCHACK, Bertha Emilie Auguste) was born on 8 Aug 1894 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 9 Mar 1962 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mrs. Witkop Is Dead at 67
PEKIN - Mrs. Veronica Alma Witkop, 67, of Upper Mountain Road, died today (March 9, 1962) at Mt. View Hospital, Lockport, after a lengthy illness. Born in the Town of Wheatfield, Aug. 8, 1895, Mrs. Witkop was a daughter of Ferdinand and Bertha Gombert. She lived in this area for 50 years. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, North Tonawanda. Surviving are her husband, Benjamin A. Witkop; two daughters, Mrs. Philip (Evelyn) Maerten and Mrs. William (Edith) Strothmann, both of Sanborn; six sons, Wilbert, Erwin, Norman, Robert and Kenneth Witkop all of Sanborn,and James Witkop, North Tonawanda; two sisters, Mrs. Elmer Mielke, Sanborn, and Mrs. Edward Moll, St. Johnsburg; 14 grandchildren and one-great-grandchild. Friends may call at the Pike and Jones Funeral Home Sanborn, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Services will be conducted at the funeral home at 2 p.m. Monday by Rev. Enno Schmoock. Burial will be in St. Andrew's Cemetery.

NOTE - apparent error in obit - birth year per headstone - 1894

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Niagara Gazette - 12/5/1935

A delightful afternoon and evening
was spent at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Gombert of Niagara
street. Sunday, when they entertained
for Mrs. Wilhelmina Schlmschack the
occasion being her 84th birthday and
also for Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wittkopp
of Pekin. it being their wedding anniversary-
Supper was served at 6 o'clock to
20 guests. The table was centered
with a birthday and a wedding cake,
handsomely decorated. During the
evening cards and music were enjoyed.
Ben Wittkopp acted as toastmaster.
Many pretty and useful gifts
were presented to Mrs. Schlmschack.
Out-of-town guests were present.

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Alton P. Wendt
LOCKPORT - Alton P. Wendt of the Briody Nursing Home, a former Town of Cambria highway superintendent, died Sunday (Nov. 7, 1982) after a lengthy illness. He was 78.
A native of Sanborn, Wendt also operated a dairy farm, worked for the Lehigh Valley Railroad and was a well driller. He had worked for the Town of Cambria Highway Department for nine years, retiring in 1970. Wendt was a member of the Exempt Firemen, Sanborn, the Lutheran Brotherhood and the Highway Superintendent's Association. He was the husband of the late Irene Wendt.
Survivors include sons Ronald and Joel, both of Lockport; three daughters, Mrs. Kenneth (Lorraine) Witkop and Mrs. Edgar (Jane) Kroening, both of Sanborn, and Mrs. Carl (Marlyn) Gross of North Tonawanda; brother Arnold of Niagara Falls; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Walmore, N.Y., with the Rev. Herbert R. Maxwell officiating. Burial will be in St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Rhoney Funeral Home,. 5893 Hoover Road, Sanborn. Contributions to St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church memorial fund are acceptable as tribute.

Alton married BLANK, Irene Eleanor Sophia on 28 Apr 1929 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Irene (daughter of BLANK, Johannes Wilhelm and WOLF, Bertha Albertine Mathilde) was born on 6 Sep 1906 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY; died on 29 Jul 1972 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NF Gazette

IRENE E. WENDT
TOWN OF CAMBRIA - Mrs. Irene E. Wendt, 65, of 5914 Meahl Road, died Saturday (July 29, 1972) in Buffalo General Hospital after a three month illness. She was a native of the Town of Niagara and had lived in this area all of her life. She was a member of St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Walmore, and was a member of the church's Service Circle. Survivors include her husband, Alton Wendt, former Town of Cambria Highway superintendant (sic); two sons; Ronald A. Wendt of Lockport, and Joel L. Wendt, of New Jersey; three daughters, Mrs. Kenneth (Lorraine) Witkop (sic), Mrs. Edgar (Jane) Kroening, both of Sanborn, Mrs. Carl H. (Marilyn) Gross of North Tonawanda, and nine grandchildren. She was the sister of the late John W. Blank Jr. of Sanborn. Funeral services will be held at St. Peters Evangelical Lutheran Church, Walmore, at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call at the Rhoney Funeral Home (Pike and Jones), 5893 Hoover Road, Sanborn, from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
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NF Gazette

WENDT - In Buffalo General Hospital July 29th, 1972, Irene E. Wendt of 5914 Meahl Rd., Lockport. N.Y., Wife of Alton,. mother of Ronald A. Wendt of Lockport, N.Y., Joel L. Wendt of U.S.N New Jersey, Mrs. Kenneth (Lorraine) Witkop, Mrs. Edgar (Jane) Kroening. Both of Sanborn, N.Y., Mrs. Carl (Marilyn) Gross of N. Tonawanda, N.Y. Also survived by 9 grandchildren. Sister Of the late John W, Blank. Jr. Funeral Services will be held at St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Walmore, N.Y., with the Rev. Eugene Beutel officiating. Interment in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery. The family will be present at the Rhoney Funeral Home Inc., (Pike & Jones) 5893 Hoover Rd. Sanborn, NY from 2-5 & 7-9 p.m. Monday

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Niagara Gazette - 4/25/1929

BERGOLTZ, April 25. - Mr. and
Mrs. John Blank (formerly Miss Mathilda
Wolf of Niagara street this village),
now residing on the Lockport road, announce
the engagement of their only
daughter. Irene,, to Mr. Alton Wendt,
son of Mr. and Mrs. William Wendt.
The wedding will take place this coming
Sunday, April 28.

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Niagara Gazette - 5/1/1929

The marriage of Miss Irene Blank,
only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Blank of the Lockport road to Mr.
Alton Wendt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
liam, Wendt. was solemnized last Sun-'
day afternoon in St. Peter's church at
Walmore and was one of the prettiest
weddings ever held at that church, the
Rev. Edward Grabau officiating. 'A re-,'
ception was held at the home of the
bride. They received many beautiful
and useful gifts. After a short wed-
ding trip they will be at home at the
groom's parents.