Andrew married METZINGER, Cynthia Deborah [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 8/12/1970

N O R T H TONAWANDA -.
James Shingledecker, 49, of
Tremont St. died unexpectedly
Monday (Aug. 10, 1970) at
DeGraff Memorial Hospital.
A life-long resident of this city
he was employed as a
distributor for the R. H. Nagel
News Service, He is survived
by his widow, the former Betty
Witkops.
Six sons, Harold, F r a n k,
James, Andrew, Norman and
William Shingledecker; fi v e
daughters, Mrs. Joseph (Bonnie)
Matthews, Mrs. J a ck
(Terri) Smith, Melissa,
Florence and Jessie
Shingledecker; his mother, Mrs.
Florence Zimmerman of this
city; a brother, F r a nk
Shingledecker of California, and
a sister, Mrs. Harold (Alice)
Lorich of this city, and one
grandson also survive.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 p.m. Thursday at the
Skomski Funeral Home, . the
Rev. Karl H. A. Rest officiating.
Burial will be in White
Chapel Memorial Park.

James + WITKOPF, Betty Jane. Betty (daughter of WITTKOPF, Wilhelm Friedrich Albert and KOLPACK, Adolphine) was born on 15 Feb 1926; died on 19 Mar 2006 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 5/15/1947

Mr. William Witkopf of North
Tonawanda announces the engagement
of his daughter, Betty Jane,
to James Shingledecker, son of
Mrs. Florence Zimmerman of 114
First avenue.

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 5/10/1948

James Shingledecker, 577, of
Olean, N. Y., died in the Niagara
County Sanitarium, Saturday
morning. Born in Reynoldsville,
Pa., he resided in North Tonawanda
for 20 years, making his
home at the Lewis Hotel, Webster
St. He was an employe of
the Bennett Lumber Company. He
is survived by his mother, Mrs.
Minerva Lee, nee Shaw, of Olean;
two sons, Frank of Olean and
James of North Tonawanda; a
daughter, Mrs. Alice Lorich of
North Tonawanda; six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
held Wednesday at 2 p. m. from
the Pawenski Funeral Home, 679
Oliver St. The Rev. C. L. Brauri
will officiate. Burial will be in
Elmlawn.

James + GRIMM, Florence E. Florence (daughter of GRIMM, Frank and Alice) was born about 1897 in PA; died on 28 Feb 1979. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 3/1/1979

ZIMMERMAN -
Florence E. Zimmerman,
82, formerly of
North Tonawanda,
Wednesday (February
28, 1979) after a long
illness. Mrs. Zimmerman
was the mother
of the late James K.
Shingledecker and had
served as a volunteer
worker with the
American Red Cross.
She is survived by her
daughter, Mrs. Harold
(Alice) Lorich of .North
Tonawanda; a son,
Frank (Tracel) Shindledecker
of Oledn,
N.Y., and a sister, Mrs.
Ellen Bigford of Niagara
Falls, also surviving are
21 grandchildren, 32
great-grandchildren and
several nieces and
nephews.
The family will be
present from 2-4 and 7-9
p.m., at the Hamp
Funeral Home, Inc.,
Adam and Seymour Sts.,
Tonawanda where
funeral services will be
held at 11 a.m., Friday,
the Rev. George Jera
officiating. Interment at
White Chapel Cemetery.

Notes:

Buried in North Tonawanda City Cemetery as William Witkoph

Wilhelm married KOLPACK, Adolphine in 1903 in Niagara County, NY. Adolphine (daughter of KOLPACK, Gottfried and JANOWSKY, Eva) was born on 29 Apr 1883 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 29 Apr 1947 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mrs. Lena Witkopf, of North Tonawanda, Diet
NORTH TONAWANDA, April 30 - Mrs. Lena Witkopf, 64. of 398 Oakdale drive, died yesterday In the DeGraff Memorial hospital after a prolonged illness. She was a lifelong resident and a member of the St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed church. Surviving are her husband, William Witkopf; four daughters. Miss Betty Witkopf, Mrs. Evelyn Cantor and Mrs. Edward Bothwell. and Mrs. Raymond Regnet. all of the Tonawandas; five sons, Fred and Glenwood Witkopf, of Niagara Palls, and Arthur, Alvin and William Witkopf, of North Tonawanda; 12 grandchildren and one great grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Voelker and Mrs. James Gorman, of North Tonawanda. and four brothers, Albert Kolpack, of Buffalo, and Emil, Fred, and Henry Kolpack of North Tonawanda. The Rev. J. J Braun will officiate and interment will be in Sweeney cemetery,

Buried in North Tonawanda City Cemetery as Lena Witkoph

+ SHAW, Minerva. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frank + Alice. Alice was born about 1876 in PA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 12/29/1979

THIS BIT of family history from
Mary K. Sciandra of Buffalo:
"I don't know why my greatgrandfather
decided to leave
Bergholtz, Brandenburg, Prussia, in
1873, but he knew he was going
- to a new life.
"My grandmother, Maria Wittkopf,
was only three. Sister Augusta was
six and baby brother Albert six
months. Six more children were born
to Christian and Wilhelmina, all bona
fide Americans.
"The German immigrant adapted
generally well to the American ways
and usually by the next generation the
mother tongue was almost lost.
"The people were religious, most
being Lutherans. St. Johns, St.
Peters, St. Marks and St. Matthews
Church registrars are full of German
names. Each written in German, ir.
the old German script, each a history
of a family, the good and the sad.
"My great-grandfather had a farm
on Nash Road. It was while living
here that my grandmother, now
called Mary, met my grandfather,
August Harms. He was about 23 and
came from Gruenhof, Mecklenburg.
"My grandparents lived in
Wheatfield for a number of years.
About 1900, they and their children
and my great-grandfather (who was
now a widower) built a house on East
Robinson Street in North Tonawanda.
It was in this house that the first
generation to the new land, my greatgrandfather,
died, and also where in
1910 my dad, Theodore, was born. My
dad's brother, Benjamin, still lives in
this house.
"My dad lived all his young years in
North Tonawanda. He and mom lived
there for several years after their
marriage and although I was born in
Williamsville, my earliest memories
are of North Tonawanda.
"Dad was a volunteer fireman at
the Sweeney Hose. We spent many
summer days at the fireman's picnics.
Dad would parade with the
firemen. I can still smell the chowder
and remember how good the creme
soda tasted. Mom would take the
younger three of her six children to
the park which was across from the
hose company at this time, so that we
could play in the swings.
"Dad passed away in 1978. My
mom, wanting to show him a last sign
of her love, had him brought back
'home' to North Tonawanda. He is
buried in White Chapel Cemetery,
resting now not far from where his life
began, a place he loved, North
Tonawanda, Niagara County, U.S.A."

ALSO

Evening News of the Tonawandas
Wednesday, April 21, 1926
Christ Witkopf, age 80 years, died last evening at the home of his daughter, Mrs. August Harms, 728 East Robinson street. Mr. Witkopf was an invalid for the past sixteen years. Surviving are three sons, William of North Tonawanda and Christ Witkopf, Jr. and Edward Witkopf of Niagara Falls and two daughters, Mrs. Harms and Mrs. Ferdinand Grosskopf of North Tonawanda. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the late residence. Interment will be in St. John's cemetery, St. Johnsburg, Rev. Walter Thiemecke officiating.

Johann married SCHLUSSER, Wilhelmine on 25 Feb 1869 in Prussia. Wilhelmine was born in Jul 1841 in France; died on 21 Jun 1910 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gottfried married JANOWSKY, Eva about 1882. Eva was born in Jul 1862 in Germany; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]