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NORTH TONAWANDA, Sept. 10 - Albert Wienke, 60, of 36 Fillner Ave., died today (Sept. 10, 1955) at DeGraff Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Born in the Town of Wheatfield, Mr. Wienke lived in this city for 37 years. He was a member of St Martins Lutheran Church. Rescue Hose No. 5 and was employed by the Carborundum company at the Wheatfield plant. he is survived by his wife Helen, a son Leroy, a daughter. Mrs Augustine Cinquino, and seven grandchildren, all of this city; three brothers, Adolph Wienke, Sanborn, and John and Reinhard Wienke, Bergholz, and mrs. Ella Eggert, Gasport. last rites will be held Monday at 2 pm at the Hamp Funeral Home. Interment will be at the White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery.

Family/Spouse: VOLKSTEDT, Helen Martha Anna. Helen (daughter of VOLKSTEDT, Henry and WERTH, Anna Wilhelmina Mathilda) was born on 27 Aug 1897 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 6 Feb 1973 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. WIENKE, LeRoy A was born on 25 Mar 1917 in New York; died on 20 Jun 2005 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
2. WIENKE, Doris H was born about 1919 in New York.

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 6/28/1945

Albert F. Wienke, 86, of the
Falls bouelverd, Bergholtz, died
yesterday afternoon after a brief
illness. Born in Germany, he had
lived in the town of Wheatfield
the past 61 years. Mr. Wienke is
survived by four sons, Adolph
of Sanborn, John and Remhard
of Bergholtz and Albert F., Jr.,
of North Tonawanda; five daughters,
Mrs. Albert Schnemichel of
North Tonawanda, Mrs. Edward
Jagow of Niagara Falls, Mrs
Christ Haseley and Mrs. Esther
Moll of Bergholtz and Mrs. William
Eggert of Ransomville; 35
grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
held Saturday at 2:30 p. m. from
the residence of his daughter, Mrs.
Moll, Falls Blvd. and at 3 p. m from
St. James church The Rev
Otto Bruss will officiate. Burial
will be in St. James cemetery.

Albert married RETZLAFF, Mathilda Bertha Auguste on 4 Feb 1879 in Stolzenburg, Prussia. Mathilda (daughter of RETZLAFF, Christian and LEMKE, Maria Dorothea) was born on 20 Oct 1860 in Pampow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 17 Apr 1935 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Falls Gazette - 4/1935

Aged Bergholtz Resident Passes
BERGHOLTZ, April 17,-Mrs. Matilda Wienke, nee Retzlaff, 74 years old, wife of Albert Wienke, died today at her home, in Cayuga road after a brief illness. She was stricken with paralysis Sunday. She was born in Campow (sic), Germany, and had resided in this village for the past 51 years. She was a member of St. James Lutheran church and the Ladies' Aid society.
Besides her husband, she is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Edward Jagow and Mrs. William Eggert, both of Niagara Falls, Mrs. Albert Schmeichel, of North Tonawanda, Mrs. Christ (sic) Haseley, of Sanborn, and Mrs. Gustav Moll, of Bergholtz; five sons, Adolph, of Sanborn, John, Hugo and Reinhard, all of Bergholtz. and Albert, of North Tonawanda; 34 grandchildren; seven great granchildren (sic); two brothers, Fred, of Grand Haven, Mich., and Edward, of Sanborn. The funeral will be Friday at 2 p. m. from the home and at 2:30 from St. James church. The Rev. Otto Bruss will officiate. Interment will be in St. James cemetery.

Albert + KOPP, Wilhelmine. Wilhelmine was born in Prussia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christian married LEMKE, Maria Dorothea in 1841 in Prussia. Maria was born on 29 Nov 1819 in Ognica, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland; died on 6 Nov 1905 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]