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- North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 3/10/1954
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schmeichel,
334 Oliver St., both residents of
North Tonawanda for more than
70 years, today are observing their
56th wedding anniversary.
Both were born in Germany and
came to this city when they were
small children. Mr. Schmeichel
is 76 years old, his wife, 73.
The couple was married March
10,1898 in Bergholtz. They are the
parents of four children: Wilbert
Schmeichel and Mrs. Leona Black
of North Tonawanda, Arthur
Schmeichel of Eggertsville and the
late Edward Schmeichel, a former
alderman of the seventh ward.
They have 12 grandchildren and 3
great-grandchildren.
A former cabinet maker at the
Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, Mr
Schmeichel later was custodian at
the Tonawandas YMCA and worked
for a time in the Evening
NEWS building.
For several years, until his retirement
about 10 years ago, Mr.
Schmeichel . operated a tavern
Mrs. Schmeichel, who occupies
much of her leisure time with hand
work, at one time prepared luncheons
for the Kiwanis and Rotary
Clubs of the Tonawandas.
Mr. Schmeichel is confined in
his home with penumonia and a
celebration of the anniversary has
been postponed by the couple's
family until his recovery and
"warmer weather" will allow a
family get-together.
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