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- Niagara Gazette - 1/22/1971
LOCKPORT - Walter W
Boetcher, 74, of 16 Franklin
Ave., here, died Thursday (Jan.
21, 1971) at Kenmore Mercy
Hospital after a long illness.
Born in Clarence, July 15,
1897, he was the son of Herman
and Augusta Bluhm Boetcher.
He retired in 1964 from the
Harrison Radiator Division of
General Motors Corp., where he
worked int he tool and die
department for 33 years.
He was a member of the First
Baptist Church, Local 686 of
the United Auto Workers,
retired, the Old Guard, and was
an active bowler.
He is survived by his widow,
the former Pearl E. Riddle;
a son, Robert L. Boetcher; a
daughter, Mrs. Paul (Joyce)
Ames; three sisters, Mrs.
Lenora Scott, Mrs. Edward
Israel and Mrs. Olvie Lewis,
all of this city; eight
grandchildren, and several
nieces and nephews.
Mr. Boetcher was also the
father of the late Walter W. Boetcher Jr.
Begining today, friends may
call from 2 to 4 and from 7
to 9 pm. at the Prudden and
Kandt Funeral Home, where
services will be held Sunday
at 2:30 p.m. with the Rev.
Leland Roth officiating.
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