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- Buffalo News, The (NY) - June 6, 1998
Barbara Wendt, a retired teacher's aide, died Friday (June 5, 1998) in Millard Fillmore Hospital, Buffalo, after suffering an apparent heart attack in her home.
Mrs. Wendt, 65, of Saunders Settlement Road, was born Barbara Szathmary in Levittown, Pa. She moved to the Black Rock section of Buffalo as a child.
The family moved to North Tonawanda in the 1940s and she graduated from North Tonawanda High School in 1949.
Mrs. Wendt worked for 12 years for National Grinding Wheel in North Tonawanda. She then was employed for 15 years as a teacher's aide, working with autistic children for the Orleans-Niagara Board of Cooperative Educational Services, retiring in 1992.
She was a member of the St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church in North Tonawanda. She had also been active for many years as a leader in the 4-H program.
Mrs. Wendt had wintered in Plant City, Fla., for the past few years.
She enjoyed music, dancing, antiques and doll collecting.
Mrs. Wendt is survived by her husband of 45 years, Ronald A.; two sons, Michael S. of Medina and David R.; two brothers, Paul Szathmary of North Tonawanda and Joseph Szathmary; a sister, Helen Perry; and four grandchildren.
Services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Monday in St. Paul Lutheran Church, 66 East Felton St., North Tonawanda. Burial will be in Acacia Park Cemetery, Pendleton
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