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- Niagara Falls Gazette
Waldkoetter, Helen W.
Helen W. Waldkoetter (Gath) (nee Walck) of North Tonawanda, was taken by Jesus to her Heavenly home on December 2, 2008 while in Niagara Hospice House, after a 12 year courageous battle with cancer. Helen was a graduate of the Buffalo General School of Nursing and worked as a Registered Nurse in the Obstetrics Unit at DeGraff Memorial Hospital until the early 1970s. In the early 1980s she began a career as a much loved tour escort in the travel industry as a co-founder of, The Way to Go Tours. She was a very active and devoted member of St. Mark Lutheran Church and for many years she worked for the Niagara County Board of Elections. She was the daughter of the late August and Eleaner Walck and was the wife of the late Irving Gath. Beloved wife of Jerry Waldkoetter; dear mother of Wendy (Thomas) Zuch, Randall (Lee) Gath, Kathleen (John) Fretthold, Robert (Edythe) Gath all of North Tonawanda, and Julie Waldkoetter of New York City. Grandmother of Daniel, Ryan, Cory, Lissa, Andrew, Allison, Joanna, Edward, Leah and the late Erin; step-grandmother of Kelly; great-grandmother of Hannah. Sister of Doris (Arthur) Toellner of Madison Heights, MI and the late Marion, Melvin, Norman, Chester and Frances; aunt of many nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the Fretthold Funeral Home Inc., 1241Oliver St. at Ward Rd. in North Tonawanda on Thursday and Friday from 3-7 P.M. Funeral services will be held on Saturday at 10 A.M. from St. Mark Lutheran Church, the Rev. Patrick McKenzie will officiate, interment in St. Mark Lutheran Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to St. Mark Lutheran Church, Roswell Park Cancer Inst., Niagara Hospice or the Susan G. Komen for the Cure
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