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- Niagara Gazette - 3/31/1972
NEWFANE - Walter W.
Reackhoff, 83, of 3744 Hartland
Road, Gasport, Newfane town
justice for over 38 years, died
Thursday (March 30,' 1972) at
his home.
A native of the Town of
Newfane. he operated a
grocery store in Olcott during
the 1940s and later began
working in the carpentry trade
and built homes in the Olcott
area. He lived at 1550 Crescent
St. in Olcott until five months
ago, when he moved to 3744
Hartland Road, Gasport.
He was a member of the
Faith Lutheran Church, an
exempt member of the Olcott
° Fire Co. of which he had been a
charter member and past
president: was a charter
member of the Newfane Lions.
Club, and served as Newfane
town justice, for 38 years,
retiring in 1969.
Husband of the late Rose
Volschow Reackhoff, he is
survived by several nieces and
nephews.
Friends may call from 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Rutland-
Corwin Funeral Home,
Newfane, where services will
be held at 2 p.m. Saturday. The
Rev. Robert Klingbiel will
officiate.
Burial will be in Corwin
Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to
the Faith Lutheran Church, the
family said.
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