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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 11/2/1938

GROFENBERGER - - William N.
Grofenberger, 71, died yesterday
afternoon at his home, 489 Adam
street, after a prolonged illness.
Bom in Swormsville, he resided
in Tonawanda the past 50 years.
He was a member of Tonawandas
Aerie, No. 1411, F. O. E. and the
St, Francis church. Surviving are
a wife, Anna, nee Lorich; a
daughter, Mrs, Walter Berndt,
two sons, Joseph W. and George
J.; three brothers, Joseph, John
W. and George, and seven grand-
| children, all of Tonawanda. Rites
will be heM Friday morning at
8:30 from the residence and at
9 o'clock from the St, Francis
church. The Very Rev. John A.
Weismantel will officiate and bur.
ial will be in St. Mary's cemetery,
Swormsville.

Family/Spouse: Anna. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/6/1961

BERNDT - Mrs. Marion E
Berndt, 372 Broad St., Tonawanda,
died unexpectedly Wednesday
(July 5, 1961) in Kenmore Mercy
Hospital. She was born in Buffalo
and had resided in Tonawanda
most of her life. She was a mem-
ber of St. Francis Church, Ladies
of Charity and the Altar Society
of the church, Tonawnada Home
Demonstration Day Unit, Ken-
more Mercy and DeGraff Memo-
rial Hospital Auxiliaries, St.
Mary's of the Angels Aid Society
and Wende Guild. She taught
craft work to the Golden Age
Club at the YWCA. She is sur-
vived by her husband, Walter L.
Berndt; three daughters, Miss
Mary ann Berndt, Mrs. Charles
(Eilene) Dalton of Tonawanda
and Mrs. Richard (Betty) Papoi
of North Tonawanda; one son,
Walter W. Berndt of Tonawanda;
four grandchildren, Deborah, Barbara
and Judith Dalton, and Michael
R. Papoi and one brother,
George Groffenberger of Tonawanda.
Friends may call at Hil-
liard Funeral Home, 147 Delaware
St., Tonawanda. Prayers will be
said there Saturday at 9 a.m. and
at 9:30 a.m. in St. Francis
Church. The Rev. Wilbur Yeager
will officiate. Burial in Mt. Olivet
Cemetery.

Marion married BERNDT, Walter L about 1926. Walter (son of BERNDT, A C Bruno and REDTMAN, Mary L) was born on 25 Nov 1896 in Arnprior, Ontario, Canada; died on 6 Dec 1969 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 12/12/1947

Joseph G. Groffenberger, 46,
died yesterday in the Meyer Memorial
hospital after a short illness.
Born in Buffalo, he had r e sided
in Tonawanda the greater
part of his life. He w a s a member
of the St. Francis church, the h u s band
of Grace Frey Groffenberger,
the father of Richard Groffenberger
of Wilson and the late Staff
Sergt. Robert J. Groffenberger,
k i l l ed in action in Germany in
1944, and brother of Mrs. Walter
Berndt and George J. Groffenberg
e r of Tonawanda. Rites will be
held Monday morning at 8:30 from
the Hilliard Funeral Home, 147
Delaware St., and at 9 o'clock from
t h e St. Francis Church. The R t
Rev. Msgr. John A. Weismantel
will officiate and interment will
be in St. Mary's cemetery, Swormsv
i l l e , N. Y.

Family/Spouse: FREY, Grace. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: DALTON, Charles. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Walter married COLOSIMO, Frances Ann [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Betty married PAPOI, Richard J [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]