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Watertown Daily News.
Mrs. Alice Achterberg Dies at 90
ADAMS - Mrs. Alice Achterberg, 90, of 115 E. Church St., widow of Charles Achterberg, died this morning in the House of the Good Samaritan, Watertown, where she had been a patient two weeks. The funeral is tentatively set for Thursday afternoon at the Brunner Funeral Home, North Tonawanda. Burial will be in North Tonawanda. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. John R. (Lorna) Price, Adams, with whom she had lived 17 years, and Mrs Jacob P. (Caroline) Dexheimer, North Tonawanda; four grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. Born. Aug. 13, 1881, in Reed City Mich., she was married to Charles Achterberg, Jan. 1, 1901. He died in 1953.

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Tonawanda News
ACHTERBERG - Alice A. Achterberg, 90, of 115 E. Church St., Adams, N.Y., Tuesday (Dec. 7, 1971) in Watertown, N.Y., after a long illness. A former resident of North
Tonawanda, she was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church. Mrs. Achterberg was the wife of the late Charles Achterberg and the mother of the late Leonard, Maynard and Benjamin Achterberg. Beloved mother of Mrs. John (Lorna) Price of Adams, N.Y., and Mrs. Jacob (Caroline) Dexheimer of North Tonawanda; sister of Mrs. Agnes Holland and Mrs. Louise Newman, both of North Tonawanda, Mrs. Elizabeth Broecker of the Town of Wheatfield, Edmund Williams of the Town of Pendleton, Walter Williams of the Town of Wheatfield; grandmother of four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Friends received by the family today, Dec. 8, at the Brunner Funeral Home, 156 Robinson St., North Tonawanda, where services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m., the Rev. Enno Schmoock officiating. Interment in Wheatfield Cemetery

Alice married ACHTERBERG, Charles Frederick about 1902 in Niagara County, NY. Charles (son of ACHTERBERG, Ferdinand A and PANKOW, Ernestine) was born in Jun 1875 in Prussia; died on 5 Aug 1953 in Town of Amherst, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: PRICE, John R. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Dies at Orchard Park
NORTH TONAWANDA, Oct. 21 - Leonard Achterberg, 51, died Tuesday at Orchard Park. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Alice Achterberg, of Amherst; a brother, Maynard Achterberg, and two sisters, Mrs. Jacob Dexheimer, both of this city, and Mrs. John Price, of Adams. Last rites will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Fretthold Funeral Home here. Interment will be in Wheatfield Cemetery

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ACHTERBERG - Carl Maynard Achterberg, 64, of 15 Adam St., Tonawanda, Monday Sept. 13, 1971) at his residence. Beloved son of Mrs. Alice E. Achterberg of Adams, NY,; brother of Mrs. Jacob (Caroline) Dexheimer of North Tonawanda and Mrs. John (Lorna) Price of Adams, N.Y. Graveside services were conducted at the Wheatfield Cemetery, Wednesday afternoon, the Rev. Enno Schmoock officiated. Arrangements by the Brunner Funeral Home.

Family/Spouse: DEXHEIMER, Jacob P. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Utica NY Daily Press - 8/18/1938

Amherst -(AP)- Snatched once
from death by two companions,
Benjamin Achterberg. 23. was
drowned a few minutes later when
their boat overturned.

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 8/17/1938

Believed to have been the victim of a heart attack, Benjamin
Achterberg, 23 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs,
Charles Achterberg, Tonawanda Creek road, town of Amherst,
sank in the Barge Canal while swimming with a number
of other young people at Pickard's Bridge early last evening.
The body was recovered IS
minutes later by members of the
North Amherst Fire company, of
which the youth was a member.
An inhilator was Used by the
First Aid squad. of the Eggertsville
Fire company in an unsuccessful
attempt to restore him.
Physicians said that no water
was found in the man's lungs,
giving rise to the belief that he
was the victim of a heart attack.
Not Expert Swimmer
Achterberg was not an expert
swimmer,..He had been swimming
with other youths of Pickard's
Bridge in the canal all Summer
and was considered able to hand-
le himself fairly well in the
aquatic sport.
The point where he went down
was less than 1,00 feet from the
Achterberg home and only a short
distance east of the bridge over
the canal in the small settlement.
Ria Survivors
Besides his parents the youth
is survived by two brothers,
Leonard and Maynard, at home,
and two sisters, Mrs. Jacob Dexheimer,
town of Wheatfield, and
Lorna, at home.
Medical examiner Charles E
Long was called. The body was
removed to Hamp's morgue or
Adam street. Dr. Long has not
issued a certificate of death.
The funeral will be held Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
residence and at 2;30 o'clock at the
St. Paul's church in Martinsville
the Rev. F. A. Hinners officiating
Interment will be in the Wheatfield
cemetery, Shawnee road.