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Niagara Gazette - 1/29/1968

MIDDLEPORT-Mrs. Adeline
Fink Schilling, 79, of 313 South
Ave., Medina, died today' (Jan.
29, 1968) in Medina Memorial
Hospital where she had been a
patient for three weeks.
She was born June 3, 1888 in
the town of Royalton, the daughter
of. Fred and Sophia Silks
Fink. She was a member of St.
Michael's Lutheran Church,
WolcottsviUe and of the Golden
Age Club, there.
She also was a member of
the Medina Senior Citizens Club
and the Medina Bea Good
Grandmothers Club.
Survivors include her husband,
Elmer; a daughter, Mrs.
Leslie (Helen) Waterson of Me-
dina; two granddaughters, Lee
and Mary Lynn Schilling of Meina;
one sister, Mrs. Cajl
Riemer of WolcottsviUe, and
several nieces and nephews. A
son, Melvin, died in January
1967.
Friends may call today from
7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday from
2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the
Wallace and Heath Funeral
Home Inc., and Wednesday
from 1 to 2 p.m. at St. Michael's
Lutheran Church. Services will
be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday
at the church. The Rev. Hilbert
Huth will officiate. Burial will
be in Royalton Mountain Ridge
Cemetery.

Adeline married SCHILLING, Elmer S on 21 Jul 1910 in Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. Elmer (son of SCHILLING, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm and JAHNKE, Wilhelmine Friederike) was born on 6 Aug 1886 in Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY; died on 9 Jun 1970 in Medina, Orleans County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Helen C. Waterson, 87, of Medina, NY, passed away on Tuesday, May 11, 2004, the Orchard Manor Nursing Home, Medina. Born on September 22, 1915, in Medina, NY, she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Adaline (Fink) Schilling. Helen grew up in Medina, graduating from Medina High School in 1933. She married G. Leslie Waterson on May 6, 1939, making their home in Medina. Helen was a member ot the Trinity Lutheran Church of Medina, also, a member ol the Senior Citizens of Western Orleans. In her spare-time she enjoyed traveling the USA with her husband, having gone to "Hawaii and California, and at one time, having spent winters in Florida. Helen is survived by two nieces and two nephews, Lee (Marlene) Schilling of Mendon, NY, Mary Lynn (William) Macon of Baltimore, John Earley of Bradenton, FL, and Cherie (Thomas) Holahan of Wayland, NY; also, two sister-in-laws, Mary Schilling of Middleport, NY and Rita Farley of Bradenton, FL; Helen is predeceased by her husband, "Les" Waterson, who passed away on January 2, 1998, also a brother, Melvin Schilling in 1967. I here are no calling hours. Relatives and friends may attend a funeral service on Friday, May 14, 2004, at 2:30 p.m. at the Bates & Tuttle Funeral Home, 226 Pearl St. Medina, with the Rev. Peter A. Lindemann officiating. Burial will be at the family's convenience in the Bates Rd. Cemetery, Medina. Memorials may be made in Helen's name to a charity of one's choice

Family/Spouse: WATERSON, Leslie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 1/12/1967

One workman was killed and
another injured about 2 p.m.
Wednesday afternoon in a flash
fire at the Birds Eye Division
Plant of General Foods Corp.,
in the Village of Medina, Orleans
County.
Melvin F. Schilling, 57, of 500
S. Academy St., Medina, died of
massive burns, Dr. James Sterling,
Orleans County Coroner,
said.
Harry Daniels, 57, of 251 Caroline
St., Village of Albion, who
suffered smoke inhalation and
shock, was listed in satisfactory
condition today in Medina Me-
mortal Hospital.
Medina Fire Chief Ralph
Whiting said the cause of the
fire had not been determined.
He said he planned to obtain a
statement from Mr. Daniels today.
Mr. Daniels was under heavy
sedation Wednesday night at the
hospital and unable to be questioned.
Chief Whiting said the two
men were working in a small
frame building on Olney Street
housing a hot - water and water
storage tank.
He said the equipment supplied
water for a nearby dormitory
used by migrant workers
during seasonal work periods at
the Birds Eye Plant. He said
no workers were in the dormitory
at the time.
Chief Whiting said Mr. Schilling
and Mr. Daniels, both main
tenance men. were in the processs
of shutting off the equipment
and winterizing it. He added
that both men performed the
same operation last year.
He said that the structure is a
10 In in foot building and that
Mr. Daniels made several unsuccessful
attempts to rescue
Mr. Schilling but was driven
back by the flames which separated
the two men.
The fire charred the interior
of the structure which is about
200 feet from the main processing
plant, Chief Whiting said.
There were indications an explosion
preceded the blaze, but
Chief Whiting said today he did
not think there was an explosion.
Mr. Schilling had worked for
28 years in the maintenance department
of the food processing
plant.
He was born in the Town of
Royalton May 11, 1911. He was
a member of Trinity Lutheran
Church, Medina, and the Loyal
Order of Moose, in Medina.
He is survived by his widow,
the former Mary Bloom, one
son, Lee W. Schilling of Rochesr
ter; one daughter, Miss Mury
Lynn Schilling, also of Rochester;
his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Schilling, of Medina;
one sister, Mrs. Leslie Waterson,
of Medina, and one aunt,
Mrs. Carl Reimer, of Akron.
Friends may call at Barnes
and Tuttle Funeral Home, 226
Pearl St., Medina, where funeral
services will be held Saturday
at 2 p.m.
The Rev. Wilbur P. Lottes of
Trinity Lutheran Church, Medina,
will officiate. Burial will be
in the Bates Road Cemetery.

Melvin married BLOOM, Mary Helen on 10 Aug 1935 in Medina, Orleans County, NY. Mary (daughter of BLOOM, Hubert and WRIGHT, Alice Victoria) was born about 1916 in New York; died on 15 Nov 2016. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: PAYNE, Marlene. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married MACON, William L Dr on 7 Jun 1969 in Rochester, Monroe County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]