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17 November 1953 Tonawanda News
MUELLER - Mrs. Augusta Mueller, 82, died in her home, 60 Old Falls Blvd., this morning after a long illness. Mrs. Mueller was born in Walmore and was a resident of North Tonawanda for the past 54 years. Mrs. Mueller is survived by her husband Otto; two sons, Carl and George Mueller; three sisters, Mrs. Edward Mueller, Mrs. John Ferchen of Bergholz and Mrs. George Hartman of Niagara Falls. Three grandchildren also survive. Services will be at 2 P.M. Thursday at the Fretthold Funeral Home, 1241 Oliver St. at Ward Rd. The Rev. Theophilus Berner will officiate. Interment in St. Mark’s Lutheran Cemetery.

Auguste married MUELLER, Otto Friedrich on 12 Oct 1899 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Otto (son of MUELLER, Friedrich and SCHROEDER, Magdalena) was born in May 1871 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 19 Sep 1954 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 1/28/1967

MUELLER-George J., age 64 of 7238
Ward Road, Town of Wheatfield, died
Friday, Jon. 27, 1967 in the DeGraff
Memorial General Hospital offer a
brief illness. He Is survived bv his
wife Hilda Harder; two sons, the Rev.
.Robert G. Mueller, of Fish Kill and
Earl Mueller of North Tonawanda; a
daughter, Mrs. Donald (Ruth) Swanson
of Oakland, Calif.; a stepson,
Marvin E. Werth, Town of Wheatfield;
a brother, Carl of Interlok, .Fla., also
10 grandchildren. Friends may call at
the Fretthold Funeral Home, 1241 Oliver
St, at Ward Rood. The body will lie
In state in St. John's Lutheran Church,
St. Johnsburg N.Y., from 11 p.m.
Monday until 2 p.m. time of service.
The Rev. Clarence W. Robe will officiate.
Interment In St. Mark's Lutheran
Cemetery.

George married ELLMAN, Lillian E in 1925 in New York. Lillian (daughter of ELLMAN, Herman Christian Friedrich and STRASSBURG, Emma L) was born in 1905 in New York; died on 21 Nov 1951 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married HARDER, Hilda Bertha Wilhelmine about 1955. Hilda (daughter of HARDER, Heinrich Martin and WERTH, Rosine Augusta Friderike) was born on 2 Nov 1901 in Niagara County, NY; died on 28 Jun 1990 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Earl married HANES, Phylis C [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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SWANSON, Ruth L. Ruth L. Swanson entered Life Eternal on January 29, 2020 at the age of 88. Ruth was born in N. Tonawanda, NY on July 2, 1931. She attended St. Mark's Lutheran School in N. Tonawanda for eight years. She often referred to those years as the Foundation of her Christian walk with God. After graduating from N. Tonawanda High School, she attended Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing in Cleveland, Ohio with honors and obtained her R.N. degree. A few years later she graduated from Pacific Christian College in Fullerton, California with her B.S. degree. Ruth met Donald Swanson (February 9, 1935 - August 28, 2018) who was attending Concordia Lutheran Seminary in St. Louis, MO. They were married on August 17, 1958. She had been planning to be a missionary nurse in New Guinea but she often said, "God had a different mission field for me." She and Don were blessed with three beautiful children: son Jonathan, daughter Mary and son David. The family was active together in full time ministry in many parts of the USA and Hawaii. Ruth continued to have passion for the churches around the world and for about 10 years she visited with Christians in Africa, Samoa, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, New Guinea, Central America and Madagascar especially after her children were grown. Ruth continued to share those mission experiences at many churches in the USA. In 1990 she was commissioned as an associate in ministry and she and her husband Don worked together as a team. Ruth loved life and shared that zeal openly. Many times she remarked, "I pray that someone might have been affected to grow as a Christian because of my life." Services will be held at Christ The King Lutheran Church, 1700 E. Pennsylvania Ave., Coeur d'Alene, ID on Saturday, February 8th at 1PM.

Ruth married SWANSON, Donald on 17 Aug 1958. Donald was born on 9 Feb 1935; died on 28 Aug 2018. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: MELLEGH, Ethel Ann. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]