Wilhelm married WILLIAMS, Josephine Eleonore Katherine on 8 Feb 1927 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Josephine (daughter of WILLIAMS, Rudolph Heinrich Edward and SCHULZ, Auguste Wilhelmine) was born on 8 Feb 1906 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 30 Sep 1984 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Loraine Alice's Story
Loraine Alice Buerger Taylor, 90, of Eustis, FL, formerly of Portland, CT, wife of the late Robert G. Taylor died peacefully in Florida on Sunday, May 6, 2018.
Loraine was born to William and Josephine Williams Buerger on March 13, 1928 in Niagara Falls, NY, and was baptized into the Christian faith on March 25, 1928. On August 13, 1949, Loraine and Bob were united in marriage for 35 years until Bob's death.
She will be dearly missed by her two daughters, Bonnine Labbadia and her husband Vincent of Eustis, FL, and Virginia Duffy and her husband Steven of Hanover, NH; granddaughters, Wendy Violissi (husband Frank), Heather Hetrick (husband Robert), Taylor Leeser (husband Jonathan), Tamara Engler (husband Brian), Deanna Welsch (husband James), and Ilene Olson; four great-grandchildren, Thomas, Shelby, Alex, Chloe and her loving and dear friends. She is also survived by her brother, William E. Buerger (wife Helen) of Sanborn, NY and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her mother, father, sister and brother-in-law, Helen and Gordon Voelker.
Loraine cherished her faith and was a devoted member of Zion Lutheran Church where she taught Sunday School, was an active member of Women of the Church, Grace Guild, and sang in the choir for over 50 years. In addition to helping at the church whenever needed, she was a familiar face in the Portland community and a dedicated volunteer for many years at every election and at the Portland Food Bank. She loved meeting new people and treasured all her friendships.
An avid gardener, she was a long-time member of the Portland River Valley Garden Club and a member of the American Legion Auxiliary. She enjoyed her time working at Middlesex Eye Physicians for 33 years and considered them her second family.
Loraine will always be remembered for her warm smile, caring and thoughtful ways, helping and giving back to others and sharing her potato soup and German potato salad.
Friends may call at the Biega Funeral Home, 3 Silver St., Middletown, CT on Monday, May 14, 2018, from 5 to 7 PM. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, May 15, 2018, at 11 AM at Zion Lutheran Church, 183 William St., Portland, CT, with burial immediately following at the Swedish Cemetery in Portland. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Zion Lutheran Church or Zion Lutheran Church Organ Fund, PO Box 202, Portland, CT 06480.
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Loraine married TAYLOR, Robert George on 13 Aug 1949 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Robert (son of TAYLOR, William R and RICHARDSON, Clara) was born on 13 Jan 1925 in New York; died on 27 Mar 1984 in Portland, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: VOELKER, Gordon R. Gordon (son of VOELKER, Eduard Christian August and FRYE, Elsie Rose Gertrude) was born on 26 Oct 1926 in New York; died on 23 Dec 2000 in Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William "Bill" BuergerAge 86 of Wheatfield, NY, went to his heavenly home, surrounded by his loving family, on December 7, 2022. Born in Niagara Falls, NY on November 3, 1936, son of the late William H. and Josephine (Williams) Buerger. Married 64 wonderful years (May 17, 1958) to his loving wife Helen (Haseley) Buerger. Bill was a lifelong member of St. James Lutheran Church, Bergholz where he served as a trustee and volunteered for many years. He graduated from Trott Vocational High School in 1955. Bill worked for Zimmerman Builders, Town of Wheatfield Highway Dept., for various construction/carpentry builders and retired in 1994 from the Town of Wheatfield Sewer Dept (sewer foreman). Bill was a 9 year member of the Air Force Reserve and served in active duty during the Berlin Crisis. He was a long standing member of the Wheatfield Republican Club and committeeman. Bill enjoyed bowling, snowmobiling, family gatherings, traveling to visit out-of-town family and was a helpful carpenter/handyman to many. Survived by his dear wife; four children, Carol (Richard) Myers, Robert (Kimberly) Buerger, Brenda (Rodney) Wise, Bruce (Kristine) Buerger; ten grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren. He was brother to the late Loraine (Robert) Taylor and Helen (Gordon) Voelker.He was grandfather to the late Jeremy Myers. Friends may call on Friday, December 16 from 12-2pm at St. James Lutheran Church, 2437 Niagara Road, Niagara Falls, 14304. Service will follow at 2pm with Pastor Randy Kaminska officiating. Interment will follow at the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the St. James Lutheran Church memorial fund and/or Caring Friends. Arrangements were made with the DuBois Funeral Home.

William married HASELEY, Helen Janet [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bonnine married KLARE, Edward A [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: LABBADIA, Vincent. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: DUFFY, Steven. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Carol married MYERS, Richard Dean [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BRITTON, Kimberly. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: WISE, Rodney E. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: CAMPAIGN, Kristen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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Jeremy W. Myers, of Sanborn, NY, passed away on Friday. May 3, 2019.  He was 28.  He was born in Lewiston, New York on November 14, 1990, a son of Richard and Carol (Buerger) Myers also of Sanborn. 
Jeremy was employed by Aavid Niagara as a machine operator.    As a small child, began his love of working with his hands, he was especially mechanically gifted.  His interests were motorsports; building and dirt biking.   He loved his close family and friends immensely and was a wonderful uncle to four beautiful nieces.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by two brothers, Richard D. Myers, II (Isabel) of Silver Springs, MD; Jason Charles Myers of Sanborn; his sister, Kaylie Ann Myers of Buffalo; maternal grandparents, William E.  and Helen (Haseley) Buerger of Sanborn;  his four nieces, several aunts, uncles and cousins.  He was predeceased by his paternal grandparents, Herbert and Ruth (Dean) Myers.
The family will receive friends on Friday, May 17th after 4:30 PM  in the Forestview Church,1250 Saunders Settlement Road, Niagara Falls, where it's Pastor Ronald Maines will conduct memorial services at 5:30 PM.  Dinner will directly follow the services at 6:30 PM in the fellowship hall of the church.  All are welcome to attend.  The Lane Funeral Home, Inc., is handling the arrangements.