1. | MILLEVILLE, Winifred Louise was born on 9 Oct 1923 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 27 Apr 2005 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. Notes:
WHEATFIELD - Winifred Proefrock, a talented Danish needle painter, died Wednesday in Kenmore Mercy Hospital, Town of Tonawanda, after a brief illness. She was 81.
Born Winifred Milleville in Wheatfield, she attended St. James Lutheran School and was a life member of St. James Lutheran Church and its Women of the Church, quilters and choir. She also taught Sunday school for more than 25 years.
Mrs. Proefrock was a member of the Bergholz Historical Society. She worked in production at an area factory during World War II. Her husband, Harold A., died in 1990.
Survivors include a daughter, Joanne Haniszewski of Pendleton; a brother, Richard Milleville of Bergholz; four sisters, Florence Mielke of Wheatfield, Beatrice Nehrboss of Akron, Janice Kysor of Lewiston and Alice Lange of Wheatfield; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 A.M. Saturday in St. James Church, Niagara Road and Rohr Street, Bergholz. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Winifred married PROEFROCK, Harold Albert on 13 Nov 1943 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Harold (son of PROEFROCK, Albert A and BRAUER, Martha) was born on 3 Sep 1920 in Altamont, Effingham County, IL; died on 27 May 1990 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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