Christiane married GRABAU, Rev Johannes Andreas August on 15 Jul 1834 in Erfurt, Magdeburg, Saxony, Germany. Johannes (son of GRABAU, Johann Andreas August and YEROCHO, Anna Dorothea) was born on 18 Mar 1804 in Olvenstedt, Saxony, Prussia; died on 2 Jun 1879 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Wilhelm married TOBSHAL, Minna on 24 Jul 1879 in Cedarburg, Ozaukee County, WI. Minna was born on 12 May 1844 in Magdeburg, Saxony, Germany; died on 24 May 1928 in Athol Springs, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Wilhelm married VON ROHR, Marie Sophia Wilhelmine on 26 Nov 1863 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Marie (daughter of VON ROHR, Rev Heinrich Carl Georg and LUETZEL, Margarethe Dorthea Wilhelmina) was born on 8 Aug 1845 in Humberstone, Welland County, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 May 1878 in Cedarburg, Ozaukee County, WI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johannes married HARNISCH, Johanna Sophia in 1864. Johanna was born on 6 Nov 1841; died on 14 May 1896 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: GRAM, Henry. Henry died about Jun 1930 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 1/25/1947

BEROHOLTZ. Jan. 35 — M r s.
Grace M. Bruss. nee Grabau. 66
years old. wife of the Rev. o t to
Bruss, pastor of St. Jacob's Lutheran
church, died yesterday afternoon
at the home here. Mrs. Bruss
was born at Cedarburg, Wis., and
had resided here the last 40 years.
She was an active member and
worker of St. Jacobs' church and
Its Ladles* Aid society.
Besides her husband, she is survived
by three daughters, Mrs. Raymond
Mlelke. of Niagara Falls, Mrs.
Charles Grelner, of Lockport, and
Mrs. Donald Becker, of this village;
two sons, Roland W. and Gerald
Bruss, of Bergholtz; ten grandchildren;
three sisters. Mrs. Adele
Ziemer, of Mankato, Minn., and the
Misses Louise and Rose Grabau, of
Athol Springs, N. Y., and a brother,
John F. Grabau, of Buffalo.
The funeral will be held Monday
afternoon at 3:15 o'clock at the
home with services at St. Jacob's
church at 2:30 o'clock. The Rev.
Edward Grabau, a cousin, of Walmore,
will officiate. Interment will
be In St. Jacob's cemetery

Grace married BRUSS, Otto Carl August on 3 Jul 1901 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. Otto (son of BRUSS, Franz and WEGNER, Caroline Wilhelmine Auguste) was born on 11 Nov 1877 in Klein Justin, Cammin, Pomerania, Germany; died on 5 Feb 1963 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette
GRABAU - Rose M., 83, who resided in Athol Springs the greater part of her life and in Tonawanda for 8 years, Thursday, Jan. 6, 1972, at Niagara Lutheran Home in Buffalo after a long Illness. Daughter of the late Prof. and Mrs. William Grabau. Survived by several nieces and nephews. Friends may call from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today only at John O. Roth Funeral Home, Morgan and William Streets, Tonawanda, Services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Salem United Church of Christ. The Rev. Carl H. A. Rest officiating. Interment in Holy Rest Cemetery, Cheektowaga. If desired memorials may be made to Salem United Church of Christ
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Tonawanda News
GRABAU - Rose M. Grabau, 83, who resided in Athol Springs the greater part of her life and in Tonawanda for eight years, Thursday (Jan. 6, 1972) at Niagara Lutheran Home in Buffalo after a long illness. Born in Buffalo, she was a member of Salem United Church of Christ and was the daughter of the late Prof, and Mrs. William Grabau. Miss Grabau is survived by several nieces and nephews. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., today only, at John O. Roth Funeral Home, Morgan and William Streets, Tonawanda. Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday at Salem United Church of Christ by the Rev. Karl H. A. Rest. Burial will be in Holy Rest Cemetery, Cheektowaga. If desired, memorials may be made to Salem United Church of Christ.

Amadeus married ANTIN, Mary before 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Adele married ZIEMER, Rev Robert about 1897. Robert was born in Feb 1873 in WI; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married MASON, Minna on 27 Feb 1900 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. Minna and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 12/2/1940

LOCKPORT—The Rev. John N.
Grabau, 75, pastor emeritus of Trinity
Old Lutheran church, Brunswick
boulevard, Buffalo, died of a heart
attack at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon
ai 177 Niagara street, where
he came to attend the funeral of
his brother-in-law. Albert P. Wendt,
former Sanborn hotel proprietor.
Mr. Grabau's son, Dr. John C.
Grabau, a bearer at the Wendt
funeral, and other relatives were
present when the minister died.
The body was taken to the home
of another son, Andrew W. Grabau,
148 Fordham drive, Buffalo. It will
lie in state Wednesday at Trinity
Old Lutheran church, where services
will be held at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday.
The Rev. Mr. Grabau retired as
pastor of the Buffalo church a year
ago, after 45 years of service there,
and was made pastor emeritus. He
was feeling well when he came to
Lockport to attend the Wendt services
and went to the cemetery with
the mourners but did not leave the
automobile there. He was stricken
when he returned to the Wendt
home.
Besides his sons In Buffalo, he Is
survived by a son, Dr. Martin C.
Grabau, of Cambridge, Mass.

ALSO

Niagara Gazette - 12/5/1940

WALMORE-A host of friends
from all portions of the eastern dis-
trict of the American Lutheran
Synod yesterday afternoon paid las
tribute in Buffalo to the Rev. Dr.
John Nathaniel Grabau, 75, former
pastor of St. Peter's Evangelical
Lutheran chuerch in the Walmore
road.
The Rev. Dr. Walter E. Schmtte,
Sewickley, Pa., officiated at rites
for Dr. Hrabau in Trinity Old
Lutheran church, Buffalo, where
Dr. Grabau had been pastor since
1854 til April of this year. Prior
to his long pastorate in Buffalo
Dr. Hrabau was pastor in the old
St. Peter's church here from 1885
to 1894, at that time a recent
???? of the old Martin college
and seminary in Buffalo.
On Friday afternoon last week
Dr. Grabau conversed with the local
correspondent, recalling his stay in
Walmore and giving data on the
movement which his grandfather,
the Rev. Johannes Andrew August
Grabau led to this country from
Europe in the '40s of the last cen-
tury. His father, the Rev. John
August Grabau, was pastor here
from 1879 to his coming in 1885.
His brother, Rev. Edward A. Grab-
au, is present pastor of St. Peter's
Another brother, Theodore Grabau,
is teacher at St. James parochial
school in Bergholtz and organist
of St. James church in the latter
community.
On Sunday afternoon a jubilee
occasion in the local parish, Dr.
Grabau was on the way back from
the cemetery where his brother-in0
law, Albert F. Wendt, Lockport,
founder and former proprietor of
the Sanborn hotel and a large local
coal busines, had just been buried.
He suffered a heart fatal attack.
As his brother pastor Grabau
here ministered to a congregation
which outgrew its original church
building. Dr. Grabau, in Buffalo,
likewise saw his congregation grow
out of the equipment of his grand-
father's time into one of the major
houses of worship there.
Dr. Schuette, president of the
eastern district of the American
Lutheran church, paid tribute to Dr.
Grabau's 55 years in the ministry
and to his activity. He was given
the honorary doctor of divinity de-
gree by Capitol university in 1934.
He was, prior to the amalgamation
resulting in the American Lutheran
synod, former president of the Buf-
falo Lutheran synod, formerly
known as the Synod of Exiles from
the Prussian church. He was a
member of the board planning closer
cooperation with the United Luth-
eran church.
Burial was in Holy Rest ceme-
tery, Pine Hill. Besides his sons,
Andrew W and Dr, John C Grabau
of Buffalo, and Dr. Martin
Grabau, of Cambridge. Mass., he Is
also survived by a sister, Mrs. Helen
Broeker, Detroit, and another
brother. Dr. Rudolph Grabau, of
North Tonawanda, well known to-
ally.

Johannes married WENDT, Helene Wilhelmine Augustine on 24 Aug 1887 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. Helene (daughter of WENDT, Wilhelm August and WALK, Elisabeth) was born on 1 Sep 1863 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 20 Apr 1929 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rudolph married EGGERT, Maria Wilhelmine Auguste in 1891 in Kirchhayn, Washington County, WI. Maria was born on 13 Nov 1871; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Notes:

NF Gazette

GRABAU-Theodore D., age 91, of 140 West North St., Buffalo. N.Y., died Wednesday, Sept. 11, 1968, In Buffalo General Hospital after a lengthy illness. Mr. Grabau was a teacher and organist in St. James Lutheran Church for 40 years, retiring in 1946. Husband of the late Martha A. Grabau who died in July of 1967. Survivors include 4 sons. Alvin J. of Fayetteville, N.Y., Rev. Harold T. of Buffalo, Edgar J. of North Tonawanda, Dr. A. Arthur Grabau, Kenmore, N.Y., a daughter, Mrs. Norma Thomas of Buffalo, 11 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren and 1 sister, Mrs. Helen Brocker (sic) of Detroit, Mich. Friends may call at the Fretthold Funeral Home Inc., 1241 Oliver St. at Ward Road, North Tonawanda until Friday evening, Mr. Grabau will lie In state at St. James Lutheran Church from noon Saturday until 2 p.m., time of service. Interment St. James Lutheran Cemetery. Friends invited. If friends so desire, memorial contributions to the Organ Fund of St. James Lutheran Church.

Theodore married GELLENTHIEN, Martha A on 5 Aug 1903 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. Martha (daughter of GELLENTHIEN, Ferdinand and Bertha) was born on 25 Jul 1882 in Erie County, NY; died on 15 Jul 1967 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NF Gazette

Longtime Pastor In Sanborn, Dies
Funeral services for Rev, Edward A Grabau, 84, former minister of St. Peter's Lutheran Church here from 1905 to 1948, will be held at that church at 2 PM Tuesday.
Rev. Mr. Grabau died at the home. of his daughter, Mrs. Carl Duwe, East Palestine, OH, today (Aug, 3, I963). He had made his home with Mrs. Duwe for some years.
Rev. Mr. Grabau was born in Bergholz and was graduated from Martin Luther Co!Iege in Buffalo in 1899 and The Martin Luther Seminary also in Buffalo, in 1902. He was ordained in July 1902.
His father, Rev. John A, Grabau of St James Lutheran Church, Bergholz. baptized his son, confirmed him, officiated at his Marriage to the former Francis.Goers also an area woman, and ordained him. His mother was the former Sophla Harnish.
After his ordination, Rev. Edward Grabau served St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Lockport before coming to Sanborn.
During his ministry at St. Peters, the current parsonage was built and the Rev Mr. Grabau was active as a teacher in the Christian Day School.
Mrs. Grabau died in 1957.
After his retirement, Rev. Mr. Grabau continued to live in the area for a short while before moving to Ohio in 1952. Failing eyesight was a factor in that move. He was a pastor emeritus in the Ohio District of the American Lutheran Church.
Surviving in addition to the daughter are a brother Theodore Grabau, Bergholz, a sister, Mrs. Helen Broecker, Battle Creek, MI, two grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren.
Rev. Donald Rehkopf, pastor of St Peters, will conduct the funeral. Burial will be in St Peters Cemetery, Sanborn.
Friends may call at the Pike and Jones Funeral Home Monday evening.
The body will lie in state at the church from noon until 5 PM Tuesday.

Edward married GOERSS, Franceska Magdelena on 29 Sep 1904 in Niagara County, NY. Franceska (daughter of GOERSS, Johannes Friedrich and BROECKER, Henriette Dorothea Charlotte) was born on 20 Feb 1882 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 10 Mar 1957 in East Palestine, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BROECKER, Louis Carl Lebrecht. Louis (son of BROECKER, Carl Heinrich J and PAPKE, Susanna Esther Rebecca) was born on 24 May 1882 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 6/7/1971

Roland W. Bruss, 69, of 2399 Niagara
Road, Bergholz, Town of Wheatfield,
died Saturday in Mount St. Mary's
Hospital, Lewiston.
Mr. Bruss was active in area
firemen's organizations and was a
retired employe of the Carborundum
Co. in Niagara Falls.
He was secretary and general
manager of the Cooperative Fire
Insurance Corp. of Bergholz and a
member and past president of the
Bergholz Fire Company and the
Niagara County Volunteer Fire
Advisory Board.
Survivors include his wife, Emma
Eggert Bruss; two daughters, Mrs.
Clyde Kroening of Sanborn and Mrs.
Hector D. Machabee of Bergholz; a
son, R. Lee Bruss of California; a
brother, Gerald Bruss of Bergholz;
three sisters, Mrs. Erna Mielke, Mrs.
Ariel Greinert and Mrs. Alfreda
Decker, all of Niagara Falls.
Services were at 1:30 p.m. today in
St. James Lutheran Church. Burial
was at St. James Cemetery

Roland married EGGERT, Emma E on 17 Aug 1929 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Emma (daughter of EGGERT, Christian Anton and HOFFMEISTER, Albertine Auguste) was born in 1901 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 11 Mar 1997 in Oxnard, Ventura County, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BRUSS -Gerald H. Bruss, 78, of the Town of Wheatfield, Sunday, July 4, 1982, in Mt. St. Mary Hospital in Lewiston after a lengthly illness. He was a life long resident of The Town of Wheatfield and he had operated the Bruss Service Station for 30 years. He is survived by his wife Gertrude L. (nee Schultz) Bruss; a son Gilbert (Nancy) Bruss of North Tonawanda; a daughter Mrs. William ( Jocelyn ) Rafter of Niagara Falls; seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren; two sisters Mrs. Erna Mielke and Mrs. Elfreda Decker of Niagara Falls; son of the late Rev. Otto C. Bruss; a brother of the late Rolland W Bruss and Aerial Greinert. Friends may call at the Fretthold Funeral Home Inc., 1241 Oliver St., N.T. Tuesday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Services will be held in St. James Lutheran Church, Wednesday at 11 a.m., the Rev. John H Crilley will officiate. Interment in St. James Lutheran Cemetery. If so desired memorials may be made to the Lutheran Hour or Lutheran Vespers.

Gerald married SCHULZ, Gertrude Lydia on 24 Apr 1927 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Gertrude (daughter of SCHULZ, Friedrich Wilhelm August and WITTKOPP, Anna Maria) was born on 15 Dec 1905 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY; died on 15 Dec 1991 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Erna O. Mielke NF Gazette
Worked for 35 years at Belleview Dress Shop
Erna O. Mielke, 86, of 92nd Street, died Tuesday (Dec. 15, 1992) in Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center.
She was born in Columbia. Mich.. to the Rev. Otto and Grace (Grabau) Bruss.
She lived in Niagara Falls for most of her life. She was employed at the Belleview Dress Shop for 35 years prior to retiring in May 1991. She was a member of St. James Lutheran Church in Bergholz.
Mrs. Mielke was the wife of Raymond Mielke, who died in 1965.
She is survived by a son, Gary N. Mielke of Niagara Falls; a daughter, Dawn C. Glenn of Niagara Falls; eight grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews.
She was the stepdaughter of the late Olga Bruss and sister of the late Ariel Greiner, Elfrieda Decker, Roland Bruss and Gerald Bruss.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Lane Funeral Home, 8622 Buffalo Ave. The Rev. David Menz will conduct services at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. James Lutheran Church, 2437 Niagara Road, Bergholz.
Burial will be in St. James Lutheran Cemetery, Bergholz.
Memorials may be made to St. James Lutheran Church.

ERNA O. MIELKE
The Buffalo News December 16, 1992
Erna O. Mielke, 86, of 92nd Street, a retired employee of the Bellevue Dress Shop, died Tuesday (Dec. 15, 1992) in Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center.
A native of Columbia, Mich., the former Erna O. Bruss was a longtime resident of Niagara Falls. She worked at the dress shop for 35 years until she retired in 1991.
Mrs. Mielke was a lifelong member of St. James Lutheran Church, Bergholz.
Surviving are a son, Gary N.; a daughter, Dawn C. Glenn; eight grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
Services will be held at 11 A.M. Thursday in St. James Lutheran Church, 2437 Niagara Road, Bergholz. Burial will be in St. James Lutheran Cemetery, Bergholz.

Erna married MIELKE, Raymond C on 12 Jun 1926 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Raymond (son of MIELKE, Herman Otto and KRULL, Louise Caroline Ottilie) was born on 28 Dec 1901 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY; died on 28 Jan 1965 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ariel M. Greinert
Ariel M. Greinert, 71, of 9344 Rivershore Drive died Tuesday (Nov. 21, 1978) in Memorial Medical Center.
Born In Columbia Township, Mich., she lived in Lockport prior to moving to Niagara falls in 1954 and was employed as a secretary for 17 years at the Power City office of Marine Midland Bank, retiring in 1972. She was a member of St. James Lutheran Church of Bergholtz, where her father, the late Rev. Otto Bruss, had served as pastor. She was also a member of the National Secretaries Association.
Survivors include two sons, Allen C. Greinert and Roger Greinert, both of Niagara Falls; a brother, Gerald Bruss; two sisters, Mrs. Raymond (Erna) Mielke and Mrs. Donald (Elfrieda) Decker, all of Niagara Falls. She was the sister of the late Roland Bruss.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at II a.m. at St. James Lutheran Church, with the Rev. John Crilley officiating. Burial will be in St. James Lutheran Cemetery. friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Lane Funeral Home, 8622 Buffalo Ave.

Family/Spouse: GREINERT, Charles G. Charles (son of GREINERT, Otto Ernst and WEYERS, Ernestine Louise Ernestine) was born on 25 May 1909 in New York; died in Aug 1987 in Warren, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Elfrieda Decker
Former secretary at DuPont Co. Elfrieda (Bruss) Decker, 74, of Krull Parkway, a former secretary at the DuPont Co., died Monday (March 31, 1986) in Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. Born in Columbia, Mich., she was the daughter of the late Rev. Otto Bruss, former pastor of St. James Lutheran Church, Bergholz, and Mrs. Grace (Grabau) Bruss. She was a longtime resident of the LaSalle area of the city and worked for five years as a secretary at DuPont. She was the wife of the late DonaId E. Decker. Mrs. Decker is survived by a son, Ronald Decker of Niagara Falls; a sister, Erna Mielke of Niagara Falls; and two grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. A service will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at St. James Lutheran Church, 2437 Niagara Road, Bergholz, with the Rev. Albert Laese officiating. Burial will be at St. James Lutheran Cemetery, Bergholz. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Lane Funeral Home, 8622 Buffalo Ave.

Family/Spouse: DECKER, Donald E. Donald (son of DECKER, Claude A and Ira) was born on 10 Sep 1911 in Portland, Multnomah County, OR; died on 7 Apr 1958 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frances married BERTIAUX, Guy E about 10 Jul 1934 in Marilla, Erie County, NY. Guy (son of BERTIAUX, Paul and Margaret H) was born on 29 Mar 1907 in New York; died in Jan 1978 in Denver, Denver County, CO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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

Notes:

Dr. John C. Grabau, Once Army Surgeon
Buffalo (UP) — Military and medical circles mourned today the death of Dr. John C. Grabau, 52, retired Major in the Army Medical Corps and former regimental surgeon of the 106th Field Artillery. The physician who retired from active military duty in 1940, received the Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Heart and other honors for his service in World War I.
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Dr. John C. Grabau, Physician And War Hero, Dies Suddenly
Wounded in Action in France, He Held D. S. C. and Other Honors; Was Regimental Silrgeon of 106th
A well-known physician. Dr. John C. Grabau, 52, of 61 Laurel St. died suddenly Sunday morning In his home after a heart attack. Born in Walmore, Niagara County, the Grabau family came to Buffalo in 1894. The doctor's father, Dr. John N. Grabau, who died last year, was for 46 years pastor of Trinity Old Lutheran Church and the family lived at 180 Goodell St., now quarters of the Association for the Blind. The young Mr. Grabau was graduated from old Masten Park High School In 1908 and worked for two years in the old Marine National Bank before entering the University of Buffalo School of Medicine, from which he was graduated in 1914. He interned a year in Buffalo General Hospital and began the general practice of medicine in 1915 in the family home, 180 Goodell St., later moving his offices to 61 Laurel St.
Entered Army In 1916
In 1916 he entered military service and went to the Mexican border as a member of the Medical Corps, Third New York Field Artillery. In June 1918, as a captain in the 106th Field Artillery, he went overseas and was wounded In action in France. In 1925 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extreme heroism by the U. S. Government and was promoted to major. He was also regiment surgeon until September 1940, when he retired from the Army. In awarding him the cross, Mayor Frank X. Schwab, read a War Department citation, stating: "Maj. Grabau went to the assistance of a wounded soldier at great personal risk to himself and although twice knocked down by exploding shells and wounded in the arm, he continued until he ascertained that the soldier was dead.
Received Other Medals
"Later he refused first aid to himself until he attended the wounds of three other men in his detachment." Dr. Grabau also received the Purple Heart, the Silver Star and the Conspicuous Service Cross of New York State. He returned to the United States March 13, 1919, with a major's commission. Dr. Grabau was a popular member of the 106th staff. His love of athletics began at Masten Park and while at the University of Buffalo he was center on the varsity basketball team. He played several musical instruments and was fond of travel. After resigning from the 106th he toured California and the West. Dr. Grabau was a member of the Erie County Medical Society, the American Medical Association, Buffalo Academy of Medicine, University Club, University of Buffalo Alumni Association, Constantia Men's Society of Trinity Old Lutheran Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars. American Legion and Legion of Valor. He had a Summer home in Ridgeway, Ont.
Funeral Tomorrow
Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock in Trinity Old Lutheran Church, where the body will lie in state from 1 to 3 o'clock. The Rev. Herman C. Damm, pastor, will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Edward Nemeschey of Town Line, a college friend of Dr. Grabau. Burial will be in Holy Rest Cemetery, Pine Hill. Dr. Grabau is survived by his wife, Mrs. Laura Knoche Grabau, and two brothers, Andrew W. and Dr. Martin C. Grabau. Active bearers will be Edward G. Kinkel, Albert G. Stroman, Dr. Albert A. Gartner, Dr. Barton F. Hauenstein, Dr. Robert H. Bauckus, Dr. Byron D. Bowen, Dr. Herbert A. Smith and Dr. J. Sutton Regan. Members of the Trinity Old Church Council, local physicians and military officers will be honorary bearers.

Family/Spouse: KNOCHE, Laura. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: LUDLOW, Mary Davison. Mary was born on 30 Sep 1894; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

GRABAU, Rudolph W. May 4, 1990; of Snyder, NY; beloved husband of Edith I. Grabau; father of Gerald K. Garbau (sic); brother of Helen Lusay. Friend may call Saturday & Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the HARRY A. WEDEKINDT FUNERAL HOME INC., 280 Grover Cleveland High Way at N. Bailey. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 PM in Cleveland Hill Lutheran Church, 261 Cleveland Dr., Cheektowaga, NY. Friends invited. Flowers gratefully declined, If desired memorials to the above Church would be appreciated.

Family/Spouse: Edith I. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: COLLETT, Leland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helene married LUSBY, Jack Seymour on 26 Aug 1933 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

28 March 1955 Tonawanda News
BRUSS – Olga Leupold Bruss, 59, died suddenly Saturday morning (March 26, 1955) in the parsonage of St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church. Born in Buffalo, Mrs. Bruss had resided there the greater part of her life before marrying the Rev. Otto Bruss Nov. 1, 1950. She was a member of St. James Church, the Ladies Aid Society, and the Women’s Missionary Society of the church. She was also a member of the PTA of School District 5, Town of Wheatfield. Besides her husband, the Rev. Otto Bruss, she is survived by two stepsons, Roland W. Bruss and Gerald H. Bruss, both of Bergholz; three stepdaughters, Mrs. Raymond Mielke, Mrs. Charles Greinert and Mrs. Donald Becker, all of Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; 10 step-grandchildren and four step-great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the parsonage on Rohr. St., Bergholz, where services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:45 and at 2 o’clock in St. James Lutheran Church. The Rev. Merton L. Baseler, pastor of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, North Tonawanda, the Rev. Martin J. Alpers, pastor of Trinity Old Lutheran Church, Buffalo, will officiate. Burial will be in St. James Cemetery, Bergholz

Olga married BRUSS, Otto Carl August on 1 Nov 1950 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Otto (son of BRUSS, Franz and WEGNER, Caroline Wilhelmine Auguste) was born on 11 Nov 1877 in Klein Justin, Cammin, Pomerania, Germany; died on 5 Feb 1963 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Notes:

Rev. Harold T. Grabau
Former Army chaplain grew up in Bergholz
SEGUIN, TX - A memorial service for the Rev. Harold T. Grabau was held Aug. 5 in, Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Seguin, TX. A retired Lutheran minister, Mr. Grabau, 86, died on July 29, 1995, at the home of his daughter, Gretchen Grabau of Houston, following a lengthy illness. Mr. Grabau, the son of Theodore and Martha Grabau, was raised in Bergholz. His father was a teacher at St. James Evangelical Lutheran School. Mr. Grabau left Bergholz in his early teens to study at the Martin Luther Seminary in Buffalo. When that school closed, he transferred to the Capital University Seminary in Columbus, OH. He was a pastor in Kansas and in Ohio early in his career. From 1943 to 1945, he served in the Army Air Forces Chaplain Corps in India. He returned to the military during the Korean War and was stationed in Germany. Mr. Grabau continued to serve in the Army reserves, retiring as a lieutenant colonel from the Chaplain Corps in 1962. He returned to Western New York in 1965 to serve as an administrative assistant at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Buffalo. He then transferred to a church in Scottsdale, Ariz. He retired about 15 years ago as director of development at Texas Lutheran College. His wife of 60 years, the former Dorothy Engelbert, died in 1990. In addition to his daughter, he is survived by another daughter, Dona Manley of Corpus Christi, TX; a son, Lowell Grabau of San Antonio; a brother, Dr. A. Arthur Grabau of Buffalo; several grandchildren and a great-grandchild

Harold married ENGELBERT, Dorothy on 13 Sep 1930 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Dorothy (daughter of ENGELBERT, Paul C) was born on 17 May 1909; died on 2 Feb 1990 in San Antonio, Bexar County, TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buffalo News, The (NY) - June 28, 1994
EDGAR J. GRABAU, OWNED INSURANCE AGENCY
Services for Edgar J. Grabau, 81, founder of E.J. Grabau
Insurance Agency, will be held at 2 P.M. Wednesday in St. Paul Lutheran Church, 64 E. Felton St., North Tonawanda. Burial will be in White Chapel Memorial Park, Amherst.
Grabau, of Niagara Parkway, North Tonawanda, died Sunday (June 26, 1994) in Kenmore Mercy Hospital, Town of Tonawanda.
He was a native of Bergholz and was an active member at St. Paul Lutheran Church and a past board member of the Niagara Lutheran Home.
His wife, Elaine G. Wienke Grabau, died in 1986.
Surviving are three sons, Gary of Columbia, MD., Robert and Donald, and two brothers, Dr. Arthur of Kenmore and the Rev. Harold of San Antonio, TX
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Niagara Falls Gazette
Edgar J. Grabau
Insurance agency owner belonged to St. Paul's
NORTH TONAWANDA - Edgar J. Grabau, 81, of Niagara Parkway, died Sunday (June 26, 1994) in Kenmore Mercy Hospital,
He was born March 25, 1913, in Bergholz, the son of Theodore and . Martha (Gallenthine) Grabau.
Mr. Grabau was the owner and founder of the E. J. Grabau Insurance Agency Inc.
He was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, and a past board member of the Niagara Lutheran Home.
He was married to Elaine G. Grabau, who died in 1986.
He is survived by three sons, Robert Grabau and Dona1d Grabau, both of North Tonawanda, and Gary Grabau of Columbia, MD.; two brothers, Dr. A. Arthur Grabau of . Kenmore and the Rev. Harold Grabau of San Antonio, TX; and several nieces and nephews.
Visitation will he from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. today at the Fretthold Funeral Home, 1241 Oliver St. Services will be held at 2 P.M. Wednesday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, With the Rev. David Ellis officiating. Burial will be in White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be made to St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 64 E. Felton St., North Tonawanda.

Family/Spouse: WIENKE, Elaine G. Elaine (daughter of WIENKE, Edward C and GATH, Jessie A) was born on 9 Nov 1917 in New York; died in Jul 1986 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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GRABAU - A. Arthur, M.D. Dr. Greabau, a retired physician, and former local resident, died in Jupiter, Florida on Sunday, June 6, 2010. He was born in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, on March 11, 1917. He graduated from Niagara Falls Senior High School, and received his undergraduate education at Capital University, Columbus, Ohio. He then attended the University of Buffalo Medical School, and graduated in 1945. He became a resident physician in pulmonary diseases at Mount View Hospital, Lockport, NY, until 1950, after which he was appointed Medical Director for Tuberculosis Control at the Erie County Health Department. He retired from that position in 1972 and went into private practice until 1984. After that he divided his time between living in Florida and the Town on Tonawanda. Dr. Grabau was a past member of the American College of Chest Physicians, The American Medical Society, The American Trudeau Society, and the Erie County Medical Association. He was a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Buffalo. His hobbies included golf, photography, and painting, as well as world travel. He is survived by is son, John Campbell Grabau, PhD and his wife Deborah and his two grandsons, Mark and Trevor Grabau. Dr. Grabau was preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Marie Campbell Grabau in 2006. Memorial Contributions may be made to Hospice of Palm Beach County, 5300 East Avenue, West Palm Beach, FL 33407 in loving memory of A. Arthur Grabau, M.D.

Published in the Buffalo News on June 8, 2010

Albert married CAMPBELL, Marie about 1946. Marie died in 2006. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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Irma Grabau Duwe
DUWE-Irma N., age 64, of 1088 Niagara Falls Blvd., North Tonawanda, Monday, August 3, 1970, at DeGraff Memorial Hospital after a lingering illness. Mrs. Duwe was a member of St. James Lutheran Church and the American Lutheran Church Women. She is survived by her husband, the Rev. Carl F. Duwe of North Tonawanda. Two sons, Herbert C. Duwe of East Palestine, OH and Dr. Gordon E. Duwe of Euclid, OH. Also surviving are 4 grandchildren. Friends may call ,at the Fretthold Funeral Home Inc., 1241 Oliver St. at Ward Road, North Tonawanda until 11 a.m. Wednesday. The body will be in state In St. James Lutheran Church, Bergholtz from noon until 3 p.m. Wednesday, the time of Service. The Rev. Robret (sic) Lehman and the Rev. J. Herman Bassler will officiate. Memorials. may be made to the St. James Lutheran Church.

Irma married DUWE, Rev Carl Friedrich on 19 Jul 1927. Carl (son of DUWE, Albert Carl and RIBBECK, Louise Wilhelmine Caroline) was born on 7 Feb 1903 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 3 May 1996 in Canton, Stark County, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]