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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]

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

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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]

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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]

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

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

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