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Obituary from Tonawanda News
STROKE CAUSES DEATH OF FREDERICK MESSING
Frederick Messing, eighty years old, died at the home of Supervisoe William H. Kinzly at No. 260 Payne avenue this morning. He sustained a stroke of paralysis last Thursday morning which caused his death. Mr. Messing was born in Germany. He came to America when he was eighteen years old and located in the Town of Wheatfield. That part of the town in which he lived later became a part of the city of North Tonawanda. Mr. Messing retired as a farmer many years ago and was making his home with his daughter, Mrs. William H. Kinzly, at the time of his death. He was a charter member of the St. Peter's church on Oliver St.
Besides Mrs. Kinzley, the deceased is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Charles Proefrock of North Tonawanda and Mrs. Henry Andrees of Ransomville, one sister, Mrs. William Schnell of Sawyer Creek, and one brother, Bernard Messing of Milwaukee, eleven grandchildren and five great grand children. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the late residence and at 2:30 from the St. Peter's church, Rev. Westerman officiating. Burial will be in the Messing cemetery at Sawyer's Creek.

Family/Spouse: PINGEL, Mary A. Mary (daughter of PINGEL, Johann and Sophia) was born in 1840 in Germany; died on 30 Aug 1905 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 12/26/1935

RANSOMVILLE, Dec 26 - Mrs.
Bertha Andrees, 72 years old, wife
of the late Henry Andrees, died sud-
denly this morning at hr home in
the Whitfield road.
She is survived by two sons, Wil-
liam of Ransomville, and Edward, of
Niagara Falls; five daughters, Mrs.
George Burmaster and Mrs. Fred
Rader, both of this village, Mrs. Vic-
tor Sattleberg. of North Tonawanda.
Mrs. Marvin Voelker, of Niagara Falls,
and Lena Andrees, at home; two sisters,
Mrs. Charles Croefrork and Mrs.
William Klnzly, both of North Tonawanda,
seven grandchildren and one
great grandchild. Mrs. Andrees was
born in the Town of Wheatfield and
had resided in this vicinity for the
past 45 years. she was a member of
St. Peter's Lutheran church at North
Ridge. Mrs. Andrees was one of the
most beloved women of the vicinity.
She was well known at Niagara Falls
and North Tonawanda.
The funeral will be held Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home
and at 2:30 from St. Peter's church
at North Ridge. the Rev. John Bark-
low will officiate. Interment will be
in North Ridge cemetery.

Bertha married ANDREES, Henry on 23 Nov 1882 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Henry (son of ANDRES, Heinrich August Ludwig and STRASSBURG, Wilhelmine Frederike) was born in Sep 1858 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 22 May 1934 in Ransomville, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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22 February 1949 Tonawanda News

Mrs. Anna Proefrock

Mrs. Anna Proefrock, 78, died last evening in her residence, 100 Felton St., after a long illness. She was a lifelong resident of North Tonawanda, and a member of the St. Peter’s Evangelical and Reformed Church and its Ladies’ Aid Society. Surviving are her husband, Charles; two granddaughters, Mrs. Roland Stubbs and Mrs. Elmer H. Holrod, and three great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held on Thursday at 3:15 p.m. from the late residence. The Rev. J. J. Braun will officiate. Interment will be in St. Mark’s Lutheran Cemetery.

Anna married PROEFROCK, Carl Heinrich in 1889 in Niagara County, NY. Carl (son of PROEFROCK, Christian Frederick and KRUEGER, Wilhelmina Christine) was born on 4 Dec 1865 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 18 Feb 1951 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: KINZLY, William H. William was born about 1874 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 12/1/1951

RANSOMVILLE . Dec. 1 - Word
was received here today of the sudden
death, of. Mrs. Ida Burmaster. 68.
formerly of North Lake street, which
occurred yesterday at the home of
her son, Kenneth Burmaster, at Oak
Ridge, Tenn. Mrs. Burmaster spent
a part of each year visiting her son
and part with relatives in Ransom-
ville. She was the widow of George
Burmaster.
Mrs. Burmaster was born in Ton-
awanda and lived in Ransomville for
the last 58 years. She was an active
member of St. Peters Lutheran
Evangelical church, North Ridge,
and the Ladies Auxiliary of the
Ransomville Fire company.
Funeral arrangements have not
been competed.

Ida married BURMASTER, George E in 1907 in Niagara County, NY. George (son of BURMASTER, Henry D) was born in 1880 in Town of Porter, Niagara County, NY; died on 7 Jul 1944 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 11/6/1952

RANSOMVILLE, Nov. 6-William
F. Andrees, 67, of Curtiss ave-
nue, died today at Memorial hospital,
Niagara Falls, after a long
illness.
Mr. Andrees is survived by four
daughters, Mrs. Robert Paxson and
Mrs. Howard Curtiss, both of Niagara
Falls; Mrs. Leonard Maacks.
Ransomville, and Mrs. Herbert
Maacks, Sanborn; one brother, Edward
Andrees, Niagara Falls; four
sisters, Mrs. Fred Rader, Ransomville;
Mrs. Victor Sattleburg, Tonawands;
Mrs. Marvin Voelker and
Mrs. John Hallack, both of Nisgsra
Falls, and two grandchildren.
Mr. Andrees was born in the Town
of Wheat field, a son of the late
Henry and Bertha Andrees. He had
lived in the Ransomville community
for the last 60 yean and was a
painter by trade. In recent yean
he worked as a bus driver for the
Schultz Bus lines.
The funeral plans have not been
completed

William married ZILM, Wilhelmine about 1907. Wilhelmine (daughter of ZILM, Frederick Wilhelm Christian and PRUTZ, Wilhelmina Caroline Georgina) was born in Mar 1886 in New York; died on 31 Jul 1949 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NF Gazette
E. F. Andrees Dies at 83
Edward F. Andrees, 83, of 558 Third St., died Monday (July 6, 1970) at Memorial Medical Center after a two week illness. Mr. Andrees was a retired Aluminum Corporation of America employe and more recently had been a self employed painter. He was born December 8, 1886 in the Town of Wheatfield, the son of Henry and Bertha Andrees. He had lived in this city for about 50 years. He is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Victor Sattelburg of Oxnard, Calif. and Mrs. Marvin Voelker and Mrs. Wyland Hallock, both of this city, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held a 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Hardison Funeral Home, Ransomville, with the Rev. David Musall, pastor of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, North Ridge, officiating. Burial will be in North Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. today.

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Niagara Gazette - 8/28/1965

RADER - in Intercommunity Hospital
Newfane. Thursday, August 26, 1965.
Augusta M. Rader, of Ransomville,
NY., age 75. Wife ot Fred Rader,
sister of Mrs. Victor Sattleburg, of
Tonawanda, N.Y., Mrs. Marvin Voeiker,
Mrs. Wyland Hallock and Edward
Andress. all of this city. She
Is also survived by several nieces
and nephews. Funeral Monday.
August 30th at 1:30 p.m. from the
residence on West Main St., Ransomville
and 2 p.m. trom St. Peters
Lutheran Church, North Ridge, The
Rev. Heuer officiating. Interment
North Ridge Cemetery. The family
will he present at The residence 2-5
ana 7 9 Friday. Saturday and Sunday.
Arrartgments by the Gentle Funeral
Parlor, Ransomville.

Auguste married RADER, Frederick William in 1912. Frederick (son of RADER, William and PETERS, Minnie) was born on 25 Sep 1884 in New York; died in Mar 1975 in Clearlake Park, Lake County, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 11/1/1930

Fred Andrees, 32 years old, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Andrees
of Ransomville, formerly of North
Tonawanda, died yesterday at the
Lockport City hospital. Andrees
was stricken with an infection in
one of his teeth while hunting
pheasants on Thursday of last
week. Saturday the ailment developed
Into blood poisoning. He
was removed to the hospital and
an operation performed in an attempt
to save his life. Frequent
blood transfusions were resorted
to.
Besides his parents he is survived
, by two brothers, William
Ransomvillo, and Edward, Niagara
Falls and five sisters, Mrs
George Bermaster, Mrs. Fred Rader
and Miss Lena Andrees, Ransomville;
Mrs. Victor Sattelberg,
North Tonawanda, and Mrs. Marvin
Voelker, Niagara Falls. He
was a nephew of Mrs. William
Kinzly and Mrs. Charles Proefrock,
North Tonawanda.
The funeral will be held Monday
afternoon at 1.30 o'clock from
ihe residence in Ransomville and
half an hour later from the Lutheran
church, at North Ridge. Interment
will be In the North
Ridge cemetery.

Carrie married SATTELBERG, Victor Alvin Gerhard on 14 Jun 1923. Victor (son of SATTELBERG, Martin Traugott and SCHULZ, Charlotte Magdelena Auguste) was born on 30 Dec 1898 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 3 Dec 1982 in Oxnard, Ventura County, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Esther married VOELKER, Marvin E on 23 Jul 1927 in North Ridge, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. Marvin (son of VOELKER, Frederick William and WATTS, Sarah) was born on 13 Jul 1906 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 1 Feb 1986 in Harborcreek, PA; was buried in Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY - Section 7. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lena married HALLOCK, Wyland V on 9 Sep 1939 in North Ridge, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. Wyland was born on 30 Nov 1906 in New York; died on 28 Mar 1974 in Clearlake, Lake County, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Tonawanda News 5 Nov 1946
Local Man Dies At Wheel of Auto
Stricken with a heart attack while driving his automobile home from work at the Electro-Metallurgical company in Niagara Falls at 2 a. m. today, Carl F. Proefrock, 53, of 98 Felton street, was found slumped over the wheel of his car on the River road in the LaSalle section of the Falls, lifeless.
Coroner James Heary of Niagara Falls investigated and issued a certificate of death from a heart ailment. Proefrock had been under the care of a local physician for some time.
Proefrock was a lifelong resident and member of St. Peter's church on Oliver street and Sutherland Lodge, No. 826, F.&A.M.
He is survived by his wife, Amanda A., nee Kowsky; two daughters, Mrs. Rowland E. Stubbs and Mrs. Elmer H. Holrod; three grandchildren and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Proefrock, all of North Tonawanda.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. from the residence with the Rev. J. J. Braun officiating. Burial will be in Friedens cemetery.

Carl married KOWSKI, Amanda A on 3 Sep 1914 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Amanda (daughter of KOWSKI, Franz and HAHN, Amelia) was born in 1893 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died before 1949. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Kenneth married DOTTER, Dorothy A on 21 Nov 1936 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: PAXSON, Robert. Robert was born on 28 Nov 1907; died in Mar 1977 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Irene married MAACKS, Leonard F on 13 Feb 1943 in Ransomville, Niagara County, NY. Leonard was born on 14 Sep 1909; died on 14 Aug 2003 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Evelyn married CURTISS, Howard J on 10 Sep 1932 in North Ridge, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. Howard was born on 24 Sep 1910; died on 5 Sep 1990. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: MAACKS, Herbert. Herbert was born on 19 Apr 1913; died on 9 Jun 1992 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 12/6/1930

Investigation of the explosion and
fire In Ransomville yesterday afternoon,
which took one life and caused
property damage estimated at $50,000.
was begun today by county and Ransomville
authorities and Coroner W. L.
Efraper.
Dies of Burns
Howard Andrees, 17 years old. Ransomville,
terribly burned in the explosion
and'fire, died at 8:40 last night
in Memorial hospital. Andrees was
employed in the garage, gasoline service
station and auto salesrooms of Leo
Connor. Main street and the South
Lake road; Ransomville, where the fire
started.
Drum of Alcohol Exploded
An explosion of a drum of alcohol
stored in the' garage section of * the
three-story brick building started the
fire, authorities say. Andrees was
blown through the front of the building
by the force of the blast, his clothing
ablaze, witnesses said. Frank

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Niagara Gazette - 12/10/1930

The funeral of Howard Andrees was
held from the late home In Ransomvllle
on Monday afternoon with burial
in the North Ridge cemetery.

Jane married GILMORE, Bruce Duncan on 30 Jul 1965 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: CAMANN, Raymond H. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Keith married LORENZ, Sandra [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Tonawanda News

NORTH TONAWANDA — Helene A. Stubbs passed away peacefully at Northgate Health Care Facility on January 20, 2011, at the age of 94. She was born April 22, 1916 in North Tonawanda, daughter of the late Carl and Amanda Proefrock.

Mrs. Stubbs worked as a telephone operator until it was time to raise her children. She had worked for over twenty years as the assistant box office manager at Melody Fair. Mrs. Stubbs was a lifetime member of the North Tonawanda PTA starting as a member of the Wurlitzer PTA. She was a member of Rescue Fire Company Auxiliary for over 50 years, member of the North Tonawanda Youth Board for 12 years including several years as its chairman, long time volunteer at DeGraff Memorial Hospital Pediatrics Ward having over 7000 hours of service.

Wife of the late Roland E. Stubbs; mother of David (Edna) Stubbs and the late Barbara (James) Frase; grandmother of Kevin Stubbs, Darlene Stubbs, Jon (Laura) Frase, Jeanine (Thomas) Olsen and Steven Frase; great-grandmother of Jonathan Burdette, Charles Baudendistle, Amanda, Timothy and Mark Frase.

Friends may call SATURDAY from 1-5 PM and SUNDAY from 1-3 PM at the WATTENGEL Funeral Home, 307 Oliver Street, North Tonawanda. Funeral Services will be held MONDAY at 10 AM in the Funeral Home. The Rev. Steve Hall officiating. Private burial will be in Friedens Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Peters UCC, Oliver Street in North Tonawanda, where Mrs. Stubbs was a life time member, would be appreciated by the family.

On line guest registry at www.Wattengel.com.

Family/Spouse: STUBBS, Roland E. Roland (son of STUBBS, Fred W and Beatrice) was born on 26 Jan 1914 in New York; died on 27 Aug 2001 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: HOLROD, Elmer H. Elmer (son of HOLROD, William and Clara M) was born about 1914 in Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]