1. | PROEFROCK, Esther M was born in Feb 1895 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 21 Sep 1941 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. Notes:
22 September 1941 Tonawanda News
Mrs. Esther M. Wilke
Mrs. Esther M. Wilke, 46, nee Proefrock, wife of Walter Wilke, of 519
Prospect avenue, died yesterday morning in the Gratwick Laboratory at
Buffalo. She was a life-long resident of North Tonawanda, a member of the
St. Matthew's church on Wheatfield street and the Ladies' Aid society of the
church. Besides her husband she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. John Derner
of Buffalo; two sons, Reinhard and Donald of North Tonawanda; four
grandchildren, three sisters, Mrs. Melvin Mills, Mrs. Edward Manth and Mrs.
Edwin Freck of North Tonawanda, and six brothers, Henry, Edward, William and
Arnold Proefrock of North Tonawanda, Fred of Alexander, N.Y., and Walter of
North Ridge. Rites will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
from the residence. The Rev. Carl Frankenstein will officiate. Burial will
be in St. Paul's cemetery, Martinsville.
Esther married WILKE, Walter A about 1913. Walter (son of WILKE, Rudolph R and Maria) was born on 2 Feb 1890 in New York; died in Jun 1966 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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