Family/Spouse: HOLZHEIMER, Johann Gottfried. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NF Gazette Mar 26, 1929
MIDDLEPORT, March 26 - Mary Mietz, aged 90, widow of William Mietz, died yesterday, at the home of her son. Henry Mietz, Wolcottsville. She to survived by eight sons and three daughters. Mrs. Mietz was born in Germany, and has been a resident of this country for 73 years. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from trinity Lutheran Church, Wolcottsville.

Maria married MIETZ, Karl Martin Wilhelm about 1863. Karl (son of MIETZ, Christopher Sen and HARTOIES, Anna Elizabeth) was born in 1832 in Prenzlau, Brandenburg, Germany; died on 28 Jun 1909 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married SCHILLING, Augusta on 23 Oct 1913. Augusta (daughter of SCHILLING, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm and JAHNKE, Maria Chritina) was born on 19 Oct 1862 in New York; died on 17 Sep 1940 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married MANN, Anna Marie Antonie on 20 Nov 1884 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. Anna was born on 28 Sep 1864 in Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY; died on 5 Oct 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married HELLERT, Hulda in 1888 in New York. Hulda (daughter of HELLERT, August Wilhelm Friedrich and NEWODE, Emilie W) was born in Nov 1865 in Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY; died before 1910 in Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BUTH, Anna. Anna was born in 1867; died on 20 Mar 1891. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married KRAUSE, Augusta in 1892 in New York. Augusta was born in Jan 1867 in Prussia; died on 22 Dec 1937 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BREGE, Minnie. Minnie (daughter of BREGE, William and GENSOW, Wilhelmina) was born in 1874 in New York; died on 13 Mar 1946 in Medina, Orleans County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: KREBS, Christina. Christina (daughter of KREBS, Rev Karl Gottlieb and AMMAN, Catherine B) was born in 1871 in MI; died on 1 Nov 1943 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Heinrich married HINZE, Wilhelmine Albertine on 1 Apr 1902 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Wilhelmine (daughter of HINZE, Johann Hermann and HASELEY, Wilhelmine Albertine) was born on 15 Nov 1879 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 14 Oct 1959 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NF Gazette Jul 5, 1951
Rudolph Mietz, Farmer, Town of Lockport Dies
Lockport July 5.- A Town of Lockport farmer, Rudolph Mietz, 72, of the Crosby road, died Tuesday night at Lockport City hospital after an illness of several weeks. Born in the Town of Royalton, he had lived in the Town of Lockport 46 years. His wife, Rose Hintz, Mietz. died in 1950. Surviving are two sons. Alvin and Howard Mietz; at home; a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Halstead, Gasport; a brother, Henry Mietz, Wolcottsville, and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Truloff, Wolcottsville and Mrs.. Lena Bahr, Gasport. Funeral services will be tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Gaul Funeral home here. Burial will be In Mountain Ridge Cemetery, Royalton.

Rudolph married HINZE, Rosa Mathilda Amalie on 28 Oct 1903 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Rosa (daughter of HINZE, Johann Hermann and HASELEY, Wilhelmine Albertine) was born on 11 Sep 1882 in Niagara County, NY; died on 30 Jan 1950 in Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Falls Gazette, 1956
Mrs. Mary Tryloff 75, of Wolcottsville, Dies
M1DDLEP0RT - Mrs. Mary Tryloff, 75; of Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, widow of Frederick Tryloff, died Monday evening (July 23, 1956) at Medina Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient with a broken hip for three weeks. She was born Nov.17, 1880, in Wolcottsville the daughter of William Meitz and Mary Holzeimer Meitz. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Wolcottsville, and lived in Wolcottsville all her life. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Avery Eick, this city; one son, Fred Schilling; one sister, Mrs. Helene Baehr, both of Wolcottsville; two grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Friends may call from 3-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. today and Wednesday at the Wallace and Heath Funeral Horne here. Services will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church with the Rev. Herman Ewald officiating. Burial will be in St. Michael's Cemetery.

Maria married SCHILLING, Henry W about 1901 in Niagara County, NY. Henry was born in 1870 in New York; died on 9 Dec 1933 in Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maria married TRYLOFF, Frederick W C in Feb 1936. Frederick (son of TRYLOFF, Christian and BLUMREICH, Wilhelmina) was born in 1870 in Prussia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NF Gazette
Mrs Baehr Dies At 77
MIDDLEPORT - Mrs. Helene Mietz Baehr, 77, of Wolcottsville, widow of Otto W. Baehr, died Sunday (Jan 31, 1960) at the home of her son, Herman B. Baehr, Lewiston Rd., where she had resided the last few months. She was born May 17, 1882, in Wolcottsville, a daughter of William and Marie Holtzheimer Mietz. She was a member of St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Wolcottsville, and had resided in this area all her life. In addition to her son, she is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Helene Gilbert. Middleport, Mrs. Hilda Bruning, Akron. N.Y.. and Mrs. John Leffler, West Shelby; 13 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. A son, Otto R. Baehr. died several years ago. Friends may call at the Wallace & Heath Funeral Home from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm. Services will be held at 1;30 pm Wednesday at the funeral home and at 2:30 at St Michael's Church, Wolcottsville. The Rev. Hilbert Huth will officiate. Burial will be in St Michael's Cemetery.

Helena married BAEHR, Fredrick Otto W on 16 Apr 1900. Fredrick (son of BAEHR, Wilhelm August and LINDKE, Fredericke Johanna) was born on 19 Jun 1878 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY; died on 23 Apr 1935 in Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: SCHLEGEL, Fred. Fred was born about 1889 in Town of Somerset, Niagara County, NY; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married WOLLENBERG, Arlene D on 20 Sep 1914. Arlene (daughter of WOLLENBERG, Frederick and GLENA, Ida) was born on 12 Oct 1890 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY; died on 27 Oct 1968 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andrew married LANGE, Thekla Helene Elisabeth on 5 Nov 1913 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. Thekla (daughter of LANGE, Christian Ferdinand and HASELEY, Auguste Martha Elisabeth) was born on 24 Jan 1893 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 16 Jan 1970 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married BRUNING, Siegfried on 16 Feb 1915 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. Siegfried (son of BRUENING, Henry S and RIEMER, Augusta E) was born on 28 Mar 1892 in Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY; died in Jul 1976 in Medina, Orleans County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Medina NY Daily Register Journal - 2/17/1986

Elsie M. Hellert, 5543 Salt Works
Road, Middleport, died Sunday at
Medina Memorial Hospital.
She was born March 2,1898 in the
Town of Royalton to Charles and
Anna (Mann) Mietz. She had lived in
Middleport all of her life. She was a
member of Trinity Lutheran Church
of Wolcottsville, and of the L. L.
Tillman American Legion Post
Auxiliary of Akron.
She was wife of the late Edward C.
Hellert, who died in 1977. She was
also pre-deceased by a daughter,
Dorothy Schuler, who died in 1979.
Survivors include two sons,
Donald (Adelia) Hellert and Robert
(Ruth) Hellert, both of Middleport;
five daughters, Mrs. Chester
(Marian) Washak of Medina, Mrs.
Walter (Elsie) Williams of Medina,
Mrs. Robert (Elizabeth) Brauen of
Gasport, Mrs. William (Katherine)
Thiel of Lockport, and Mrs. Lyell
(Ruby) Schultz of Middleport; one
sister, Mrs. Anna Wehling of
Wolcottsvil'e; 26 grandchildren; 38
great-gran Jchildren, and several
nieces and nephews.
Friends may call tonight (7-9) and
Tuesday (2-4, 7-9) at the Bates,
Wallace and Heath Funeral Home
Inc., 38 State St., Middleport, and
Wednesday (10-11) at Trinity
Lutheran Church, Wolcottsville,
where funeral services will be held
at 11 a.m. Wednesday.
Memorial gifts may be made to
Trinity Lutheran Church, Wolcottsville.

Elsie married HELLERT, Edward C on 31 May 1917 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. Edward (son of HELLERT, Rudolph and SCHILLING, Augusta) was born on 3 Apr 1892 in Akron, Erie County, NY; died in Mar 1977 in Middleport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married WEHLING, Fred on 1 Dec 1918 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. Fred (son of WEHLING, Henry and Sophia) was born in 1895 in Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NF Gazette
Dies At Wolcottsville
WOLCOTTSVILLE. Oct. 29 - August C. Mietz. 49, died yesterday at his home in Wolcottsville, leaving his wife. Dora Tryloff Mietz, two brothers, Herbert of Hartland, and Albert of Wolcottsville, two sisters, Mrs: Benjamin Haseley of West Shelby and Mrs. Joseph Helms of Dysinger and his father. John Mietz of Wolcottsville.

August married TRYLOFF, Dorothea Auguste Wilhelmine on 29 Nov 1917. Dorothea (daughter of TRYLOFF, August Christian and RETZLAFF, Augusta) was born on 5 Oct 1897 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY; died on 11 Mar 1979 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mrs. Haseley
LOCKPORT- Mrs. Anna Haseley, 71, of 45 South St., died Friday (May 10, 1963) at her home after a brief illness.
Born July 6, 1891, in the Town of Royalton, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Mietz. She had lived here for about 15 years and had been employed for several years as a cook at McGlynn's Restaurant. She was a member of St. Michael's Lutheran Church, WolcottsvilIe.
Her husband, Benjamin Haseley, died in 1954.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Silvia (sic) Mahar, Gasport; a sister, Mrs. Joseph Heim, Gasport; two brothers, Herbert Mietz, Gasport, and Albert Mietz, Wolcottsville; and six grandchildren. Friends may call at the Bream Funeral Home, Gasport, from 2 - 4 and 7 - 9 p.m. A service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday by Rev. Hulbert Huth. Burial will be in Hartland Central Cemetery

Anna married HASELEY, David Lebrecht Benjamin in 1909 in New York. David (son of HASELEY, David Lebrecht and WENDT, Auguste Jesuliebe Susan) was born on 4 Apr 1883 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY; died on 28 Dec 1954 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Herbert married CALEB, Amy in Mar 1927. Amy died in Jun 1952. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Selma married HEIM, Joseph on 1 Feb 1922. Joseph was born on 8 Apr 1897; died on 19 Aug 1990. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Albert married THIEL, Minnie Katherine Auguste on 10 Jun 1925. Minnie (daughter of THIEL, Charles and TRYLOFF, Anna Marie) was born on 17 Oct 1902; died on 13 Jan 1943. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Evalena married WINTERS, Frederick about 1912. Frederick (son of WINTERS, Charles F and Louisa) was born in May 1887 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: EICHELKRAUT, Albert. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emma married WEBER, Ernest Cristopher on 25 Apr 1916. Ernest (son of WEBER, Ernest and Friedericka) was born on 22 Jan 1894 in New York; died in Dec 1976 in Medina, Orleans County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frederick married BLUMREICH, Florence R on 15 Apr 1923 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. Florence (daughter of BLUMREICH, William F and POGEL, Anna Emilie Maria) was born on 27 Apr 1898 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY; died on 31 May 1983 in Medina, Orleans County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Genevieve married STEWART, William Bangs on 30 Dec 1923. William died in 1961. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Augusta married REABOLD, Carl Friedrich on 26 Oct 1921. Carl was born on 2 Sep 1899; died on 25 May 1966. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mabel married WEBER, Edward John on 16 Jun 1925. Edward (son of WEBER, Ernest and Friedericka) was born on 26 Aug 1905 in Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY; died on 6 May 1968 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elmer married BISHING, Leola M on 30 Nov 1933. Leola (daughter of BISHING, Charles and Anna C) was born on 18 Nov 1905; died on 16 Oct 1986. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: WOLTER, Alma. Alma was born in 1898 in Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY; died in 1973. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NF Gazette Oct 10, 1964
Herman Mietz
MIDDLEPORT - Herman J. Mietz, 58, of 9031 Telegraph Road, died Friday (Oct. 9, 1964) in Medina Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient for the last 15 days following a heart attack. He was born June 17, 1906, In the Town of Royalton, the son of Herman and Christine Krebs Mietz, and has always resided in this vicinity. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Wolcottsville, and of the church council. Mr. Mietz had been a member of the Niagara County Farm Bureau for many years. Survivors include his widow, the former Ruth Hofert; also a daughter, Mrs. Robert Malone; and three granddaughters, Elizabeth, Erin and Kristen Malone, all of Allen Park, Mich; a brother, Walter P. Mietz, 6361 Meadville Road, Middleport, and several nieces and nephews. Friends may call today and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Wallace and Heath Funeral Home and on Monday from 1 to 2 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Wolcottsville. Services will be held at the church at 2 p.m. Monday, Rev. Herman Ewald officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery

Family/Spouse: HOFERT, Ruth M. Ruth was born on 3 Jul 1903 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Walter F. Mietz, 58, of 6361 Meadville Road, Middleport, dies in Lockport Memorial Hospital after falling 15 feet onto a cement floor in a steam plant. (Jan. 30)

ALSO

Man Killed In Lockport Plant Fall
Gazette Loekport Bureau
LOCKPORT - A Middleport man was fatally injured when he fell 15 feet onto a cement floor in a steam plant here about midnight Wednesday. Walter F. Mietz, 58, of 6361 Meadville Road, Middleport, was taken to Lockport Memorial Hospital by ambulance and immediately transferred to Sisters Hospital at Buffalo, where he died about 3:15 a.m. today. At the Buffalo hospital, he had been taken into surgery and died in the intensive care unit.
Had Climbed Ladder
The accident occurred at the South Street plant of the New York State Gas and Electric Corp. A spokesman for the utility said Mietz, who was working the late shift, had apparently climbed a metal stationary ladder to read the gauges, which tell the amount of coal being used and other data necessary in his job as stoker fireman. He had been employed at the plant since 1952. The spokesman said there were one or two other men in the plant at the time who summoned the rescue squad of the fire department. The utility, according to the spokesman, is conducting an investigation into the accident, the first of its kind. Native of Royalton Mietz was born in the Town of Royalton, April 30, 1910, the son of Herman and Christina Krebs Mietz. He is survived by his wife,, the former Irene Smith; a daughter, Mrs. Robert (Ruth) Hellert of Middleport, and two grandchildren, Mrs. Charles (Linda) Peterson of Columbus, Ohio; and John Hellert of Middleport. Friends may call at the Bernhardt Funeral Home, Akron. Services wil be held at St. Michael's Lutheran Church in Wolcottsville at 2 p.m. on Sunday. The Rev. Hilbert J. Huth will officiate. Burial will be in Mountain Ridge Cemetery, Royalton.

Family/Spouse: SMITH, Irene. Irene was born on 25 Aug 1904 in New York; died in May 1984 in Middleport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: FITCH, Norman. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Lillian married WOLTER, Arthur Friedrich August on 22 Apr 1924 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. Arthur was born in 1903 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY; died on 8 Aug 1969 in Rochester, Monroe County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alice married ALTMAN, Edward S in Feb 1926 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. Edward (son of ALTMAN, Ernest and Mary) was born on 9 Dec 1905 in Niagara County, NY; died in Jan 1981 in Medina, Orleans County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Medina NY Daily Register Journal - 12/20/1984

LOCKPORT - Otto N. Mietz of
Akron Rd., Lockport, died Monday
in Lockport Memorial Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Mary
(Schmidt) Mietz; three daughters,
Mrs. Ronald (Marilyn) Stuart,
Lockport, Mrs. Edward (Susan)
Bollinger, Albany, Mrs. Everett
(Becki) Azbel of Lancaster, Ohio; 11
grandchildren; one great-grandson,
- three sisters, Doris Luecht of Akron,
Lillian Walters of Wellsville, Alice
Altaian of Medina; one brother,
Lloyd Mietz of Wolcottsville, and
several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call Thursday (2-4,7-
9) at the Prudden and Kandt
Funeral Home, 242 Genesee St.
Funeral services will be held Friday
at 9:30 a.m. in Trinity Lutheran
Church, Lockport, with interment in
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery.
Memorial gifts may be made to
Trinity Lutheran Church or Lockport
Memorial Hospital.

Family/Spouse: SCHMIDT, Mary M. Mary (daughter of SCHMIDT, Adolpf) was born in 1915 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY; died on 4 Apr 1997 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lloyd married PAFK, Mildred in 1939. Mildred (daughter of PAFK, Frank and HELLERT, Minnie) was born on 20 May 1919 in Basom, Genesee County, NY; died on 22 Feb 2005 in Medina, Orleans County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hazel Halstead
Lived on Slayton Settlement Road
GASPORT- Hazel (Mietz) Halstead, 73, of Holley, N. Y., formerly of Slayton Settlement Road, died Sunday (Aug. 20, 1989) in Medina Memorial Hospital. The Lockport native was the daughter of Rudolph and Rosa (Hintz) Mietz. She was the widow of Kenneth B. Halstead, who died July 31, 1985. She had lived in Holley for a year. Mrs. Halstead was a member of the Gasport Jet Setters, the Lockport Senior Citizens, the Middleport Senior Citizens, the United Auto Workers Retirees and Travel Club, the Royalton Historical Society, and the Spencerport Senior Citizens. She was an avid supporter of the POW-MIA and the National Audubon Society. She is survived by sons, Paul Halstead of Albion and Daniel Halstead of Spencerport; daughters, Naomi Zink of Brockport, and Mary DeMattina of Lexington, Ky.; a brother, Howard Mietz of Middleport; and six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Sherrie Bream Funeral Home, 4521 Main SI. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Zion Lutheran Church, 4447 Central Ave., with the Rev. Rodney Klinzing officiating. Burial will be in Royalton Mountain Ridge Cemetery. Contributions to the MIA- POW Task Force Omega of Iowa, 202 Grand Ave., Spencer, Iowa, 51301 are acceptable as tribute.

Hazel married HALSTEAD, Kenneth B on 21 Jan 1942 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Kenneth (son of HALSTEAD, Erwin J and BUNROCK, Mildred E) was born on 22 Sep 1913 in Niagara County, NY; died on 31 Jul 1985 in Gasport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

January 30, 2012
Howard Mietz

Lockport Union-Sun & Journal

LOCKPORT — Howard Mietz, formerly of Lockport, NY, passed away on Saturday, January 28, 2012, after a short illness. Born on November 15, 1924 in Lockport, NY, he was the son of the late Rudolph and Rose Hintz Mietz. He was married to Geraldine Groff Mietz in June 26, 1954, and she passed away December 19, 1999. He was employed as a Test Experimental Technician for Delphi for 30 years, retiring February of 1988. He served in WWII in the Asiatic Pacific Campaign in McArthur headquarters from 1944 to 1946, and achieved T5 rank. He was discharged from service as 795 Military Police December 31, 2006. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, traveling and woodworking, gardening. He was also a member of the Gasport "Jet Set".

He is survived by son, Timothy Mietz; granddaughters, Karrie Mietz of Buffalo and Courtney Mietz of Lockport; and several nieces and nephews. Predeceased by brothers, Ferdinand, Alvin, George; sister, Hazel (Kenneth) Halstead. Also predeceased by a good friend, Dorothy Wall of Lockport.

Friends may call Thursday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM in Prudden and Kandt Funeral Home, 242 Genesee Street, Lockport, where services will be held Friday morning at 11 AM. Interment will be in Cold Spring Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations to Blepharospasm Foundation and Research of Beaumont Texas or to a charity of one's choice. Online condolences at www.pruddenandkandt.com.

Howard married GROFF, Geraldine on 26 Jun 1954. Geraldine (daughter of GROFF, Joseph C and CHUR, Delia) died on 19 Dec 1999. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Helen married EICK, Avery Albert on 15 Jun 1927 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. Avery (son of EICK, Ferdinand Gottfried and BREGE, Anne Emelia Auguste) was born on 25 Aug 1902 in Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY; died on 26 Sep 1978 in Medina, Orleans County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Medina NY Daily Register Journal - 3/10/1982

MIDDLEPORT - Herman
F. Baehr, 5787 Lewiston Road,
Middleport, died unexpectedly
yesterday in Medina Memorial
Hospital.
Mr. Baehr was born March
20, 1902 in Wolcottsville, the
son of Otto and Helene (Mietz)
Baehr and was a lifetime
resident of the Town of
Royalton. A lifetime farmer at
his present address, he also
worked at Harrison's for 20
years, retiring in 1966.
He was a member of St.
Michael's Lutheran Church,
Wolcottsville, the Men's Club
of the church, the 686 Retirees
Group, was president of the
Wolcottsville Golden Agers
and a member of the Gasport
Senior Citizens. He was a past
member of the Royalton-
Hartland School Board.
Mr. Baehr was husband of
Olive Baehr; father of Kenneth
(Marjorie) Baehr of Middleport,
Clarence (Dorothy)
Baehr of Newfane, Wilfred
Baehr of Akron and Charles)
Dorothy Baehr of Gasport
brother of Hilda Geltz of
Akron, Evelyn Bedford of
Medina, and the late Mrs.
Helen Gilbert and Otto Baehr.
Also surviving are 15
grandchildren, 22 greatgrandchildren
and several
nieces and nephews.
Friends may call tonight (7-
9) and Thursday (2-4, 7-9) at
the Bates, Wallace and Heath
Funeral Home Inc., 38 State
St., Middleport, and Friday (1-
2) at St. Michael's Lutheran
Church, Wolcottsville.
Funeral services will be held
at St. Michael's at 2 p.m.
Friday with the Rev. Glenn W.
Richardson officiating. Burial
will be in St. Michael's
Cemetery.
Memorials to St. Michael's
Lutheran Church would be
appreciated by the family.

Herman married WATERSTREET, Olivia Mathilda on 29 Nov 1923. Olivia (daughter of WATERSTREET, Clarence J and ALTMAN, Minnie) was born on 19 Mar 1905 in Akron, Erie County, NY; died on 10 Oct 1991. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 1/6/1965

M I D D L E P O R T -- Mrs
Helene Baehr Gilbert, 61, Lew-
iston Road, Town of Alabama,
died Tuesday night (Jan. 5,
1965) at St. Jerome's Hospital,
Batavia, where she had been
a patient for the last six
weeks
She was born Nov. 2, 1903,
in the Town of Royalton, the
daughter of Otto W. and
Helene Mietz Baehr. She was
a member of St. Michael's
Lutheran Church, Wolcotts-
ville. Her husband, Clifton E.
Gilberrt, died in 1953.
Surviving are a daughter,
Mrs. Robert Boyer, Oakfield;
a son, Stanley Gilbert, Lew-
iston Road, this village; three
grandchildren; a brother, Her-
man Baehr, this village; two
sisters, Mrs. Hilda Brunn
Bruning, Akron, N.Y., and
Mrs. John Leffler, West Shel-
by; several nieces and ne-
phews.
Friends may call today and
Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9
p.m. at the Wallace and
Heath Funeral Home, State
Street, and from 1-2 p.m. Fri-
day at St. Michael's Lutheran
Church where services will
be conducted at 2 p.m. Fri-
day by Rev. Hilbert Heuth.
Burial will be in Royalton
Mountain Ridge Cemetery.

Family/Spouse: GILBERT, Clifton E. Clifton (son of GILBERT, Jeremiah J and DAVIS, Emma) died on 13 May 1953 in Lockport Memorial Hospital, Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hilda married BRUENING, Edwin Herman on 20 May 1939 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. Edwin (son of BRUNING, Hermann and WALCK, Helene Auguste Charlotte) was born on 6 Jul 1904 in Town of Newstead, Erie County, NY; died on 9 May 1958 in Batavia Memorial Hospital, Batavia, Genesee County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: GELTZ, Louis Leonard. Louis (son of GELTZ, Adam and Wilhelmina) was born on 19 Feb 1895 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY; died on 15 Oct 1997 in Batavia, Genesee County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hilda married WATERSTREET, Howard Churchill on 8 Nov 1927 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. Howard was born on 4 Nov 1906 in New York; died on 14 Nov 1936. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NF Gazette Nov 19, 1958
Autopsy Ordered In Farm Fatality
LOCKPORT - A Niagara County coroner has ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death Tuesday of a 46-year-old Wolcottsville man. Otto R. Baehr, Sy Rd., Wolcottsville, was dead on arrival at Lockport Memorial Hospital about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. He had been found about 2 p. m. under an apple tree at the farm of Howard Silsby, Kayner Rd., Town of Royalton. He had been picking apples at the Silsby farm. Dr. George Muscato. Lockport, a county coroner, said it is not known whether Mr. Baehr died, from a fall or whether a 22-foot metal ladder he was handling came into contact with a high tension wire. The wire is 24 feet above the ground. Sheriffs deputies said no one witnessed the mishap. Another picker, Albert Brucker, working near by, said he heard a scream and found Mr. Baehr lying on the ground. The First Aid crew from the Gasport Chemical Hose Co. was summoned. Mr. Baehr was born Aug. 26. 1912, at Wright's Corners, Town of Newfane, the son of Otto Baehr and Mrs. Helene Baehr. His mother survives him. Mr. Baehr operated a Gasport restaurant for several years before selling it about 10 years ago. In addition to his mother, he is survived by a brother, Herman Baehr, three sisters, Mrs. Helene Gilbert, Mrs. Evelyn Leffler, all of Middleport. and Mrs. Hilda Brunning, Akron, N. Y. There are several nieces and nephews. The Rev. Hilbert Huth, pastor of St. Michael's Lutheran Church , Wolcottsville, will conduct services Friday at 2 p.m. at the Bream Funeral Home. Main St., Gasport. Burial arrangements are incomplete.

Evelyn married LEFFLER, John William Otto Jr on 29 Apr 1939 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. John (son of LEFFLER, John William Otto and POGEL, Elizabeth Wilhelmine) was born on 7 Jan 1919 in Middleport, Niagara County, NY; died on 24 Apr 1981 in Lockport Memorial Hospital, Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BEDFORD, Russell C. Russell (son of BEDFORD, Clarence and BREWER, Hattie) was born about 1917 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]