8. | TREICHLER, Bessie Leiah (4.Georgia3, 2.Susan2, 1.George1) was born on 17 Jan 1889 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY; died on 23 Sep 1990 in Amherst, Erie County, NY. Notes:
Buffalo News, The (NY) - October 9, 1990
A memorial service for Bessie Ferchen, 101, will be held at 4 P.M. Oct. 20 in Sanborn United Methodist Church, 5816 Buffalo St., Sanborn.
Burial will be in Mount View Cemetery, Pekin.
Mrs. Ferchen died Sept. 23, 1990, in the Beechwood Nursing Home, Amherst, where she had lived for the past three years. Before that, she had lived in the Blocher Home in Williamsville.
The former Bessie Treichler graduated from the Teachers Normal School in Middleport and taught in the Cambria School District and the Tuscarora Indian Reservation School.
She and her late husband, Hugo Ferchen, taught music to their five children and formed a family orchestra. They also performed together in church choirs, in community marching bands and in choral societies.
She became a Gold Star mother when two of their sons, Walter and Richard, were killed in 1943 while serving in World War II.
Mrs. Ferchen was a member of Flagler Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star; the Auxiliary of American Legion Post 969; the Retired Teachers Association, and Williamsville United Methodist Church.
Survivors include a son, James of Florida; two daughters, Christine Stumpf of California and Laura Martin; 11 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren
Bessie married FERCHEN, Hugo Friedrich Christian on 17 Jun 1914 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Hugo (son of FERCHEN, Christian Friedrich and MILLEVILLE, Auguste Maria Friedricke) was born on 18 May 1888 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 27 Jun 1953 in Ransomville, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 16. FERCHEN, Laura Maria was born on 18 Oct 1919 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 26 Sep 2016 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY.
- 17. FERCHEN, Walter Frederick was born on 29 Jun 1915 in New York; died on 11 Jul 1943 in North Africa.
- 18. FERCHEN, James Alfred was born on 20 Apr 1917 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died about 3 Oct 2007 in Oro Valley, AZ.
- 19. FERCHEN, Richard Hugo was born on 9 Jul 1921 in New York; died on 2 Feb 1943 in Guadalcanal Tanaghai, Solomon Islands.
- 20. FERCHEN, Christine Rose was born on 12 Aug 1928 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY; died on 5 Apr 2024 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA.
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