Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 6/16/1939

OLCOTT. June 16.-Rites for
Mrs. Mary Volschow, 91, long-time
Niagara county resident, who died
Tuesday morning In the home of
her daughter. Mrs. Lena Kruger,
Clinton street, were held In the
Kruger home yesterday afternoon.
The Rev. William H. Dallmann.
pastor of St. John's Lutheran
church at Burt, officiated.
Many friends and relatives attended
the services. Harold Volschow,
of Lockport. a great grandson,
sang "Whispering Hope' 'and
'Tace to Face." Burial was in
Corwin cemetery.
The pallbearers were four grandsons
and two great grandsons: Willis
Matther. of Middleport; Fred
Volschow, of the Hess road, Town
of Newfane; Walter Israel, of Wilson;
Arthur Volschow. of Olcott;
LA Verne Miller, of Middleport, and
Robert Nagle, of Lockport.

Mary married VOLSCHOW, William about 1866. William was born in Feb 1842 in Germany; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rochester NY Democrat Chronicle - 7/25/1924

WILLIAM VOLSCHOW
Lockport, July 24. William Volschow,
57 years old, died yesterday at his home.
No. 359 Niagara street, after a week's
illness.
Surviving, besides his wife, Harttie,
are one son, Herbert, his mother, Mary:
five brothers and seven sisters, Theo-
dore and Fred, of Olcott; Joseph and
Louis of Lockport and John of Barker,
Mrs. Lena Krueger, Mrs. Minnie Lawton,
and Mrs. Rose Reachkoff, of Ol-
c o t t ; Mr. Ann Geiger and Mrs. Emma
Mathers, of Middlepnrt ; Mrs. Reka
Gillmaster, of Medina, and Mrs. Mary
Israel, of Wilson Funeral services will
be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at Trinity Lutheran church. Burial will
be made in Cold Springs cemetery.

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

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 9/18/1935

OLCOTT, Sept. 18.-Theodore Vol-
schow, 68 years old, retired building
contractor, died last evening at his
home here after being ill for five
weeks with heart disease.
Mr. Volschow was born in Germany
and when four years old came to this
country with his parents. The family
settled in Niagara county and he
hud been a resident of Olcott for the
past 30 years.
He was married to Ella Smith In the
Town of Newfane on Apr, 2. 1902. He
was a member of the Burt Woodmen
of the World and attended St Johns
Church in Drake Settlement road.
He Is survived by hls wife, his
mother, Mrs. Mary C. Volschow. two
sons, Arthur and Clarence. both of
Olcott; four brothers, Joseph and
Louis, of Lockport, John, of Somerset;
Fred, of Appleton; six sisters,
Mrs. Lena Kruger, Mm. C. J. Lawton
and Mrs. Walter Reackhoff. all of
Olcott, Mrs. Herman Gillmaster. of
Medina, Mrs. J. Mather and Mrs
George Geiser of Middleport, and Mrs.
Fred Israel of Wilson.
Funeral services will be held from
the home Friday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock, daylight savlng time. Interment
will be in Corwin cemetery.

Theodore married SMITH, Ella on 2 Apr 1902 in Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY. Ella (daughter of SMITH, Frederick) was born on 7 Nov 1877; died in Dec 1975 in Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 1/22/1951

NEWFANE, Jan, 22-Fred Volschow,
one of Newfane's oldest residents,
died last night at the family
home, Transit Rd., following a
stroke suffered a week ago.
Mr. Volschow was born in Germany,
Oct. 14, 1871, and came to
this area when seven months old,
with his parents, William and Mary
Wagner Volschow. He was one of
15 children all of whom lived to
be adults.
He was married to Matilda Sahr
and they celebrated their 65th wedding
anniversary last fall.
He is survived by his wife; one
son, Fred J. Volschow, Appleton;
one daughter, Mrs. Esther Wolfe,
Lockport; four grandchildren; two
great grandchildren; also seven sis-
ters and one brother, Mrs. George
Geigcrand Mrs. Jay Mather, Middleport;
Mrs. Lena Krugcr, Mrs.
Chides Lawton and Mrs. Walter
f Reackbdf f, all of Olcott; Mrs. Fred
Isrcal, Wilson; Mrs.' Herman Gilmeister,
Medina, and Joseph Volschow,
Lockpbrt.
Friends may call at the Corwin
Funeral Home starting at 3 p.m.
tomorrow. Services will be held
at the funeral home at 2:30 p.m.
Monday with the Rev. William
Dallman, pastor of St. John's Lu-
theran Church, officiating. Burial
will be in Lakeview Cemetery, Ol-
cott.

Fred married SAHR, Matilda Helene Marie about 1889 in New York. Matilda (daughter of SAHR, Johannes and ZANOW, Louise Christine) was born on 5 Feb 1880 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 26 May 1965 in Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: KRUEGER, William. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 1/4/1964

LOCKPORT- A retired general contractor, Joseph
H. Volschow, 84, of 48 Saxton St,, died Wednesday (June
3,1964) at his home.
Mr. Volschow was born Jan.
19, 1880, in Somerset, son of
William and M a r y Wagner
Volschow. His wife, Mrs, Ella
Volschow, died last March 4.
Mr. Volschow built many
of the homes in this area and
c o n s t r u c t e d St Charles
Church in Olcott and the Odd
Fellows Home Hospital building
here. He was a member
of the Board of Education for
14 years and a member of
First Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include t h r ee
daughters, Mrs. Aloysius F.
Ulrich, Mrs. -Robert W. Bennett
and Mrs. Edmond H.
Brown, all Lockport; six sisters,
Mrs. William Kruger,
Mrs. Charles Lawton, Mrs.
Walter Reackhoff, all of 01-
cott, Mrs. Jane Mather, Middleport,
Mrs. F r e d Israel,
Wilson, Mrs. Herman Gillmeister,
of Medina; s e v en
grandchildren, e i g h t greatgrandchildren
and s e v e r al
nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 11
a.m. Saturday at Lange Funeral
Home. Rev, W. James
Westhafer, pastor of F i r st
Presbyterian Church, will officiate.
B u r i a l will be in
Wrights Corners Cemetery.

Family/Spouse: SEELOW, Ella B. Ella (daughter of SEELOW, Frederick W and ARNDT, Bertha Wilhelmine) was born on 7 Aug 1885 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY; died on 4 Mar 1964 in Gasport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: ISRAEL, Fred. Fred (son of ISRAEL, Charles and LEHSTEN, Ernestine) was born about 1875 in Gardenville, Erie County, NY; died on 2 Sep 1961 in Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Minnie married LAWTON, Charles J on 3 Apr 1907. Charles (son of LAWTON, Arthur W and ALLEN, Harriet J) was born on 25 Feb 1883 in Rochester, Monroe County, NY; died on 17 May 1965 in Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: GILLMEISTER, Herman. Herman was born on 17 Feb 1881; died in Nov 1964. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 3/16/1971

OLCOTT - Funeral services
will be held Wednesday for
Mrs. Rose C. Reackhoff, 84, of
1550 Crescent Heights, who died
Sunday (March 14, 1971) at Inter-
Community Memorial Hospital,
Newfane.
She was the wife of retired
Newfane Peace Justice Walter
Reackhoff.
A native of the Town of Newfane,
she was born March 24,
1886, the daughter of William
and Mary Wagner Volschow.
She was a member of Faith
Lutheran Church of Newfane
She and Justice Reackhoff
were married Jan. 24, 1912, and
had observed their 50th wedding
anniversary in 1962.
Besides her husband, she is
survived by five sisters, Mrs.
William Krueger and M r s.
Charles J. Lawton of Olcott,
Mrs. Jay Mathers of Middleport,
Mrs. Fred Israel of Wilson
and Mrs. Herman Gillmeister of
Medina.
Friends may call at the Rutland
- Corwin Funeral Home,
2670 Main St., Newfane, where
services will be held at 2 p.m.
Wednesday.
Burial will be in Corwin
Cemetery, Newfane.

Rose married REACKHOFF, Walter W on 24 Jan 1912. Walter (son of REACKHOFF, John and KARNETZ, Wilhelmina) was born on 18 Feb 1889 in Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY; died on 30 Mar 1972 in Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 10/10/1946

LOCKPORT. Oct. 10 - Ill for a
week with pneumonia. M. Louis
Volschow, 59, carpenter, of 301 Cottage
street, died today at Lockport
City hospital. He was born in
Newfane but had lived here over
25 years. He was employed by the
William B. Eaton Construction company.
He was a member of the
Carpenters Union, AFL, Lockport
Aerie. No. 825. FOE, and the First!
Presbyterian church
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Bessie
Volschow; a daughter, Mrs. Charles
Boots, of this city, three brothers
and seven sisters.
Services will be held Saturday at
2 p.m. at the Prudden funeral home.
Burial will be in Cold Springs cem-
etery.

Family/Spouse: DOWNEY, Bessie A. Bessie (daughter of Rika M) was born about 1896 in New York; died on 27 Jan 1951 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: MATHERS, Jay. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: GEIGER, George. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: TATU, Emma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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

Family/Spouse: WOLFE, Fred. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: ULRICH, Aloysius F. Aloysius was born on 23 Jun 1910; died on 4 Jun 1998 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married BENNETT, Robert W about 1937 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Robert was born on 10 Feb 1914 in New York; died in Jan 1980 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport Union-Sun & Journal

LOCKPORT — Edith H. Brown passed away January 1, 2011. She was born on Willow Street on August 28, 1917, the youngest daughter of Joseph H. and Ella (Seelow) Volschow. Her husband and life partner, the late Edmund H. "Babe" Brown died in 1977 and was the Vice Chairman of the New York Power Authority and New York State delegate to the Great Lakes Commission.

Edie and Babe had the opportunity to host Presidents and dignitaries from all over the world who came to visit the Niagara Power project and Niagara Falls. She was an avid golfer and won the Women's Championship at the Lockport Town & CC 9 times. She loved gardening and took great pride in her flowers and yard. Edith did a lot of craft work and taught for local Senior Citizen groups. She became well known for her hand made Teddy Bears and designed safe toys for small children. Earlier, during and after World War II, she joined the Red Cross Motor Corps as a volunteer, working on the blood bank, making bandages for overseas, fund raising and helping at the Veterans Hospitals in Buffalo and Batavia. She was a life long member of the First Presbyterian Church.

Edith is survived by a son, Richard.

There will be no prior visitation. A private memorial service will be held at a later date.

Please visit www.pruddenandkandt.com to send an online condolence to the family.

Family/Spouse: BROWN, Edmund H. Edmund died in 1977. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 2/11/1944

Walter M. Israel, 38, of 816 Seventeenth
street, died yesterday at
Memorial hospital, where he had
been confined for the last two
months.
Funeral services will be held Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Israel. Pettit street, Wilson.
N. Y. The Rev. M. P. Lucas, pastor
of the Wilson Methodist church
will officiate. Interment will be In
Corwin cemetery.
Mr. Israel was born In Wilson
and attended school there. About a
year ago the family removed to this
city. He was employed by the Carborundum
company. He was a member
of the Wilson Volunteer Fire
company. He Is survived by his wife
and parents.

Irving married VARNES, Barbara on 15 Jan 1949 in Wilmington, New Castle County, DE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 3/4/1970

Mrs. Violet Boots, 55, of Con
yers, Ga., formerly of 301 Cottage
St., Lockport, died Sunday
after an apparent heart attack
in Lithonia, Ga. She and
her husband, Charles J. Boots,
left Lockport recently to make
their home in Georgia.
Born March 24, 1914, in Lockport,
Mrs. Boots was the daughter
of Louis and Bessie Downey
Volschow. She retired as a
clerk at Lockport Mills Corp.,
when it closed.
She was a charter member
and the first president of the
Ladies Auxiliary of the Fraternal
Order of Eagles, Aerie 825.
She was the organizer of the
auxiliary in 1944 and was also
active at First Presbyterian
Church in Lockport. where she
was a member.
In addition to her husband
she is survived by one son, Donald
Boots of Lithonia and several
nieces.
Friends may call from 7 to 9
p.m. today at Prudden and
Kandt Funeral Home, 242 Genesee
St., Lockport, where funeral
services will be held at 2
p.m. tomorrow. The Rev. Ivan
A. Orloff, assistant pastor of
First Presbyterian Church, will
officiate.
The officers and members of
the Eagles Auxiliary of Lockport
will meet at 6:45 p.m. today
at the Eagles Hall or at 7
p.m. at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Cold Spring
Cemetery.

Family/Spouse: BOOTS, Charles Joseph. Charles (son of BOOTS, Charles J and Effie) was born on 11 Jul 1904 in PA; died in Jun 1984 in Lithonia, De Kalb County, GA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: WHEELER, Lawrence. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 5/30/1965

LOCKPORT-The body of
a, Lockport man, missing
since May 20, was recovered
from the State Barge Canal
In North Tonawanda Saturday.
*
Identification was made
by relatives.
.He was James R. Tatu,.35,
of. 62 Bright St.
He had been d r o w n ed
with a companion, Rudolph
Stanev, 42, of Albion, whose
body was recovered Friday.
Fishing In Canal
The pair had been fishing
in a rowboat in the canal,
and apparently fell from it.
Neither man could swim, according
to members of Mr.
Tatu's family.
The body was reportedly
spotted floating in the water
In front of 72 Old Falls
Blvd., by a North Tonawanda
youth, who summoned police.
Both victims were employed
by the State Department
of Public Works. Mr. Tatu
had been employed less
than a month when he met
his death.
Mr. Tatu was born in Buffalo
and had lived in this
city for the last 25 years.
Prior to w o r k i n g for the
state, he had been employed
as a cook by the Eagles Club
here.
Survivors Listed
Surviving are his wife,
Mrs. Cecelia Tatu; his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
V o l s c h o w , this city; his
g r a n d parents, Mrs. Ella
Volschow, N e w f a n e, and
Mrs. Ann Tatu, Olcott; three
sisters, Mrs. L a w r e n ce
Wheeler, this city, Miss
Rose Volschow, Buffalo, and
Miss Kathleen Volschow,
this city; a brother, Arthur
Volschow; five daughters,
Mrs. Rose M. Davis, Mrs.
Cecelia Hillman, Josephine
Tatu, Mary and Vicky Tatu;
three sons, James, Robert
and Thomas Tatu, all of this
city, and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
held at'11:80 a.m. Tuesday
at the Gaul Funeral Home.
Friends may call 7 to 9
p.m. today and 2 to 4 p.m.
and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday.

ALSO

Niagara Gazette -

LOCKPORT - One of the
two State Department of
Public Works C a n a l employes
missing after a fishing
trip on the State Barge
Canal at Tonawanda is
James R. Tatu, 35, of 62
Bright St. here. His wife
has not yet reconciled herself
to the possibility he
may have drowned.
Mr. Tatu, the father of
eight children, had been on
his new job as a cook on a
maintenance barge, for just
three weeks.
Last Thursday, he came
home from work and said
he was going fishing with a
friend. He took his fishing
gear and left.
-Authorities-believe that
Mr. Tatu and Rudolph
Stanev, 50, of Albion,
drowned when their boat
overturned in the canal.
His w i f e, Mrs-. Cecelia
Rose Tatu, a tiny woman
with dark h a i r and tearswollen
eyes, cannot believe
he is gone.
"I can't understand him
going out in a rowboat to"
fish," she said. "He was
deathly afraid of the water
and could not swim a
stroke. He lived at Olcott
Beach for 17 years and he
never went near the water,
due to some scare he received
in his childhood. I think
some of his friends threw
him into some deep water
when he was very young."
His fishing companion reportedly
also was unable to
swim. Mr. Tatu's fishing
usually was done along the
shores of streams.
The Tatus live in a second
floor apartment at the end
ofJSright Street: a one-block
street running off West Avenue
and ending in a field.
All but the oldest daughter,
Mrs. Rose M. Davis, 21,
who lives elsewhere in Lockport,
were at home.
Mrs. Cecelia Hillman, 18,
a daughter, was taking care
of the other children and
her own 2-year-old son,
Tommy.
The other children are Josephine,
16, a North Park
Junior high school student;
James, 14; Robert, 7;
Thomas, 6; Mary, 5; and
Vicky, who will be 2 years
old next month.
The young ones do not
realize their father is missing.
Taking out a picture of
him wearing a beard, she
said t h a t he had started
growing one before St. Patrick's
Day for the Lockport
centennial celebration in
July.
"I can't cry any more,"
she said. "I'm cried out."
Mr. Tatu, a native of
Lockport, had been a cook
for many years in Lockport
and Niagara Falls restaurants,
"He was a hard worker,
but he had to be. When the
going got rough we had to
go on welfare, but he always
kept trying to find
work and then he got this
job and we thought everything
would be all right,"
Mrs. Tatu said.
A brother, Nelson Tatu, a
Lockport taxi driver, _was
killed in a crash in the
county about a year ago.
Grappling operations were
scheduled to be resumed
this morning, a Town of
Amherst police official said.
The search was halted
about 4 p.m. Saturday for
the night.

Family/Spouse: STEVENS, Cecelia Rose. Cecelia (daughter of STEVENS, Joseph and Ceclia Ann) was born on 20 Nov 1927 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY; died on 6 Oct 2015 in Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 5/2/1925

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stroth, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Seager, and Mrs.
William Stroth attended the funeral
of Ralph Volschow at Olcott,
Wednesday afternoon

Mary married BELLIVEAU, Henry Paul [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ralph A. Wolfe, died on May 3rd, 2021 which marks the end of an eventful life. Ralph A. Wolfe was born August 31, 1933, the son of Fred and Esther Volschow Wolfe. He graduated from the old Lockport Senior High School on East Ave. in 1951. From 1953 to 1955 he served in the U.S Army spending 16 months in Japan during the Korean War. Ralph worked for 16 years at Norton Laboratories until a back injury changed things. He entered the fine arts program receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from U.B in 1969. Ralph then graduated from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, from which he received a Master of Fine Arts Degree with a major in printmaking “Etcher” and sculpture. Remaining in Ann Arbor he taught art at the University for 4 years until 1977, when he moved to Michigan’s upper peninsula I where he established his studio in St. Ignace, Michigan, where he created epoxy plastic figurative sculptures that were purchased across the U.S in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Ralph received commissions to create 5 public sculptures which are in Sault Ste. Marie and Grand Maria. The Governor Chase Osborn memorial to farmers in Sault St. Marie which he designed and created was he favorite, one of the more notable designs was a sculpture of Sammy Davis Jr. for the Fisher Theatre in Detroit, numerous etchings are in private collections.
In 1996 he returned to Western New York to care for his elderly brother Vernon. Historical murals of Olcott which are in the Carousel park today. He was also a great gardener.
Ralph is predeceased by his brother Vernon, he is survived by many great artist friends, including Harvey Breuerman, dear friends Sandra (David) Harrington, James Brewer, Larry Roberts, late Judy Wolcott, Norm Wolcott, Cousin Mary J. Belliveau and many other dear friends. Memorials can be made to Niagara Hospice 4675 Sunset Dr. Lockport, NY 14094.

Family/Spouse: ARTER, Joan. Joan (daughter of ARTER, Howard LeRoy and CURCHIN, Dorothy) was born on 21 Apr 1932 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY; died on 9 Jun 2022 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married LAMONT, Donna Jean on 23 Aug 1958 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Donna (daughter of LAMONT, Robert L and FALLON, Nina) was born on 2 Jan 1938; died on 15 Nov 2003 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Donald married BRADY, Bernice M [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]