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Buffalo News - 12/18/05 - Obit
WALCK - Arline, 100 secretary active in church
12/18/2005

WHEATFIELD - Arline F. Walck, a former secretary who was active in her church, died Thursday in Northgate Manor Health Care Facility, where she had been a patient for two years. She was 100.

Born Arline Blank in the Town of Niagara, she attended schools in the LaSalle section of Niagara Falls and in Wheatfield, and later attended Niagara Business College.

She worked as a secretary at the Nabisco plant in Niagara Falls and at Buffalo Garment Co.

Mrs. Walck was a lifelong member of St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, where she taught Sunday school and a Bible class. She organized the church library in 1962. She dabbled in writing Christian music and also enjoyed reading and traveling.

Her husband, Hubert Walck, died in 1990.

Surviving are a son, Lester of Sanborn; a sister, Josephine Stange of North Tonawanda; a grandson; and three great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 6168 Walmore Road. Burial will be in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery.

Death Notice


Arline F. (Blank) Walck
Age 100 in Northgate Manor, Wheatfield, formerly of Lockport Road, Sanborn, on December 15, 2005; daughter of the late Rudolph and Ida (Wittcopp) Blank. She was employed as a secretary at Nabisco and Buffalo Garment Co. Arline was a devoted homemaker, life long member St. Peter's Evagelical Lutheran Church, Wheatfield; taught Sunday school and Bible class, enjoyed reading, writing Christian music and traveling. Survivors include a son, Lester (Patricia) Walck of Sanborn; grandson, James Walck; three great-grandchildren, John, Ann and Sarah; a sister, Josephine Stange of North Tonawanda and a nephew; predeceased by her husband, Hubert Walck in 1990; daughter-in-law, Sally Walck; grandson, Robert Walck; and niece, Shirley Lange. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Bruce Gamache' on Tuesday at 11 a.m. in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Walmore Road, Wheatfield, with no prior visitation. Arrangements by the DUBOIS FUNERAL HOME.

Arline married WALCK, Hubert Edwin on 19 Feb 1928 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Hubert (son of WALK, Wilhelm Ernst and HASELEY, Albertine Auguste) was born on 1 Oct 1902 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 26 Sep 1990 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: WOLFRAM, Patricia A. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lester married GUSTAFSON, Sally Ann [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Walck, Robert Lester Niagara Gazette obit
Robert Lester Walck, born May 8,1957, died November 6, 2004 from a motorcycle accident, while riding in Bandera county of the hill country, northwest of San Antonio, Texas. He is survived by his fiancee, Jennifer Mason of Houston, Texas; brother, James H. Walck of Endwell, NY, his wife Lynne Diane; one nephew, John Andrew; two nieces, Ann Elizabeth and Sarah Magdalene; his father, Lester Walck and stepmother, Patti of Sanborn; grandmother, Arline Walck of Sanborn; deceased mother, Sally Ann Walck and deceased grandfather, Hubert Walck; and several cousins and relatives. Bob was an active member of House of Prayer Lutheran Church in Webster, Texas. His schooling includes a 1982 Bachelor of Arts Degree Magna Cum Laude in Communications Studies from Niagara University, a 1986 Bachelor of Science Degree in Imagining (sic) and Technical Photography from the Rochester Institute on Technology. His work experience includes a position on the staff photography team at the Johnson Space Center In Houston (NASA) where he documented NASA activities, including astronaut training and studio photos, and his current work for Southwest Bell Communications, where he was a data line technician. His hobbies included biking, music, working on cars, travelling (sic), and reading. Bob was a person of great empathy and love, and will be greatly missed by those who loved him and him and knew him best! Services will be Thursday, November 18th, 3 PM at St. Peter Lutheran Church, 6167 Walmore Road in Sanborn, with visitation with family and friends before the funeral from 1:30-3 PM. All are welcome to the potluck supper to follow the service. Memorial contributions may be made to Project Inform, 205 13th St., Ste. 2001, San Fransisco (sic), CA 94103-2461 (415-558-8669), The Center for AIDS Hope and Rememberance (sic) Project, 1407 Hawthorne, Houston, TX 77006, PO Box 66306, Houston, TX 77266-6306 (713-527-8219) or Heidi Search Center, 7900 I-35 North, San Antonio, TX 78218 (210-650-0428), (800-547-4435).

Family/Spouse: RICKS, Lynne Diane. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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