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21651 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/2/1960

Miss Gladys Carolyn Wollenberg,
daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold H. Wollenberg,
1408 Robinson St.,
became the bride of George
B. Tetter, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Gagnon, 140
Bryant St., in a ceremony
performed by t h e Rev.
Luther Knauff in St. Martin's
Luthearn Church,
North Tonawanda.
Altar flowers were white chrysi
anthemums and pompons mixed
with green foliage for the June 4
ceremony. The c h a n c e l was
adorned with palms flanking the
altar and white satin ribbons in
marked family pews.
The bride wore a gown of white
rosepoint Chantilly lace over tiers
of tulle with a portrait neckline,
outlined with sequins and s e ed
pearls, long sleeves and a bouffant
skirt enhanced with scalloped
lace which extended into a chapel
train. The fingertip veil of French
illusion was attached to a lace
tiara of seed pearls. The b r i de
wore pearls and earrings, the gift
of the bridegroom, and carried a
lace-covered Bible adorned with
white orchids and stephanotis.
Attendants for the bride w e re
Mrs. Everett Weinheimer, her sister,
Mrs. Christy Marillo, Mrs.
Richard Joseph, Mrs. Edward
Rarick, the bridesmaids and Mary
Pachla, the flower girl.
The matron of honor wore a
white organza dress styled with a
portrait neckline, bouffant skirt
and pink silk cummerbund extending
into a back panel. Her
headpiece of pink silk petals and
seed pearls had a circular veil and
she wore shoes of matching color.
She carried a cascade bouquet of
dark pink Sweetheart roses and
light pink carnations entwined
with aqua ribbdn. The bridesmaids'
gowns^were the same design
with cunimerbunds of aqua
silk and matcHmg headpieces and
shoes. They carried pink Sweetheart
roses and pale pink carnations
entwined with pink ribbons.
The flower girl wore a white
silk, organza frock styled with a
round neckline and bouffant skirt
with an aqua silk cummerbund
and large bow. Her headpiece of
white roses formed a crown with
white ribbons and she carried a
basket filled with pink snapdragons,
white larkspur and ivy.
Attendants for the bridegroom
were Warren G. Buchhardt, best
man; James R. Cowles, Vincent
E. Mendel and Thomas F. Berhalter,
ushers and Bruce E. Weinheimer,
the bride's nephew, ring
bearer.
The bride's mother wore a dress
of rose Chantilly lace and a hat
of silk rose illusion. Her corsage
was of pale pink Sweetheart roses
and white carnations. The'bride-
groom's mother wore a beige linen
sheath with matching jacket
with a beige silk hat and matching
accessories. Her corsage was
of yellow tea roses.
A wedding supper for the bridal
party and immediate families and
a reception were given in Delaware
Hotel. The bride's table was
centered with jonquils and a ruby
crystal wedding bowl and matching
candelabra. Miniature bridal
figurines and fern encircled t h e
wedding cake.
After a wedding trip to Cape
Cod, Mass. and New England
States, Mr. and Mrs. Tetter are
at home in 870 East Robinson St.
Shower hostesses were Mrs. Everett
Weinheimer, Mrs. Amanda
McManamin, Mrs. Gagnon, Mrs.
Marillo, Mrs. Joseph arnd Mrs.
Rarick. The bride's parents entertained
at a rehearsal party. 
Family: TETTER, George B / WOLLENBERG, Gladys Carolyn (F33305)
 
21652 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/2/1962

ZEBULSKE - Edward A. Zebulske,
69, of 309 Goundry St,
North Tonawanda, died Monday
(July 2, 1962) at DeGraff Memorial
Hospital after three weeks'
illness. He was a lifelong resident
of North Tonawanda and
was a member of Friedens United
Church of Christ; past master
of Sutherland Lodge 826, F&AM;
Bell Aircraft Square Club, and
the Eldredge Bicycle Club. He
was chief mechanical .engineer
and designer at the Allen Herschell
and Spillman Engineering Co.,
retiring in 1960. He also was employed
at the Bell Aircraft
Corp., American Machine and
Foundry, Columbus McKinnon
Corp. and Wurlitzer Co. as engineer.
He is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. J. Warren Pfeifer of
Kenmore; a son, Edward A. Jr.
of North Tonawanda, and seven
grandchildren. Friends may call
from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. at the Wattengel
Funeral Home, 307 Oliver
St., North Tonawanda, where
services will be conducted at 11
a.m. Wednesday, the Rev. Carl
K. Marks officiating. Burial in
Friedens Cemetery. Masonic memorial
services will be conducted
at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral
home. 
ZEBULSKE, Edward A (I91247)
 
21653 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/2/1973

SECOR - Helene Sherman
Secor, 83. of 143 Zimmerman
St., .North Tonawanda.
suddenly Saturday (June .30,
1973) at DeGraff Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Secor was a resident
of North Tonawanda the past*35
years and a former, resident of
Cambria and E. Wilson, N.Y.
She was a former employe of
Erie Railroad, a member of the
Golden Agers of the Tona
wandas, the 80 Plus Club and the
Senior Citizens of- North Tona
wanda.
She is survived by her
husband, David A. Secor: two
sons, Harold Sherman of
Buffalo and Perry Sherman of
Wilson, NY.; nine grandchildren:
several great grandchildren
and a sister. Mrs. Viola
Allexol Buffalo.
The family will receive
friends at the Fret t hold
Funeral Home, Inc.. 1241 Oliver
St , at Ward Road. North Tona
wanda, from 7 to 9 this evening
and Tuesday from 10 a m . until
2 p.m., time of service. The
Rev. Everett F. Spring will
officiate Interment North
Ridge Cemetery. 
ADERMAN, Helene (I112748)
 
21654 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/2/1973

Theodore A. Little, 44, of 208 William
St., Tonawanda, died Saturday at
Kenmore Mercy Hospital after
suffering an apparent stroke at his
home Friday night.
A native of Tonawanda. Mr. Little
was employed by the Niagara Frontier
State Park Commission at Grand
Island.
Mr. Little was vice president of
Delaware Hose Company, and a
member of Southwestern Firemen's
Association, Erie County Volunteer
Firemen's Association, Tonawanda
Sportsmen's Club and Salem United
Church of Christ.
He is survived by his wife, Marion
Bockhahn Little, four sons, Jack,
Larry, Keith and Donald, and two
daughters, Nina and Laurie.
Services were conducted this
afternoon. Burial was in White Chapel
Cemetery. 
LITTLE, Theodore A (I104114)
 
21655 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/20/1968

Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Post
have been named Wagon
Masters for the 1969 Bergeron
Family Reunion.
Attending this year's recent
reunion at the Medina Wildwood
Camp Grounds were all of Mr.
and Mrs. Alonzo Bergeron's 11
children and their families.
Included were 41 grandchildren.
The children are:
Mr. and Mrs. Cal Bergeron,
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Bergeron,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bergeron,
Mr. and Mrs. John (Nancy)
Brown; Mr. and Mrs. Melvin
(Mary) Post, all of Rochester;
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Bergeron
of Fairport, Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Bergeron of Broekport,
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bergeron of
Tonawanda, Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel (Jean) Belanger, Mr.
and Mrs. Gerard Bergeron and
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
(Jacqueline) Robinson, all of
North Tonawanda.
Games, a magic show,
presented by Edward Tfhlertof
of Niagara Falls, an auction
around the campfire were
reunion highlights.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robinson
were this year's Wagon
Masters. The family heads, Mr.
and Mrs. Alonzo Bergeron, are
former North Tonawandans. 
Family: BERGERON, Alonzo Louis / DUPLESSIS, Ida Rose (F49286)
 
21656 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/20/1976

Mrs. Alma Becken of Sanborn,
who with her husband, the late
Charles Becken, operated a
farm for 42 years at 2585 Upper
Mountain Road, died yesterday
at Fairchild Manor in Lewiston.*
Mrs. Becken was a past
member of the Ladies Aid and
Missionary League of St. Andrew's
Lutheran Church.
She is survived by four sons,
Erwin L., Harold C and Carl
Becken. all of Sanborn, and
Chester B. of Lockport; two
d a u g h t e r s , Mrs. Jacob
Steingasser of Niagara Falls
and Mrs. Lawrence Walck of
Sanborn, and a sister, Mrs.
George Dirmyer of Tonawanda.
She is also survived by 20
grandchildren. 30 great-grandchildren
and one great-great
grandchild.
Services will be conducted
Thursday at 2 p.m. at the
Rhoney Funeral Home, 5893
Hoover Road, Sanborn. 
KRUEGER, Alma A (I47376)
 
21657 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/20/1981

LEBRENZ - Adelia
Lebrenz, 83, of North Tonawanda,
Saturday (July 18,
1981) Mrs. Lebrenz was a
lifelong resident of North
Tonawanda and a member
of St Matthew Lutheran
Church Wife of the late
Edwin C Lebrenz. she is
survived by one son,
C h a r l e s ( M a r g a r e t )
Lebrenz, No, Tona.; three
daughters, Mrs Beatrice
Krause, Mrs. Melvin
(Ruth) Krull. both of No.
Tona., Mrs. Shirley Weiss,
Columbus, Ohio; one
brother Gerhardt Wurl. No.
Tona ; two sisters. Mrs.
Hilda Toellner, No. Tona ,
Mrs. Ada Burow, of
Georgia. Grandmother of
ten grandchildren and six
greatgrandchildren
Graveside services were
held today at Elmlawn
Cemetery, the Rev. A.W.
Moldenhauer officiating If
desired, memorials to St.
Matthew Lutheran Church
Gym Fund or Bethesda
Lutheran Home. Arrangements
by Wattengel
Funeral Home, Inc. 
WURL, Adelia Auguste Maria (I58879)
 
21658 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/20/1984

BODDY - Hattie M Boddy, 89, of
North Tonawanda, Thursday (July
19, 1984) in Ridge View Manor
Nursing Home after a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Boddy was a lifelong
resident of North Tonawanda and a
member of St. Mark Lutheran
Church. She was the wife of the late
William J. Boddy who died in 1969.
She is survived by one son,
Glenwood (Jean) Boddy of North
Tonawanda and three grandchildren,
also surviving are many
nieces and nephews
No prior visitation. Funeral
services will be held privately. Arrangements
by the Fretthold
Funeral Home, Inc. 
KARRE, Henrietta (I63752)
 
21659 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/21/1939

A beautiful wedding took place
Saturday noon, July 15 when
Miss Ruth Volkstadt, daughter of
Mr. Charles Volkstadt of 46 Ganson
street became the bride of
Mr. William Abram.
The Rev. Walter Scott Cook, pastor
of Christ Church, Erie, Pa.,
performed the ceremony. Preceding
the ceremony Miss Kathryn
Scott, organist, played "Ava Maria"
and "I Love You Truly."
The bride, who entered the
church on the arm of her father,
was attractively gowned in white
chiffon made princess style with
a shirred bodice, and topped with
a tucked jacket. Her finger tip
veil of illusion fell from a halo
of orange blossoms. She carried
a colonial bouquet of white roses,
sweet peas and gypsophila.
Miss Florence Volkstadt, who
was her sister's maid of honor, was
attired In a dusty rose chiffon
made on princess lines with shirred
bodice and tiny smocked sleeves.
Her colonial bouquet was of
Talisman roses and sweet peas ed
ged with a pleated ruffle of powder
blue maline.
Miss Carol Volkstadt, niece of
the bride, was junior bridesmaid.
She wore a long dress of powder
blue chiffon, with a shirred bodice
and tiny puffed sleeves, with
dusty rose velvet bows at the
shoulders. Her bouquet was a
small replica of the maid of honors,
edged with dusty rose maline.
The groom was attended by Mr
Donald Hooper.

Immediately following the ceremony
a wedding breakfast was
held at Waite's Brookside Inn, covers
being laid for fifteen. In the
evening a reception for sixty
guests was held at the home of
the bride.
Entertainments for the bfidewere
a surprise shower by Mrs.
Albert Walker of Buffalo, a linen
shower by Mrs. Howard Volkstadt
of Niagara Falls, a variety
shower by Miss Florence Volkstadt
and a wiener roast by the girls of
the lantern department of the Niagara
Searchlight company.
For traveling the bride selected
black marquisette over taffetta
with white accessories.

Mr. and Mrs. Abram left on
a honeymoon to the Thousand Islands
and the Adirondack mountains.
After August 1st, they will
be at home at 46 Ransom street. 
Family: ABRAM, William J / VOLKSTADT, Ruth (F28820)
 
21660 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/22/1904

Mrs. Bertha Jaenecke, aged 42 years,
wife of John Jaenecke of Martinsville,
died at her home last night after a
lingering illness. Besides a husband,
three daughters and a son, three sisters,
Mrs. Christ Goeres of North Tonawanda,
Mrs. T. Hartwig of Niagara
Falls and Mrs. R. Fleishman of Wellsvile,
N. Y., and five brothers, August,
Fred, Charles and John Ziehl of North
Tonawanda and William Ziehl of
Wisconsin, survive, The funeral
will be held from the St. Paul's
church at Martinsville on Sudany afternoon.
Burial will be in the Mar-
tinsville cemetery. 
ZIEHL, Bertha Auguste Etta (I59824)
 
21661 North Tonawanda NY Evening news - 7/22/1929

Althea K. Green, (nee Batt), 32
years old, 291 Falconer street, died
this morning at the DeGraff Memorial
hospital. She had lived in
North Tonawanda all her life. Surviving
are a husband, Clarence
Green; a daughter, her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Batt; a sister,
Mrs. Gus McRae, and three
brothers, John, Lee and Edwin, all
of North Tonawanda.
The funeral will be held Wednesday
morning at 8:30 o'clock from
the residence and half an hour
later from the Ascension church.
Rev. J. F. Kelly will officiate and
Interment will be at Mt. Olivet.

ALSO

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 10/16/1896

Born, to Mr. and Mrs. John Batt, a
twelve pound girl. 
BATT, Althea Kathryn (I127355)
 
21662 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/22/1938

Norma Rosebrock, 8, of 703
Payne avenue died yesterday after
a prolonged illness.
She is survived by her parents,
Albert and Elsie Strassburg
Rosebrock, her two sisters, Betty
and Doris, and her brother, Herbert,
The funeral will be from the
residence Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock
The Rev. Carl Frankenstein will
officiate.
Burial will be at St, Matthew's
cemetery. 
ROSEBROCK, Norma Marie (I95909)
 
21663 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/22/1948

Mrs. Elsa Fischle of 564 Ward
Rd. announces that the marriage
of her daughter, Miriam, to Roger
Rumbold, son of Mrs. Beulah
Rumbold of 162 Clinton St. will
take place Saturday at 11:30
a.m. in St. Matthew's Lutheran
Church, Wheatfield and Bryant
Sts. The Rev. Paul Gassmann
will officiate. 
Family: RUMBOLD, Roger Seymour / FISCHLE, Miriam K (F37621)
 
21664 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/22/1950

Death came yesterday after
an extended illness to Harry
Wythe, 63, longtime manager
of the Dunlop Tire 6 Bobber
Company store at 44
North Niagara St. in Tonawanda.
Mr. Wythe was a lifelone
Tonawanda resident. He
belonged to Salem Evangelical
Church there, and to
Delaware Hose Company No.
2, as well as to Tonawanda
Lodge 864, B. P. O. Elks. He
leaves his wife, Ada; a
daughter, Mrs. Mack Hummel:
a son, Edwin, and a
brother, Charles, all of Tonawanda.
The Rev. Walter F.
Hetsel, Salem Evangelical pastor,
will officiate at funeral
services Monday at 2 pan. in
the Wattengel Funeral Home.
Burial will be in Elmlawn. 
WYTHE, Harry (I70600)
 
21665 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/22/1961

PLETCHER - Rose Pletcher,
65, formerly of North Tonawanda,
died Saturday (July 22, 1961) in
Lockport after a long illness. A
native of North Tonawanda, Mrs.
Pletcher is survived by a sister,
Tonawandas and was formerly Mrs. Fred Lavendusky, and a
employed by Semet-Solvay Co.
He was a member of Salem United
Church of Christ. He was the
husband of the late Fredericka
Hahn Heppner and is survived
by a daughter, Mrs. Otto Genet;
a son, Warren; a brother, Carl;
a sister, Mrs. Charles Bruske, all
of the Tonawandas; three grandchildren
and four great - grandchildren.
Friends may call from 2
to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Wattengel
Funeral Home, 307 Oliver St.,
North Tonawanda, where services
will be Monday at 3 pm. The
Rev. Donald L. Gardella will officiate.
Burial in White Chapel
Memorial Park.
brother, William Broeker, both of
North Tonawanda. Friends may
call at John O. Roth Funeral
Home, Morgan and W i l l i am
Streets, Tonawanda, where services
will be conducted at 2 p.m.
Monday by the Rev. Homer Cooper.
Burial in Rest Haven Cemetery. 
BROECKER, Rose W (I56284)
 
21666 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/22/1975

MILLER - William D.
Miller of 4828 Beach Ridge
Road, Pendleton, N.Y,
Tuesday (July 22,1975).
Husband of the late Mildred
E. Miller, he is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. Wilfred (Alma)
Miller of Pendleton; one sister,
Mrs. William (Katherine)
Janowsky of North Ton-
awanda; four grandchildren,

Mrs. James (Susan) Wendler
of Appleton, N.Y., Thomas,
Timothy and Terry Miller, all
of Pendleton, also surviving
are several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call Wednesday
and Thursday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.,
at the Gaul Funeral Home,
Inc., 263 East Ave., Lockport,
where the funeral will be held
Friday at 2 p. m Interment
will be in Bear Ridge
Cemetery. Memorials may be
made to the American Cancer
Society. 
MILLER, William D (I116105)
 
21667 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/22/1985

LEHMAN Frank Lehman, 82, of
North Tonawanda, Sunday (July 21,
1985) in Schofield Residence, after a
lengthy illness. Mr. Lehman was a
member of St. Mark Lutheran
Church and an exempt member of
Sanborn Fire Company and a
former employee of Union Carbide,
ile was the husband of the late
Mildred Lehman, who died in 1970.
He is survived of his wife Minna
(nee Ballerstein) Lehman; two
sons, Roger (Pearl) Lehman and
Jerald (Barbara) Lehman both of
No Tonawanda; a daughter Mrs.
David (Shirley) Vill of Anaheim,
Calif.; four step-children, Richard
of Tacoma, Washington, Arlene of
Brookville, Maryland, Onnlee of
Yukon, Oklahoma and Robert of
Knox, Pennsylvania; 21 grandc
h i l d r e n and 12 g r e at
grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Fretthold
Funeral Home, Inc., 1241 Oliver St.
at Ward Rd., No. Tonawanda,
Monday and Tuesday 2-4 and 7-9
p.m. Funeral services will be held
Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. from St.
Mark Lutheran Church. The Rev.
Thomas K. Spahn will officiate.
Interment St Mark Lutheran Cemetery.
If so desired, memorials may
be made to St. Mark Lutheran
Church.
 
LEHMAN, Frank (I98573)
 
21668 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/23/1945

Mrs. Hubert Beutel of Shawnee
road, Sanborn, announce the engagement
of her sister, Margaret
A. Bartel, of 1655 Ruie road to
Allen R. Stoelting of 1275 Pierce
avenue, North Tonawanda 
Family: STOELTING, Allen R / BARTEL, Margaret A (F15338)
 
21669 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/23/1964

A next-door neighbor found
Mrs. Bessie M. Wilson, 69, of 39
Palmer Ave., Kenmore, dead in
her home last night.
Edward A. Strom, 43 Palmer
Ave., Kenmore, told police he
became concerned when he did
not see Mrs. Wilson about her
home since Monday
Mr. Strom and a boarder found
Mrs. Wilson dead in bed. Dr.
Joseph P. Hylant, Erie County
smen. medical examiner, was called
and he said death was due to
heart trouble,
Mrs. Wilson was the widow of
Albert W. Wilson. She is sur-
vived by a first cousin, Mrs.
Claude H. Welsh, 446 Wabash
Ave., Kenmore 
WILCOX, Bessie M (I92550)
 
21670 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/23/1976

CAMANN - Lydia
Camann of 6665 Luther
St., Niagara Falls, N.Y.,
in Memorial Medical
Center, Thursday (July
22, 1976). Mrs. Camann
was a native of St.
Johnsburg prior to
moving to Bergholz in
1919. She was the wife of
the late Edwin J.
Camann, wbp died June
19, 1975. She was a
member of the Holy
Ghost Lutheran Church
and was a charter
member of the Ladies Aid
Society of the church.
She is survived by two
sons, Warren Camann of
Bergholz and Robert
Camann of Sterling, Va.;
one daughter, Mrs. John
(Eloise) Cindrich of
Bergholz; one sister,
Mrs. Albert A. (Emma)
Camann of Bergholz, she
is also survived by nine
grandchildren.
The family will be
present at the Rhoney
Funeral Home, Inc., 5893
Hoover Rd., Sanborn,
N.Y., from 7 to 9 p.m.,
Friday and from 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday.
Funeral servicesvwill be
held Sunday at 3 p.m., at
the Holy Ghost Lutheran
Church with the Rev.
Albert W. Bahr officiating.
Interment in
Holy Ghost Lutheran
Cemetery. If preferred,
memorials may be made
to the Holy Ghost
L u t h e r a n Church
Building Fund.  
BAARS, Lydia (I48598)
 
21671 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/24/1928

The funeral of Herbert Wolan-
sky who died yesterday m o r n i n g ,
w i l l b e held tomorrow afternoon;
a t 2 o'clock from the late resi-
dence, Rev. Paul Frettholt of
St. Mark's church, Washington
street, officiating. Interment will
be in the St. Matthew's ceme-
tery. 
WOLANSKY, Herbert Friedrich Johannes (I93852)
 
21672 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/24/1946

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bach of
71 Hagen avenue, North Tonawanda,
announce the engagement
of their daughter, Audrey L. to
Howard Ensminger, son of Mrs.
Harvey Ensminger of 31 Elmwood
Park, Tonawanda. The wedding
wfl take place in September

ALSO

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 10/2/1946

In a candlelight service held

September 14 in St. Peters Lutheran
Church, Miss Audrey Louise
Bach, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Charles Bach of 71 Hagen
tvenue, became the bride of Howard
Earl Ensminger of 31 Elmwood
Park, Tonawanda. The Rev.
Robert F. Hein officiated before
the altar which was banked with
palms, fern and white gladioli
The bride wore a .colonial
itvled gown of white brocade
with basque bodice, long pointed
sleeves and bouffant skirt with
long train. The scalloped shadow
neckline wps outlined in silver
beads. She wore a doubled tier
icalloped finger tip veil of illusion
arranged with orange bloslomi
and carried a white Prayer
Book with cascade of gardenias.
Attending her sister at maid of
newer was Miss Betty Bach wearbag
a gown of lime green velveteen
with three quarter length
sleeves, sweetheart neckline and
full skirt The bridesmaids. Miss
Marjorie Allan, Miss Elaine Hils,
and Mrs. Robert Hadden wore

gowns of fuschia velveteen. All
carried bouquets of gladioli "to
harmonize with their gowns. Sallie
Ann and Barbara Jean Bach,
sisters of the bride, as flower
girls, wore white nylon eyelet
frocks and carried colonial bouquets
of gladioli.
Wesley Ensminger attended his
brother as best man, and the ushers
ware Richard Heller, James
Soldwisch, cousin of the bridegroom,
and Robert Hadden.
Mrs. Bach, mother of the bride
chose a black crepe dress trimmed
with aqua and black accessories.
The bridegroom's mother
also wore black, trimmed with
touches of gold and black accessories.
Both had corsages of gardenias
and roses.
Over four hundred guests attended
a reception for the couple
Refreshments were served from a
buffet table covered with lace
cloth and centered with a floral
arrangement and tall tapers. A
four tiered wedding cake was
served. Out of town guests were
from Buffalo. Dunkirk, Kenmore,
Lockport and West Valley, N. Y.
For her wedding trip to the
New England States and the Adirondacks
the bride wore a. brown
gaberdine suit with brown and
white accessories and a gardenia
corsage. She wore a mother of
pearl chatelaine the gift of the
bridegroom.
Mr and Mrs. Ensminger are
making their home in 31 Elm wood
Park 
Family: ENSMINGER, Howard / BACH, Audrey Louise (F41956)
 
21673 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/24/1950

Miss Margaret Degenhart of
38 Adam St. was the guest of
honor Friday night at a variety
shower given by Mrs. LeRoy
Whipple and Mrs. James Degenhart
at 767 Sweeney St.
Miss Degenhart on Aug. 19
will become the bride of Mr.
Stanley Batka of North Tonawanda.
The ceremony will be
in St. Francis Church rectory.
The bride-to-be was presented
with a corsage of mixed garden
flowers and many gifts. After
card games, a buffet luncheon
was served from a table which
had a bride and bridegroom as
centerpiece. Mixed flowers decorated
the house.

ALSO

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 12/30/1949

Mr. and Mrs. William Degenhart
of 36 Adam St.'announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Margaret, to Stanley Batka, son
of Mrs. Mary Batka of 513 East
Stenzel St. 
Family: BATKA, Stanley / DEGENHART, Margaret G (F39966)
 
21674 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/24/1957

Mr. and Mrs. Anton Jaeger, 204
Zimmerman St.. announce the engagement
of their daughter. Alice,
to Thomas L. Batt. son of Mr and
Mrs. Lee Batt. Ward Road. An
October wedding is planned

ALSO

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 11/1/1957

The Rev. Chester Polewicz officiated Oct. 26 in
St. Joseph's Church when Miss Alice Helen Jaeger,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Jaeger, 204 Zimmer-
man St., became the bride of Thomas L. B a t t , son of
Mr. and Mrs. L e e B a t t , Ward Rd.
White flowers were placed on
the altar for the ceremony and
white satin ribbons marked the
famiy pews.
The bride chose a white tulle
over ice blue taffeta gown with
appliques of re-embroidered Alen-
con lace, a shirred bodice, short
sleeves, and a full skirt. She wore
white tulle gauntlets and a pearl
necklace and earrings to comple-
ment her dress. Her headdress
of sequins and pearls held a shoul-
der length veil and she carried a
cascade bouquet of white roses
and shasta daisies.
The matron of honor, Mrs. Al-
vin Schimschack, the bride's sis-
ter, and the maid-of-honor, Miss
Marie Keller, wore identical street
length sheath dresses of Ameri-
can beauty velvet, with matching
satin slippers, and matching head-
dresses. They wore pearl neck-
laces and earrings, gifts from the
bride, and carried cascade bou-
quets of American Beauty roses
and white shasta daisies.
The flower girl, Eileen Jaeger,
the bride's niece, wore a white
chiffon over ice blue taffeta frock
with matching headdress. She
carried a basket of white roses
and blue chrysanthemums.
Vernon Batt attended his cous-
in as best man. Anton Jaeger
and Alvin Schimschack were ush-
ers.
Mrs. Jaeger chose a blue crepe
dress with a jacket and pink ac-
cessories for her daughter's wed-
ding. A turquoise lace and taf-
feta dress with white accessories
was the choice of Mrs. Batt.
A wedding dinner was served in
the Isle View Restaurant for the
immediate families and out of
town guests. An evening reception
was given in the Eldredge
Club. Out of town guests were
from Manchester, Conn.; Chicago,
Ill.; Medina and Barker, N. Y.;
and Niagara Falls, Ont.
Mr. and Mrs. Batt will be at
home after Nov. 10 when they return
from a trip to New Y o rk
City and Pennsylvania.
Hostesses at parties for the
bride were:
Mrs. Emil Jaeger, Mrs. Anton
Jaeger Jr., Mrs. Joseph Baumgartner,
Mrs. La Verne Offerstein.
Mrs. Ross Overholdt. Mrs. Alvin
Schimschack, Miss Marie Keller,
Mrs. Anton Jaeger, and memberi
of the Inter-Amicos Club. 
Family: BATT, Thomas L / JAEGER, Alice (F23421)
 
21675 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/24/1974

BRYAN - George H. Bryan
of 612 101st St.. Niagara Falls.
Suddenly at home, July 22,
1974. Father of Arthur Bryan
and George Bryan, both of
North Tonawanda, Elmer
Bryan and Charles Bryan, both
of Niagara Falls, Edwin
Bryan, Florida, Mrs. Gladys
Adamec, Mrs. Mildred Smith.
Mrs. Dorothy Bietz and Mrs.
Barbara Anderson, all of
Niagara' Falls. Father of the
late Raymond Bryan and Mrs.
Helen Gridley. Also survived
by 54 grandchildren and 22
great-grandchildren, and
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were
Wednesday, July 24, at 1 p.m.
from the Lane Funeral Home
Inc., 8622 Buffalo Ave..
Niagara Falls, the Rev. Jack
Howard officiating. Interment
in Memorial Park Cemetery. 
BRYAN, George H (I138371)
 
21676 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/24/1979

VIGRASS-Arthur L.
Vigrass, 66, of
Tonawanda, Tuesday
(July 24, 1979) at
Degraff Memorial
Hospital after a long
illness. A native of
Tonawanda, he was a
brother of Ernest L.
Vigrass, Jr.,, who died in
1968 and Evelyn Voisinet
who died in 1965. Mr.
Vigrass had been em-
ployed by the City of
Tonawanda Public
Works Dept. for 17 years,
retiring iin 1976 and was a
member of St. Mark's
Episcopal Church in
North Tonawanda.
He is survived by his
wife, Elsie (nee Koch)
Vigrass; two daughters,
Mrs. Charles (Joanne)
Huey of Gasport, N.Y.,
and Mrs. William
(Kathleen) Jay of North
Tonawanda; two sons,
James (Wanda) Vigrass
of North Tonawanda and
Kenneth L. Vigrass of
T o n a w a n d a ; four
sisters, Mrs. George
(Beatrice) Bacon, Mrs.
Alice Ekins, Mrs. Olive
Horan and Mrs. Wallace
(Emma) Jaenecke, all of
T o n a w a n d a ; two
b r o t h e r s , Wilbert
(Dorothy) Vigrass of
Tonawanda and Robert
(Dorothy) Vigrass of
Newfane, N.Y.; 13
grandchildren and
several nieces and
nephews.
Friends may call from
7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 2
to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Wednesday at John O.
Roth Funeral Home,
Morgan and William
Sts., Tonawanda where
services will be conducted
at 11 a.m.
Thursday by the Rev.
Canon Alexander A.
Corti. Burial at City
Cemetery Tonawanda. 
VIGRASS, Arthur Lindsay (I111356)
 
21677 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/24/1981

Michael J. (Joe) Balling,
85, a native of Tonawanda
and long-time parishioner
of St. Francis of Assisi
Church, died Friday in St.
F r a n c i s Home in
Williamsville.
Mr. Balling was a life
member of the Bricklayers
Local 49 of Tonawanda. He
retired from Balling
Brothers in 1964, a firm
begun by his brother, the
late Henry J Balling, and
involving all eight of the
Balling brothers.
A veteran of World War
I, Mr. Balling was the
husband of the late Myrtle
Near. He is survived by
three sons, Michael J.
(Patricia) Balling and
Robert (Joanne) Balling
both of Tonawanda. and
Dr. Peter (Lynn) Balling
of Piseatwa. N.J., and a
daughter, Mrs Richard
(Patricia) Himes of Kettering,
Ohio.
He is also survived by a
brother, Jacob Balling of
North Tonawanda and a
sister, Mrs. Frances Brown
of Englewood, Fla,, 12
granchildren and it
great-grandchildren.
Friends may call today
and Sunday from 2 to 4
p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at
Creasey Memorial Chapel,
Inc., 138 Delaware St..
Tonawanda. Prayers will
be said at 9 a.m. Monday
it.the chapel followed by a
mass of Christian burial at
St. Francis of Assisi
Church and interment in
Mount Olivet Cemetery. If
desired, memorials may be
made to St. Francis Home
in Williamsville. 
BALLING, Michael Joseph (I122584)
 
21678 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/25/1913

Xavier Batt, 81 years old, died sud
denly at his home at No. 69 Main
street late yesterday afternoon. Coroner
George B. Helwig was called this
morning to Investigate the cause of
the man's death and pronounced it due
to heart disease.
Mr. Batt was connected with the
North Tonawanda street department
for many years and was working half
an hour before he died. He was sit
ting in a chair at his home, talking with, members of his family and other
relatives, when he was stricken. Dr.
C. W. Clendenan and Dr. R. H. Wilcox
were called but the man was
dead when they arrived.
Mr. Batt came to this country from
Germany when he was four years old
and settled at Cheektowaga. They
were passengers on the schooner Mary
which was caught in a storm on the
Atlantic and for many days threatened
with destruction. The boat was
113 days crossing the ocean. During
the storm the passengers made a vow
that they would erect a chapel in honor
of the Mother of Our Lord. This
chapel was erected at Cheektowaga
and is known as "Our Lady Help of
Christians." It was in the cemetery
at the rear of the edifice that Mr.
Batt's parents were buried. He will
be buried in the same plot.
Before coming to the Tonawandas 41
years ago, Mr. Batt conducted a brew
(Continued on Page Four)
ery at Williamsville. Upon locating
here he opened a flour mill and was
later engaged in the manufacture of
shingles. His mill was one of the finest
of its kind to be operated in the
Tonawandas.
Had Mr. Batt lived,until July 4, 1914
he and his wife would have observed
their sixtieth wedding anniversary.
Besides his wife, Mr. Batt Is survived
by four daughters, Mrs. John Netter,
Mrs. Helen Rathgeber, Mrs. Cather-
ine Graff and Miss Rose Batt and five
sons, William, Frank, Charles, Edward
and Albert of Tonawanda and Casper
of Cleveland- He leaves 35 grand-
children and 5 great grandchildren.
The, funeral will be held at the chapel
at Cheektowaga Monday morning 
BATT, Xavier (I127137)
 
21679 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/25/1939

Charles Woodrich, Jr., 35, died
today at his home, 199 Delaware
road, Kenmore. He was born in
North Tonawanda and resided
here until removing to Kenmore
two years ago. He was a member
of the Third Presbyterian church,
Electric City Lodge and Enterprise
Encampment; I.O.O.F. He
leaves a wife, Laura M nee,
Hinkson; parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Woodrich, and three sisters,
Mrs. Carl Helwig, Mrs. Walter
McCombs and Mrs. Alvin Diebold,
all of Northi Tonawanda.
Rites will be held Friday afternoon
at 2 o'clock at the home of his
parents, 106 East Felton street and
at 2:30 o'clock from the Third
Presbyterian church. The Rev.
William Saye will officiate. Burial
will be in Rest Haven.
 
WOODRICH, Charles Henry (I98951)
 
21680 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/25/1955

OVERHOLT-Bertha C. Overholt
(nee Allard) formerly of 411-1/2
Kohl St., suddenly Sunday morn-
ing (July 24, 1955) at the home of
her son, Roy in Trenton, N..J.,
Mrs. Overholt was the wife of the
late Isaac Overholt; mother of
Harry of Tonawanda, Melvin of
North Tonawanda, and Roy of
Trenton, N.J. Also survived by
seven grandchildren; sister of Wal-
ter Allard of North Tonawanda.
Friends may call at the Fretthold
Funeral Home, 1341 Oliver St. at
Ward Rd. after 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Services will be held Wednesday at
2 p.m., the Rev. William Saye of-
ficiating. Interment in Elmlawn
Cemetery. 
ALLARD, Bertha Charlotte (I57935)
 
21681 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/26/1940

Word was received yesterday of
the death of Mrs. Blanche Andres,
wife of Robert H. Andres, a
former well known resident of
the Tonawandas, at her home in
Los Angeles, Calif.
Mrs. Andres sustained a stroke
of apoplexy a week before her
death.
Besides her husband she leaves
a mother, Mrs. B. Reed, also of
Los Angeles.
Mr Andres conducted a meat
market on Schenck street before
going to Los Angeles to live. 
REED, Blanche (I116743)
 
21682 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/26/1949

Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. D'Ora-
zio of 28 Fremont St. announce the
engagement of their daughter, Virginia
M„ to Lauren H. Andres,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter C,
Andres of 171 William St. The
wedding wtil take place in
October

ALSO

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 10/27/1949

A lovely Fall vedding was solemnized

in Salem Evangelical and
Reformed Church Oct. 22 when
Miss Virginia M. Dorazio, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Dorazio
of Fremont St, became the
bride of Lauren H. Andres of 171
William St. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Walter F.
Hetzel before the altar which was
decorated with white carnations
and chrysanthemums, palms and
candelabra holding tall tapers.
Miss Ellen Johns, accompanied
by the organist, Mrs. Evelyn Cary
Miller, sang "Through the Years"
and "I Love You."
Wearing a gown of white slipper
satin and fingertip veil of illusion,
the bride was given in marriage
by her father. The gown was fashioned
with a basque bodice, with
Chantilly lace yoke and long
sleeves pointed over the hands.
Her veil was edged with lace. She
carried a bridal bouquet of white
roses.
The maid-of-honor, Miss Jenny
Thomsen, wore a gown of American
Beauty satin with basque
waist and bouffant skirt and a
matching tiara headdress. She
carried pink and white roses.
Gowns of sea-foam satin were
worn by the bridesmaids, Mrs.
Betty Kruss and Miss Grace Terry
of Kenmore and Mrs. Fern Pils of
Lockport. All carried . American
Beauty roses.
The flower girl, Bonnie Butcheri,
carrying a basket of roses and
rose petals, wore a frock of white
satin and double illusion with a
basque bodice edged with a peplum
and puffed sleeves.
David Andres was the best man
and ushers were Willard Andres,
Maurice Hanel and Allen Butcher!.
A wedding dinner for the immediate
families was served in
Tree Haven. A reception in American
Legion Hall was attended by
250 guests. Mrs. Dorazio received
her guests in a gown of powder
blue lace over blue satin. She wore
dusty rose and black accessories
and a corsage of Talisman roses.
Mrs. Walter Andres, the bridegroom's
mother, chose a plumcolored
puff-taffeta dress with
gray and black accessories and a
corsage of yellow roses. The
bride's grandmother favored a
navy blue dress with matching accessories
and a corsage of pink
roses.
Among the out-of-town guests
were Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Providence, R. I., Mrs.
Josephine Casinelli and Rose
Marie Casinelli of Newton, Mass.,

Mrs. Rose Casinelli, Waltham,
Mass; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Smith,
Machias; Mr. and Mrs. David
Andres, Mr. and Mrs. Preston, Rice,
Chaffee; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Behrnes, Niagara Falls; Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Andres, Robert, Don
and Jean Andres, Minetto; Mrs.
Georgina Wilcox, Miss Hattie
Stein, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Stull,
Middleport; Mrs. Charles Stull,
Miss Eileen Stull and Laurence
Stull, Olean; Mr. and Mrs. Erwin
Kemp, Obi; Mrs. Speda Bump,
Olean and Carl Stull of California.
After a wedding trip to the
Adirondack Mountains and New
England, Mr. and Mrs. Andres will
be at home, after Oct. 30, in 26
Fremont St.

The following entertained at
pre-nuptial parties for the bride:
Miss Jenny Thomsen and Mrs.
Betty Kruss; Miss Grace Terry and
Mrs. Walter Andres. 
Family: ANDRES, Lauren H / D'ORAZIO, Virginia M (F40755)
 
21683 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/26/1958

Mrs. Philip Ensminger, wife of a pioneer farmer
of this area, is to celebrate her 90th birthday Sunday
with members of her family.
Hostess for the occasion, will be
one of her -granddaughters. Mrs.
Kenneth Stryker, 47 Canton St.,
another granddaughter. Mrs. Robert
Hutchinson is baking the birthday
cake.
Mrs. Ensminger's late husband
owned a large tract of land in
the Military and Ensminger R,
section, of what is now the Town
of Tonawanda and at: that, time was
within the limits of Tona-
wanda. Ensminger Rd- was named
for the family, Mr. Ensminger
died about, 20 years ago.
At the time of her marriage
and early married life, farms
abounded in this section of the
Frontier and Mrs. Ensminger,
over the years, watched the
changes irom the rural tone to
the present residential and indus-
trial theme.
Mrs. Ensminger, the former
Julia Klingenschmitt, was born
in Wendelville, July 28, 1868 and
was married in 1893. She and the
late Philip Ensminger were the
parents of five daughters.
Mrs. Louis Scheid, Kenmore.
.Mrs. Thomas Brush and Mrs.
William. Breitenbach, both
Tonawanda; Mrs. Walter Radant,
Gasport; and Miss Margaret Ens-
minger, who lives with her moth-
er in 1850 Miitary Rd. She has
nine grand children and 15 great
grandchildren. the family still
celebrates Christmas "at grand-
ma's."
Because of progressively failing
eyesight, Mrs. Ensminger identi-
fied member of the family large-
ly through their voices. An acid
radio fan, she listens to the stor-
ies and for the latest new items
on the radio and television. She
enjoys vacations and traveling by
car and is active and alert to the
world and people around her.
She tells her children and grand-
children "they have it easy" i
their homes, in comparison to the
"old days" and she rejoices with
the conveniences available to the
modern housewife.
Her "party" will begin at noon
with a buffet luncheon. In the aft-
ernoon Mrs. Ensminger will re-
count family stories for the fami-
lies to make her birthday another
full and eventful day in her long
life. 
KLINGENSCHMITT, Julia (I106124)
 
21684 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/26/1982

HARRISON - Stanley H
Harrison of 74 Kipps Lane,
London, Ontario, in his 79th
year. Beloved husband of
Mrs. Lillian B. Harrison;
dear father of Robert H of
Beeton, Ontario and father
in-law of Cherry Rosemary,
also survived by
g r a n d c h i l d r e n Tami,
Heather, Jennifer and
Nicole.
Mr. Harrison was a
member of Colborne United
Church and a life
member of King Solomon
Lodge 378 A.F.& A.M. of
London
V i s i t a t i o n at the
Needham Memorial Chapel,
520 Dundas St. London,
where the funeral service
will be conducted on
Monday July 26, 1982 at 3
p.m. Rev. Cecil M. Jardine
o f f i c a t i n g Interment
Forest Lawn Memorial
Gardens, London
Contributions to the charity
of your choice would be
appreciated. 
HARRISON, Stanley H (I149500)
 
21685 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/27/1939

Mr. and Mrs. John Baumgartner
of 24 State Street announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Lina, to Francis D. Greaves son of
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Greaves of
28 state street. The wedding will
take place August 19 
Family: GREAVES, Francis D / BAUMGARTNER, Lena (F45324)
 
21686 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/27/1954

The altar of St. Gerard's Church, Buffalo, decorated
with baskets of white gladioli, was the setting for the wed-
ding of Miss Shirley Edith Bennett, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Norman 0. Bennett of 27 Leonhardt St., and Robert
John Schroeder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Schroeder,
266 Olympic Ave., Buffalo. The Rev. Joseph J. Garin performed
the 10 a.m. Nuptial Mass July 17.
Given in marriage by her fa-
ther, the bride wore a ballerina
length gown of white tulle and
Chantilly lace with a fitted bodice
and bouffant skirt. Her fingertip
veil was caught to a coronet of
seed pearls and she carried a
prayer book covered with a spray
of white carnations and stephanotis.
The maid of honor, Miss Marie
Schroeder, and the bridesmaid,
Miss Violet Bennett, were dressed
in matching ballerina gowns of
Nile green and yellow organdy
over taffeta with wide-brimmed
straw hats. They carried baskets
of white and yellow Shasta daisies.
Donald Hart man attended the
bridegroom as the best man and
brothers of the bride, Norman and
Donald Bennett, were ushers.
For her daughter's wedding
Mrs. Bennett selected a dress of
grey lace over dusty pink taffeta
with white accessories and a
corsage of white carnations- The
bridegroom's mother c h o s e an
all aquamarine nylon taffeta and also
wore white accessories and a cor-
sage of white carnations.
After the ceremony, a wedding
breakfast for 50 guests was served
in the home of the bridegroom.
Later in the day the bridal party
attended a wedding dinner in the
Elks Club and then went to the
bride's home where en outdoor
reception was given for 100 guests
including Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Scheu and family of Chicago, Ill.,
and Mrs. Constance Corey and
Mrs. Madeline Robinson of Detroit,
Mich.
For traveling, the bride wore a
dove-grey suit with red accessories.
The couple now is honeymooning
through the Midwest and
will be at home at 402 Witmer
Rd. after Aug. 30.
Pre-nuptial s h o w e r s for the
bride were given by Mrs- Monica
Whitman, Mrs. Earl Bennett and
Miss Viola Bennett. 
Family: SCHROEDER, Robert J / BENNETT, Shirley Edith (F48575)
 
21687 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/27/1956

BRAUER - Mrs Martha M.
Brauer, 73, of 130 Frederick a St.,
North Tonawanda, Thursday afternoon
(July 26, 1956) in DeGraff
Memorial Hospital after a long
illness. She was a member of the
Lutheran Worn e n s Missionary
League. She was wife of' William
A. Brauer; mother of Mrs. Charles
O'Callaghan and Norman and
Irene Brauer, and sister of August
and William Genet. Mrs. Ella
Strassburg, Charles, Emma and
Otto Genet and Mrs. Joseph Doyle.
Four grandchildren also survive.
Friends may call at Fretthold Funeral
Home, 1241 Oliver St. and
Ward Road, where services will
be at 3 p.m. Sunday, the Rev.
Paul H. Fretthold officiating. Burial
will be In St. Mark's Lutheran
Cemetery. 
GENET, Martha (I78949)
 
21688 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/27/1967

Mrs. Carmella Battaglia, 53,
of 240 Liston St., Town of Tonawanda,
a former teacher, died
of cancer Tuesday at Buffalo
General Hospital.
Mrs. Battaglia ended her
teaching career in January at
Amherst Central Junior High
School, where she taught a unified
(English, history, reading
combination) Grade 8 class. She
taught there 13 years.
Mrs. Battaglia p r e v i o u s ly
taught for 12 years in the Buffalo
public school system and
began her grade teaching in a
one-room school at Clarence.
A graduate of the State University
College at Buffalo, she
did postgraduate work in education
at Duke University, "New
York University and the State
University at Buffalo. She was a
member of the New York State
Teachers Association.
Born in Buffalo, she was the
former Carmella Corritore.
Survivors Include her husband,
Charles J. Battaglia; two daughters,
Mrs. Joseph Siracuse and
Miss Eleanor Battaglia; a son,
Charles Battaglia Jr., and five
grandchildren.
Prayers will be said at 8:30
a.m. Friday at the Greco Funeral
Home, Town of Tonawanda, followed
by a Requiem Mass at 9
at St. John the Baptist Church.
Burial will be in Mt. Olivet
Cemetery. 
CORRITORE, Carmella (I127759)
 
21689 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/27/1977

ULLRICH - Cora (nee
Franz) Ullrich, 82, of
Tonawanda, Tuesday
(July 26,1977) at DeGraff
Memorial Hospital after
a brief illness. Born in
North Tonawanda, she
had been a resident of the
Tonawandas all her life
and was the wife of
William L. Ullrich, who
died in 1968 and mother of
Arlene E. Miller who died
in April of this year. Mrs.
Ullrich was a member of
Salem United Church of
Christ, Salvation Army
Golden Agers and the
Senior Citizens of
Tonawanda.
She is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Helen P.
B a t t of N o r th
Tonawanda; seven
grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren.
Friends may call from
2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., at
John O. Roth Funeral
Home, Morgan and
William Sts., Tonawanda
where services will be
conducted Friday at 11
a.m., by the Rev. Richard
H Trump. Burial will be
in Elmlawn Cemetery. 
FRANZ, Cora (I107559)
 
21690 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/27/1981

William R Bodkin Jr., 50. of the
City of Tonawanda, died unex
pectedly Friday of an apparent
heart attack as he prepared to
start his car to drive to work
Bodkin, a composing room
foreman at the Buffalo Evening
News, got his start in the newspaper
field in 1951 when he joined the
News as a copy aide.
Bodkin, a native of Hornell. was
a graduate of Kenmore West High
School
He was a member of St. Mark's
Lutheran Church, 576 Delaware
Road, Kenmore
He is survived by his wife, Sally;
two sons, Mark and William J ; a
daughter. Dawn; his parents,
William R and Gwendolyn Bodkin
of Grand Island and a brother, Dr.
liobert Bodkin
A memorial service will be
conducted tonight at 7 in St, Mark's
Lutheran Church. Private funeral
arrangements are being made by
the William A Rolling Funeral
Home 3000 Delaware Ave . Ken
more 
BODKIN, William R (I154359)
 
21691 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/28/1947

John Alfred Beyette, 88, of 23
Park avenue, died last evening
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Cyril Goehry, 30 Loretta street,
after a prolonged illness. He was
born in Oswego and had resided
in Tonawanda the past 30 years.
Surviving are his wife, Nellie, nee
Heald; a son, Ernest of Tonawanda;
a daughter, Mrs. Goehry; six
grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren. Rites will be held
Wednesday morning at 8:30 from
the Hsmp Funeral Home, 37 Adam
street, and at 9 o'clock from
the St. Francis church. The Rt.
Rev. Msgr. John A. Weismantel
will officiate. Burial will be in
Mt. Olivet. 
BEYETTE, John Alfred (I143502)
 
21692 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/28/1953

BALL - Donald Ball, 28, of
147 Bryant St., North Tonawan-
da, died in DeGraff Memorial

oepital Monday night after a
brief illness. He had been a lifelong
resident of the Tonawandas
and was a member of the shop
union at Niagara Platers where
he was employed. He is survived
by his wife, Bernice (nee Dziadzio)
Ball; a daughter, Cynthia
Jean; his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Ball; a brother, Frank Jr.;
and two sisters, Mrs. Charles
(Ruth) Will and Lois Ball. Funeral
services will be at 0:30 a.m.
Thursday in Niagara Memorial
Chapels, Inc., 632 Oliver St., at
5th Ave., and at 10:30 a.m. in
OLC Church with the Rev. Vincent
Dudek officiating. Burial
will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Military honors will be in charge
of the 318th Air Defense Group
of Niagara Falls Air Force Base 
BALL, Donald R (I86843)
 
21693 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/29/1921

August Unferdross, forty - three
years old, of 98 Mi l l e r street died
yesterday at a Buffalo hospital. His
death was caused by pneumonia
Unferdross came to America from
Germany with his parents when a
boy and lived in the Tonawandas the
remainder of his life. He is survived
by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. William
Unferdross; two brothers, Karl and
Gustav Unferdross, and one sister,
Mrs. William Ribbeck, all of North
Tonawanda. The funeral will be
held tomorrow afternoon from Ihe
late home at 2 o'clock. Rev. E, A.
Sehhtts of Frieden's Church will of
ficiate and burial will be in t h e City
cemetery. Unferdross was a member
of Tonawandas Aerie, No. 1411.
F, O. E. 
UNFERDROSS, August (I94943)
 
21694 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/29/1983

BARNES - Doris R
Barnes, 61, of North Tona-
wanda, Thursday, July 28,
1983 in De Graff Memorial
Hospital after a brief ill-
ness. Mrs. Barnes was a
lifelong resident of North
Tonawanda and member of
St. Matt hew Lutheran
Church.
She is survived by her
husband Kenneth H.
Barnes Sr.; a
son Kenneth
H. (Patricia) Barnes of
Buffalo,; two daughters,
Mrs. Wayne (Barbara)
Smith of Hamilton. Ontario
and Mrs. Lynn (Dolores)
Chesebro of North Tona
w a n d a , ; ten grand
children; her mother Mrs
Ruth Pieper of North Ton
awanda, four sisters, Mrs
Clifford (Betty) Pohlman,
Mrs. Frank (Norma ) Fill,
Mrs Frank (Ruby)
Brosius and Mrs Marilyn
Kerlin, two brothers, Robert
(Rene) Pieper and
James (Diane) Pieper all
of North Tonawanda
Friends may call at the
Fretthold Funeral Home
Inc., Oliver St at
Ward
Rd. Friday, from 7-9,
Sat. and Sun 2^ and 79
Services will be held in St
.Matthew Lutheran Church,
Monday at 10 am the
Rev. A W Moldenhauer
will officiate Interment in
St Matthew Lutheran
Cemetery. If so desired
memorials may be made to
St Matthew Lutheran
Church. 
PIEPER, Doris R (I59884)
 
21695 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/3/1919

Mrs Alhertlna Westphal 51 years
old, of 19 Washington street died lat
evening at the DeGraff Memorial
hospital where she underwent an op-
eratioon a few hours beffore her death.
She was born in St. Johnsburg, but
had llived in North Tonawanda the
greater part of her life.. She was a
member of the Ladies Aid Society of
St. Mark's church on Washington
street. Besides her husband, William
Westphal, she is survived by four
daughters, Mrs Gustave Lemke ad
the Misses Lucy, Matilda and Emma
Westphal,, all of North Tonawanda.
Other survivors are her mother,
Mrs. Louisa Stange of St. Johnsburg;
four sisters, Mrs. William Oswald and
Mrs.. Gustav Broeker of North Tona-
wanda, Mrs. Ernest Oswald of Berg-
hotz and Mrs. John Werth of St.
Johnsburg and three brothers, Char-
les and William Stange of St. Johns-
burg and August Stange of North Ton-
awanda. The funeral will be held
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
late residence and 2:30 o'clock at St.
Mark's church. Rev. Paul Frettholt
officiating. Burial will be at St.
Johnsburg. 
STANGE, Albertine (I77926)
 
21696 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/3/1937

MRS. ANNA F. KRACHEEL
Mrs. Anna F. Kracheel, 72 years old, a resident of the Shawnee road for the past 47 years, died this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Chester Dexheimer, 1042 Falls boulevard. Mrs. Kracheel was injured eight years ago when an automobile struck a buggy in which she and her husband were riding. Injuries sustained by the woman at that time are believed to have led to her death. She leaves a husband, Otto A.; a daughter, Mrs. Dexheimer; four grandchildren, one great grandchild and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Bach and Mrs. Antonnette Lueders, North Tonawanda. Rites will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence and at 2:30 o'clock from the St. Paul's church, Rev. F. A. Hinners officiating. Burial will be in St. Paul's cemetery. 
GENTZMER, Anna F (I136328)
 
21697 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/3/1956

In a candlelight ceremony, June 9, in the First Church
of Christ, Disciple, Grove St., Miss Harriette Grace Rech,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Grover Rech was married to
Ludomir Thaddeus Lazarz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jan Lazarz
of Elmhurst, Long Island.
The double ring ceremony was
performed at 4 p.m. by the Rev.
Norman g. Crawford in a setting
of baby chrysanthemums, snap-
dragons, gladioli, palms and
lighted candelabra tapers. lighted
tapers were placed along each side
of the church, choir loft an dbaptis-
try.
Miss Grace Myers, Soloist, sand
"Through the Years," "Whither
Thou Goest." and "My Prayer."
She was accompanied by Mrs. ar-
chie Waite at the organ.
The bride, given in marriage by
her father, wore an ankle-length
gown of immported Italian rosepoint
lace over a white satin hoop skirt,
a skirt of blue taffeta, a skirt of
heavy net and another skirt of ac-
cordion pleated net. Lace was
hand-appliqued on the skirt of the
gown. Her fingertip veil of illusion
was caught to a headpiece of
orange blossoms and seed pearls..
She carried a cascade of white car-
nations and baby breath.
Mrs. Curtis E. owens, the
bride's ister, was the matron of
honor. She wore a full-skirted, bal-
lerina length gown of pale blue or-
ganza with a matching headpiece,
mitts and slippers. She carried a
cascade of pink carnations and
baby breath.
Miss Jennie Grace Owens, niece
of the bride, as flower girl wore a
frock of white and pale blue nylon
and a headpiece of lilies-of-the-val-
ley. Jennie carried a colonial bou-
quet of white and pink carnations.
Jan Lazarz, attended his son as
best man. Ushers were Jack W.
Rech, the bride's brother, and
Curtis E. Owens, her brother-in
law.
The bride's mother selected a
beige dress of silk organza with
white accessories. The bride-
groom's mother wore a navy blue
silk dress with white accessorie.s
Orchid corsages completed their
costumes.
A reception was given in the
church parlor. Out of town guests
were present from Elmhurst, Long
Island, Williston, Long Island.,
Syracuse and Chicago,, Ill..
For travel, the bride wore a
beige linen suit with matching ac-
cessories. The couple honeymooned
in Montreal, Quebec and the Thou-
sand Islands. they expect to be in
their new home, 184 Utica St., by
July 14.
Prenuptial parties for the bride
were given by Mrs. Albert P.
Hardleben, Mrs. Curtis E. Owens,
Mrs. William Litz and girls from
Linde Air Products Co. Mr. and
Mrs. Grover Rech entertained aft-
er the rehearsal.
 
Family: LAZARZ, Ludomir Thaddeus / RECH, Harriette Grace (F36405)
 
21698 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/3/1972

BROECKER - Edwin B
Broecker. 71, formerly of Old
Falls Blvd., at Buffalo, N.Y.
Saturday (July 1. 1972) after a
long illness. Son of the late
Augusta inee Wallenberg) and
Henry Broecker. Services were
held today from the Brunner
Funeral Home, the Rev David
Kaplan officiated. Interment
St. Martin's Cemetery 
BROECKER, Edwin B (I166909)
 
21699 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/3/1973

ZUCH - Gerhard Zuch, 69, of
1521 Kingston Ave., North Tonawanda,
Tuesday (July 3, 1973) at
his residence, after a long
illness. Mr. Zuch was a member
of St. Paul's Lutheran ChurcTi
and a retired employe of
Wurlitzer Co., retiring after
more than 50 years service.
Beloved husband of Clara
(nee Dexheimer) Zuch; father
of Mrs. Samuel (Marilyn) Seger
of the Town of Lockport,
Donald and Edwin Zuch, both of
North Tonawanda. grand-
grandfather
of five grandchildren.
Friends received by the
family this evening from 7 to 9
p.m., and Wednesday and
Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m. at the Brunner Funeral
Home, 156 Robinson St., North
Tonawanda, where services
will be held Friday, July 6, at
130 p.m., the Rev. Enno A.
Schmoock officiating. Interment
Resthaven Cemetery. If
so desired, memorials may be
made to St. Paul's Lutheran
Church Building Fund. 
ZUCH, Gerhard G (I96894)
 
21700 North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/3/1975

MILLER - Lynes H. Miller,
80, of North Tonawanda,
Wednesday (July 2, 1975) at
DeGraff Memorial Hospital
after a long illness. Mr. Miller
was a member of Friedens
United Church of Christ, the
Rescue Hose Company,
Exempt Firemen's Association
Beloved husband of Augusta

(nee Litchkofske) Miller;
father of Mrs. Kenneth (June)
Goerss of the Town of
Tonawanda; grandfather of
Mrs. Jerry (Maria) Gully of
Ft. Bragg, California and
Thomas Goerss of the Town of
Tonawanda; brother of Mrs.
Leonard (Mabel) Hess of,
Buffalo, NY.
Friends received by the
family 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., at the
Brunner Funeral Home, 156
Robinson St., North Tonawanda
where services will be held
Saturday (July 5th) at 10 a.m.,
the Rev. Robert L. Cook
officiating. Interment Acacia
Park Cemetery 
MILLER, Lynes (I77102)
 

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