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| 4251 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - October 15, 1999 HAROLD SCHMIDT, CONRAIL ENGINEER, CONSTRUCTION WORKER, SOFTBALL COACH Harold "Smitty" Schmidt, 66, who was an engineer with Conrail from 1964 to 1995, died Thursday (Oct. 14, 1999) in Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, after a brief illness. Schmidt, also known as "Hans," was born in Wheatfield and was a graduate of Trott Vocational High School, Niagara Falls. He was a softball coach with the Cub Scouts and a catcher for the St. James Lutheran Church team in his younger days. A member of the Operating Engineers union, he worked on the construction of Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston; the Grand Island Bridges; and the Niagara Power Project, Lewiston. In addition, he was a co-owner of the former Bergholz Garage. A lifelong member of St. James Lutheran Church, he held various positions, including representative of the finance committee and an elder. He also was a charter member of the Wheatfield Business Association. Schmidt enjoyed fishing, bowling and euchre. A lifelong resident of Wheatfield, he also enjoyed traveling throughout the United States and Europe. His first wife, Jeanette Blaise Schmidt, died in 1975. Survivors include his second wife, the former D. Jean VanNorman; three sons, Lawrence of Fayetteville, Ga., Charles and Dennis; a daughter, Katherine Harrison of Aurora, Colo.; a stepson, Scott Nestler of Los Angeles; a stepdaughter, Lori Nestler of Amherst; two sisters, Hilda Jensen of North Tonawanda and Lavina Moll; and 10 grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in St. James Lutheran Church, Niagara Road and Rohr Street. Burial will be in Acacia Park, Pendleton. Buffalo News, The (NY) - October 15, 1999 HAROLD SCHMIDT, CONRAIL ENGINEER, CONSTRUCTION WORKER, SOFTBALL COACH Harold "Smitty" Schmidt, 66, who was an engineer with Conrail from 1964 to 1995, died Thursday (Oct. 14, 1999) in Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, after a brief illness. Schmidt, also known as "Hans," was born in Wheatfield and was a graduate of Trott Vocational High School, Niagara Falls. He was a softball coach with the Cub Scouts and a catcher for the St. James Lutheran Church team in his younger days. A member of the Operating Engineers union, he worked on the construction of Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston; the Grand Island Bridges; and the Niagara Power Project, Lewiston. In addition, he was a co-owner of the former Bergholz Garage. A lifelong member of St. James Lutheran Church, he held various positions, including representative of the finance committee and an elder. He also was a charter member of the Wheatfield Business Association. Schmidt enjoyed fishing, bowling and euchre. A lifelong resident of Wheatfield, he also enjoyed traveling throughout the United States and Europe. His first wife, Jeanette Blaise Schmidt, died in 1975. Survivors include his second wife, the former D. Jean VanNorman; three sons, Lawrence of Fayetteville, Ga., Charles and Dennis; a daughter, Katherine Harrison of Aurora, Colo.; a stepson, Scott Nestler of Los Angeles; a stepdaughter, Lori Nestler of Amherst; two sisters, Hilda Jensen of North Tonawanda and Lavina Moll; and 10 grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in St. James Lutheran Church, Niagara Road and Rohr Street. Burial will be in Acacia Park, Pendleton. | SCHMIDT, Harold F (I16546)
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| 4252 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - October 16, 1996. Donald W. Toellner, 84, a retired electrician, died Tuesday (Oct. 15, 1996) in Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center after a brief illness. An Ontario Avenue resident, he was employed as an electrician by National Carbon, Steele Electric and Barker Electric. A Town of Wheatfield native, he was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church and enjoyed bowling and playing cards. His wife of 58 years, Esther H. Buerger Toellner, died in 1994. Survivors include two daughters, Dana Waselus of the Town of Niagara and Carol Foshee; a brother, Roy of North Tonawanda; two sisters, Ruth Greiser and Leona Doebler, both of North Tonawanda; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 2 P.M. Thursday in St. Paul Lutheran Church, 18th Street and Cleveland Avenue. Burial will be in St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Wheatfield | TOELLNER, Donald Wurl (I58724)
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| 4253 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - October 19, 2001 Brian D. Nye, 42, a quality-control inspector at Nuttall Gear, Wheatfield, died Thursday (Oct. 18, 2001) in his Niagara Falls home following a lengthy illness. He was born in Niagara Falls and was a former resident of Bergholz. After his graduation from Niagara-Wheatfield High School, Nye worked in several machine shops before working at Nuttall Gear. Nye became the quality-control inspector after working there for 15 years. He was a member of St. James Lutheran Church, Bergholz, and enjoyed coffee, pets, racing at the Ransomville Speedway and fishing. In addition, he liked to hunt, do home improvements, travel and help those in need. Nye married the former Arlene J.M. Hill in 1993. In addition to his wife, survivors include two sons, David Smith of Niagara Falls and Jordan Smith of the Tuscarora Indian Reservation; two daughters, Tia F. Smith and Charlotte Smith, both of Niagara Falls; his mother, Margo Nye of Bergholz; a sister, Becky Silvis of Wuerzburg, Germany; a brother, Brent of Niagara Falls; his grandmother, Hazel Wiegand of Wheatfield; and two grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 A.M. Monday in St. James Lutheran Church, Niagara Road and Rohr Street, Bergholz. Burial will be in St. James Cemetery, Bergholz | NYE, Brian D (I54321)
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| 4254 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - October 21, 1997 Clarence R. Williams, 91, who lived on Rivershore Drive and worked for Bell Aerosystems, died Saturday (Oct. 18, 1997) in CrestWood Health Care Facility, Wheatfield. He was born in Sanborn and lived in Niagara Falls for most of his life. Williams also worked for Acheson Graphite Co. before working 14 years for E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. He also worked for 10 years in the City of Niagara Falls parking meter department. He worked at Bell for 15 years before retiring in 1971. He was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church and enjoyed golfing. He was the widower of Lila Sprague Williams. Survivors include two daughters, Joan Rousseau of Bellevue, Neb., and Marcia Reinhold of Pompano Beach, Fla.; a sister, Mildred Schultz; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 A.M. Friday in Lane Funeral Home, 8622 Buffalo Ave. Burial will be in St. Paul's Cemetery. | WILLIAMS, Clarence R (I57396)
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| 4255 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - October 24, 2001 Eloise L. Cindrich, 80, who was a lifelong member of Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, died Monday (Oct. 22, 2001) in Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center after a brief illness. Born Eloise Camann in Wheatfield, she attended Holy Ghost Lutheran School and was a graduate of LaSalle High School in Niagara Falls. During the 1940s and '50s, she worked at Wurlitzer County, North Tonawanda, and at Bell Aerospace Textron, Wheatfield. She was a past member of the Bergholz Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary and enjoyed reading, cooking, gardening and garage sales. Her husband, John Sr., died in 1990. Survivors include three sons, Jack Jr., Rodney and Richard, all of Niagara Falls; a daughter, Brenda Butry of Niagara Falls; two brothers, Warren Camann of Bergholz and Robert Camann of Waynesboro, Va.; and two grandchildren-. Services will be held at 11 A.M. Friday in Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, Niagara Road and Luther Street. Burial will be in the church cemetery | CAMANN, Eloise L (I53073)
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| 4256 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - October 28, 1993 Services for Randy W. Wendt, a corrections officer at Orleans Correctional Facility, will be held at 11 A.M. Saturday in St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 64 E. Felton St., North Tonawanda. Burial will be in Mount Albion Cemetery, Albion. Wendt, 34, of Main Street, formerly of Sanborn, died Tuesday (Oct. 26, 1993) in the Town of Shelby when a storm-damaged tree fell on him as he tried to use a chain saw on a smaller tree that was holding up the damaged tree. A native of Niagara Falls, he was a 1978 graduate of Starpoint Central School. He was a corrections officer for the last 11 years. Survivors include his wife, the former Clara M. Deibel; two daughters, Nicole and Kelly; a son, Cody; his parents, William and Darla Wackett Wendt of Sanborn; two sisters, Tammy Payne of Lewiston and Laura Lee Wendt of Sanborn; and a brother, Richard Wendt of Sanborn | WENDT, Randy William (I57616)
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| 4257 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - October 31, 1997 Alvin A. Schimschack, 78, of Schultz Street, a former inspector at the Carborundum Co. Abrasives Division in Wheatfield, died Thursday (Oct. 30, 1997) at his home. He was a lifelong resident of Wheatfield. Schimschack served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a member of Wheatfield Post 1451, American Legion, and of Friedens United Church of Christ in North Tonawanda, where he served on various boards. He was the church cemetery sexton for many years. Schimschack enjoyed woodworking and baseball. His wife, the former Leona Jaeger, died in 1995. Survivors include a son, William of Wheatfield; a sister, Eunice Heuer; a brother, Donald of North Tonawanda; two grandsons; and two great-grandsons. A private grave side service will be held with the family in Friedens Cemetery, Wheatfield. A memorial service will be held at 11 A.M. Saturday in Friedens United Church of Christ, 170 Schenck St., North Tonawanda. | SCHIMSCHACK, Alvin A (I60259)
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| 4258 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - October 31, 2001 Betty Jagow, 78, who worked as a dietitian in many area facilities, died Sunday (Oct. 28, 2001) at home while receiving care from her family and Niagara Hospice. Born Betty Milotta in Mount Pleasant, Pa., she was a graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a bachelor's degree in food service management. She had lived in Lewiston since 1957. She began her career at the Army Air Forces Base in Dayton, OH. She retired from E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. in Niagara Falls. Prior to that, she worked at Moore Business Forms, Niagara Falls; Bell Aircraft, Wheatfield; Magnolia Terrace Restaurant in J.N. Adam Department Store, Buffalo; and Cease Commissary Co. at Fredonia State College. Mrs. Jagow helped establish the Lewiston-Porter school lunch program. She was a founding member of Lutheran Church of the Escarpment, where she taught Sunday school and vacation Bible school for 40 years. She was also active with Meals on Wheels. Mrs. Jagow was a member of the Professional Women's Association and Beta Sigma Phi sorority. She enjoyed bowling, golf, gardening and attending plays at Niagara University. Her husband of 41 years, Harold W., died in 1993. Survivors include a brother, David E. Milotta of Hawaii, and two sisters, Cecelia M. Dewey and Lucy M. Hodil, both of Sun City, Ariz. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in Lutheran Church of the Escarpment, Upper Mountain Road and Bronson Drive. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. | MILOTTA, Betty (I52555)
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| 4259 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - October 31, 2002. Samuel Burkhardt, 66, who was superintendent of highways, parks and streets for the City of Lockport from 1985 to 1999, died Monday (Oct. 28, 2002) in St. James Mercy Health Hospital, Hornell, after apparently suffering a heart attack. He had been preparing to go hunting with relatives at his cabin in Scio. Burkhardt was born in Rapids and attended local schools. He started his career with the city as a recreation leader on a seasonal basis in 1953. After high school, in 1956, he worked full time with the city, first as a sanitation worker, then as a heavy-equipment operator. From 1971 to 1985, he was a foreman. He then became superintendent of highways, parks and streets. Burkhardt held a great passion for sports. He was honored by the Western New York Basketball Officials Association board for his service from 1963 to 1988. He was inducted into the Niagara Falls Umpires Association Hall of Fame in 1990. Burkhardt was a golfer and a member of Lockport Town and Country Club. He was also a member of QUAD, one of the oldest ongoing international golf tournaments. He shot a hole-in-one May 16 at Niagara Orleans Country Club, Royalton. Survivors include his wife, the former Lois Haseley; two daughters, Denise King of Highlands Ranch, Colo., and Darcy Renna of Wheatfield; a son, John of the Town of Tonawanda; two stepsons, Kent Walck of Benezette, Pa., and Dale Walck of Wheatfield; three stepdaughters, Janet Smith of Rockwall, TX, Marsha Johnston of Apex, NC, and Marlene Horvath of Garland, TX; and 19 grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 7 P.M. Friday in Lockport Alliance Church, 555 Davison Road. Burial in Cold Spring Cemetery will be private | BURKHARDT, Samuel (I50805)
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| 4260 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - October 31, 2003 Deceased Name: MARGARET A. CARLSON, WORLD WAR II RIVETER Margaret A. Carlson, 77, who worked as a riveter at Curtiss-Wright, North Tonawanda, during World War II, died Thursday (Oct. 30, 2003) in DeGraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, after a brief illness. Born Margaret Huffman in Oak Ridge, Pa., she attended schools in Pennsylvania. She moved to this area in 1943 and went to work making airplane parts during the war. For 47 years, Mrs. Carlson was a member of St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, where she was a former Sunday school teacher. She was also a member of Wheatfield Senior Citizens and enjoyed sewing, gardening and crafts. Surviving are her husband of 58 years, Thomas L.; a daughter, Victoria Wienke of Elma; three sons, Richard of St. Louis, Harry of Lockport and Thomas J. of Bergholz; two sisters, Louise Comly and Mildred Miller, both of Pennsylvania; a brother, Harry Huffman of Pennsylvania; seven grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 A.M. Saturday in St. James Church, Niagara Road and Rohr Street. Burial will be in St. James Lutheran Cemetery | HUFFMAN, Margaret A (I58946)
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| 4261 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - October 4, 1995 A memorial service Ralph W. Walck Sr., 77, will be held at 7 P.M. Thursday in St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 875 Eggert Drive, North Tonawanda. Burial will be in St. Matthew Lutheran Cemetery. Walck, 77, of Ward Road, died Monday (Oct. 2, 1995) in DeGraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda. Survivors include his wife, the former Irene Urtel; four sons, Ralph Jr. of Orlando, Fla., Clair of Niagara Falls, and Robert and Gordon, both of North Tonawanda; four daughters, Dorothy Rothrock, Marcia Walck, both of North Tonawanda, Patricia Scholl of Lithonia, Ga., and Sandra Sledziewski of Bergholz; one brother, Edward, and 15 grandchildren | WALCK, Ralph William Edward (I53947)
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| 4262 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - October 4, 1995 Services for Leona H. Pollard, a charter member of the Historical Society of North German Settlements in Western New York, will be held at 11 A.M. Thursday in St. James Lutheran Church, Niagara Road and Rohr Street. Burial will be in St. James Lutheran Cemetery, Wheatfield. The former Leona Voelker, 84, of Niagara Road, died Monday (Oct. 2, 1995) in Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston. She was a lifelong resident of the Town of Wheatfield and longtime member of St. James Lutheran Church. Mrs. Pollard was a member of the Wheatfield Senior Citizens and enjoyed quilting and needlework. She was the widow of Harry Pollard, who died in 1956. Survivors include three daughters, Patricia DePasquale of Toledo, OH, Jean Oakey of Conesus Lake and Judith Siegmann of Sanborn; two brothers, Kenneth Voelker of Niagara Falls and Gordon Voelker of Martinsburg, W. Va.; two sisters, Hazel Wiegand of Wheatfield and Audrey Haseley of Calabash, N.C.; 10 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild | VOELKER, Leona Helen (I45188)
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| 4263 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - October 7, 1997 P. Paul Camann, a retired electrical foreman, died Monday (Oct. 6, 1997) in Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston, after a long illness. He was 73. Camann, of Stephenson Avenue, was a lifelong Niagara Falls resident. He served in the Navy during World War II and the Korean War. Camann worked as an electrical foreman for E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. for 35 years, retiring in 1972. He was a member of the Bergholz Fire Co. marching band and was a member of the Riverside Presbyterian Church. Survivors include his wife of 51 years, the former Joyce Prince; a son, John of Sandy Creek; three daughters, Janet Garthwait of Cheshire, Conn., Lorraine Janese and Kathryn Kalita; a sister, June King; and 11 grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 A.M. Thursday in Riverside Presbyterian Church, Lindbergh Avenue and 84th Street. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Lewiston | CAMANN, Phillip Paul (I53046)
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| 4264 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - October 7, 2000 Wallace "Wally" Pfohl, 82, who operated the family farm on Lockport Road and worked on it even after his retirement, died Thursday (Oct. 5, 2000) in Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston, after a brief illness. He was a lifelong resident of Wheatfield. Pfohl was a member of the Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Service, Niagara County Farm Bureau, and had served on the Agricultural Districting Advisory Committee. In addition, he was a lifelong member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, where he served as trustee and on various project committees. He played trumpet with bands, including the Bergholz German Band, with whom he traveled with to Europe, Canada and through the U.S. Pfohl enjoyed cars, and often was seen driving his 1948 General Motors Corporation truck around town, as well as in parades. His wife, the former Edna Schimschack, died in 1993. Survivors include a daughter, Carol Walck; a foster son, Harry Dickenson; a sister, Erna Stenzel of North Tonawanda; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 A.M. Monday in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Walmore Road. Burial will be in St. Peter's Cemetery | PFOHL, Wallace Reuben (I48676)
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| 4265 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - October 8, 1992 Services for Verna Haseley, 85, of Upper Mountain Road, a former resident of Ransomville and Wolcottsville, were held today in the Kenneth H. Sherrie Funeral Home, Newfane. Burial was in St. Michael's Lutheran Cemetery, Wolcottsville. The former Verna Garner, a native of Dunnville, Ont., died Tuesday (Oct. 6, 1992) in Mount View Health Facility. She was the widow of Walter Haseley. Surviving are a brother, Victor Garner of Ontario, and a sister, Mildred Trombley of Newfane. | GARNER, Verna B (I48772)
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| 4266 | 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 | TREICHLER, Bessie Leiah (I52605)
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| 4267 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - October 9, 1999 Lorraine C. Kroening, 73, of Bridgeman Road, a longtime member of Holy Ghost Lutheran Church in Bergholz, died Friday (Oct. 8, 1999) in the CrestWood Health Care Center, Wheatfield, after a brief illness. The former Lorraine Gombert was born in North Tonawanda. She was a member of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League, the Wheatfield Senior Citizens, and the Sanborn Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary. In addition, she had attended the DeGraff Adult Day Care Center since 1993. She enjoyed playing bingo and cards. Her husband, Rudolph J., died in 1987. Survivors include four sons, Arthur, Hartley and Darryl, all of Wheatfield, and Stephen of Lewiston; two daughters, Eileen Gieseler of Wheatfield and Naomi Kroening of Lewiston; and 10 grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 A.M. Monday in Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, Luther Street and Niagara Road, Bergholz. Burial will be in Holy Ghost Lutheran Cemetery, Bergholz | GOMBERT, Lorraine Clarice (I50442)
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| 4268 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - September 1, 1996 Curtis F. Haseley, 68, of Tillamook, Ore., formerly of Niagara Falls, died of a heart attack Thursday (Aug. 29, 1996) in Tillamook Memorial Hospital. He was born in Niagara Falls and lived here until entering the military in 1945. Haseley served in the Navy from 1945 to 1949, including the last days of World War II, and from 1950 to 1953, during the Korean War. In 1954, he moved to Seattle, where he worked for Clough Equipment as a sheet metal engineer and then, in 1968, was transferred to Sacramento, Calif. He retired in 1990, after 36 years with the company, and, in 1991, moved to Tillamook, Ore. He previously worked for Moore Business Forms in Niagara Falls for several years, training as a pressman. He was a member of the Elks Lodge in Sacramento and enjoyed fishing and hunting. Survivors include his wife of 37 years, Alice; two sons, Bruce, with the Navy in California, and Carl D. of Bremerton, Wash.; a daughter, Karen Stalter of Everett, Wash.; three stepdaughters, Karen Kitcholl of Fallon, NV., Susan Armitage of Tillamook, and Nancy Wood of Benton, Wash.; a brother, Leonard "Charles"; four sisters, Grace Lingerfelter of Bradenton, Fla., Mary Jane Skorik of Wheatfield, Gail Casher of Deltona, Fla., and Joyce Hall; and seven grandchildren. A funeral service will be held Tuesday in the Wouds Funeral Home, Tillamook, Ore. Burial will be at a later date | HASELEY, Curtis Frederick (I48890)
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| 4269 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - September 10, 2000 Hilda E. Stenzel, 88, who was an assembly-line worker for the Carborundum Co. Coated Abrasives Division for 23 years, died Saturday (Sept. 9, 2000) in Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center following a brief illness. The former Hilda Schimschack, a native of Wheatfield, retired from Carborundum in 1974. She moved to Wheatfield Towers 12 years ago from Bergholz. Mrs. Stenzel was a member of Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, Bergholz. Her husband, Reuben, died in 1962. Survivors include a son, Douglas of Scotland; a daughter, Dianne Buchholz of Wellsville; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 A.M. Tuesday in Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, Niagara Road and Luther Street, Bergholz. Burial will be in Holy Ghost Lutheran Cemetery, Bergholz | SCHIMSCHACK, Hilda Emma Sophia (I54301)
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| 4270 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - September 11, 1993 Donald A. Walck, 68, of North Tonawanda, a World War II veteran and retired Niagara County mental health director, died Friday (Sept. 10, 1993) in Buffalo General Hospital after a short illness. He was born in Niagara Falls and was a graduate of Niagara Falls High School. He served in the Army during World War II and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Walck graduated from Niagara University in 1950 and received his master's degree in social work from the University of Buffalo in 1952. He worked for Family and Children's Services in Niagara Falls before becoming a clinical social worker for the county. He was promoted to director of adult day treatment and then director of mental health. He was made the permanent director in 1974. He retired in 1987 after 31 years of service. Walck is credited with playing a prominent role in the development of mental health services in Western New York. He was an avid fisherman and sailor. He is survived by two sons, Jeffrey of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Christopher of Arlington, Va.; and one granddaughter. Services will be held at the convenience of the family | WALCK, Donald A (I49333)
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| 4271 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - September 13, 1989 Services will be held at 11 A.M. Thursday in St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, Niagara Road, Bergholz, for Evelyn Milleville, 88, of Cayuga Drive Extension. Burial will be in St. James Lutheran Cemetery. Prayers will be said at 8:50 P.M. today in the DuBois Funeral Home, 2436 Niagara Road, Bergholz. Mrs. Milleville, a Town of Wheatfield native, died Tuesday (Sept 12, 1989) in Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Town of Lewiston, after a long illness. She was a member of St. James Church, the Women of the Church and the Wheatfield Senior Citizens Group. Her husband, Theodore Milleville, died in 1970. Survivors include a daughter, Bonnie Camann; two granddaughters, and five great-grandchildren | MAHL, Evelyn Ida Louise (I52145)
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| 4272 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - September 16, 1997 Howard L. "Bink" Binkley, an employee of Buffalo Abrasives and a former production control manager for National Grinding Wheel, died Sunday (Sept. 14, 1997) in Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, Amherst, after an apparent heart attack. Binkley, 52, of North Tonawanda, was a native of Niagara Falls. He worked as a production control manager for National Grinding Wheel for 28 years. For the past nine years, he had worked for Buffalo Abrasives of North Tonawanda. He was an active member of St. Matthew Lutheran Church and had been a member of its male choir. Binkley is survived by his wife, the former Karen Camann; his parents, Howard and Ruth of North Tonawanda; three daughters, Nicole Cutter of Pendleton and Kim and Karrie, both of North Tonawanda; three brothers, Gary, Jeffrey and Mark; and two sisters, Lynne Hummel and Kathy Gibson, all of North Tonawanda. Services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Thursday in St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 875 Eggert Drive, North Tonawanda. Burial will be in St. Matthew Lutheran Cemetery, Wheatfield | BINKLEY, Howard Leland (I11915)
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| 4273 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - September 17, 1993 Evelyn M. Camann, 74, of Sarasota, Fla., and formerly of Bergholz, died Thursday (Sept. 16, 1993) in Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston. A native of Buffalo, the former Evelyn M. Lenhardt was a longtime resident of Wheatfield. Mrs. Camann was an office manager for her husband's heating and plumbing business, Camann Plumbing and Heating of Bergholz. The couple moved from Bergholz to Sarasota in 1980. Mrs. Camann was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Florida and Bergholz Fire Company Auxiliary. She was a former member of Grace Lutheran Church of North Tonawanda and Holy Ghost Lutheran Church of Bergholz. Her husband, Norman R., died in 1989. Survivors include two sons, Leonard of Charlotte, N.C., and Raymond of Bergholz; and four grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 A.M. Monday in Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, Niagara Road and Luther Street. Burial will be in Holy Ghost Cemetery. | LENHARDT, Evelyn M (I52867)
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| 4274 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - September 19, 1998 Nancy I. Kroening, the owner of Nancy's Cheese Shop and a mother of seven, died Friday (Sept. 18, 1998) in the InterCommunity Memorial Hospital at Newfane, after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Kroening, 47, of Wilson-Cambria Road, was born Nancy Pettit in Lockport. She was a member of the Community Bible Church in Cambria. Mrs. Kroening is survived by her husband, Randy; two sons, Jason of Cheektowaga and Chad; five daughters, Lisa Townsend of Lewiston, Julie Bowerman of Sanborn, Erin of Rochester, Nicole Bowerman of North Tonawanda and Brittany; her father, Jarvis Pettit of Ransomville; two brothers, Rev. Daniel Pettit of Stratton, Neb. and Earl Pettit of Bristol; a sister, Louise VanZuben of Yukon, Canada; and three grandchildren. Services will be held at 2 P.M. Monday in Community Bible Church, 4168 Church Road, Cambria. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Wilson | PETTIT, Nancy I (I49693)
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| 4275 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - September 20, 1995 Services for Jean E. Zimmerman, a longtime church organist, will be held at 10:30 A.M. Thursday in St. James Lutheran Church, 2437 Niagara Road. Miss Zimmerman, 64, of Cayuga Street, died Monday (Sept. 18, 1995) in DeGraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, after apparently suffering a heart attack. Born in North Tonawanda, she was a graduate of Capital University, Columbus, OH. Miss Zimmerman was a lifelong member of St. James Lutheran Church, where she served as the organist for more than 40 years. She was a waitress at Our Place Restaurant in Wheatfield and for 15 years worked at an M&T Bank branch. Miss Zimmerman enjoyed music, gardening and traveling. She is survived by a friend, Wallace Pfohl of Sanborn | ZIMMERMAN, Jean Edna (I47646)
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| 4276 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - September 22, 2002 Roy W. Toellner, 79, who had worked as parts manager for the L.B. Smith Co. in Buffalo, died unexpectedly Thursday (Sept. 19, 2002) in his North Tonawanda home. He was 79. A Wheatfield native, Toellner was a graduate of North Tonawanda High School. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Toellner was a life member and past commander of the Wheatfield Post, American Legion, and served as post finance officer for 38 years. He was also an AMVETS member. He had worked for L.B. Smith for 42 years. Toellner was an active lifetime member of St. John Lutheran Church, Wheatfield. He was also a 60-year member of Adams Fire Company, and a member of the Niagara County Fire Police Association and the Firemen's Benevolent Association. Survivors include his wife of 46 years, the former Marie Prohaska; three daughters, Mary Zahradnik of Lakeway, TX, and Ellen Brock and Ann Weaver, both of North Tonawanda; a sister, Leona Doebler of North Tonawanda; and four grandchildren. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday in St. John Lutheran Church, Ward Road and Niagara Falls Boulevard. Burial will be in White Chapel Cemetery, Amherst. | TOELLNER, Roy W (I58727)
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| 4277 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - September 25, 1997 Lois E. Urtel Kelly, 83, of 77th Street, former operator of a cider mill in Sanborn, died Wednesday (Sept. 24, 1997) in Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center after a long illness. A native of Elba, the former Lois E. Burling was a graduate of Batavia High School. She lived on Lewiston-Cambria Townline Road in Sanborn, where she and her first husband, Walter Urtel, operated a cider mill and an apple butter and pickle business. They retired in 1967, and Urtel died in 1974. Mrs. Urtel enjoyed playing bingo. Survivors include her husband of 22 years, Robert E. Kelly; a daughter, Joan Morgan of Ransomville; two sons, James McCarthy of Batavia and Richard McCarthy of Canyon Lake, TX; her stepmother, Dorothy M. Burling of Batavia; two sisters, Susan B. Weil of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Doris B. Kalicki of Stafford; nine grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 A.M. Saturday in Rhoney Funeral Home, 5893 Hoover Road, Sanborn. Burial will be in Mount View Cemetery, Cambria | BURLING, Lois Eleanor (I58835)
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| 4278 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - September 25, 1999 John W. Beutel, 66, of the Town of Tonawanda, died Friday (Sept. 24, 1999) in Kenmore Mercy Hospital after a lengthy illness. Born in Sanborn, he attended Trott Vocational High School in Niagara Falls. Beutel served in the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955. He was stationed in Germany and achieved the rank of corporal before his discharge. Before and after his military service, he worked in the family business, William Beutel and Sons, a well drilling business. He worked there until 1964 when he went to work at the General Motors Chevrolet Engine Plant in the Town of Tonawanda. He worked there for 33 years as a repairman, retiring in 1997. In 1964, he married Patricia Ann Hickey. They settled in Tonawanda, where they were members of St. Amelia's Roman Catholic Church. Beutel was active in the parish's annual Catholic Charities Drive and was a past treasurer of the Tonawanda Boy Scout Troop 229. He also was a member of the Western New York Gas and Steam Engine Association; the Western New York Two-Cylinder Club, the Western New York Railway Historical Society; and the Niagara Frontier Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. Prayers will be said at 8:30 A.M. Monday in the D. Lawrence Ginnane Funeral Home, 3215 Delaware Ave., Kenmore, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 9 in St. Amelia's Church, 2999 Eggert Road, Town of Tonawanda. Entombment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Town of Tonawanda | BEUTEL, Johannes Wilhelm (I50214)
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| 4279 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - September 25, 2001 James Rennick Williams, president of Williams Brothers department store in downtown Lockport, died Thursday (Sept. 20, 2001) in his Lockport home after a brief illness. He was 77. Williams was born in Lockport and lived most of his life here and in New York City. A Marine Corps veteran of World War II, he graduated from Princeton University in 1947. He began his career in retailing at B. Altman & Co. in New York City, where he met and married Joan P. Pettit. Upon his return to Lockport in 1949, he and his father, Robert, acquired Williams Brothers County, the family department store on Main Street founded in 1868. Williams served as president of the company until 1974, when the store closed. He was active in civic affairs and organizations in Lockport, serving as president of the Eastern Niagara Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club. In 1971, Williams was elected president of the National Retail Merchants Association in New York City. He served in that office until 1990. During his tenure, he was successful in expanding the association's membership nationally and internationally. He presided over major retailing world conferences in London, Paris, Rome, Tokyo, Copenhagen, Stockholm and Sydney and over the association's annual conventions in New York City. Williams testified frequently on behalf of the retail industry before committees of Congress. He was also active in the development of the Princeton University campus store. In addition to his wife, survivors include two sons, James R. of Cloverdale, Calif., and Robert M. of Buffalo; a sister, Margaret W. Dickinson of Chicago; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services are private | WILLIAMS, James Rennick (I54107)
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| 4280 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - September 25, 2003 Rosemarie A. Ziehm, of Grand Island, a longtime real estate broker, died Sunday (Sept. 20, 2003) in Michigan after a lengthy illness. She was 80. She was born Rosemarie Brym in Sonnenholz am Simssee, Bavaria, Germany, and had moved to Grand Island in 1958. Mrs. Ziehm was a prominent real estate broker for more than 35 years, having begun her career with Peacock Realty in 1965. After the owner's death, the business became Ziehm Realty at Grand Island Boulevard and Staley Road. Her husband, Chester, died in 1995. Survivors include a daughter, Marion Wendt of Byron Center, Mich.; three sons, David of Grand Island, William of Chicago and John of Niagara Falls; and six grandchildren. Services will be held at 10 A.M. Saturday in Emmanuel Community Bible Church, 1136 Baseline Road, Grand Island. Entombment will be in Oakwood Mausoleum in Forest Lawn | BRYM, Rosemarie A (I47821)
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| 4281 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - September 26, 1990 Services for Thomas R. Wurl, 42, an electrician for Ferguson Electric Construction, who was fatally injured in a work-related accident Monday, will be held at 11 A.M. Friday in St. Paul Lutheran Church, 453 Old Falls Blvd., North Tonawanda. Burial will be in St. Paul Cemetery. Wurl lived on Hoover Road. He died Monday afternoon (Sept. 24, 1990) in Lockport Memorial Hospital after the cherry picker he was operating for Ferguson Electric hit a ditch and overturned at the Harrison Radiator Division of General Motors Corp., Town of Lockport. Born in North Tonawanda, he was a 20-year member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and had attended Niagara-Wheatfield Central School and Trott Vocational High School, Niagara Falls. He was an Army veteran and an avid fisherman and bow hunter. He was a member of St. Paul Church, where he also served on the church maintenance board; Wheatfield Post 1451, American Legion, and the LaSalle Sportsmen's Club. He is survived by his wife, the former Gail Wendt; two sons, Jonathan and Andrew; his parents, Fred and Betty; a brother, Dennis, and a sister, Kathleen Kowalik, all of Wheatfield | WURL, Thomas Frederic R (I59614)
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| 4282 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - September 27, 1991 Services for Helma E. Haseley, an active church member, were held today in St. James Lutheran Church, Bergholz. Burial was in St. James Lutheran Cemetery, Bergholz. Mrs. Haseley, 71, died Wednesday (Sept. 25, 1991) in her Niagara Falls Boulevard home after a long illness. The former Helma E. DeVantier was born in Wheatfield. She was a lifelong member of St. James Lutheran Church, where she taught Sunday school and was a member of the Altar Committee of the Women of the Church. She worked at the former Hens and Kelly store in the Summit Park Mall for eight years. She is survived by her husband, Richard H.; three daughters, Eileen of Sanborn, Joyce Schultz of North Tonawanda and Sharon Wendt of Amherst; a son, Wayne of Rochester; a sister, Elnora Pfohl of Sanborn, and six grandsons ------------ Helma Haseley Services Friday WHEATFIELD - Helma E. DeVantier Haseley, 71, mother of a Sanborn resident died Wednesday, at home. Born in Wheatfield, she was the daughter of Albert and Ella Milleville DeVantier. Mrs. Haseley and her husband Richard would have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Oct 25, A lifelong member of St. James Lutheran Church, she was a Sunday school teachers and member of the church Altar Committee and Women of the Church. Mrs. Haseley worked for eight years at Hens & Kelly's store at the Summit Park mall. Besides her husband, surviving are three daughters, including Eileen of Sanborn, a son; a sister, Elenora Pfohl of Sanborn and six grandsons. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 today at DuBois Funeral Home, 2436 Niagara Road. Services will be at 11 A.M. Friday at the church with the Rev. David B Menz officiating. Burial will be in St. James Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the church building fund of American Cancer Society | DEVANTIER, Helma Elizabeth (I47703)
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| 4283 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - September 27, 2002 A funeral for Roger A. Walck, 70, of the Town of Niagara, a longtime Harrison Radiator employee, will be held at 11 A.M. Saturday in St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 6169 Walmore Road, Sanborn. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Walck died Wednesday (Sept. 25, 2002) at his Town of Niagara home. He was employed at Harrison Radiator Division of General Motors Corp. in Lockport for 31 years, the last 15 years as a forklift operator, retiring in 1987. He was a part-time farmer and built lawn furniture and picnic tables at his residence. He served in the Air Force Reserve for three years. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. Walck was a member of Wheatfield Post, American Legion. He was a lifelong member of St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He also was a member of Local 686, United Auto Workers, at Harrison. Survivors include his wife of 48 years, Darlene; two sons, Brian R. and Bruce M., both of the Town of Niagara; a daughter, Cindy Y. Engle of Lewiston; his mother, Agnes of Wheatfield; a sister, Gloria Hildebrandt of Cambria; and five grandchildren Services will be at 11 A.M. Wednesday in St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 6168 Walmore Road, Wheatfield. | WALCK, Roger Addison (I49007)
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| 4284 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - September 27, 2002 Arthur W. Wendt, 86, of Wheatfield, a retired truck driver, died Wednesday (Sept. 25, 2002) in CrestWood Health Care Facility after a lengthy illness. He was born in Lewiston and attended St. Peter's Lutheran School. Wendt worked as a laborer at Remington Rand from 1938 to 1949, then was a truck driver at Sanborn Milling from 1949 to 1977 and drove trucks for Voss Manufacturing from 1977 to 1990. He was a lifelong member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, where he held various positions, including trustee and elder. He also was a member of the church's Cemetery Committee. Wendt was an exempt member of the Sanborn Fire Company, serving in an active capacity for 25 years. He enjoyed hunting and traveling. Survivors include his wife of 64 years, the former A. Elise Goltz; a son, Daniel of North Tonawanda; four daughters, Suzanne Galganski of Alexander, Janet of Amherst, Ruby Mangan of Spencerport and Gail Wurl of Lockport; two brothers, Reinert of St. Augustine, Fla., and Herbert of Avon Park, Fla.; two sisters, Violet Cvetan of Lebanon, Pa., and Minnie DuBois of Niagara Falls; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 A.M. Monday in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, 6169 Walmore Road, Sanborn. Burial will be in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery | WENDT, Arthur Wilhelm (I48834)
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| 4285 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - September 28, 2003 Marlene N. Zimmerman, 68, died Thursday (Sept. 25, 2003) in Kenmore Mercy Hospital, Town of Tonawanda, after a short illness. Mrs. Zimmerman was born Marlene Burow in Wheatfield. She graduated from Niagara Falls High School and worked briefly as a secretary at Bell Aircraft Co. before marrying and becoming a homemaker. She was a member of St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, North Tonawanda. She enjoyed gardening. Survivors include her husband of 49 years, Glen; a son, David of Houston; a daughter, Sandra Gareton of Cary, N.C.; two sisters, May C. Dalby of Vacaville, Calif., and Harriet Proksch of Niagara Falls; and three grandchildren. Services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Monday in DuBois Funeral Home, 2436 Niagara Road, Bergholz. Burial will be in St. James Lutheran Cemetery, Bergholz | BUROW, Marlene Natalie (I52596)
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| 4286 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - September 29, 1990 Services for Hubert Walck, a retired employee of the Kimberly-Clark Co. of Niagara Falls, will be held at 2 P.M. today in St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church on Walmore Road. Burial will be in St. Peter's Cemetery. A native of Wheatfield, Walck, 87, of Lockport Road, died Wednesday (Sept. 26, 1990) in Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston. He had been employed by Kimberly-Clark for 30 years and was a lifelong member of St. Peter's Church. Survivors include his wife, Arline Blank Walck; a son, Lester; two grandsons, and a great-grandson. | WALCK, Hubert Edwin (I48220)
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| 4287 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - September 4, 2001 Alan C. Greinert, 61, of Amherst, controller of Newtown Computer Printing of Buffalo for the last 30 years, died Sunday (Sept. 2, 2001) in Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, Amherst, after becoming ill at home. Greinert was born in Lockport and moved to Niagara Falls in the 1950s. He graduated from LaSalle High School. He later earned degrees from Kelley Business Institute and Niagara County Community College. Greinert served in the Army Signal Corps from 1961 to 1963 and was stationed in East Africa. He was a member of St. James Lutheran Church, Bergholz, and was devoted to his dogs, according to his family. Survivors include his wife, the former Kathy D. Wade, and a brother, Roger J. of Grand Island. Services will be held at 11 A.M. Thursday in St. James Lutheran Church, 2437 Niagara Road, Bergholz. Burial will be in St. James Lutheran Cemetery, Wheatfield | GREINERT, Alan Charles (I58634)
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| 4288 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - September 5, 1992 Louise E. Stoelting, 85, of Niagara Lutheran Home in Buffalo and formerly of Wheatfield died Friday (Sept. 4, 1992) in DeGraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda. A native of Wheatfield, the former Louise E. Walck was a lifelong member of Holy Ghost Lutheran Church in Bergholz. She had worked for the Wurlitzer Co. for 40 years. She was the widow of Reinhold. Services will be conducted at 7 P.M. Monday in Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, Niagara Road and Luther Street. Burial will be in Holy Ghost Lutheran Cemetery | WALCK, Louise Ella Ernestine (I53907)
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| 4289 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - September 8, 1999 Kathryn M. Mack, 55, of Ferchen Street, who worked in food service for the last five years in the Niagara-Wheatfield School District, died Monday (Sept. 6, 1999) in Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston, after a long illness. The former Kathryn Gensler was born in Niagara Falls and was a graduate of Niagara-Wheatfield High School. Mrs. Mack had also attended the State University at Albany for a year and Niagara University for a year. Mrs. Mack worked as a secretary with the Niagara-Wheatfield School District and then as a secretary at the former Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp. for many years. She was a member of St. Matthew Lutheran Church, North Tonawanda. Mrs. Mack enjoyed reading and crafts. Survivors include her husband, George; her mother, Mildred Gensler of Port Richey, Fla.; two sons, John and Andrew; and two brothers, William of Woodward, Ok., and John of Cape Coral, Fla. Services will be held at noon Friday in St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 875 Eggert Drive, North Tonawanda. Burial will be in Acacia Park Cemetery, Pendleton | GENSLER, Kathryn M (I10853)
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| 4290 | Buffalo News, The (NY) - September 9, 2004 NOV. 24, 1936 -- SEPT. 5, 2004 Services for Ruth H. Wray, a former Sanborn resident who ran a restaurant in Sanborn and a ski shop in Lockport for many years, were held today in Hope United Methodist Church, Pekin. Mrs. Wray, who most recently lived in Saranac Lake and Springhill, Fla., died Sunday in her home in Saranac Lake after a long illness. She was 67. Born Ruth Pokelwaldt in Niagara Falls, she grew up Sanborn. She owned Western Restaurant in Sanborn with her husband, Robert E. She opened Snowflake Ski Shop in Lockport in 1968 and ran it until she retired in 1989. The shop is currently operated by her children. An accomplished downhill skier and a golfer and a world traveler, Mrs. Wray lived in Germany for two years. She spent her winters in Florida, returning to Ellicottville to ski, and her summers in Saranac Lake. In addition to her husband of 48 years, she is survived by a son, Robert A. of Cambria; three daughters, Bonnie J. Weidert of Sanborn, Terry L. of Springville and Susan R. Thompson of Montara, Calif.; a brother, Neil Pokelwaldt of Ransomville; a sister, Jean Coleman of Wilson; and nine grandchildren. --- Ruth H. Wray, of Saranac Lake, NY and Springhill, FL, died Sunday, September 5, 2004, at her home in Saranac Lake. She was born in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY, November 24, 1936, the daughter of Irving and Eleanor [Wendt] Pokelwaldt. Mrs. Wray grew up Sanborn and later along with her husband ran the Western Restaurant in Sanborn for many years. She opened the Snowflake Ski Shop in Lockport in 1968 and operated the store until retiring 1989, the shop is still continues to be run by her children. Mrs. Wray loved spending time with her family, was an avid downhill skier, golfer and a world traveler, living in Germany for 2 years. She spend her winters in Florida returning to Ellicottville, NY to ski and summered in Saranac Lake. She is survived by her husband of 48 years, Robert E. Wray of Saranac Lake, they where married June 9, 1956, one son Robert A. (Catherine) Wray of the Town of Cambria, NY, three daughters Bonnie J. (George) Weidert of Sanborn, NY, Terry L. Wray of Springville, NY and Susan R. (Chris) Thompson of Montara, CA, one brother Neil Pokelwaldt of Ransomville, NY, one sister Jean Coleman of Wilson, NY, also survived by nine grandchildren, many nieces and nephews. The family will be present at the RHONEY FUNERAL HOME, 5893 Hoover Road, SANBORN, NY, from 2-4 & 7-9 PM Wednesday. Funeral Services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Hope United Methodist Church, 2914 Upper Mountain Road, Pekin, Niagara County, NY. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made in her name to the Gilda Radner Familial Ovarian Cancer Registry, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm & Carlton Streets, Buffalo, Erie County, NY 14263. | POKELWALDT, Ruth Helene (I44710)
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| 4291 | Buffalo NY Courier Express - 8/28/1948 George L. Buchwald. 64, of 112 Lisbon Ave., a member of the Police Department 25 years when he retired because of ill health in 1940 died yesterday. Bora at Lakeview, Mr. Buchwald Joined the police in 1915 and was assigned through most of his service to the Central Park Station. He was promoted to acting detective several years after his appointment and four years prior to his retirement he was active in the motorcycle squad. fie was an honorary member of the Erie Club and member of the Police & Benevolent Association. Surviving are his wife, Juana Buchwald: three sons. Arthur A., Berlin Heights, O., George C. of DeUure, Wilmington, Del., and Edwin J, Buffalo; two daughters, Mrs. Clayton Schrober and Mrs. Helen Wood; two sisters, Mrs. John Hillman. Buffalo, and Miss Julia Buchwald, Erie, Pa., and three brothers, Herman C, Robert W., and Edward Buchwald, St. Petersburg, Fla. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p. m. at the Kenneth M. Kelly Funeral Home. 387 East Vtica St. Burial will be in Pine Hill. | BUCHWALD, George L (I182179)
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| 4292 | Buffalo NY Courier - 1/12/1894 Ferdinand Berndt, aged 58 years, died his home at 3:45 o'clock this morning. He is survived by a wife and eight children. The funeral services will be held Monday. The deceased was the father of Ernest Berndt, who was recently arrested in Chicago as an accomplice of Goerke in the incendiary fire cases of the East vear. and who is expected to arrive ome"to-morrow. It is the prevailing opinion that the young man's disgrace is the cause of the father's death, but this is denied by the family, who attribute the cause to heart disease. Berndt was apparently in good health yesterday and was on the streets as usual. His death was unexpected. He was a shoemaker and had lived in North Tonawanda 14 years. ALSO Buffalo NY Evening News - 1/12/1895 Death of Ferdinand Berndt of Tonawanda NORTH TONAWANDA, Jan. 12 (Special) Ferdinand Berndt, 58 years old, died this morning, the result of heart disease. He Is survived by widow and family | BERNDT, Ferdinand (I141384)
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| 4293 | Buffalo NY Courier - 1/7/1897 Mrs. Mary S. Beyer, aged 27 years, wife of Gottlieb Beyer, died of diphtheria at her home on Park Avenue, Tonawanda, this morning. Mrs. Beyer had been sick since New Year's Eve. The family had a child die of the same disease yesterday morning. The burial of Mrs. Beyer will be private. | Mary (I143340)
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| 4294 | Buffalo NY Courier - 1/9/1936 Funeral services for Theodore S. Buerger, 73 years old retired head of the wholesale hosiery and knit goods company which bears his name and the name of his son, Theo- odore E. Buerger, will be held at 2 p. m tomorrow at his home, 155 Northampton Street, and a half hour later at Emmaus Lutheran Church. Mr. Buerger died Tuesday at his home after a short illness. Mr. Buerger was a former eastern representative of the Milwaukee Germania, a newspaper. He was born in 1863 in Wolcottsville. After his family moved to Buffalo, he at- tended public schools here and later was graduated from Bryant & Strat- ton's Business College. After com- pleting a business course, Mr. Buer- ger obtained a post in a downtown dry goods store. In later years, he became a partner of John A. Kessel and formed the Kessel & Buerger Company, retail notions dealers. He and his son organized their own business in 1915 under the name it bears today. Mr. Buerger retired five year ago. Long a member of the church in which his funeral rite will be held Mr.. Buerger, for twenty years, had served as trustee and treasurer of the congregation. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Frances Boettcher Buer- ger; a daughter, Laura H. Buerger; a son, Theodore E., three brothers, Martin, Paul and Otto, and a sister, Mrs. Constance Stoecker. | BUERGER, Theodore S (I185385)
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| 4295 | Buffalo NY Courier - 10/1/1911 Lock port, Sept. 30.-Coroner P. A . KJttlnger was called to Cambria t o day to attend Anna Brick, daughter of the late Adam Brick, whom he found unconscious and beyond medical aid Us the result of carbolic acid poisoning. She died shortly after his arrival without regaining consciousness. Miss Brick was thirty-one years old and for years had been an invalid. The young woman had been taking medicine of various kinds, and it Is believed got hold of the carbolic acid bottle by mistake. | BRICK, Anna (I83409)
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| 4296 | Buffalo NY Courier - 10/12/1910 BEYER-In this .city, October 11. 1910, Mary, beloved wife of Andrew J. Beyer, mother of Andrew, Dorothy, Mabel and Ella Beyer, daughter of Mrs. Dorothy Hoffman and sister of F. Hoffman. Mrs. J. Hildabrand and Mrs. W. Stellinger of Buffalo; aged 47 years, 7 months and 26 days. Funeral from the family residence, No. 89 Austin Street, Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and from German Emmanuel Lutheran Church at 2:30 o'clock. De- ceaaed was a member of the Ladies' Aid Society. Friends are invited to attend. Burial at Elmlawn. | HOFFMAN, Maria (I104265)
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| 4297 | Buffalo NY Courier - 10/17/1892 Jacob Reichert died October 15 a t his home at St. Johnsburg after a brief illness. He was 69 years old and is survived by a wife and family of grown children. The funeral services will occur Monday at 1 P . M . at the house | REICHERT, Jacob (I106384)
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| 4298 | Buffalo NY Courier - 10/19/1914 BOHNER-At Alden. N.Y. . Oct. 17, 1914. Alois Bohner. Sr, aged 71 years, husband of the Iate Maria E. Bohner. father of Mrs. A. B. Wollaber. A. L. Bohner and the late Frank C Bohner; brother of George. Joseph E-. Mary A.. Henry T. and Clara T. Bohner. Funeral from the family residence, Tuesday 'morning at 9 o'clock and from St. John's church at Alden Center at 9:30. | BOHNER, Alois J (I155279)
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| 4299 | Buffalo NY Courier - 10/1922 BUCHANAN-Oct. 16th, Katharine J., . Of James Buchanan: mother of James Buchanan, Jr.; daughter of John and the late Margaret Martin. Funeral from the family residence. .189 Fulton street. Time to be announced later. | MARTIN, Katherine J (I181440)
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| 4300 | Buffalo NY Courier - 10/22/1896 Anthony W. Brick of North Tonawanda was also married to a Buffalo lady; to-day. H i s bride was Miss Sophia Berllnghoff. The wedding w a s held at St. Mary's Church, Buffalo. The young couple will l i v e on Vandervoort Street this city, Mr. Brick is in t h e office of Silverthorne & Company, and i s a popular young man. | Family: BRICK, Anthony W / BERLINGHOFF, Sophia (F43109)
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