ZAPPENDORF, Henry

1885 - 1946  (~ 60 years)

• Name	ZAPPENDORF, Henry
  Birth	Apr 1885	New York
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Feb 1946	North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY
  Person ID	I102368	Laur from Germany
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	ZAPFENDORF, Ferdie,   b. Abt 1850, Germany d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Minna,   b. Abt 1852, New York d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F34866	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BEHNKE, Gertrude,   b. Aug 1893, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. 24 Apr 1945, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (Age ~ 51 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1916
  Children	1. ZAPPENDORF, Reta M,   b. 23 Mar 1919, New York d. 16 Jul 2003, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY (Age 84 years)   2. ZAPPENDORF, Elton Henry,   b. 15 Oct 1920, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY d. 19 Nov 1973, Buffalo, Erie County, NY (Age 53 years)   3. ZAPPENDORF, Myra G,   b. 18 Oct 1923, New York d. 16 Jan 1990, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F34867	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2024

  
  

• Notes

  North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 2/2/1946 Previously reported "despond ent over the death of his wife last Spring," Henry A. Zappendorf, 60, was found hanging by the neck early this morning from a bed post in his home at 1334 Belling Place. He was pronounced "dead by suicide" by North Tonawanda Coroner Dr. Henry C. Lapp. The body was found by a sonin- law, Ellsworth Heppler, of the same address, when he and Mrs. Heppler returned from an early evening engagement to their home, shared with Zappendorf. The late Mr. Zappendorf was a life long resident of North Tona- wanda, the husband of the late Gertrude Behnke. He is survived by one son, Pfc. Elton, with the U. S. Army in China; two daughters, Mrs. Ellsworth Heppler, and Myra Zappendorf, both of North Tonawanda; one brother William of the Town of Tonawanda; two sisters, Mrs. Rudolph Trosin Jr. of Tonawanda and Mrs. Charles Werth, Bergholtz. Funeral will be held from the residence Monday afternoon at 2:30. with the Rev. F. A. Hinners officiating. Interment will be in the St Paul's cemetery.