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- Tonawanda News - 12/9/1971
A former North Tonawandan, the Rev. Earl Papke, 52, of Baldwin, L.I., who died Saturday, was buried Tuesday in Pine Lawn National Cemetery, Long Island. Funeral services were conducted Monday evening in Bethlehem Lutheran Church, where he was pastor. Mr. Papke was a graduate of North Tonawanda High School; Capital University, Columbus, Ohio; New York University, and Capital Seminary. In 1945, he was ordained in St. Peter American Lutheran Church, North Tonawanda. He .served as a chaplain in the Navy from 1945 to 1949. Besides his wife, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. Viola Papke of 258 Young St., Tonawanda; two daughters, Mrs. Ann Anderson of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs. Jane Baxter of Columbus; a son, David Papke; two brothers, James Papke of San Diego, Calif., and Larry Papke of Pendleton, president of PapkeMoll Dairy, and a grandson, Scott Baxter. He was the son of the late Charles Papke
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1919 - 1971 (52 years)