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- Buffalo News - 12/18/05 - Obit
WALCK - Arline, 100 secretary active in church
12/18/2005
WHEATFIELD - Arline F. Walck, a former secretary who was active in her church, died Thursday in Northgate Manor Health Care Facility, where she had been a patient for two years. She was 100.
Born Arline Blank in the Town of Niagara, she attended schools in the LaSalle section of Niagara Falls and in Wheatfield, and later attended Niagara Business College.
She worked as a secretary at the Nabisco plant in Niagara Falls and at Buffalo Garment Co.
Mrs. Walck was a lifelong member of St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, where she taught Sunday school and a Bible class. She organized the church library in 1962. She dabbled in writing Christian music and also enjoyed reading and traveling.
Her husband, Hubert Walck, died in 1990.
Surviving are a son, Lester of Sanborn; a sister, Josephine Stange of North Tonawanda; a grandson; and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 6168 Walmore Road. Burial will be in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery.
Death Notice
Arline F. (Blank) Walck
Age 100 in Northgate Manor, Wheatfield, formerly of Lockport Road, Sanborn, on December 15, 2005; daughter of the late Rudolph and Ida (Wittcopp) Blank. She was employed as a secretary at Nabisco and Buffalo Garment Co. Arline was a devoted homemaker, life long member St. Peter's Evagelical Lutheran Church, Wheatfield; taught Sunday school and Bible class, enjoyed reading, writing Christian music and traveling. Survivors include a son, Lester (Patricia) Walck of Sanborn; grandson, James Walck; three great-grandchildren, John, Ann and Sarah; a sister, Josephine Stange of North Tonawanda and a nephew; predeceased by her husband, Hubert Walck in 1990; daughter-in-law, Sally Walck; grandson, Robert Walck; and niece, Shirley Lange. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Bruce Gamache' on Tuesday at 11 a.m. in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Walmore Road, Wheatfield, with no prior visitation. Arrangements by the DUBOIS FUNERAL HOME.
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