WALCK, Dorothy Helen

1930 - 2006  (75 years)

• Name	WALCK, Dorothy Helen
  Birth	3 Aug 1930	St Paul, Ramsey County, MN
  Gender	Female
  Death	20 Jan 2006	Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY
  Person ID	I48760	Laur from Germany
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	WALCK, Rev Wilhelm Alfred Alexander,   b. 2 Aug 1888, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. 7 Sep 1969, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 81 years)
  Mother	MILLEVILLE, Alma Amanda Mathilda,   b. 25 Jul 1890, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. 9 May 1965, Sanborn, Niagara County, NY (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	15 Aug 1912	Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY
  Family ID	F16796	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	WENDT, Donald William,   b. 20 Apr 1920, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY d. 19 Oct 2009, Grand Rapids, Kent County, MI (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	24 Nov 1951	Webster, Ontario County, NY
  Notes	Webster NY Herald - 12/13/1951 With her father not only giving her in marriage, but receiving the vows as well, Miss Dorothy Helen Walck became the bride of Donald William Wendt Saturday, Nov. 24, at the Roseland Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Before the altar, decorated with white mums, palms and cathedral candles, the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. A. W. Walck, and the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Wendt of Sanborn, N.Y., exchanged their vows. Miss Gertrude Walck, sister of the bride, played th wedding music, and Paul Mehls of Niagara Falls, was soloist. For her wedding the bride chose candleight bridal satin made with a fitted bodice and long sleeves ending in points. The portrait neckline was bordered with imported Venice lace and the full gathered skirt ended in a cathedral train. Her veil of imported illusion was held by a satin halo covered with seed .pearls and she carried white roses and pom pons centered with an orchid. Miss Amanda Walck, another sister, was maid of honor. She wore rose taffeta made with a lace-edged nylon yoke and carried white 'mums and pink roses. The bridesmaids were Miss Har- Landers and Miss Anne Louise Wendt, both of Niagara Falls. Miss Gracelyn Wendt of Sanborn was junior bridesmaid. They were all gowned in turquoise taffeta made in the same style as that of the maid of honor. Bertram Wendt of Sanborn was best man for his brother. The ushers were William Wendt Jr., Kenneth and Glenn Wendt, also brothers of the groom, and Leonard Walck, a. cousin of the bride. For her daughter's wedding Mrs.. Walck chose a gown of fray with fray accessories and a cor- sage of gardenias and roses. Mrs. Wendt wore a blue dress, with matching accessories and a rose and gardenia corsage. Following the ceremony a re- ception was held in the Bethle- hem Church parlors Out-of-town guests were from Fremont and Toledo, Ohio; Bergholtz, Sanborn, Walmore, Pekin and Middleport, N.Y. Upon their return from a wed- ding trip to Montreal Mr. and Mrs. Wendt will make their home on the Lockport Rd., Niagara Falls. The bride is employed by the Republic Gas Company and the groom is an engineer with the Niagara Junction Railway Com- pany.
  Children	1. WENDT, Douglas Donald   2. WENDT, Susan Elisabeth
  Family ID	F17132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2025

  
  

• Notes

  WENDT - Dorothy H. 1/22/2006 SANBORN - Dorothy H. Wendt of Sanborn died Friday in Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston, after a long illness. She was 75. Born Dorothy Walck in St. Paul, MN., she graduated from Minnehaha Christian Academy in Minneapolis in 1948. She moved to Niagara Falls the next year and worked for Republic Light and Power Co. She married her husband, Donald, in late 1951 and, together, they founded and operated Wendt's Propane Gas Co. from 1952 to 1966. Dorothy also worked at the Beacon Christian Book Store from 1972 to 1978 and 1984 to 1993. Mrs. Wendt was a counselor and prayer partner for the Christian Broadcasting Network's 700 Club for several years in the 1980s, and she and her husband had a satellite branch of the 700 Club in a warehouse on Lockport Road property where they lived for 35 years. Surviving in addition to her husband are two sons, the Rev. Gary of Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Douglas of Grand Rapids, Mich.; a daughter, Susan of Sanborn; two sisters, Martha Winnes of Minneapolis and Amanda Walck of Sanborn; a brother, the Rev. Alfred Walck of Des Moines, Iowa; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 A.M. Monday in First Assembly of God Church, 9750 Niagara Falls Blvd.