SCHMEICHEL, Albert Charles

1877 - 1954  (76 years)

• Name	SCHMEICHEL, Albert Charles
  Birth	29 Sep 1877	Germany
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Sep 1954	Tonawanda, Erie County, NY
  Person ID	I51027	Laur from Germany
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	SCHMEICHEL, Wilhelm,   b. Jun 1855, Berlin, Germany d. 11 Sep 1916, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (Age 61 years)
  Mother	EWIG, Bertha Ann,   b. Nov 1858, Germany d. 28 Jun 1915, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1878	Germany
  Family ID	F24076	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	WIENKE, Adelaide Helene Louise,   b. 26 Oct 1879, Prussia d. 13 Apr 1957, Buffalo, Erie County, NY (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	10 Mar 1898	Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY
  Notes	North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 3/10/1954 Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schmeichel, 334 Oliver St., both residents of North Tonawanda for more than 70 years, today are observing their 56th wedding anniversary. Both were born in Germany and came to this city when they were small children. Mr. Schmeichel is 76 years old, his wife, 73. The couple was married March 10,1898 in Bergholtz. They are the parents of four children: Wilbert Schmeichel and Mrs. Leona Black of North Tonawanda, Arthur Schmeichel of Eggertsville and the late Edward Schmeichel, a former alderman of the seventh ward. They have 12 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. A former cabinet maker at the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, Mr Schmeichel later was custodian at the Tonawandas YMCA and worked for a time in the Evening NEWS building. For several years, until his retirement about 10 years ago, Mr. Schmeichel . operated a tavern Mrs. Schmeichel, who occupies much of her leisure time with hand work, at one time prepared luncheons for the Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs of the Tonawandas. Mr. Schmeichel is confined in his home with penumonia and a celebration of the anniversary has been postponed by the couple's family until his recovery and "warmer weather" will allow a family get-together.
  Children	1. SCHMEICHEL, Edward Albert,   b. Feb 1899, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY d. 23 Sep 1941, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (Age 42 years)   2. SCHMEICHEL, Arthur R,   b. 11 Jun 1902, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY d. 17 Dec 1989, Willcox, Cochise County, AZ (Age 87 years)   3. SCHMEICHEL, Wilbert Lawrence,   b. Abt 1909, Sanborn, Niagara County, NY d. 26 Jan 1967, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (Age 58 years)   4. SCHMEICHEL, Leona L,   b. 5 Oct 1916, New York d. 15 Jan 1979, Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F17653	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2025

  
  

• Notes

  24 September 1954 Tonawanda News SCHMEICHEL - Albert C. Schmeichel, 76, of 334 Oliver St., died last evening (Sept. 23, 1954) at DeGraff Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He was born in Germany and had lived here 73 years. He is survived by his wife, Adelaide Wienke Schmeichel; two sons, Arthur of Eggertsville and Wilbert Schmeichel of North Tonawanda; a daughter, Mrs. Donald Black of North Tonawanda; four brothers, William of Colorado Springs, Colo., Edward, Benjamin and Charles of the Tonawandas; four sisters , Mrs. Edward Batt, Mrs. Carl Kolz and Mrs. Frank Netter, all of Tonawanda, and Mrs. William Collins of Buffalo; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He was a member of St. Martin's Lutheran Church and the Live Hose Company. Funeral will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Wattengel Funeral Home., 307 Oliver St., the Rev. Arthur Hornish officiating. Burial in St. Martin's Cemetery.