MILLEVILLE, Thekla Elizabeth
1898 - 1999 (101 years)-
Name MILLEVILLE, Thekla Elizabeth Birth 10 Mar 1898 Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY 
Gender Female Death 16 May 1999 Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY Person ID I51900 Laur from Germany Last Modified 10 Jul 2017
Father MILLEVILLE, Johannes Wilhelm, b. 23 Dec 1860, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. 20 Aug 1944, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY (Age 83 years) Mother MILLEVILLE, Helene Elizabeth, b. 31 Mar 1871, Effingham County, IL d. 10 Apr 1951, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 80 years) Marriage 4 May 1897 Altamont, Effingham County, IL Family ID F17196 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family DEVANTIER, Edward Rudolph Wilhelm, b. 4 Sep 1894, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. 2 Jan 1978, Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY (Age 83 years) Marriage Abt Oct 1922 Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY Notes - Niagara Gazette - 9/26/1922
Mr. and Mrs. John Milleville of the
Buffalo Niagara Falls Boulevard an-
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Thekla Elizabeth to Mr
Edward De Vantier of the Boulevard.
The wedding will take place in the
near future.
Children 1. DEVANTIER, Edward Robert, b. 30 Dec 1924, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. 22 Mar 2012, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY (Age 87 years)2. DEVANTIER, Roger Donald 3. DEVANTIER, Rev Vernon Leslie, b. 3 Jun 1932, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. 3 Jun 2010, Blissfield, MI (Age 78 years)4. DEVANTIER, Loren Wallace, b. 13 Apr 1934, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. 16 Jun 2015, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY (Age 81 years)Family ID F18495 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Nov 2024
- Niagara Gazette - 9/26/1922
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Notes - Buffalo News, The (NY) - May 19, 1999
Thekla E. DeVantier, a lifelong member of St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bergholz, died Sunday (May 16, 1999) in Fairchild Manor Nursing Home. She was 101.
The former Thekla Milleville was born in Wheatfield and she lived in Wheatfield and Niagara Falls before moving to the nursing home.
Mrs. DeVantier was a member of the Women of the Church organization at St. James.
Her husband of 55 years, Edward R. DeVantier Sr., died in 1978.
She was a homemaker who enjoyed hearing about travels from her grandchildren who are spread out across seven states.
Mrs. DeVantier is survived by four sons, Edward R. Jr. of Niagara Falls, Roger of Cherry Hill, NJ, the Rev. Vernon of Blissfield, Mich. and Loren; a sister, Helen Milleville of Niagara Falls; 15 grandchildren; and 36 great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 11 A.M. today in St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2437 Niagara Road at the corner of Rohr Street, Bergholz. Burial will be in St. James Lutheran Cemetery, Wheatfield
- Buffalo News, The (NY) - May 19, 1999