TREICHLER, Bessie Leiah
1889 - 1990 (101 years)-
Name TREICHLER, Bessie Leiah Birth 17 Jan 1889 Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY 
Gender Female Death 23 Sep 1990 Amherst, Erie County, NY Person ID I52605 Laur from Germany Last Modified 1 Oct 2016
Father TREICHLER, Benjamin Walter, b. 13 Jul 1867, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY d. 6 Jan 1933, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY (Age 65 years) Mother VAIL, Georgia Ann, b. 15 Oct 1869, Oakfield, Genesee County, NY d. 9 Nov 1946, Lockport, Niagara County, NY (Age 77 years) Marriage 14 Mar 1888 Sanborn, Niagara County, NY Family ID F18814 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family FERCHEN, Hugo Friedrich Christian, b. 18 May 1888, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. 27 Jun 1953, Ransomville, Niagara County, NY (Age 65 years) Marriage 17 Jun 1914 Sanborn, Niagara County, NY Children 1. FERCHEN, Laura Maria, b. 18 Oct 1919, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY d. 26 Sep 2016, Buffalo, Erie County, NY (Age 96 years)2. FERCHEN, Walter Frederick, b. 29 Jun 1915, New York d. 11 Jul 1943, North Africa (Age 28 years)3. FERCHEN, James Alfred, b. 20 Apr 1917, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY d. Abt 3 Oct 2007, Oro Valley, AZ (Age 90 years)4. FERCHEN, Richard Hugo, b. 9 Jul 1921, New York d. 2 Feb 1943, Guadalcanal Tanaghai, Solomon Islands (Age 21 years)5. FERCHEN, Christine Rose, b. 12 Aug 1928, Sanborn, Niagara County, NY d. 5 Apr 2024, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA (Age 95 years)Family ID F18810 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Nov 2024
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Notes - Buffalo News, The (NY) - October 9, 1990
A memorial service for Bessie Ferchen, 101, will be held at 4 P.M. Oct. 20 in Sanborn United Methodist Church, 5816 Buffalo St., Sanborn.
Burial will be in Mount View Cemetery, Pekin.
Mrs. Ferchen died Sept. 23, 1990, in the Beechwood Nursing Home, Amherst, where she had lived for the past three years. Before that, she had lived in the Blocher Home in Williamsville.
The former Bessie Treichler graduated from the Teachers Normal School in Middleport and taught in the Cambria School District and the Tuscarora Indian Reservation School.
She and her late husband, Hugo Ferchen, taught music to their five children and formed a family orchestra. They also performed together in church choirs, in community marching bands and in choral societies.
She became a Gold Star mother when two of their sons, Walter and Richard, were killed in 1943 while serving in World War II.
Mrs. Ferchen was a member of Flagler Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star; the Auxiliary of American Legion Post 969; the Retired Teachers Association, and Williamsville United Methodist Church.
Survivors include a son, James of Florida; two daughters, Christine Stumpf of California and Laura Martin; 11 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren
- Buffalo News, The (NY) - October 9, 1990