MILLEVILLE, Winifred Louise
1923 - 2005 (81 years)-
Name MILLEVILLE, Winifred Louise Birth 9 Oct 1923 Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY 
Gender Female Death 27 Apr 2005 Tonawanda, Erie County, NY Person ID I53228 Laur from Germany Last Modified 10 Jul 2017
Father MILLEVILLE, Hugo Albert Edward, b. 11 Dec 1892, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. 8 Feb 1962, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 69 years) Mother MUELLER, Beata Apollonia, b. 17 Aug 1897, Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY d. 26 Aug 1973, Batavia, Genesee County, NY (Age 76 years) Marriage 1921 New York Family ID F18486 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family PROEFROCK, Harold Albert, b. 3 Sep 1920, Altamont, Effingham County, IL d. 27 May 1990, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (Age 69 years) Marriage 13 Nov 1943 Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY Children 1. PROEFROCK, Joanne Carol 2. PROEFROCK, b. 16 Mar 1963 d. 16 Mar 1963 (Age 0 years) Family ID F19070 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Mar 2025
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Notes - WHEATFIELD - Winifred Proefrock, a talented Danish needle painter, died Wednesday in Kenmore Mercy Hospital, Town of Tonawanda, after a brief illness. She was 81.
Born Winifred Milleville in Wheatfield, she attended St. James Lutheran School and was a life member of St. James Lutheran Church and its Women of the Church, quilters and choir. She also taught Sunday school for more than 25 years.
Mrs. Proefrock was a member of the Bergholz Historical Society. She worked in production at an area factory during World War II. Her husband, Harold A., died in 1990.
Survivors include a daughter, Joanne Haniszewski of Pendleton; a brother, Richard Milleville of Bergholz; four sisters, Florence Mielke of Wheatfield, Beatrice Nehrboss of Akron, Janice Kysor of Lewiston and Alice Lange of Wheatfield; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 A.M. Saturday in St. James Church, Niagara Road and Rohr Street, Bergholz. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
- WHEATFIELD - Winifred Proefrock, a talented Danish needle painter, died Wednesday in Kenmore Mercy Hospital, Town of Tonawanda, after a brief illness. She was 81.