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- August 16, 2012
Wallace Lemke
Niagara Gazette
WHEATFIELD — Wallace Lemke, age 96, of Wheatfield, was called to his heavenly home on August 15, 2012 at the Northgate Health Care Facility. Born in the Town of Wheatfield on September 23, 1915, he was the son of the late Edward and Ella (Werth) Lemke.
Wallace was a lifelong member of St. John Ev. Lutheran Church in Wheatfield, exempt member of the St. Johnsburg Fire Company, where he's been a member since 1941, was employed at the Wurlitzer Company for 40 years and later at Voss Mfg.
Survivors include a sister, Betty Ernst of North Tonawanda; two grandsons, Steve Sterry, Jr. and David Sterry. He was predeceased by his wife, Agatha L. Lemke on January 30, 2000; and three sisters, Florence DuBois, Naomi Kreppenneck and Alice Lewis.
A private interment will take place in St. John Lutheran Cemetery, Wheatfield, with a memorial service to follow at a later date, in the DUBOIS FUNERAL HOME.
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