WITTKOPF, Auguste Dorothea Wilhelmine

1852 - 1928  (76 years)

• Name	WITTKOPF, Auguste Dorothea Wilhelmine
  Birth	30 Jun 1852	Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY
  Gender	Female
  Death	Oct 1928	Pekin, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY
  Person ID	I55219	Laur from Germany
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	WITTKOPF, Christian,   b. 3 Mar 1811, Prussia d. 22 Sep 1882, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY (Age 71 years)
  Mother	BEHM, Christine Friedericke,   b. 15 Dec 1821, Prussia d. 26 Sep 1878, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F15271	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BRUCE, Leonard,   b. Abt 1838, Cattaraugus County, NY d. 26 Jan 1911, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age ~ 73 years)
  Children	1. BRUCE, Bertram   2. BRUCE, Lyman,   b. Abt 1873, Niagara County, NY d. Yes, date unknown   3. BRUCE, Mary,   b. Abt 1868, Niagara County, NY d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F76245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Niagara Gazette - 10/24/1928 PEKIN, Oct. 24 - A double funeral that of Mrs. Fredericka Witkop and that of Mrs. Augusta Bruce, was held at the St. Andrew's Evangelical Luth- eran Church of Pekin, yesterday af- ternoon. Rev. Charles a. Schmidt of- ficiated. The services were held for Mrs. Bruce at 2 o'clock from the home of her son, Bertram Bruce and at 2:30 o'clock for Mrs. Witkop from the home of her son, Augustus Witkop. The ser- vices at the church were conducted jointly at 3 o'clock. Friends and relatives had gathered in great numbers to pay the last re- spects to the deceased. Floral offer- ings were many and beautiful. Mrs. Witkop was ill only three weeks and succumbed to heart disease and old age. She was 80 years of age. She is survived by her husband, three sons and a daughter. Mrs. Bruce died Sunday afternoon after a lingering illness. She was 76 years old. She is survived by two sons and two daughters. Mrs. Witkop and Mrs. Bruce were sisters-in-law and died within 20 hours of each other. Interment was in the Lutheran cemetery of Pekin.