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 unknown3. BRUCE, Mary, b. Abt 1868, Niagara County, NY d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F76245 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 18 Oct 2025
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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.
- Niagara Gazette - 10/24/1928