WERTH, Claude Lambert

1926 - 1995  (69 years)

• Name	WERTH, Claude Lambert
  Birth	20 Aug 1926	Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Dec 1995	North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY
  Person ID	I56862	Laur from Germany
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	WERTH, Phillip W,   b. 10 May 1897, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. Nov 1980, Lockport, Niagara County, NY (Age 83 years)
  Mother	MUDD, Edna C,   b. 30 Jan 1906, Lockport, Niagara County, NY d. 5 Jul 1997, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1925	Lockport, Niagara County, NY
  Family ID	F19207	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	VOLKSTADT, Carol Ann,   b. Abt 1932, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY d. Oct 1975, North Ridge Cemetery, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	28 Nov 1953	Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY
  Notes	Niagara Gazette - 11/28/1953 With St. Stephens E p i s c o p al Church as the setting, the marriage of Miss Carol Ann Volkstadt to Mr. Claude L. Werth was solemnized this afternoon at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Cuthbert MacLcan officiating. The ceremony united the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Volkstadt, Lockport. to the son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Werth. Lockport, before an altar banked with white mums and pompons. Carrying a bouquet of white gardenias fluted with tulle to match her gown, the bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a nylon tulle and lace gown over satin with a Peter Pan collar and a pleated yoke. A peplum of scalloped lace formed a bustle in thc back which billowed over a double skirt of nylon tulle. A halo cap with nylon nuching held her veil of pure silk illusion. Miss Marcia Van Duzer, as maid-of- honor, wore a ballerina-length gown of royal blue nylon tulle over taffeta, with a softly gathered bodice and the full skirt featuring a back drape. Her ensemble was completed with a matching stole and a velvet floral headpiece with a tiny face veil, and she carried in a cascadebouquet. The bridesmaids were Miss, Lorraine Tucker, and Miss Sandra Abram. They carried cascade bouquets of yellow daisy mums, and wore gowns identical to that of the maid-of-honor. . Suzanne Freck, flower girl, wore an identical gown and carried a tiny colonial bouquet. Best man was Mr. Roger Volkstadt, and ushers were Mr. Lyel Fr,eck and Mr. Robert Hall. Miss Betty Boyle was organist. The mother of the bride was at- tired in a frock of blue silk, with which she wore black accessories, and the mother of the bridegroom favored a dress of plum colored faille with a jacket, and black ac- cessories. Each mother wore a cor- sage of pink roses. For the reception, at the LaSallt Yacht club after the ceremony, the bride's table was embellished with vases of pink roses on either side of a four tier wedding cake. For the honeymoon in Canada and Michigan, Mrs. Werth will de- part in a two -piece suit of brown wool, with ginger colored acces- sories and a corsage of yellow roses. Mr. and Mrs. Werth will make their home in Lockport.
  Children	1. WERTH, Claude Lambert
  Family ID	F20617	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2025

  
  

  Family 2	SCHAAR, Catherine M,   b. 12 Apr 1924, Galeton, Potter County, PA d. 21 Aug 2018, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY (Age 94 years)
  Family ID	F20618	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2025

  
  

• Notes

  The Buffalo News - December 27, 1995 Services for Claude L. Werth Sr., a retired operating engineer, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in Rhoney Funeral Home, 5893 Hoover Road, Sanborn. Burial will be in North Ridge Cemetery. He died Tuesday (Dec. 26, 1995) in DeGraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, after being stricken at home. Werth, 69, was born in Niagara Falls and lived on Lockport Road all his life. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946 as a machinist's mate third class and received the American Theater Medal, Victory Medal, Asiatic Pacific Medal and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon. Werth worked for the Operating Engineers Local for many years before retiring in 1988. A fruit farmer, he was known at the North Tonawanda farmers market and had a stall there for several years. Werth was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Lockport, the American Legion of Friendship, the National Rifle Association and Seabee Island X-8 of the Niagara Frontier, City of Tonawanda. His first wife, Carol Ann Volkstadt Werth, died in 1975. Survivors include his wife, the former Catherine "Kitty" Schaar-London; a son, Claude L. "Rusty" of Lockport; his mother, the former Edna Mudd of Lockport; four stepdaughters, Christine Laufer of Sanborn, Beth Madison and Katherine Carter, both of Peoria, Ariz., and Sally Jones of Richmond, Va.; a brother, Leo of Lockport; a sister, Beatrice Daigler of Lockport; 10 stepgrandchildren; and two stepgreat-granddaughters.