STRASSBURG, August F

1918 - 2000  (81 years)

• Name	STRASSBURG, August F
  Birth	30 May 1918	North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 May 2000	North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY
  Person ID	I57346	Laur from Germany
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	STRASSBURG, August Friedrich William,   b. 30 Dec 1863, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. 11 May 1927, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (Age 63 years)
  Mother	WITKOP, Emma Rosine Helene,   b. 10 Dec 1870, Tonawanda, Erie County, NY d. 26 Dec 1951, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	22 Sep 1892	Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY
  Family ID	F20818	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	MELLENTHINE, Violet Ruth,   b. 27 May 1922, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY d. 22 Apr 1978, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	3 Nov 1943	Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, SD
  Notes	Married: 9 November 1943 Evening News of the Tonawandas Strassburg-Mellenthine Rites Took Place in Church at Sioux Falls, S.D. Miss Violet Mellenthine, daughter of Mrs. Eleonora Mellenthine and Private August F. Strassburg, son of Mrs. Emma Strassburg were married Wednesday afternoon, November 3, at 1:30 o’clock in the Zion Lutheran church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The double ring ceremony was performed by the Rev. G. A. Troenel of Sioux Falls. The bride was lovely in her gown of white satin, and net skirt. A sweetheart neckline and three-quarter length sleeves completed the dress. Her veil of illusion was held by a juliet cap, and she carried a bouquet of white asters and roses. The groom is serving with the armed forces at the air base at Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Her only attendant, Mrs. Hugo Belling, the former Marjorie Butzbach, was matron of honor. She wore a dusty blue taffeta dress with a spray of blue flowers in her hair, and carried a bouquet of yellow asters and roses. P. F. C. Wilbert Ostwald of Ward road, Niagara Falls, N. Y., who is stationed at Sioux Falls was best man. The reception was held at Carpenter Hotel. Mrs. August Strassburg and Mrs. Hugo Belling will return shortly and the bride will make her home with her parent for the duration.
  Children	1. STRASSBURG, Terry August   2. STRASSBURG, Gary Daniel
  Family ID	F20509	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2024

  
  

• Notes

  AUGUST F. STRASSBURG JR., RETIRED MILLWRIGHT The Buffalo News, May 4, 2000 August F. "Sonny" Strassburg Jr., 81, who worked as a millwright with DuPont Co. in Niagara Falls for more than 20 years, died Wednesday (May 3, 2000) in DeGraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, following a three-month illness. He was born in North Tonawanda and lived on Stenzel Avenue. He attended the former Gratwick Grammar School there as well. Strassburg worked for several years in production at the former Buffalo Bolt County, North Tonawanda, and as an inspector at the former Bell Aircraft here. A veteran of World War II, he entered the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1942 and served as a machinist with the 893rd Air Engineer Squadron in the European Theater until honorably discharged in 1946. Strassburg then worked as a millwright at DuPont, retiring in the mid-1970s. He was a lifelong member of St. Mark Evangelical Lutheran Church, North Tonawanda, and was an airplane and air show enthusiast. His wife, the former Violet R. Mellenthine, died in 1978. Survivors include two sons, Terry A. of North Tonawanda and Gary D. of Niagara Falls; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 1:30 P.M. Saturday in Lane Funeral Home, 8622 Buffalo Ave., Niagara Falls. Burial will be in St. Mark Lutheran Cemetery, North Tonawanda.