KRAATZ, Frances

1897 - 1966  (68 years)

• Name	KRAATZ, Frances
  Birth	26 Oct 1897	Town of Clarence, Erie County, NY
  Gender	Female
  Death	23 Mar 1966	Lockport, Niagara County, NY
  Person ID	I59142	Laur from Germany
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	KRAATZ, Albert W,   b. 16 Feb 1867, Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY d. 30 Mar 1958, Lockport, Niagara County, NY (Age 91 years)
  Mother	DOHRING, Minnie,   b. Mar 1872, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY d. 21 May 1916, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY (Age 44 years)
  Family ID	F21521	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	TOWNSEND, Grant M,   b. 11 Jul 1895, New York d. Apr 1973, Lockport, Niagara County, NY (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1916	New York
  Children	1. TOWNSEND, Genevieve E,   b. 27 May 1917, New York d. 16 Sep 2007, Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY (Age 90 years)   2. TOWNSEND, Charles H,   b. 9 Nov 1920, New York d. 12 Jul 1998, Old Town, Dixie County, FL (Age 77 years)   3. TOWNSEND, Robert Francis,   b. 8 Sep 1922, Lockport, Niagara County, NY d. 19 Mar 2009, Lockport, Niagara County, NY (Age 86 years)   4. TOWNSEND, Harry,   b. Abt 1925, New York   5. TOWNSEND, Alice S
  Family ID	F21519	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Lockport Union Sun & Journal March 24, 1966 Mrs. Townsend Dies At Age 68 Mrs. Grant (Frances S.) Townsend, 68, of 4136 Lake Ave., a retired Harrison worker, died Wednesday (March 23,1 1966) at Inter - Community Memorial Hospital at Newfane. Born in the Town of Cambria on Oct. 26, 1897, she was the daughter of Albert and Minnie Dohring Kraatz. Mrs. Townsend was employed for many years in assembly work at the Harrison Radiator Division. General Motors Corp. and retired several years ago. Surviving are her husband; two daughters and two sons, Mrs. Robert T. Swift of Newfane, Mrs. Clarence C. King; Robert F. and Charles H. Townsend, all of Lockport; one brother and two sisters, Fred Kraatz and Mrs. Percy B. Smith, both of Lockport and Mrs. Paul Everett of Buffalo; also 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Beginning this evening. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Prudden & Kandt Funeral Home, 242 Genesee St., where funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Rev. Gordon R. Bender, pastor of the Assembly of God Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Wrights Corners Cemetery.