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- Obit - Tonawanda News - 12/11/1961
BERNER - Rev. Theophilus Berner, 76, of 7412 Shawnee Road, Town of Wheatfield, Sunday (Dec. 10, 1961) in DeGraff Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Beloved husband of Bertha (nee Feders) Berner; father of Mrs. Edgar (Florence) Huber, Mrs. Rupert (Laura) Borton, Miss Phyllis Berner and Mrs. Harold (Carol) Gebhardt, all of North Tonawanda, and Mrs. Mark (Ellen) Harris of Kalamazoo, Mich.; grandfather of 14 grandchildren; brother of Mrs. Alfred Heller and Mrs. Herbert Hollinger, both of Kitchener, Ont., Mrs. Lydia Paschka of Hamburg, N.Y., Mrs. George Dewar of Wyoming, Ont., and Mrs. Michael Sammentinger of Fort Wayne, Ind. Friends received at Brunner Funeral Home, 156 Robinson St., North Tonawanda, until 10 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12, 1961. Mr. Berner will lie in state at St. Martin Lutheran Church, Martinsville, Old Falls Boulevard, at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13, where services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m., the Rev. Luther Knauff officiating. Interment in White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery.
ALSO
North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 9/18/1952
The congregation of St. Martin's
Church. Monday evening, honored
its pastor, the Rev. Theophilus
Berner on the 45th anniversary of
his ordination in St. Martin's
Church and his birthday anniversary.
A potluck supper was served in
the dining rooms of the church.
The room and tables were decorated
with Fall flowers. There was
a beautifully decorated anniversary
cake, baked by Mrs. Henry
Thiele Jr. The Rev. Merton Baseler
of St. Peter's American Lutheran
Church spoke.
Mr. Berner, a native of Canada,
has lived in this vicinity since he
was a young boy. His father was a
former pastor and superintendent
of St. John's Orphan Home in Buf
ialo. Mr. Berner was graduated
from the Buffalo Seminary.
The congregation presented its
pastor with a purse. A social evening
followed supper.
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Abt 1885 - 1961 (~ 76 years)