BOEHNKE, Herman O
1924 - 1972 (47 years)-
Name BOEHNKE, Herman O Birth 15 Oct 1924 North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY 
Gender Male Death 15 Aug 1972 Buffalo, Erie County, NY Person ID I76527 Laur from Germany Last Modified 1 Oct 2016
Father BOEHNKE, Otto M, b. 6 Oct 1900, New York d. 4 Oct 1973, Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (Age 72 years) Mother AWALDT, Amelia H, b. 13 Apr 1906, New York d. Mar 1990 (Age 83 years) Marriage 4 May 1924 Buffalo, Erie County, NY Family ID F25791 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family HOFFMAN, Lucile J, b. 23 Sep 1929 d. 31 Mar 2007, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (Age 77 years) Marriage 21 Jul 1956 Town of Pendleton, Niagara County, NY Notes - North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 8/8/1956
The m a r r i a g e of Miss Lu-
cile Hoffman, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hoff-
man of Townline Rd., to Her-
man Boehnke, son of Mr. a n d
Mrs. Otto Boehnke of 1274
Nash Rd., was solemnized at
7 p.m., July 21 in St. Pauls
Evangelical and Reformed
Church, Wendelville. The
Rev. Karl Kindt officiated at
t h e double r i n g ceremony be-
f o r e an a l t a r decorated with
baskets of white c h r y s a n t h e mums
and lilies and lighted
with tall tapers in candela
b r a .
Charles Green played the traditional
wedding music and accompanied
Karl Bohnhoff who sang
"O Perfect Love" and "Because"
j before the ceremony, and "The
Lord's Prayer" during the ceremony.
The bride, given in marriage by
her father, chose a white ballerina-
length gown of Chantilly lace
over satin. The bridal gown was
fashioned with an illusion neckline
and fitted lace bodice. A crown
of seed pearls held the fingertip
veil of illusion. The bride wore
mitts and carried a colonial bouquet
of white roses and chrysanthemums.
Miss Elma Hoffman, sister of
the bride, was maid of honor. Her
ballerina-length gown of orchid organdy
embroidered with w h i te
over taffeta was fashioned with a
scalloped V-neckline, l o n g torso
waistline and a scalloped hemline.
She wore an orchid flowered
hat and carried a colonial
bouquet of yellow roses and white
chrysanthemums, offset with a yellow
ribbon.
The bridesmaids, Mrs. Don
aid Richardson, Miss Lois Human,
cousin of the bride, and Miss Jacqueline
Awaldt, cousin of the bridegroom,
favored outfits in yellow,
styled like that of the maid
of honor. They carried colonial
bouquets of yellow roses and orchid
chrysanthemums offset with
orchid ribbons.
The flower girls were Linda
Boehnke, niece of the bridegroom
and Janet Meyers. They wore
dresses of orchid organdy embroidered
with white over taffeta
and carried bouquets of yellow
roses and white chrysantheniums.
Otto Boehnke Jr., brother of the
bridegroom, was best man and the
ushers were Robert Boehnke. Arnold
Boehnke and Donald Boehnke,
brothers of the bridegroom.
The bride's mother chose an
aqua print nylon dress with white
accessories, while the mother of
the bridegroom was attired in a
powder blue linen dress with white
accessories. Both wore corsages of
white carnations and pink roses
trimmed with white ribbons. The
bridegroom's maternal grandmother,
Mrs. William Edmister, was
attired in a navy blue crepe dress
with a corsage of white carnations
and pink roses trimmed with white
ribbons.
A wedding reception was given
in the Wendelville Fire Hall for
200 guests. For traveling, the bride
chose a blue nylon dres with white
accessories. After a wedding trip
to the Adirondacks, the coupkle
are at home in Townline Rd.
Entertaining at showers for the
bride were Mrs. Eugene Hoffman
and Mrs. Ezra H o f f m a n , Miss
Elma Hoffman, Miss Lois Human,
Mrs. Donald Richardson, and Miss
Jacqueline Awaldt, Mrs. G l e nn
Meyers and Mrs. Otto Boehnke
Sr., Mrs. Carl Meyers, and the
girls from the office of The National
Grinding Wheel Co., Inc.
Children 1. BOEHNKE, Nancy Jean 2. BOEHNKE, Allan Herman 3. BOEHNKE, Gary Charles 4. BOEHNKE, Herman Family ID F25792 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Nov 2024
- North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 8/8/1956
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Notes - Niagara Gazette - 8/16/1972
BOEHNKE - Herman O. of 4080 Beach
Ridge Road. North T o n awanda, NY in
Buffalo Veteran's Hospital, August 15,
1971.. Husband of Lucile, Father of Allan
Gary, 'Nancy and Herman Boehnke
ail of North Tonawanda, N YSon of Mr.
and Mrs Otto (Amelia) Boehnke.
Brother of Mrs. Glenn (Shirley) Mevers
both of Town of WheatfleW N Y Robert
C BoehnKe, LocKporl. NY Arnold R
end Otto BoehnheJr. both of town of
Pendleton, N.Y., Donald H. Boehnke
Huntington Park, California,Funeral
services will be held at The Rhoney
funeral Home Inc. (Pike4 JonesJan
Hoover Road, Sanborn, N.Y. Friday at 2
p.m. with Rev- David Huels of St. Paul's
Un-ted Chyrch of Christ officiating
Interment in White Chapel Cemetery.
The family will be preset from 2 to
4 and 7 to 9 p.m. If Preferred contributions
may be made to the American Cancer
Society or St. Paul's Church, Wen
delville, N.Y.
ALSO
Herman 0. Boehnke, 47, of 480
Beach Ridge Road, North
Tonawanda, died Tuesday
(Aug. 15, 1972) in Veteran's
Administration Hospital,
Buffalo, after a four-month
illness.
He was born in Tonawanda
and was a World War II Army
veteran,, serving in the
European and Pacific
Theaters. '
He worked at various industries
prior to becoming a
barber. For the past 11 years,
he operated Herman's Barber
Shop at the Beach Ridge Road
address.
He was a member of the
Tonawanda Moose Lodge 2183,
Niagara Lodge No. 375 F & AM,
VFW Post 7545, American
Ugion Post 1451, the Wen-
delville Volunteer Fire Co.
the Exempt Club of the Wen-
delville Volunteer Fire Co. and
was also a life member of the
Western New York Volunteers
Association; a member of the
North Tonawanda Auxiliary
Police and the Niagara County
Auxiliary Police.
Survivors include his widow,
Lucile Boehnke; three sons,
Allan, Gary and Herman
Boehnke Jr.; and a daughter,
Nancy Boehnke, all at home;
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otto
(Amelia) Boehnke of
WhSatfield; four brothers,
Robert C. Boehnke of Lock-
~p6Ff7~Arnord H. and" Olfo
Boehnke Jr., both of the Town
of Pendleton, and Donald H.
Boehnke of Huntington Park,
Calif.; and a sister, Mrs. Glenn
(Shirley) Meyers of the Town
of Wheatfield.
Funeral services will be held
at the Rhoney Funeral Home
(Pike and Jones), 5893 Hoover
Road, Sanborn, Friday at 2
p.m. with the Rev. David Huels
of St. Paul's United Church of
Christ, Wendelville, officiating.
Burial will be in
White Chapel Cemetery.
Friends may call at the
funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7
to 9 p.m. Wednesday and
Thursday.
Memorial contributions to
the American Cancer Society
or St. Paul's Church, Wendelville,
are acceptable, the
family said
- Niagara Gazette - 8/16/1972