Harriet Hoffman

Notes:

Mrs. William Wolfanger died at her home on South Main Street, Saturday, April 3, 1926 in her 77th year. Mrs. Wolfanger's maiden name was Hoffman and she was born in the town of Wayland, Nov. 27, 1849. Her husband preceded her but a few months ago. She is survived by three daughters; Mrs. Maggie Schaver of Wayland, Mrs. Ella Shepard, and Mrs. Hattie Fox, of Perkinsvill, besides four sisters, ten grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held on Tuesday morning at 10:30, at the Zion Lutheran Church, Rev. Paul P. Krutzky, officiating. Burial was in the Lutheran Cemetery at Perklnsville, beside her late husband.
(Cohocton Times, Cohocton, Steuben County, New York, Wednesday, April 7, 1926)

Mrs. William Wolfanger died at her home in Cohocton last Sunday. She was nearly 77 years of age and is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Margaret Shaver of Wayland, Mrs. Hamilton Fox of Perkinsville and Mrs. Ella Shepard of Geneva. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning by the Rev. Paul G. Krutzky of Zion Lutheran church and the remains taken for burial in the Perkinsville cemetery. Mr. Wolfanger's death occurred only a short time ago.
(The Wayland Register, Wayland, Steuben County, New York, Thursday, April 8, 1926)

Family/Spouse: William Wolfanger. William was born on 17 Jun 1850 in Wayland, Steuben County, New York; died on 12 Dec 1925 in Cohocton, Steuben County, New York; was buried in Saint Peter's Cemetery, Perkinsville, Steuben County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mrs. Margaret Shaver lived to be 90 years old. She was born in Naples, a daughter of William and Harriet Wolfanger who later moved to the Wayland Cohocton area. She married Peter Shaver of East Wayland, and they lived in Springwater, Mrs. Shaver moving to Wayland after her husband’s untimely death in 1906. She died June 18, 1960 in Rochester where she had been hospitalized. Mrs. Shaver was buried beside her husband in East Wayland Cemetery. The obituary mentioned survivors as a daughter, Mrs. Elmer Pragle of Rochester; two sisters, Mrs. Hattie Fox of Wayland, and Mrs. Alice Shepard of Geneva; three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. A son, Arthur Shaver, had predeceased her.
(Naples Record, June 22, 1960)

Family/Spouse: Peter Shaver. Peter was born in 1861; died on 23 May 1906; was buried in East Wayland Cemetery, Steuben County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Frank Fox. Frank was born in 1873; died in 1954; was buried in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Wayland, Steuben County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Abt 1917; World War I (US)

Notes:

Mr. Arthur Shaver was a lifelong resident of Wayland, a member of the First Evangelical Church and the I.O.O.F. He died in the Veterans’ Hospital in Bath in May 1940. His wife, the former Grace Totten survived him. Mr. Shaver had served in France during World War I, and was active in Wayland’s Theodore R. Van Tassell American Legion Post, whose members formed an escort of honor for his funeral procession. The W.H. Gunlocke Chair Co., his employer, closed its plant for the afternoon of his funeral so that fellow workers could attend. Burial was in the Village Cemetery.
(Wayland Register May 9, 1940)