Magdalena Offermann

Magdalena Offermann

• Father: Gottfried Offermann
• Mother: Genevieve Barth

• Magdalena Offermann was born on 28 January 1870 possibly in Chicago, Illinois.
• She was baptized/christened on 6 March 1870 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
• She was known as Lena.
• She married Jacob Schunk, son of Jacob Schunk and Magdalena (?).
• The following appeared on 11 September 1935 in the Lockport Union-Sun & Journal: (Buffalo, Sept. 11) Mrs. Genevieve S. Offerman, 87, mother of the late Sheriff Frank J. Offerman, died Tuesday morning in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jacob Schunk, 25 Hedley Place.
       Born in Williamsville in 1848, Mrs. Offerman was a life-long resident of this section.
       Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 10 o'clock in St. Mary's church. Burial will be in Pine Hill cemetery.
• The following appeared on 12 September 1935 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: [Died] September 10, 1935, Genevieve S. Offermann, wife of the late Gotfried, mother of Mrs. Jacob Schunk and Mrs. Frank Morbusch and the late Frank J. Offermann. Funeral from the residence of her daughter, 25 Hedley Place, Friday morning at 9:30 and from St. Mary's Church at 10 o'clock.
• The following appeared on 2 February 1940 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: [Died]January 31, 1940, Anna Morbusch, wife of Frank, mother of Frederick E., Frank W. and Arthur B. Morbusch and Mrs. Joseph F. McManus; sister of Mrs. Jacob Schunk and the late Frank J. Offermann. Funeral from the family residence, 296 North Park Avenue, Saturday morning at 8:30 o'clock and from St. Margaret's Church at 9. Deceased was a member of the Altar and Rosary Society of St. Margaret's Church and the Arch Confraternity of the Holy Family of St. Mary's Church and Happy Deaths Society of St. Michael's Church.
• Magdalena Offermann became a widow at the 27 April 1947 death of her husband Jacob Schunk.
• Magdalena Offermann died on 22 November 1951 at age 81 in Erie County, New York.
• She was interred at Mount Calvary Cemetery, Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York.
• The following appeared on 24 November 1951 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: Died] November 22, 1951, Magdalena (Lena) Schunk, wife of the late Jacob Schunk; mother of Mrs. Joseph A. Hogan, Mrs. Harry J. Boyle, and the late George F. Schunk; sister of the late Mrs. Frank Morbusch and Frank J. Offerman. Funeral from the Funeral Home of John J. Ray & Son, 615 Elmwood Ave., Monday morning at 9:30 and from St. Vincent de Paul Church at 10 o'clock. Friends invited.

• Last Edited: 12 Apr 2014