George H. Kopf

George H. Kopf

• George H. Kopf was born on 4 May 1861 in Langford, North Collins, Erie County, New York.
• He married Lena R. Haas circa 1890.
• George H. Kopf appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 754 Amherst Street. Other members of the household included Erwin Craig Brauer and Myrtle Menetta Kopf.
• Erwin Craig Brauer and Myrtle Menetta Kopf appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Buffalo, New York, at 754 Amherst Street. Other members of the household included George H. Kopf, Lena R. Haas.
• George H. Kopf became a widower at the 23 September 1945 death of his wife Lena R. Haas.
• The following appeared on 25 September 1945 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: [Died] Lena R. Haas Kopf, September 23, 1945 in Williamsville, N. Y., wife of George H. Kopf; mother of Mrs. E. Craig Brauer and the late Carl C. Kopf; grandmother of Cpl. Carl C., of St. Louis, Mo. and T/5 George W. Kopf, ETO; sister of Jacob Haas, Mrs. Caroline Rohr, Mrs. Harry Snyder, Mrs. John Loewer and the late Christ and Charles Haas, Mrs. John Klemp and Mrs. Fred Goehrig. Services from the family residence, 60 North Long St., Williamsville, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Friends invited.
• George H. Kopf died on 22 March 1962 at age 100 in Wende, Alden, Erie County, New York.
• He was interred at Acacia Park Cemetery, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, New York.
• The following appeared on 25 March 1962 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: Funeral services for George H. Kopf, 100, will be conducted at 1 tomorrow afternoon in the Ullrich Home, 3272 Bailey Ave. The Rev. Luther M. Ridgeway of Williamsville Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be made in Acacia Park Cemetery, Town of Pendleton, Niagara County.
       Mr. Kopf, who would have been 101 May 4, died Thursday in the Erie County Home and Infirmary at Wende where he has been a resident for several years. He formerly lived with his daughter, Mrs. E. Craig Brauer at 60 N. Long St., Williamsville. Mrs. Brauer now lives in St. Petersburg, Fla.
       Mr. Kopf was born on a farm in the hamlet of Langford, Town of North Collins. He worked in his father's blacksmith shop in North Collins and operated a farm in that town before becoming an ironworker for a steel construction concern here. Later he sold toilet and hair grooming products. He was a watchman for a downtown women's apparel store when he retired.
       Mr. Kopf was a life member of Fidelity Lodge of Odd FEllows.
       Survivors besides his daughter are two brothers, Edwin of Ravenna, Ohio, and Fred of Cleveland; two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

• Last Edited: 9 Nov 2014