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MARY LEPPERT SAUER

[Welland Tribune January 6, 1945]

Sauer-At 169 West Main street on Saturday, January 6, 1945, Mary Leppert, widow of the late Edward Sauer in her 76th year. The funeral will be held from the H.L. Cudney Funeral Chapel, 241 West Main street on Tuesday afternoon at 2 p.m. Interment Hillside cemetery, Ridgeville.

Death

Mrs Mary Sauer

A native of Fenwick, Mrs Mary Sauer, widow of Edward Sauer, died Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs C.A Pritchard, 169 West Main street, in her 76th year. She had been ill for approximately two years. Mrs Sauer was a member of the  Evangelical church at Pelham centre, was the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Dionis Leppert of Fonthill.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs R. Liebau (Olive) of Ridgeville and Mrs C.A. Pritchard (Bertha) of Welland; three sons, Albert, Ross and Belford Sauer of Welland; two sisters, Mrs John Mawhinney and Mrs William Wilson of Fonthill and two brothers, Dionis and Joseph Leppert. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward Sauer, as well as two daughters, Anna and Violet, and one son, Eldon.

The funeral will be held from the H.L. Cudney funeral chapel, 241 West Main street, on Tuesday afternoon, January 9th, at two o’clock to Hillside cemetery, Ridgeville for interment.

Funeral

Mrs Mary Sauer

Largely attended by friends and relatives from all over the district the funeral of the late Mrs Mary Sauer, who passed away in her 76th year at the home of her daughter, Mrs C.A Pritchard, 169 West Main street on Saturday following a lingering illness, was held from the H.L. Cudney funeral chapel, 241 West Main street to Hillside cemetery on Tuesday afternoon. Rev J E. Bender of the Pelham Centre Evangelical church officiated, and George Saylor sang two of deceased’s favorite sacred songs, “One Sweetly Solemn Thought,” and “Nearer, Still Nearer.” The organist was Miss Alma Sauer.

Among the many lovely floral tokens testifying to the love and esteem in which deceased had long been held were offerings from the Employes’ Association, Joseph Stokes Rubber Company and from the company’s office staff and the Ladies’ Aid of the Pelham Centre Evangelical church.

The pall bearers were Howard Brown, M.P.P. Welland; Howard Bearss, Vernon Leppert, G. Saylor, Ray Lapp and Louis S.

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