✞THE JOURNAL-REGISTER Medina, NY Monday, March 28, 1988 Gertrude L. Kleinhans LOCKPORT - Gertrude L. Kleinhans, 11388 Main St., Medina, died March 24 in Medina Memorial Hospital. She was born Aug. 4, 1914 in Canada, daughter of the late Rev. James (Lucienda MacBrien) Beck. She was husband of the late Gorman W. Kleinhans who died in 1981. She was a member of the Rebekah Lodge. Mrs. Kleinhans lived in Lockport for most of her married life, moving to Medina in 1976. Survivors include three sons, Douglas (RuthAnn) Kleinhans of Medina, Paul (Kathleen) Kleinhans of Lockport, and Keith Kleinhans of Medina; five grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Stewart (Laviena) Freece of Hornell; two brothers, Milferd (Thelma) Beck of Lockport and Ronald (Jan) Beck of Rochester. There are no prior calling hours. Memorial services will be announced at a later date. Memorial gifts may be made to the American Cancer Society. Arrangements were made by Lange Funeral Home, 186 East Ave.

✞Anna M. Kleinhans, 58, of 66 Summit St., died Sunday (June 21, 1981) at Lockport Memorial Hospital. She was born in Lockport on Feb. 21, 1923, the daughter of Fred and Dominico Grandinelli [sic] Tocco. She was a member of St. Anthony's Church. Formerly an employee of Harrison Radiator Division, GMC, she was the Deli Manager at Tops Market in Lockport. Mrs. Kleinhans is survived by her husband, Norman J. Kleinhans; two sons, Kevin J. (Patricia) of N. Carolina, Timothy M. (Donna) of Lockport; four grandchildren, Christopher. Allen, Johnathan and Michael, also several neices and nephews and cousins. Friends may call at their convenience after 7 o'clock this evening at the Taylor & Reynolds Funeral Home, Inc. Niagara at Transit Streets, where the family will be present from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Funeral services will be held from the funeral home at 9.30 Wednesday morning and at 10 a.m. a Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at St. Anthony's Church. A Vigil Service will be held at 7.15 p.m. Tuesday.

✞LOCKPORT. N. Y., UNION SUN & JOURNAL, MONDAY, MAY 7, 1951 - Former US&J Worker Dies In Hospital A former employee of the Union-Sun & Journal Accounting Department, Mrs. Nina Marie Kleinhans Latsch, 30, wife of William F. Latsch, 393 Pine St., died Saturday at Lockport City Hospital after a long illness. Mrs. Latsch was a native of Lockport and attended Gasport High School and St. Joseph's business School. She was employed at Harrison Radiator Division during World War II, before becoming associated with the newspaper. She was a member of Plymouth Congregational Church and the Mayflower Guild there. Other survivors include her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Norman A. Kleinhans; five brothers, Wallace, stationed with the Navy at Norfolk, Va., Gorman, James, Theodore and Robert Kleinhans, and a sister, Miss Claudia Kleinhans, all of Lockport. Services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow at the Kennedy Funeral Home, 122 Walnut St.. the Rev. Darrell J. Westlake, minister of Plymouth Congregational Church, officiating. Burial will be in Cold Spring Cemetery.

note- After Nina's death, William Latch moved to Oklahoma where he met and married Marta Pour, later moved to Houston, TX where William died after 32 years of marriage to Marta. William and his brother Thomas looked alike, and may have been twins.

✞Mary Alice Kleinhans passed away January 29, 2011. Born March 23, 1922 in the Town of Cambria, she was the daughter of the late James D. and Donna Catherine Campbell Meahl. Mary Alice retired in 1977 after several years in clerical work with the Niagara County Clerk's Office, Department of Motor Vehicles and the Niagara County Sheriff's Department. She was very active in her church, St. Peter's United Church of Christ and after the consolidation, the Lockport United Church of Christ, enjoying visiting the sick and infirmed of her congregation. She also was a member of the Red Hat Society. Mary Alice enjoyed hunting, fishing and traveling where it gave her a chance to meet new people, which she enjoyed immensely.. Mary Alice was predeceased by her husband, Theodore R. Kleinhans, who passed away in September of 2001; sister of the late Clarence and Ronal Meahl and Donna Robinson. She is survived by many loving nieces and nephews.. Relatives and friends may call Tuesday 3 to 7 PM in Prudden and Kandt Funeral Home, 242 Genesee Street, Lockport, where funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 10:00 AM. Interment will be in Glenwood Cemetery. Memorials to Lockport United Church of Christ, 98 East Ave., Lockport, NY 14094 would be appreciated.. Please visit www.pruddenandkandt.com to send an online condolence to the family. Published on January 30, 2011

✞Wally Kleinhans, Harrison Retiree Wallace P. 'Wally' Kleinhans, 79, a Harrison Radiator retiree, died Wednesday, July 31, 1996. Born Sept. 4, 1927, in Lockport, he was the son of Norman A. and Kathleen Kleinhans. He attended Lockport High School and joined the Navy in July, 1945. He served one year in Japanese Occupational Forces in Sasebo, Japan. He re-enlisted in March 1948, and served four more years. He was employed at Harrison Radiator from December, 1952, to August, 1982.

He wed Donna Bishop Kleinhans at St. Patrick's Church, on Sept. 12, 1953. He enjoyed traveling after retirement. Besides his his wife, he is survived by two sons, Kim and Kurt; one granddaughter; three brothers, James (Betty) Kleinhans of Fairfield Glad Tenn., Theodore (Mary Alice) Kleinhans and Robert Kleinhans and a sister, Claudia (Harold) Southard, all of Lockport.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday at Taylor & Reynolds Funeral Home Inc., at Transit and Niagara streets, where funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.

✞When Robert Kleinhans was born on 24 February 1929, in Royalton, NY, his father, Norman A Kleinhans, was 33, and his mother, Kathleen Gormely, was 34. In 1930 they lived in a rented house on Main St. in Gasport, NY. By 1940 they had moved to Lockport on Gasport/Chesnut Ridge Rd/Rt. 31 in another rented house near Carlisle Gardens and Windermere Rd. By 1950 they lived at 171 Washburn St. in a home Norman had bought while working at a radiator factory. Robert 21 was also working at a radiator factory. Robert eventually quit his factory job and drove a taxi while he was in Jehovah's Witnesses for a short time. In 1993/94 Robert was accused and convicted of second-degree rape. He was incarcerated in the Wyoming Correctional Facility, NY, where he died of cardiopulmonary arrest in 1998 after an attack by inmates who knocked him down to rob him of a prison commissary purchase.

✞Harold W. "Skip" Southard of Lockport passed away. September 25, 2005 at home. Born June 17, 1931 in Lackawanna, NY, he was the son of Harold and Dorothy Schill Southard. "Skip", as he was known, was a dedicated Elder for over 52 years at the Lockport Congregation of Jehovah Witness. He also worked for over 50 years in the roofing business with Roberts Roofing and McGonigle and Hilger Roofing Inc. His greatest interest was teaching others about the Bible and God's purpose for a paradisiac future. His greatest comfort was knowing that the best place we can be is in God's memory. Skip is survived by his loving wife of 51 years, Claudia Kleinhans Southard. He was the father of Shawn of Philadelphia, PA, Julie of Lockport and David (Dawn) Southard of Elma, NY. He was also the grandfather of Amanda. Matthew, Ashley and Clair and father-in-law of Thomas Wrazin. Friends may call Tuesday and Wednesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM at Prudden and Kandt Funeral Home, 242 Genesee Street. Relatives and friends are invited to a Memorial Service to be held Saturday October 1, 2005 at 1:30 in the Kingdom Hall, 352 Ontario St. Lockport. Memorials to the Niagara Hospice, 4675 Sunset Drive, Lockport, NY 14094 would be greatly appreciated by the family.