Stella Catherine (Schneider) Salmen was the daughter of Rev. Henry A. and Nancy Maria (Reese) Schneider and granddaughter of Rev. Theobald and Anna Katharina (Grauer) Schneider. She was the 2nd wife of Rev. Michael Salmen. They were married in 1937. Rev. Salmen was a minister in the Erie Conference and New York Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren Church. He died August 21, 1967.
Obituary
Western New York Communicator
August 18, 1989, Page 2
SALMEN.--Mrs. Michael (Stella) Salmen -
Stella Catherine Salmen, surviving spouse of Rev. Michael Salmen passed away July 17, 1989 at the age of 1O2. Born April 17, 1887, in Niagara Falls, New York, she moved with her parents to Kansas and Oklahoma when she was very young. They came back East and located in Buffalo, New York, a few years later. Mrs. Salmen completed high school and business college. She worked for many years as a cashier and bookkeeper. She studied organ and voice and was active in church work teaching in Sunday School and using her talents for the work of the Lord. Mrs. Salmen came from a strong Christian heritage. Her grandfather, the Rev. Theobald Schneider, was a pioneer preacher of our church. Several uncles and several cousins were ministers and family worship was always held in her home. She met and married Rev. Michael Salmen in 1837. He was serving as pastor of the Olean Church (EUB). Together they had a blessed ministry of thirty years, serving the following charges: Olean and Nile; West Valley and Ellicottville; Buffalo: St. James and St. Paul's; Syracuse and Niagara Falls. Mrs. Salmen held several offices of leadership with children, women's groups and was a teacher of a Bible class. She was capable and always willing to "fill in" whenever and wherever there was a need. The Salmens retired in 196O and moved to Webster, New York. In their retirement years, they were active in the Webster church. A few years after the passing of her husband, she made her home at Beechwood Residence in Amherst New York, being admitted there in August, 1973. Survivors are: A daughter, Mrs Eunice R. Leffke (Eunice Salmen); three grandchildren, David W. Leffke of Lynchburg, Virginia, Gary S. Leffke of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Mrs. Kimberly Leffke-Crocker, of Raleigh, North Carolina and four great-grandchildren. A Memorial service was conducted by the Rev. Frank Mucci at the Beechwood Chapel Millersport Highway, Amherst, New York on August 6, 1989 at 2:OO p.m. Interment took place in Acacia Park Resthaven Cemetery, Pendleton, New York July 19, 1989.
--Editor's note: most of the above information was taken from a brief biography written by Mrs. Salmen in October, 197O. She was nearly blind at the time she wrote it.
Obituary
Western New York Communicator
August 18, 1989, Page 2
SALMEN.--Mrs. Michael (Stella) Salmen -
Stella Catherine Salmen, surviving spouse of Rev. Michael Salmen passed away July 17, 1989 at the age of 1O2. Born April 17, 1887, in Niagara Falls, New York, she moved with her parents to Kansas and Oklahoma when she was very young. They came back East and located in Buffalo, New York, a few years later. Mrs. Salmen completed high school and business college. She worked for many years as a cashier and bookkeeper. She studied organ and voice and was active in church work teaching in Sunday School and using her talents for the work of the Lord. Mrs. Salmen came from a strong Christian heritage. Her grandfather, the Rev. Theobald Schneider, was a pioneer preacher of our church. Several uncles and several cousins were ministers and family worship was always held in her home. She met and married Rev. Michael Salmen in 1837. He was serving as pastor of the Olean Church (EUB). Together they had a blessed ministry of thirty years, serving the following charges: Olean and Nile; West Valley and Ellicottville; Buffalo: St. James and St. Paul's; Syracuse and Niagara Falls. Mrs. Salmen held several offices of leadership with children, women's groups and was a teacher of a Bible class. She was capable and always willing to "fill in" whenever and wherever there was a need. The Salmens retired in 196O and moved to Webster, New York. In their retirement years, they were active in the Webster church. A few years after the passing of her husband, she made her home at Beechwood Residence in Amherst New York, being admitted there in August, 1973. Survivors are: A daughter, Mrs Eunice R. Leffke (Eunice Salmen); three grandchildren, David W. Leffke of Lynchburg, Virginia, Gary S. Leffke of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Mrs. Kimberly Leffke-Crocker, of Raleigh, North Carolina and four great-grandchildren. A Memorial service was conducted by the Rev. Frank Mucci at the Beechwood Chapel Millersport Highway, Amherst, New York on August 6, 1989 at 2:OO p.m. Interment took place in Acacia Park Resthaven Cemetery, Pendleton, New York July 19, 1989.
--Editor's note: most of the above information was taken from a brief biography written by Mrs. Salmen in October, 197O. She was nearly blind at the time she wrote it.
Stella Catherine (Schneider) Salmen was the daughter of Rev. Henry A. and Nancy Maria (Reese) Schneider and granddaughter of Rev. Theobald and Anna Katharina (Grauer) Schneider. She was the 2nd wife of Rev. Michael Salmen. They were married in 1937. Rev. Salmen was a minister in the Erie Conference and New York Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren Church. He died August 21, 1967.
Obituary
Western New York Communicator
August 18, 1989, Page 2
SALMEN.--Mrs. Michael (Stella) Salmen -
Stella Catherine Salmen, surviving spouse of Rev. Michael Salmen passed away July 17, 1989 at the age of 1O2. Born April 17, 1887, in Niagara Falls, New York, she moved with her parents to Kansas and Oklahoma when she was very young. They came back East and located in Buffalo, New York, a few years later. Mrs. Salmen completed high school and business college. She worked for many years as a cashier and bookkeeper. She studied organ and voice and was active in church work teaching in Sunday School and using her talents for the work of the Lord. Mrs. Salmen came from a strong Christian heritage. Her grandfather, the Rev. Theobald Schneider, was a pioneer preacher of our church. Several uncles and several cousins were ministers and family worship was always held in her home. She met and married Rev. Michael Salmen in 1837. He was serving as pastor of the Olean Church (EUB). Together they had a blessed ministry of thirty years, serving the following charges: Olean and Nile; West Valley and Ellicottville; Buffalo: St. James and St. Paul's; Syracuse and Niagara Falls. Mrs. Salmen held several offices of leadership with children, women's groups and was a teacher of a Bible class. She was capable and always willing to "fill in" whenever and wherever there was a need. The Salmens retired in 196O and moved to Webster, New York. In their retirement years, they were active in the Webster church. A few years after the passing of her husband, she made her home at Beechwood Residence in Amherst New York, being admitted there in August, 1973. Survivors are: A daughter, Mrs Eunice R. Leffke (Eunice Salmen); three grandchildren, David W. Leffke of Lynchburg, Virginia, Gary S. Leffke of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Mrs. Kimberly Leffke-Crocker, of Raleigh, North Carolina and four great-grandchildren. A Memorial service was conducted by the Rev. Frank Mucci at the Beechwood Chapel Millersport Highway, Amherst, New York on August 6, 1989 at 2:OO p.m. Interment took place in Acacia Park Resthaven Cemetery, Pendleton, New York July 19, 1989.
--Editor's note: most of the above information was taken from a brief biography written by Mrs. Salmen in October, 197O. She was nearly blind at the time she wrote it.
Obituary
Western New York Communicator
August 18, 1989, Page 2
SALMEN.--Mrs. Michael (Stella) Salmen -
Stella Catherine Salmen, surviving spouse of Rev. Michael Salmen passed away July 17, 1989 at the age of 1O2. Born April 17, 1887, in Niagara Falls, New York, she moved with her parents to Kansas and Oklahoma when she was very young. They came back East and located in Buffalo, New York, a few years later. Mrs. Salmen completed high school and business college. She worked for many years as a cashier and bookkeeper. She studied organ and voice and was active in church work teaching in Sunday School and using her talents for the work of the Lord. Mrs. Salmen came from a strong Christian heritage. Her grandfather, the Rev. Theobald Schneider, was a pioneer preacher of our church. Several uncles and several cousins were ministers and family worship was always held in her home. She met and married Rev. Michael Salmen in 1837. He was serving as pastor of the Olean Church (EUB). Together they had a blessed ministry of thirty years, serving the following charges: Olean and Nile; West Valley and Ellicottville; Buffalo: St. James and St. Paul's; Syracuse and Niagara Falls. Mrs. Salmen held several offices of leadership with children, women's groups and was a teacher of a Bible class. She was capable and always willing to "fill in" whenever and wherever there was a need. The Salmens retired in 196O and moved to Webster, New York. In their retirement years, they were active in the Webster church. A few years after the passing of her husband, she made her home at Beechwood Residence in Amherst New York, being admitted there in August, 1973. Survivors are: A daughter, Mrs Eunice R. Leffke (Eunice Salmen); three grandchildren, David W. Leffke of Lynchburg, Virginia, Gary S. Leffke of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Mrs. Kimberly Leffke-Crocker, of Raleigh, North Carolina and four great-grandchildren. A Memorial service was conducted by the Rev. Frank Mucci at the Beechwood Chapel Millersport Highway, Amherst, New York on August 6, 1989 at 2:OO p.m. Interment took place in Acacia Park Resthaven Cemetery, Pendleton, New York July 19, 1989.
--Editor's note: most of the above information was taken from a brief biography written by Mrs. Salmen in October, 197O. She was nearly blind at the time she wrote it.
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