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John Rottger Obituary

June 11, 2001. Age 78, of Buffalo after a long illness, husband of Berniece (nee Pikus) Rottger and the late Genevieve (nee Kline) Rottger; father of Michael (Gaye), Peter, John and Charles Rottger, Sheila (Donald) Devine and Amy (John) Ivancic; also surviving are seven grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Friends may call from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Thursday at the HAMP FUNERAL HOME INC., Adam and Seymour St.'s, Tonawanda. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 AM Friday at Blessed Sacrament Church on Claremont Ave. in Kenmore. Friends invited. If desired, memorials to Hospice Buffalo are preferred. Mr. Rottger was a decorated Army-Air Corps. veteran of WWII and was employed by the town of Amherst until retiring.
Published by Buffalo News from Jun. 13 to Jun. 14, 2001.

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