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     Christopher Walz is the son of Jay Franklin Walz and Audrey Alwilda Boyers.¹ Christopher Walz married Marie Louise Meyer on 13 January 1967 at Alexandria, Virginia. Christopher Walz and Marie Louise Meyer were divorced on 4 December 1973. Christopher Walz married Rosemarie Ann Christina on 19 July 1974 at Washington Farm Methodist Church, Alexandria, Virginia.¹

     George Henry Walz was born on 22 September 1872.¹ He was the son of John Walz and Sophia Patrica Elenor Mainer. George Henry Walz married Nellie Pearl Rupel, daughter of Franklin Rupel and Martha Jane Rockhill, on 12 December 1894 at South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.² George Henry Walz died on 20 April 1945 at age 72.¹ Sketches of my kith and kin, 1966, by Helen Walz Maxwell.

     George Rupel Walz was the son of George Henry Walz and Nellie Pearl Rupel. Sketches of my kith and kin, 1966, by Helen Walz Maxwell. George Rupel Walz married Mildred (?)¹

     Helen Marie Walz was born on 27 November 1895 at South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.¹ She was the daughter of George Henry Walz and Nellie Pearl Rupel. Helen Marie Walz married male Maxwell on 15 June 1929.² Helen Marie Walz died on 1 April 1968 at age 72.²

     Jay Franklin Walz was born on 26 October 1907.¹ He was the son of George Henry Walz and Nellie Pearl Rupel. Jay Franklin Walz married Audrey Alwilda Boyers on 6 March 1934 at South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.² Jay Franklin Walz died on 10 October 1991 at Virginia at age 83. His Social Security Number was 577-03-2750 issued in District of Columbia, lists born 26 Oct 1907 and died 10 Oct 1991, last residence was Alexandria, Fairfax Co., Virginia.

     John Walz was born circa 1836.¹ He married Sophia Patrica Elenor Mainer. John Walz died circa 1905.¹

     Rebecca Sue Walz is the daughter of Christopher Walz and Rosemarie Ann Christina.¹ Rebecca Sue Walz married David Tripoli.¹

     Robert James Walz is the son of Christopher Walz and Rosemarie Ann Christina.¹ Robert James Walz married Peggy Myers.¹

     Terry Walz is the son of Jay Franklin Walz and Audrey Alwilda Boyers.¹

     Catherine Rose Wann married Mark Alan Turner, son of Robert Earl Turner and Margaret Jane Seiz, in 1974 at Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota.

     Frances V. Ward was born on 19 May 1883 at Baltimore, Maryland. She was the daughter of John E. Ward and Catherine Fahey. Frances V. Ward married Frank L. Schick circa 1910. Frances V. Ward married Emmons Blaine Harn, son of Oliver Cromwell Harn and Elizabeth Huhn, circa 1912. Frances V. Ward died on 20 July 1916 at Baltimore, Maryland, at age 33.^1,2

HARN. - On July 20, 1916, FRANCES V.. beloved wife of Emmons R. Harn and daughter of John E. and Catherine Ward. R. I. P. Funeral from the residence of her parents. No. 426 North Arlington avenue, on Monday, July 24, at 8 A. M., thence to St. Pius' Church where a Requiem High Mass will be offered for the repose of her soul at 8.30 A. M. Interment in Loudon Park Cemetery.
The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland)
Sat, Jul 22, 1916 ·Page 6.²

She was buried at Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland.¹

     John D. Ward married Mariah Hearne, daughter of Clement Hearne and Kesiah Cannon. John D. Ward was born on 18 May 1808.¹ He died on 14 April 1857 at age 48.¹ His Ancestral File Number is CGJM-6M. John D. Ward was a Presbyterian.

     John E. Ward was born in April 1853 at Baltimore, Maryland. He married Catherine Fahey in 1876 at Baltimore, Maryland.

     Keith Darrell Ward is the son of Barbara Randall. Keith Darrell Ward married Roberta Rigazzi.

     Kristin Ward is the daughter of Keith Darrell Ward and Roberta Rigazzi.

     Kyle Ward is the son of Keith Darrell Ward and Roberta Rigazzi.

     Marsha Ward married Gus Alvin Lashbrook, son of Richard Carl Lashbrook and Violet Mae Harn, on 30 July 1971 at Pleasant View, Schuyler Co., Illinois.

     Margaret Ware was born on 6 June 1685 at Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.^1,2 She married John Foster on 4 December 1704 at Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.^3,2 Margaret Ware died on 1 November 1761 at Attleboro, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, at age 76.^1,2 She was buried at Newell Burying Ground, Attleboro, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.¹

     Margaret Frances Ware was born on 8 September 1845 at Frederick, Schuyler Co., Illinois. She married Ezra Blodgett on 13 August 1868 at Schuyler Co., Illinois. Margaret Frances Ware died on 7 October 1912 at Frederick, Schuyler Co., Illinois, at age 67.

     Adam M. Warfel was born on 13 June 1821 at Johnstown, Cambria Co., Pennsylvania.¹ He was the son of Emanuel Warfel and Sarah Elizabeth Shade. Adam M. Warfel married Anna Kemp in 1844 at Pennsylvania.² Adam M. Warfel died on 9 April 1903 at Doss, Dent Co., Missouri, at age 81.¹ He was buried at Miner Cemetery, Salem, Dent Co., Missouri.¹

     Agnes O. Warfel was also known as Lola Agnes. She was born on 3 April 1917 at Missouri.¹ She was the daughter of George Oren Warfel and Clara Adlee Godbey. Agnes O. Warfel was born circa 1918 at Missouri. She married Elmer H. Hall circa 1943 at Missouri. Agnes O. Warfel lived in January 1943 at St. Louis, Missouri.² She and Elmer H. Hall were divorced before 1950. Agnes O. Warfel married male Jaycox. Agnes O. Warfel died on 2 February 1980 at Missouri at age 62.¹ She was buried at Berryman Cemetery, Berryman, Crawford Co., Missouri.¹

     Alwin Harry Warfel is the son of Marion Alwin Warfel and Lena Louise Cherico. Alwin Harry Warfel married Jean F. Fennell on 5 October 1968 at San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California.

     Alwin James Warfel also went by the name of Jamie. He was born on 27 June 1976 at New York.¹ He was the son of Alwin Harry Warfel and Jean F. Fennell. Alwin James Warfel died on 6 September 1998 at Bronx, Bronx Co., New York, at age 22.¹

HEARTRENDING SILENCE

It is still too soon for Jean Warfel to talk about her slain son without dissolving into tears. But the dead summer flowers, the small, decaying pumpkin and the candle stumps on the spot where he died show that a season has changed since the killing, and still there is no arrest in sight.
Alwin James Warfel, known as Jamie, was stabbed through the heart in the tiny, waterfront Bronx community of Edgewater Park on Labor Day weekend. It was the enclave’s first known homicide.
After a night of heavy beer drinking, a slur, a push and a shove, the 22-year-old New York University senior slumped to the ground, bleeding. There were about 15 people present.
In the rough-and-tumble, insulated tract where some of the bungalows are only a few inches apart, people have been whispering the killer’s name to Warfel’s father. Police have heard the same name from numerous people, but no one who was present at the killing has provided a solid eyewitness account.
Warfel’s father, Alwin, has posted flyers, canvassed the neighborhood and appealed to Mayor Giuliani, who told Police Commissioner Howard Safir to look into the case. There is a $50,000 reward, and a local pastor has appealed to the Catholic conscience.
Nothing has broken the silence.
“No one wants to get involved, and when I hear about parents saying that to their children, I say, ‘It could be your child next,’ ” said Jean Warfel. “So think about it.”
Michael Pugliese, 24, a close friend of Jamie’s, said, “A big group in ‘The Park’ knows who it is, and the circle keeps growing.”
On Sept. 5, there was the usual Labor Day keg party under way on a ballfield in what is known as the “E section” of Edgewater Park, a 50-acre community on the Long Island Sound where 675 homes are sandwiched. It started as a beach haven for Bronxites who camped there in the early 1900s.
Jamie and his sister, Stephanie, 26, grew up in a two-story house with the sound lapping at their front door.
Jamie attended local Catholic schools, and worked at the nearby Shell station and at the SUNY Maritime College in Throgs Neck. He had been an eagle scout and still volunteered with the local boy scout troop.
A political science major at New York University, he loved to debate everything, friends said. He was an avid paintball player, on the Aces Wild team. He had taken exams for firefighter, police officer and other government jobs.
He recently had dyed his hair blond and sported several rings in his ear. He wanted to spend his last semester living in the Phi Gamma Delta frat house near NYU in Greenwich Village.
Jamie and Pugliese paid their $10 and joined the crowd of about 100 people drinking on the ballfield. The police broke up a fight, the crowd dispersed and regrouped later.
Michelle Patriarca, 20, said that about 4:30 a.m. Sunday, she was hanging out with Jamie and several other friends. She said goodbye to Jamie about 5 a.m., and as he walked away, someone from a nearby group of teens called out, “Jamie is gay.”
Jamie confronted the youth, and there was a scuffle, with both sides joining in.
“Someone grabbed Jamie by his shirt and his silver chain fell off,” said Patriarca. She bent down to pick it up, and when she stood up, she saw Jamie collapse, his face pale and his eyes closed.
She ran to the firehouse and pulled the alarm.
“You hear it, and your stomach turns if your kid’s not home,” said Alwin Warfel. “They came and got me, and I went down there . . . he was in the ambulance, I looked in the door and saw Jamie lying there, the respirator on his nose . . . He was DOA.”
His heart had been perforated by a small kitchen-type knife, police said.
Jean Warfel last saw her son alive 12 hours earlier, when he stopped by to chat. “I said, ‘I’ll see you tomorrow’ . . . ” the mother remembered.
Alwin Warfel, a former research scientist who works as an administrator at Fordham University, is heartbroken, angry and frustrated by lack of a a solution.
“I assumed, with all the people there, it wasn’t going to take too long with all the witnesses,” he said.
Police said some of the witnesses were intoxicated and therefore not helpful.
“I guess I could never say the authorities are doing enough until there is an indictment and conviction, but what more they can do at this point, I’m not sure,” said Alwin Warfel. “There’s no legal law that requires people to come forward, but there’s certainly a moral law.”
“We had a possible suspect, but he disappeared almost immediately,” said Sgt. William Larkin of the 45th Precinct squad. “We finally located him, and he has an attorney, and we hope to be talking to them at later date.”
Msgr. Leslie Ivers, pastor of St. Frances de Chantal Church, offered to act as a conduit for anyone with information. He also has condemned the rampant public drinking in Edgewater Park.
Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson said his office is “making every effort to hold accountable whomever is responsible for the tragic and needless death of a young man with so much promise. It is critical that anyone with information share it with my office or detectives. “
New York Daily News
UPDATED: April 8, 2018 at 12:51 AM EDT
https://www.nydailynews.com/1998/11/22/heartrending-silence/.²


He was buried at Woodlawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo Co., California.¹

GRIEVING KIN SAY JUSTICE NOT SERVED IN SLAY CASE
By Chrisena Coleman
UPDATED: April 9, 2018 at 4:42 AM EDT
Not a day goes by that Alwin Warfel does not think about his son and wonder why is he dead.
Alwin James Warfel, known as Jamie, was 22 years old when Louis Marino stabbed him through the heart. The emptiness and pain have lingered unabated since the Sept. 6, 1998, slaying.
“It was a senseless killing,” said Warfel. “I’ve gone over the details in my mind, sat through the trial, and I still don’t understand why Jamie was killed.”

Even though a jury convicted Marino, 19, of manslaughter and a judge will sentence him today, Warfel said he still doesn’t believe justice was served.
“Though we are pleased the jury found him (Marino) guilty, we are disappointed that he was not convicted of a more serious charge,” said Warfel. “I wanted him to spend the rest of his life in jail for what he did to my son.”

When Marino, who faces up to 10 years in prison, is sentenced, Warfel said, he will be there to tell Bronx Supreme Court Justice John Moore about the depth of his loss.
“My son was a senior at New York University,” said Warfel. “He was a good student and a good person. Jamie donated blood and volunteered with the boy scouts. He had his whole life in front of him, and he was robbed of that future.”

According to the Bronx district attorney’s office, Jamie Warfel and Marino both attended a Labor Day celebration in Edgewater Park. As Warfel walked by a group of people, someone yelled out: “Jamie is gay."

” Warfel turned to confront the group, asking who had called him gay. Witnesses testified that Marino admitted it and grabbed Warfel by his shirt collar, breaking the victim’s necklace in the process.
One fatal thrust During the incident, Marino pulled a knife and stabbed Warfel once in the chest before fleeing. Warfel collapsed and later died at Jacobi Medical Center. Warfel’s father said the killing was particularly sad because his son was not gay and simply went back to the group to “clear things up.”
“Jamie was a very decent person and very well-liked,” said the elder Warfel, who buried his son in California. “His friends miss him so much that they set up a memorial at the place where Jamie was killed.
“There are flowers and pictures of Jamie,” said Warfel. “I go there all the time.”
Warfel, his wife Jean, and their daughter, Stephanie, said their lives will never be the same without Jamie.
“For us, there is no closure,” said Warfel. “We know we have to go on with life, but it hurts because we miss Jamie every day.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2002/04/19/grieving-kin-say-justice-not-served-in-slay-case/
New York Daily News
Originally Published: April 19, 2002 at 12:00 AM EDT.³




Warfel gets his memorial stone
By Ben Kochman Posted on August 16, 2014     
Where 15 years ago a family was torn apart and a quiet community’s peace punctured, there now lies a permanent memorial.

The Warfel family in Edgewater Park finally has an approved memorial stone dedicated to their son A. James Warfel — known to friends as “Jamie” — who was stabbed and killed in the neighborhood after a Labor Day party in 1998.
A decade and a half later, family, friends and neighbors gathered Saturday, August 9 to unveil the permanent — and co-op sanctioned — memorial on the E Ball/Track Field.
“Let this memorial encourage the youth to look within themselves and ask what they can constructively do to improve their lives, to prepare for a happy and successful future,” said Alwin Warfel, Jamie’s father, at the tear-filled stone unveiling.
Senseless murder rocked neighborhood.

Jamie Warfel was 22 when he was stabbed to death in the early hours of September 6, 1998, during a fight that escalated from an insult, according to the Bronx district attorney’s office. He was set to return to New York University for his senior year studying political science, and was described by neighbors, and by this newspaper, as an “angel” with a bright future.

“SENSELESS MURDER: Weekend stabbing claims the life of a young hero,” ran the headline in the Sept. 10, 1998 edition of the Bronx Times Reporter.
Prosecutors convicted Louis Marino, who lived nearby, of the murder in 2002, after witnesses came forward years after the killing.
Marino, who was two weeks under 16 at the time of the stabbing, was tried as a child. He served five years at Queensboro Correctional and was released on parole in 2008.
Squabble over past memorials

The day after the 1998 murder, friends and family set up a memorial at the stabbing site.
But after a longstanding tussle with the cooperative board, the memorial was removed in 2007.

Warfel said he was greatful that the board of directors had signed off on the memorial stone — located near the community’s new track, a couple hundred feet from the stabbing site — this time around.
“It helps to heal some of the animosity that has built up over the years,” he said.
Attempts to reach several ranking members of the Edgewater Park Owners Cooperative to confirm they had approved the memorial were not returned. Messages left at the office were unanswered by deadline, though a reporter was told that the co-op property manager was on vacation.

Warfel stressed that the co-op board did give him permission.
“We had to have the approval of the co-op before any of this was done,” he said.
So far, reaction from his neighbors has been positive, he said.
“My gut is that most decent people in the park would support this,” said Warfel. “You can’t erase history, but you can put it in the proper perspective.”
https://www.bxtimes.com/warfel-gets-his-memorial-stone/
Bronx Times (NY)
16Aug2014.⁴




Bronx Co-op Board Finally Allows Memorial for a Murder Victim
Edgewater Park, Throgs Neck, The Bronx

At a Labor Day party in 1998, New York University political science major A. James "Jamie" Warfel was murdered in Edgewater Park, a co-op comprised of 675 single-family homes in the Throgs Neck section of The Bronx. Friends and family created an impromptu memorial at the site of the tragedy, but the co-op board objected, and after years of contention the memorial was removed in 2007. But now, reports the Bronx Times, the board has relented and allowed the memorial, a rough-hewn stone with a plaque, at a recently installed athletic track a couple of hundred feet from the murder site. “It helps to heal some of the animosity that has built up over the years,” said the victim's father, Alwin Warfel, at the unveiling, adding, “You can’t erase history, but you can put it in the proper perspective.”
https://www.habitatmag.com/tags/view/geotags/New%20York%20City/The%20Bronx/Throgs%20Neck/Edgewater%20Park
Habitat Magazine Online (New York)
02Sep2014.⁵

     Anna Elizabeth Warfel was born on 29 September 1864 at Blair Co., Pennsylvania.¹ She was the daughter of Thomas Edward Warfel and Nancy Jane Hopkins. Anna Elizabeth Warfel married Thomas Monroe Gaines in 1903. Anna Elizabeth Warfel died on 31 January 1934 at Salem, Dent Co., Missouri, at age 69.¹ She was buried at Miner Cemetery, Salem, Dent Co., Missouri.¹

     Anvil Troy Warfel also went by the name of Bat. He was born on 9 December 1893 at Missouri.¹ He was the son of Thomas Brewster Warfel and Caroline Nelson. Anvil Troy Warfel married female Baum, daughter of James Baum, on 12 November 1921 at Salem, Dent Co., Missouri. Anvil Troy Warfel lived in August 1938 at St. Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri.² He married Leona L. Brown, daughter of Marion Agustus Brown and Josephine Coffman, on 18 April 1941 at St. Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri. Anvil Troy Warfel died on 6 June 1984 at St. Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, at age 90.¹ He was buried at Laurel Hill Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Pagedale, St. Louis Co., Missouri.¹

     Benjamin S. Warfel was born on 9 February 1910 at Missouri.¹ He was the son of George Oren Warfel and Clara Adlee Godbey. Benjamin S. Warfel lived in January 1943 at St. Louis, Missouri.² He was never married. He died on 28 August 1970 at Fairground Manor Nursing Home, St. Louis, Missouri, at age 60.¹ He was buried at New Home Cemetery, Crawford Co., Missouri.¹

     Bernice Adeline Warfel was born on 22 December 1929 at Missouri.¹ She was the daughter of William Herbert Warfel and Bertha C. Pritchett. Bernice Adeline Warfel died on 30 April 2024 at Missouri at age 94.^1,2

Bernice A. Warfel
On Tuesday April 30, 2024. Loving daughter of the late Herb and Bertha Warfel (nee Pritchett). Beloved sister of the late Mabel Walker and Lynn (surviving Patricia) Warfel. Dear aunt of Kim Laurance, Kathy Fuller, Carolyn Clark and Michael Warfel. Our dear great aunt, cousin and friend.
Services; A brief graveside memorial service will be held at Mt. Hope Cemetery south entrance, on Saturday May 25 at 11AM.
https://kutisfuneralhomes.com/warfel-bernice-a/
Published by St. Louis Post-Dispatch on May 19, 2024.²


She was buried on 25 May 2024 at Mount Hope Cemetery Mausoleum and Crematory, Lemay, St. Louis Co., Missouri.^1,2

     Beverly Rose Warfel is the daughter of Paul Edward Warfel and Nancy Nesbit. Beverly Rose Warfel married David A. Harris on 26 August 1967 at Park Co., Montana. Beverly Rose Warfel and David A. Harris were divorced on 29 February 1980 at Kitsap Co., Washington.

     Braden Warfel is the son of Michael Warfel and Jennifer (?)

     Carol Nina Warfel is the daughter of Cecil Richard Warfel and Phyllis Riley Kirk. Carol Nina Warfel married William E. Smith on 26 November 1975 at Santa Clara Co., California.