Valentine Engert Headstone in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
ENGERT, Valentine, 1805-1863, transfer, buried May 1872 in Section 9, East Division, Lot 11, Grave 1N-W, Age 58
The following obituaries for Valentine were in the local papers:
The Union and Advertiser
Rochester, New York
7 May 1863
SUDDEN DEATH - It will be seen by an obituary notice that Valentine Engert of Irondequoit, died this city on Tuesday night. Mr. Engert came to this city and acted as pall bearer at a funeral on Tuesday. While at the grave in St. Joseph's Cemetery, and in the act of lowering the coffin he was prostrated by a stroke of apoplexy from which he never recovered. He was removed to the residence of his son-in-law, John B. Hahn, and expired the following night. Mr. Engert was a native of Germany, but had resided in Irondequoit over thirty years and was esteemed a worthy citizen. His age is 58 years. He will be buried tomorrow morning.
Unknown paper
Rochester, New York
Week of 5 May 1863
DIED. In this city, on the 5th Inst., of apoplexy, Valentine Engert, of Irondequoit, aged 58 years.
Funeral from his late residence, in Irondequoit, at 8 A.M. on Friday, and at St. Joseph's Church, at 9 A.M.