John Edward Rickert

John — Linda Mae Sittler. [Group Sheet]

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• Military: WW2
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-142012

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DONALD E. RICKERT

Donald E. Rickert, R.R. # 1 Waterloo, died today at K-W Hospital. He was 46. A lifetime resident of this area, Mr. Rickert was a member of the Elmira high school board and a member of the St. Jacobs Lions Club. He was a planner and estimator in the construction industry for 20 years. For the past five years he was employed by Howald Construction Ltd. He was a member of the Zion United Church, Elmira, serving on the official board, was chairman of the building committee and currently was a steward and trustee of the church. Mr. Rickert was a pilot in the bomber command with the RCAF during the Second World War. Born in Kitchener June 6, 1921, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Morley Rickert. His father died in 1943. He married Helen Armitage in Kitchener in 1942. Surviving are his wife, his mother, a son John and two daughters, Lesley and Catherine, all at home, two brothers, Gerald of Kitchener and Graham of Stratford, two sisters Mrs. Archie (Hazel) Ledingham of Galt and Mrs. Herbert (Rose Mary) of Waterloo. The body will be at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home afternoon Wednesday and until 11 a.m. Friday when removal will be made to Zion Church in Elmira for service aat 3p.m. conducted by Rev. E. Reuber. Burial will be in Union Cemetery, Elmira.

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Flew Costly Cargo Across The Atlantic

July 7, 1945

A costly cargo, consisting of thousands of dollars worth of precious precision instruments, was flown across the Atlantic by PO. Don Rickert, who is now stopping with his mother-in-law, Mrs. Louis Armitage, 57 Henry St., and who is one of numerous young Canadians who can well visualize what is happening to Japan in these days of massed air raids.

For Don was one of those who took part in the 1,000-plane raid on Dortmund "and while we had just a short trip, and thus could really load up with bombs, it's not difficult to imagine the pounding the Japs are taking as the Americans step up the number of planes in these assaults."

SCANNING OPPORTUNITIES

Don, former pupil at Victoria School and K-W Collegiate, married a schoolmate, Helen Armitage, and they are now wondering what's his best move into the peacetime world -providing, of course, that he gets his discharge at the end of the present furlough. At the present time the 23-year-old flier is scanning the various educational opportunities offered Canada's servicemen, PO. Rickert, who enlisted in July, 1942, was commissioned in England, and, in Wellingtons and Lancasters managed to get in on 11 raids over enemy territory.

CAME VIA AZORES

While some people fly the Atlantic in a matter of hours, it took him two weeks from the time he left his English base until he got home, but therein lies a tale. He travelled by way of the Azores spending three days there, but, in addition to having a seven-man crew, he was also carrying two highly-trained technical personnel, and a load of valuable equipment.

This equipment has been flying the ocean for some weeks past now the big bombers being loaded with expensive equipment of every description. It is this material which the air force numbered before packing-the numeral designating the priority of the article in case the planes got into trouble and it was necessary to lighten the loads by Jettisoning some of the cargo. PO. Rickert, like most of his associates, would like to make a postwar career of flying, but realizes that for some time to come it will be an overcrowded profession.

Donald married Helen Mildred Armitage 1942. Helen (daughter of Private Louis Edward Armitage and Elizabeth "Betty" Schwantz) was born 30 Apr 1920, , Ontario, Canada; died 1999; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Helen Mildred Rickert
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-95725
• Residence: 1921, 10 King St. E. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-183657
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Milk Delivery, City
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheran

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Morley B. Rickert

Morley B. Rickert 55 of 166 David Street, died at Hamilton last night from a heart attack. A mechanic by trade for the Dobbin garage. He was born at Mannheim, a son of Menno Rickert and Ellen Unger, the former now deceased. Mr. Rickert was a member of Trinity United Church.

Besides his, he is survived by his wife, family Irene Lang, three sons, Don, R.C.A.F., Hagersville, Jerry, aged 11, and Graham 9: two daughters Mrs. Archie Ledingham, Galt and Rose Mary, at home; one brother Milton, of Colorado, and a sister, Mrs. A. Fortner, Toronto.

The funeral will be held from the Schreiter-Sandrock Funeral Home at two o'clock Monday with Rev. E. O. Seymour officiating. Interment will be in the Mount Hope Cemetery. The remains are resting at the Schreiter-Sandrock Funeral Home

Morley — Irene Elizabeth Lang. Irene (daughter of Albert Boehmer Lang and Amelia Grabenstaetter) was born 19 Nov 1890, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States; died 12 Feb 1975, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 13 Feb 1975, Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Irene Elizabeth Rickerman
• Name: Irene Elizabeth Rickert
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-186216

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Rickert, Mrs. Irene

At the Sunnyside Home for the aged on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 1975 in her 85th year. Wife of the late Morley Rickert; mother of Mrs. Hazel Ledingham of Galt, Rosemary, Mrs. Herbert Hawthorne, Waterloo, Graham of Stratford, Gerald of Nova Scotia, sister of Dolly, Mrs. Earl Shiry of Kitchener, Dolores, Mrs. Edgar Gaiser, Waterloo, Mildred, Mrs. Wilfred Hamacher of Heidelberg, Lorraine, Mrs. Michael Hentzman, Preston and Leonard Lang of Waterloo. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bethel funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener.

Funeral service in the chapel, Thursday, Feb. 13 at 2 pm with Rev. Grant Macdonald officiating. Interment Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener

Kitchener-Waterloo Region

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• Military: WW1 - 29th Regiment / 118th Battalion
• Residence: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-176042P
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ?, Shop
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Private, 29th Regiment / 118th Battalion
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Service #751559
• Residence: CA 1916, 55 Cedar Street South, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1918, 37 Chapel St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mail Carrier
• Residence: 1921, 10 King St. E. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Occupation: 1950, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; finisher - Fehrenbach Mattress Company
• Residence: 1950, 57 Henry St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Louis married Elizabeth "Betty" Schwantz 24 May 1907, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Paul Schwantz and Elisabeth Grody) was born 25 Aug 1886, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1960; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Lizzie Schwantz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-320043
• Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ?
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Residence: CA 1916, 55 Cedar Street South, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Residence: 1921, 10 King St. E. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Residence: 1950, 57 Henry St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• Business: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; M. B. Rickert's Berlin Dairy
• Name: M. B. Rickert
• Eby ID Number: 00007-0771.7
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Menno
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Son
• Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1882, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Milk Dealer
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1913, 25 Cedar St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Menno married Ellen Unger 24 Sep 1882, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Ellen (daughter of Moses Unger and Magdalena Histand) was born 20 Sep 1865, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Oct 1959, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 22 Oct 1959, Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Ellen Rickert
• Name: Helen Unger
• Eby ID Number: 00124-7582
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1882, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1882, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1959, 65 Church St., Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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Ellen Unger, "is married to Menno Rickert. They reside at Manheim, where he is engaged in farming."

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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Mrs. Ellen Rickert

Mrs. Ellen Rickert, 65 Church St., died Monday at Coutt's Pavilion, Freeport, after an illness of two years. She was 94.

A daughter of the late Moses and Magdalene Unger of Waterloo Township, she came to Kitchener in 1900. Her husband, Menno B. Rickert, died in 1918.

She was a member of Trinity United Church and the Senior Citizens Club.

Surviving are a son, Milton of Colorado, six sisters, Mrs. Belle Ford of Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. Clara Ott of Fayettville, N.Y.; Mrs. Lena Hurst of Winnipeg, Mrs. Melissa Wilkins of Mount Pleasant, Mrs. Vera Campbell of Barr Francisco, and Mrs. Edna James of Vancouver; a brother, Joseph of Wickensburg, Ariz.; 13 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

Three sons, a daughter, three sisters and a brother predeceased her.

The body is at the Keffer Funeral Home where the funeral will be conducted Thursday at 3 pm by Rev. Orville P. Hossie. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

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• Business: Raymond's Sewing Machines, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-154601
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1880, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States

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ALBERT LANG

The death occurred at the K-W Hospital yesterday, Feb. 10^th of Albert B. Lang, aged 60 years. He is survived by his wife, formerly Minnie Sherein, and six children, the latter all under age. There survives also three daughters by his first marriage, Mrs. M.B. Rickert, Mrs. J. H. Wuest and Mrs. E.C. Shiry, all of this city. Two brothers also survive, Rev. Herman Lang of Ashtabula, Ohio. Elwin N. Lang of New Kensington Pa., and two sisters, Mrs. (Rev.) W.A. Schoen and Mrs. W. T. Haigh, of New Kensington, Pa. The funeral will take place on Saturday afternoon at 2: 30 p.m. from the residence of J. H. Wuest, 161 Queen St. North to Mount Hope Cemetery.

[It is to be noted that Albert is buried in an unmarked grave beside his two sons, Irwin and Joseph. Albert's plot is beside his Mother Elisabetha Boehmer Lang. Grave site confirmed Sept. 22 2003. Bev Moulton Albert Lang had a store called Raymond's Sewing Machines. This was located on Benton St. Berlin (Kitchener), beside Dunke's Grocery Store. He was a agent for Raymond's Sewing machines, he also sold sheet music and piano's. Albert played the organ for the silent movies in Berlin.]

Berlin Daily Telegraph 11 Feb 1921 pg 4

Albert — Amelia Grabenstaetter. Amelia was born 27 Jun 1867, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA; died 6 Feb 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Amelia Lang
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-110651

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-82875
• Occupation: 1878, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; teamster
• Occupation: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer

Paul — Elisabeth Grody. Elisabeth (daughter of Daniel Grody and Elizabeth Wildfong) was born 17 Sep 1855, , Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 31 Mar 1934; was buried , St. Mary Of The Visitation Roman Catholic Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo, Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elisabeth Schwantz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-82876