Ruth Evelyn Goudie

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• Name: Ruth Evelyn Schaefer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-138963

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Obituary of Ruth Schaefer

Ruth Schaefer (September 21, 1922 \endash December 16, 2019) passed away at home in Penetanguishene after a brief illness in her 98th year.
Ruth was born and raised in Kitchener. She was the only daughter of Goudies Department Store co-founder Robert Goudie and Julia (nee Stockfish) and was married 51 years to Waterloo's first Commissioner of Finance, Don Schaefer. She is survived by her two sons, Jim (Carolyn) and Doug (Mary Ruth), and by her grandchildren Beck, Kathye (Dave), Christa, Paul, Alec and Cameron, as well as great-grandchildren Abby and Emily. Ruth will also be missed by her niece Diane (Rick) Turnbull and nephew Jon (Jane).

Ruth was a proud alumni of Alma College in St. Thomas, where she achieved a commercial diploma and she worked for several years in the family business before marrying Don and settling down in Waterloo to raise her two boys and one schnauzer. She loved old movies and books (especially Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier). She tackled plumbing challenges, early recycling and leaky basements with relish but her favourite times were up at the family cottage on Sauble Beach where she and Don entertained their golfing friends at the "19th hole". All her life, she kept meticulous notes and records on all aspects of family activities that are treasured today by her descendants. She also spent much time caring for her elder relatives in their later years. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Waterloo.
Our family would like to thank Dr. Gaffney for his dedication, availability, care and wisdom, especially in making her decline comfortable. Thanks also to Lisa from Bayshore Home Care Solutions, who provided palliative nursing with boundless energy and concern for her wellbeing. We also thank all who live and work at Bayfield House Retirement Lodge for their continuing care and compassionate support, especially in Ruth's final days.

The Schaefer family will receive relatives and friends at the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King Street S., Waterloo on Sunday, January 5, 2020 from 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. followed by a Service of Remembrance in the Chapel of the Funeral Home at 1:00 p.m. A reception will follow in the Historic Kuntz House.

In lieu of flowers, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario would be appreciated and may be arranged through the funeral home, www.erbgood.com or 519-745-8445.

Obituary of Ruth Schaefer: Erb & Good Family Funeral Home (no date) Erb & Good Funeral Home | Exceeding Exp... Available at: https://erbgood.com/tribute/details/14834/Ruth-Schaefer/obituary.html (Accessed: 16 February 2024).

Ruth — Donald Charles Schaefer. Donald (son of William Albert Schaefer and Edith Wilma Mattusch) was born 1924; died 15 Feb 2003, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Jim Schaefer
2. Doug Schaefer

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• Residence: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 25 Brubacher St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00135-8318.3
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ?
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Private, 118th Battalion / 1st Battalon
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Service #751605

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Private. Enlisted April 3, 1916 with II8 th Batt. and transferred to Ist Canadian Battalion Methodist.

Born at Preston, December 29, 1885 and educated at Hespeler, Ontario. Single. He was discharged April 24, 1919. He landed in England February 6, 1917 and went to France May 18, 1917. He took part in Battles at Passchendaele, Amiens, Arras amd Cambrai, serving 22 months in France. He was Company Runner. He was wounded at Cambrai, October I, 1918.

His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Goudie, live at 25 Brubacher St., Kitchener.

(No date) PDF.js viewer. Available at: https://makinghistory.kpl.org/en/viewer?file=%2Fmedia%2FWW1SIC%2FWW1_G_111.pdf#search=Robert%20Goudie&phrase=false (Accessed: 16 February 2024).

Robert — Julia Irene Stockfish. Julia was born 28 Dec 1895, Chesley, Elderslie Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1995; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Julia Irene Goudie
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-449394

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163787317
• Eby ID Number: 00043-3319
• Residence: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk, Dry Goods Store
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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Isaac Goudie, "was born June 26th, 1853. He is married to Susannah Witmer. They reside in Hespeler, Ontario, where he is engaged in the mercantile business. To them are born four children".

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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Isaac Goudie Passes at 88

Fatal Illness Follows Fall From Ladder in Which He Broke Leg

Isaac Goudie, 88, a resident of Kit chener for 45 years, died last night He had been in his usual good health until last week when he slipped from the bottom rung of ladder he had been using to trim a vine at his home, 25 Brubacher street, and sustained a leg fracture The shock from the fall resulted in his fatal illness.

Mr. Goudie came to Kitchener in 1905 and opened a grocery store at the corner of Scott and King streets Later he operated at the corner of Samuel and Brubacher streets

RETIRED 12 YEARS AGO

After disposing of this business Mr. Goudie joined his son A. R Goude, in Goudies department store in 1914 At that time he be came a director of the company holding the position until his death. He retired from active work in the business 13 years ago.

A son of David Goudie and Nancy Warner, he was born in Waterloo county. He attended the United church and was a member of the Canadian Order of Foresters.

Mr. Goudie married Susan Witmer, who predeceased him in 1930 on May 16, 1883 He is survived by one son. A R. Goudie, president of Goudies department store Ancithes son, Robert J. Goudie, a former director of Goudies, predeceased him In 1928.

FUNERAL TOMORROW

Other survivors are two brothers Rev. Henry Goudie of Markham now in his 91st year and Rev. Samuel Goudie, Stouftville, and three daughters, Alice L. Goudie and Estelle I. Goudie, Kitchener, and Mrs Jenett M. Semple of Belleville. Seven brothers predeceased him.

Public funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2.30 pm from the Hunter-Keffer Funeral Home. Rev. John Garden of Hamilton will officiate. The remains are at the Funeral Home and entombment will be in Woodland mausoleum.

Kitchener Daily Record 17 Jul 1941, Thu Page 3

Isaac married Susannah "Susan" Witmer 16 May 1883, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Susannah (daughter of Joseph Witmer and Catherine Sherk) was born 15 Aug 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Aug 1930, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Susannah "Susan" Goudie
• Eby ID Number: 00135-8318
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunker
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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Susannah Witmer, "was born August 15th, 1855, and is married to Isaac Goudie. They reside in Hespeler where he is engaged in some store. To them is born the following children, namely: Arthur R., Robert J., Alice L., and Janet Myrtle.


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. Isaac Goudie

Mrs. Isaac Goudie, mother of A. R. Goudie, passed away this morning at her residence, 25 Brubacher street, at 11.15 o'clock. Death came after an extended illness. The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock standard time from her late residence to Woodland Mausoleum where entombment will take place.


Obituary - Kitchener Daily Record, August 30, 1930

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• Eby ID Number: 00043-3315.1
• Occupation: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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GOUDIE - Bro. David Goudie was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, died near Breslau, Ont., Dec. 25th 1896, aged 80 years, 6 months, 27 days. He leaves a companion almost blind, 9 children and one sister. He was a brother-in-law to sister Mary Groh (see other death notice). He had many friends and relatives. Buried Dec. 27th at Wanner's graveyard. Services were conducted by J. Woolner, from Rev. 20: 6, first clause, and N. Stauffer from 2 Cor. 5: 8.My wife and children dear, while on this earth I loved you well;'Tis true, but Jesus loves you more than mortal tongue can tell.

Herald of Truth, Vol. XXXIV, No. 2, January 15, 1897 - Page 20, 21

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Canadian Goudies

One of the first Goudies to remove to Canada was Hugh, a farmer, who was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1792. He was a direct descendant of the ancient family that for four hundred years was settled at Craigie Mill, Parish of Galston. In 1815 he married Jane Aird, came to Canada in 1828, and settled near the village of Guelph, one year after the first tree had been cut in that city. There he resided until about 1850 when he went to live with his son David near Breslau in Waterloo County. He died in 1874, aged 82 years. His wife died in 1855. They had a family of seven children, two of whom were boys, David and John. The daughters were Margaret (Mrs. Wm. McConnell), Martha (Mrs. James Dickson), Jane (Mrs. Frank Diggins), and Agnes (Mrs. Thomas Tucker).

David (II), eldest son of Hugh and Jane Aird Goudie, was born in 1816. He was twice married, first to Sarah Fathers, who died in 1842, leaving one daughter, Emily (Mrs. Sam. Warner). His second wife was Nancy Warner. They first lived near Hespeler, then near Breslau. They had a family of ten children, viz., Benjamin, who died aged two years; John (Margaret Cober), David, (see below); Rev. Henry, who married Sarah Wildfong and lived at Didsbury, Alta.; Isaac (see below); Abraham (Lydia Snyder); Tobias; James (Caroline Snyder); Jacob (Rebecca Hambling), and Rev. Samuel (Miss E. J. Smith).

David (III), 1848-1918, third son of David and Jane Aird Goudie, was twice married, first to Miss Mary Holm, who bore him nine children, and later to Mrs. Martha Reesor. The children of David are as follows: Mary (Mrs. Oliver Pannabecker,, who had a daughter Matilda (Rev. J. N. Hitching), a missionary in Africa; William and Alfred, both of whom died young; Minnie (Rev. W. O. Mendell), now residing at Elora, Ont.; George (Miss Adams); Ida (Chas. Hutchins); Orlando (Miss Evelyn); Stanley Irvin (Miss Brittain).

Isaac Goudie (IV), fifth son of David and Nancy Warner Goudie was born in 1853. He married Susannah Witmer. They resided in Hespeler where he engaged in the mercantile business until 1904 when he removed to Kitchener where he operated a grocery business until 1913 when he joined the firm of Wese- loh-Goudie Limited, now known as Goudies Limited. He is at present residing in Kitchener, having reached the age of 85. In 1883 he married Susannah Witmer, daughter of Joseph and Catharine Sherk Witmer. To them were born five children: Arthur (see below); Robert J. (see below); Alice L.; Janet, who married Rev. James Semple, and Estelle..

Arthur Russell Goudie (IV), eldest son of Isaac and Susannah Witmer Goudie, was born near Preston in 1884. At present he is one of Kitchener's leading business men. By dint of hard work, perseverance and an unflinching devotion to high ideals he rose from factory employee in the firm of R. Forbes Company, Woollen Mills at Hespeler, to the position of President and Managing Director of Goudies Limited. During his business career he has found time to serve local and municipal interests with credit to himself and the general satisfaction of his associates. In 1909 he married Alice M. Weseloh which union was blessed with two children, Hope Millicent and Stuart Russel.

Robert James Goudie (IV) (1885-1927), second son of Isaac and Nancy Warner Goudie, was at the time of his death Secretary and Assistant-Manager of Goudies Limited. He served in France with the First Battalion, C.E.F., during the Great War and was in the army of occupation at Cologne. He was married to Julia Irene Stockfish in 1921 and left one daughter, Ruth Evelyn.

Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1938

David married Nancy S. Wanner 18 Dec 1843. Nancy (daughter of Tobias W. Wanner and Catharine Strycker) was born 27 Feb 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Nov 1906, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Misfortune: nearly blind in old age
• Name: Nancy S. Goudie
• Eby ID Number: 00126-7642
• Residence: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Nancy S. Wanner, "the third daughter of Tobias W. Wanner, was married to David Goudie. At present they reside about two miles south of Breslau. Their family consists of ten children."


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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• Eby ID Number: 00135-8311
• Residence: 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; joiner
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunker
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard

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Joseph Witmer, "was born July 11th, 1812. On December 22nd, 1834, he was married to Susannah Groh who was born October 9th, 1817, and died January 30th, 1849. On May 24th, 1852, he was married again to Catherine Sherk who was born April 1st, 1826. He lived on a farm near Hespeler for many years but of late they reside in Hespeler with their son-in-law, Mr. Isaac Goudie. Mr and Mrs. Witmer are pretty well advanced in years and are getting to be quite feeble at times. She causes much trouble and care to her daughter, Susannah who is constantly staying with her. Mr. Witmer's family consisted of ten children, five of whom were born unto his first wife and five unto his second."

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.].

Joseph married Catherine Sherk 24 Aug 1852, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catherine (daughter of Jacob Sherk and Hannah Bechtel) was born 1 Apr 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Jul 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Witmer
• Eby ID Number: 00101-5632
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunker
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunker

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Catharine Sherk, "was born April 1st, 1826. She is married to Joseph Witmer and resides in Hespeler. "1a

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.].