Cathy Strome

Other Events:

• Church Membership: Historic St. Paul's Church, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-161428
• Club Membership: 1925, Kitchener Musical Society, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Flash from the Past: Kitchener band played at 1966 'Mall Days'

......Several readers phoned or emailed to identify band members they spotted in the photo.

Cathy Stone emailed to say she spotted her late father, Wilmer Strome, playing the clarinet in the photo - just left of the conductor.

Strome joined the band's boys' group in 1925 and was still playing with the adult band in 1991 when he died following a car accident on his way to a concert in Port Elgin....



Waterloo Region Record 17 May 2013

Wilmer — Irene May Leona Bacher. Irene (daughter of William Bacher and Lillian M. Schneider) was born 5 Jan 1912, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Dec 2007, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Church Membership: Historic St. Paul's Church, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Church Membership: Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Kitchener, , Ontario, Canada
• Name: Irene May Leona Strome
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-161444

Notes:

Strome, Irene May Leona (Bacher) January 5, 1912 - December 10, 2007

Irene Bacher Strome was born January 5, 1912 in Berlin (Kitchener), Ont. After the death of her mother, Lillian Schneider, in 1914, she and her sisters were raised by their grandparents, Catherine and Henry Schneider, in Fisherville, ON. When she was 13 years old, she moved back to Kitchener to live with her father, William Bacher and her stepmother, Bertha Ebert Bacher. She met her future husband, Wilmer Strome, at her church. With a smile, she told us that's why she joined the church choir.

Irene wanted her obituary to be short and to the point. This is what she said: I lived a good life and I died. I had a wonderful family and that was what my life was all about. I was good at washing dishes and cleaning the floor. ? She also made the most delicious chocolate chip cookies and rum balls!

Our memories of her are filled with warmth and love. She was kind and generous in spirit and was always happy with her lot in life, rarely complaining. She was devoted to her church, first at St. Paul's (Historic) Lutheran and then as a charter member of Holy Cross Lutheran. She enjoyed family , friends, the cottage at Belwood Lake and Bridge Club. She kept her sense of humour right to the end and she has left us with many fond and happy memories.

Irene was predeceased by Wilmer (1991), her husband of 51 years, and her sisters Charlotte Shriber (1998), Elsie Hipel (1998) and Erma Scoffield Dobrindt (2007) and their husbands.

She is survived by her children: sons Steve (Wendy Drew), Kelly (Terry), and George and her daughter Cathy (Howard Stone); her grandchildren: Jamie Strome (Debbie), Tammy Strome (Clarence Hofstee), Chris Strome (fianc? Tami Gabay), Heather Strome (fianc? Mark Sutton), Stacey Stone, Travis Stone and Taylor Stone; and her great-grandchildren: Tasha, Skyler, Mathew and Tristan.

Special thanks to the staff at Lanark Place Retirement Residence for their kindness and special care and support. Irene always said ?It's such a wonderful place. I hope when you are my age, you can stay in a place as wonderful as this one.? She enjoyed the many activities and the cookies!

Irene's family will receive relatives and friends on Wednesday from 7-9 PM at the Henry Walser Funeral Home, 507 Frederick St., Kitchener 519-749-8467 and 10-10: 50 AM on Thursday at Holy Cross Church. Funeral service 11 AM Thursday, December 13, 2007 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church (322 East Ave., Kitchener) followed by a reception in the church hall.

Pastor Robert Bugbee officiating. Interment Woodland Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy donations to St. Mary's Cardiac Care or the Grand River Regional Cancer Centre would be appreciated by the family (cards available at the funeral home). Visit www.henrywalser.com for Irene's memorial.

The Record 11 Dec 2007

Other Events:

• Residence: Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00120-7478.2
• Occupation: 1901, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Printer
• Club Membership: 1903, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Elmira Musical Society
• Occupation: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Printer, Publishimg News
• Residence: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Henry — Emma Keller. Emma (daughter of Frederick Keller and Mary Bird) was born 10 Jul 1886, , Ontario, Canada; died 14 Nov 1972, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Emma Strome
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-198070
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1972, 53 John St. W., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

STROME, Mrs. Henry - At the K-W Hospital, on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 1972, Emma Keller, of 53 John St. West, Waterloo, age 86, member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, wife of the late Henry Strome; mother of Mrs. Lorine Oestreich of Windsor, Olive (Mrs. E. L. Metcalfe) of Waterloo, Henrietta (Mrs. A. E. Lloyd) of Vankleek Hill, Ont., Fred O. Strome and Wilmer H. Strome, both of Kitchener: also survived by 12 grand-children, 26 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren; Mrs . Strome was the last surviving member of her family. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. West, Kitchener. Funeral and committal service in the chapel Thursday, Nov. 16 at 2 p.m., with Rev. John Korcok officiating. Interment Elmira Union cemetery.


Kitchener-Waterloo Record 15 Nov 1972 pg 31

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-182542
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Trunk Maker, Factory
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Superintendant, Trunk Factory
• Residence: 1921, 40 Roy St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1950, McBrine Baggage Ltd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; works - McBrine Co.
• Residence: 1950, 32 Wellington St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

William — Lillian M. Schneider. Lillian was born Oct 1880, Rainham Twp., Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1914; was buried , Fisherville Lutheran Cemetery, Fisherville, Haldimand Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Lillian M. Bacher
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-182543
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Other Events:

• Name: Frank Strome
• Eby ID Number: 00120-7478
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evang.
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; carpenter
• Occupation: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Contractor, House
• Residence: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1917, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Franklin Strome, "was born april 24th, 1859. He is married to Helena Battenburg and resides in Elmira where he is engaged in carpentering. Their family consists of six 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.].

Franklin — Helena Elizabeth Battenberg. Helena (daughter of Jakob "Jacob" Battenberg and Anna Kunigunda Schmidt) was born 1 Jun 1863, New York City, New York, USA.; died 30 May 1943, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Elizabeth Battenberg
• Name: Helena Elizabeth Strome
• Name: Magdalena Battenberg
• Eby ID Number: 00120-7478.1
• Residence: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1917, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

MRS. FRANK STROME
By Record Correspondent

ELMIRA, May 31,-Mrs. Frank Strome died early yesterday at the home of her son, Frank Strome, 47 Diel? Avenue Toronto, where she had been living for the past week.

She was 79 years, 11 months and 29 days old and had been in ailing health for the past several months. Previous to going to Toronto, she had resided with her daughter, Mrs. Edmund Klinck, Elmira.

The former Helena Battenberg, she was a lifelong resident of Elmira. Her husband the late Frank Strome, predeceased her in 1932.

She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church and a member of the Ladies' Aid Society of that congregation.

Surviving are two sons, Frank of Toronto and Harvey of Kitchener; two daughters, Mrs. Fred Conrad, Florence and Mrs. Edmund Klinck Hilda both of Elmira; two brothers, Henry Battenberg of London and Charles Battenberg of North Tonawanda, N.Y., and three sisters, Mrs. Adam Sippel of Kitchener, Mrs. Henry Behrend of Chicago and Mrs. George Jung of Elmira.

Twelve grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren also survive.

The funeral will take place on Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock with a service at the Dreisinger Funeral Chapel where the body is resting, thence to St. Paul's Church for memorial service. Burial will be made in Elmira, Cemetery.

Rev. F. Malinsky, pastor of St. Paul's will have charge of the services.

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-113225
• Residence: 1866, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cooper
• Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cooper
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

Death of Frederick Keller

After an illness of several months Frederick Keller, a respected citizen of Elmira, died last Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 15^th. Deceased had been ailing for some time from what was supposed to be stomach trouble. About five weeks ago the trouble became acute and medical aid was called and the trouble pronounced internal and an operation was advised. However, it was found the case was too far advanced. About a week ago Mr. Keller became worse and was finially released from his sufferings last Tuesday. Deceased was born in Germany Nov. 3^rd, 1844, but came to this country when nine years old and settled in Waterloo county. In 1866 he was married to Miss Mary Bird and settled on a farm in Maryboro township. Three years after he moved to St. Jacobs and followed the cooper trade for about 21 years, later moving to a farm in Upper Woolwich and finally to Elmira about four years ago. Deceased had reached the age of 63 years, 11 months, and leaves behind to mourn his loss a widow and seven children. The funeral took place Friday afternoon to the Union cemetery. Service was held in St. Paul's Lutheran church after interment


Waterloo Chronicle 24 Sep 1908

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It becomes our duty this week to chronicle the death of a respected citizen of Elmira, in the person of Mr. Frederick. who departed this life on Tuesday afternoon, after an illness of several months.

Deceased had been ailing for some time, Irma what had been supposed a stomach trouble. about five weeks ago the trouble became acute and medical aid was called in and the trouble was pronounced internal, and an operation was advised, but upon closer examination it was found that the case was to far advanced. Deceased had been up and around until about a week ago, and was finally released from his troubles on Tuesday afternoon.

The late Mr. Keller was born in the Kingdom of Baden, Germany on November 3rd, 1844, and emigrated to this country with his parents in 1853 when he was nine years old, and settled in Waterloo county. In 1866 he was married to Mary Bird. daughter of the late Samuel Bird, and settled on a farm in Maryboro township. Here he remained about 3 years, after which he removed to St.. Jacobs where he followed the trade of cooper for about 21 years. About, 13 years ago he removed to a farm in Upper Woolwich, where he remained for about 9 years and came to this village about 4 years ago.

Deceased had reached the age of 63 years, 11 months and 21 days and leaves behind to mourn his loss, a widow and 7 Children, 2 brothers and 1 sister, besides Many grand children .Children are: Jacob of St.; Melinda (Mrs. Fred Mattusch) Elmira; William of Tara, Fred, John and Daniel of Elmira, and Emma (Mrs. H. B. Strome (Elmira).

The funeral took place from his late residence on King street, on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock p. m., to the Elmira Union Cemetery. Service was held in St. Paul's Lutheran church after internment.

Frederick married Mary Bird 27 Nov 1866, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Samuel Bird and Philippina Dreisinger) was born 29 Feb 1844, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 12 Aug 1849, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Mar 1928, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Mary Keller
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42769
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran