Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Freda Margaret Polfuss

Female 1918 - 1999  (81 years)


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  1. 1.  Freda Margaret Polfuss was born 2 Sep 1918, Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada (daughter of John Polfuss and Elizabeth Loos); died 17 Dec 1999, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207032977
    • Name: Freda Margaret Schenk
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-245571

    Notes:

    SCHENK, Freda - Passed away, on Friday, Dec. 17, 1999, at Forest Heights Long Term Care Centre, Freda Margaret Schenk (nee Polfuss), in her 81st year.

    Wife of Weyburn Schenk for 53 years; mother of Jean and her husband Ken Arnett; grandmother of Harold and Melissa Arnett of Waterloo. Also survived by sisters, Elizabeth and Melinda Polfuss of Kitchener and nieces and nephews.

    Predeceased by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Polfuss; brothers, John, William, Charles, Albert, Alfred and Oscar Polfuss; sisters, Ann and Otilda Polfuss, Mrs. Elden Pfeffer of Elbow, Sask.

    Mrs. Schenk's family will receive friends at the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo today (Monday) from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service in the chapel of the funeral home on Tuesday at 2 p.m., with Rev. Barbara Weatherall officiating. Interment in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau.

    Freda — Weyburn H. Schenk. Weyburn (son of Herman Schenk and Lucinda Emma Grody) was born 7 May 1918, , Ontario, Canada; died 10 Sep 2004, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Jean Lucinda Schenk was born 23 Nov 1950; died 6 Mar 2022, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Polfuss was born 26 Feb 1859, Neustadt, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1929; was buried , Walkerton Cemetery, Walkerton, Bruce Co., Ontario.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210321760
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-97516

    John — Elizabeth Loos. Elizabeth was born 1 Dec 1875, Neustadt, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada; died 25 Jun 1948, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Walkerton Cemetery, Walkerton, Bruce Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Loos was born 1 Dec 1875, Neustadt, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada; died 25 Jun 1948, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Walkerton Cemetery, Walkerton, Bruce Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210321645
    • Name: Elizabeth Polfuss
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-183941

    Children:
    1. William G. Polfuss was born 10 Sep 1900; died 1963; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 1. Freda Margaret Polfuss was born 2 Sep 1918, Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died 17 Dec 1999, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.