Warden - Reeve Aaron W. Hoffer

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-259378
• Occupation: 1910, Bright, Blandford Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario; clerk
• Elected Office: 1926, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Elmira Reeve
• Elected Office: 1933, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Warden

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Aaron W. Hoffer, Elmira, Dies at 85

Elmira - Aaron W. Hoffer of Elmira, who served on town council for 20 years, 14 as reeve, died Sunday at K-W Hospital. He was 85. Mr. Hoffer was reeve of Elmira from 1926 to 1940 and he became warden of Waterloo County in 1933. He was a member of the first Elmira high school board. In 1913 Mr. Hoffer went into the shoe business and by 1917 was the first manufacturer of felt bootees in Canada. The A. W. Hoffer Stork Brand Bootees were still on the market in 1960. The company supplied the T. Eaton Co. with a line of bootees for many years. Mr. Hoffer was born in Floradale, Jan. 4, 1885, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hoffer. His wife, the former Urana Esch, a foster daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Steddick, who he married March 28, 1910, died in 1962. Since 1913, he had been a member of the Elmira board of Trade, and was an honorary member of the board when he retired. He was a member of the board of St. Paul's Lutheran Church and a member of Elmira recreation committee.

When he moved to Elmira in 1913, he bought a home on the southwest corner of Arthur and Water streets where the post office is now located. In 1924 the government chose his corner lot as the site for the post office. The house was moved by horsepower and windlass with the furniture in place and oil lamps left on tables. Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Stewart (Lloy) Reichard of Elmira, Mrs. Kenneth (Ruth) McLaughlin of Belmont, Mrs. Franklin (Trudy) Klink of Elmira, Mrs. Stewart (Vivian) Huehn of Elmira and Mrs. Carl (Jean) Wagner of Beamsville; one son John of Winnipeg, 14 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Two sisters and three brothers predeceased him. The body will be at the Dreisinger Funeral Parlor, Elmira, until Wednesday noon, when removal will be made to St. Paul's Church for a funeral service at 2: 30 p.m. Burial will be made in Elmira cemetery. Rev. D. A. Fritz will officiate.

Elmira Signet 11 Jan 1970

Aaron married Edith Urana "Rene" Esch 28 Mar 1910, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Edith (daughter of Menno Esch and Susannah Cherry) was born 9 Jul 1883, , Ontario, Canada; died 8 May 1962, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Jeannie Hoffer
2. Katherine Lloy "Lloy" Hoffer was born 6 Jan 1911, Bright, Blandford Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario; died 23 Dec 1994, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Ruth Pearl Hoffer was born 3 Sep 1916, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Dec 2009, , Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. John Arthur "Jack" Hoffer was born 24 Jun 1918; died 16 Oct 2012, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
5. Gertrude Grace "Trudy" Hoffer was born 6 Oct 1919; died 10 Oct 2007, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
6. Vivian Mae Hoffer was born 7 Apr 1925; died 5 Dec 2007; was buried , Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Floradale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-261580
• Birth: 1838, , Alsace Lorraine, France
• Residence: 1867, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada

Jacob married Catherine Weismiller 26 Mar 1867, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catherine was born 14 Sep 1845, , Darmstadt, Germany; died 4 Jan 1928, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Birth: , Ontario, Canada
• Name: Catherine Hoffer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-261581
• Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Maid
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1867, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada