Donald Yale Smiley

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-452465

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Passed away peacefully, surrounded by family at home on August 19, 2020 at the age of 89. Proud Police Officer of the Waterloo Regional Police for 27 years.
Loving husband to Geraldine (nee Gloor) for 67 wonderful years. Devoted father to Debbie Araujo (Doug) and Cathy (Glen) Shantz. Cherished Poppa to Steven (Nadia), Kenny (Kristy), Jackie (Mo), Rebecca, Tammy (Harty), Andrew (Melissa) and Julie (Matt). Great-Poppa to 8 grandchildren. Survived by his sisters-in-law Helen and Joanne Smiley. Predeceased by his parents Pearl and Esther Smiley and his brothers Ken (2011) and Garry (2010). Will forever remain in the hearts of his nieces, nephews, extended family, and friends.
Visitation will be held at the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King Street S., Waterloo on Monday, August 24, 2020 from 2\endash 4pm, 7\endash 9pm and Tuesday, August 25, 2020 from 12:00 \endash 1:00 pm. The Funeral Service will be held in the funeral home chapel on Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at 1:00 pm with interment to follow at Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, to attend the Visitation and Funeral Service, personal face coverings are required, and relatives and friends must register (RSVP) at www.erbgood.com or by calling the funeral home at 519-745-8445.
Thank you to Dr. Molckovski and her oncology team, Dr. Yew, Dr. McFarlane, Dr. Mayer, PSW's from Paramed, The LHIN & Care Partners. A special thank you to nurse and friend Barb Schmidke and to the neighbours Mary, Kevin, Cliff and Jordan for their care and support.

Condolences for the family and donations to St. Stephen Lutheran Church, St. Mary's General Hospital or the Grand River Hospital are appreciated and can be arranged through the funeral home.

Donald — Geraldine Gloor. [Group Sheet]

1. Debbie Smiley
2. Cathy Smiley

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-37516

Pearl married Esther Levan Sep 1927, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Esther (daughter of Zephaniah Levan and Anna Maria Matilda "Matilda" Bock) was born Mar 1908, , Ontario, Canada; died 1967; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Esther Smiley
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-172975
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1921, 152 Ahrens St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Name: Edward Smiley
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-38427
• Occupation: 1902, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; steel worker

John married Maria Eva "Mary" Ringle 23 Sep 1902, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Maria (daughter of Jacob Ringle and Elizabeth Kraft) was born 1878, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1975; was buried , Lundy's Lane Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Welland Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria Eva "Mary" McFarland
• Name: Maria Eva "Mary" Smiley
• Name: Mary Ringle
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-113593
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1902, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-172970
• Occupation: 1905, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Felt Maker
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Rubber Boot Maker, Rubber Factory
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Passed Away at Brantford

There passed away yesterday in Brantford Sanatorium a well-known resident of this city, namely, Mr. Zephania Levan. The deceased had resided here for thirty-nine years and enjoyed a wide acquaintance and high respect. He is survived by is wife and four children. The funeral will be held at two o'clock p.m. Thursday at the residence of Mr. George Bock, Foundry street, Waterloo and after services at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, city, internment will follow in Mt. Hope Cemetery.

The News Record, July 25, 1917

Zephaniah married Anna Maria Matilda "Matilda" Bock 21 Oct 1905, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Anna (daughter of Henry George Frederick "George" Bock and Ernestina Amelia Bierwagen) was born 10 May 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Jul 1954, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna Maria Matilda "Matilda" Graber
• Name: Anna Maria Matilda "Matilda" Levan
• Name: Matilda Bock
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-331031
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Sewing, Factory
• Residence: 1921, 152 Ahrens St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1927, Ahrens St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1954, 99 Gildner St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Mrs. Charles Graber, 71, of 99 Gildner St., died today at K-W Hospital after a brief illness. Born May 10, 1883 in Kitchener she was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Her first husband, Z. Levan predeceased her in 1916. Surviving are her second husband, three sons, Arnold and Lloyd Levan and Stanley Graber of Kitchener; two daughters, Mrs. Pearl (Esther) Smiley of Kitchener and Mrs. Otto (Edna) Smiley of Niagara Falls; two brothers, Frederick Bock of Kingsdale and Henry Bock of Toronto. Thirteen grandchildren also survive. Funeral will be conducted at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home Saturday at 2 p.m. with internment at Mount Hope Cemetery. Rev. Arthur Eissfeldt will officiate. The body is at the funeral home.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record, July 22, 1954

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-90639
• Residence: 1860, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Peddlar
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tanner
• Occupation: 1873, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; barber
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Hotel Keeper
• Occupation: 1882, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Hotel-keeper

Jacob married Elizabeth Kraft 27 May 1860, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Heinrich "Henry" Kraft and Christina Giller) was born 1838, , Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany; died 29 Mar 1916, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Ringle
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-90640
• Residence: 1860, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shirt Maker
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: 00071-4226
• Residence: 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1876, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tinsmith
• Occupation: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Coppersmith
• Occupation: 1891, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tinsmith
• Residence: 1891, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Copper Smith
• Occupation: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tinsmith
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1921, 56 Union St., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Daniel S. Levan, "was married to a Miss Menger who died some time ago. He resides in Elmira, Ontario, where he is engaged in the tinsmith business."

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.].

Daniel married Susannah Rieder 11 Apr 1876, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Susannah (daughter of Daniel Rieder and Christina Languff, daughter of Daniel Rieder and Christina Goettinger) was born 1856, , Ontario, Canada; died Bef 1892. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Susannah Levan
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-106792

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• Name: George Bock
• Name: Heinrich Georg Friedrich Bock
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-71946
• Immigration: 1880, , Canada
• Residence: 1882, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Naturalization: 1892
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer Farm
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1927, 37 Foundry St, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Henry George Bock

Following a lingering illness of more than eight months which confined him to his bed, Henry George Bock, aged 74 years, passed away at his home, 37 Foundry street, early this morning. The deceased since coming to Canada about 16 years ago has lived the greater portion of that time in Waterloo. On his arrival from Germany where he was born, he took up residence in Kitchener, moving to Waterloo soon after. His wife, two sons, Fred of Waterloo, Henry of Toronto, and two daughters, Mrs. Graeber of Kitchener and Mrs. Herman Hertel of Freeport survive him. One sister living in Nebraska also survives. The funeral will be held on Friday, May [sic] 6, from his late residence on Foundry street, at 2.30 o'clock and thence to the Mount Hope Cemetery for internment.

Kitchener Daily Record, June 4, 1930

Henry married Ernestina Amelia Bierwagen 23 Apr 1882, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Ernestina (daughter of Augustus Charles Bierwagen and Ernestina Wilhelmina Heise) was born 29 Sep 1858, , Germany; died 18 Jun 1935, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-331030
• Immigration: 1881
• Residence: 1882, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1927, 37 Foundry St, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1935, 25 Charles St., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Mrs. Ernestine Bock

The death of Mrs. Ernestine Bock, widow of George Bock, occurred at the home of her son, Fred Bock, 25 Charles street, this morning. Mrs. Bock had been ill for two months. She was in her 76th year. Mrs. Bock was born in Germany and came to Kitchener 54 years ago. She has been a resident of Waterloo for the past 33 years. She was a member of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church. Her husband predeceased her five years ago and she is survived by two sons, Henry of Toronto and Fred of Waterloo, one daughter, Mrs. Charles Graber of Kitchener and one brother, Robert Bierwagen of Kitchener. The funeral will be held at 2.30 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the residence of her son, Fred, to St. Matthew's Lutheran church, Kitchener, for service at three o'clock. Internment will be made in Mount Hope cemetery. The remains will rest at the Letter and Dreisinger Funeral chapel until Thursday morning when they will be taken to the residence.

Kitchener Daily Record, June 18, 1935