Betty Margaret Woolner

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• Name: Betty Margaret Fischer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-453107

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Betty Margaret Fischer (Woolner)
Sept. 8, 1929 - July 15, 2018

It is with sadness we share the news of the death of Betty Fischer, who passed away peacefully at St. Mary's Hospital on Sunday after a short illness. She was 88.

Betty could hardly have timed it better, leaving us one day before what would have been the 70th anniversary of her marriage to George, her inseparable partner in life and in the ups and downs of their beloved Toronto Blue Jays. George died in 2015, and now they are reunited to celebrate their special day.

Betty is survived by her children, Doug Fischer (Kathy), Linda Fischer and Connie Beamer (Dave), three grandchildren, Brenda Hannela (Ryan), Drew Fischer and Adam Beamer (Helen), as well as four great-grandchildren, Benjamin, Sophia, Hunter and Kayla.

Betty is also survived by her loving brother Larry Woolner, sister-in-law Ruth Clarke and brother-in-law Jim Fiddler as well as her dear friend of more than 60 years, Marg Reist.

In addition to her husband, Betty is predeceased by her parents Lorne and Mary Woolner, sister Diane Woolner and many in-laws: Marlene Woolner, Marie and Reg Taylor, Milt Clarke, Dorothy and Jerry Eckert and Janet Fiddler.

A woman of quiet faith, Betty was a longtime fan of the music of Lawrence Welk, and most weekends could be heard merrily singing along in front of the TV.

For 20 years, she and George made an annual winter pilgrimage to Florida, where they formed a group of close and lasting friends. And for more than 40 years, they saved one Saturday every month for a lively evening of solo with their great friends Karl and Shirley Siegel.

Betty was a lifelong resident of Kitchener, where over the years she worked at Superior Box Co., Cluett Peabody (Arrow shirts) and in the cafeteria at Cameron Heights Collegiate.

At St. Mary's Hospital, special thanks are owed to Dr. Bridget Campbell and the seventh floor nursing staff, especially Sunila and Jane. Thanks also to the caring staff at Parkwood Mennonite Home, where Betty lived her final five months.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, July 19, 2018 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., and on Friday, July 20, 2018 from 11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. at Henry Walser Funeral Home, 507 Frederick St., Kitchener, 519-749-8467. The Funeral will be held in the Chapel at 12:00 noon followed by a reception at the funeral home. Interment at Woodland Cemetery.

As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Arthritis Society would be appreciated by the family (cards available at the funeral home).
Visit www.henrywalser.com for Betty's memorial

Good night, sleep tight, until we meet again ...

Betty Fischer - Sunday, July 15th, 2018 (no date) Henry Walser Funeral Home. Available at: https://www.henrywalser.com/memorials/betty-fischer/2455112/obituary.php (Accessed: 23 September 2023).

Betty — George William Fischer. George (son of William Louis Fischer and Elinora Carlina "Laura" Voll) was born 24 Mar 1928, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Jan 2015, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Lorne Woolner
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-178319
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Jacob — Mary C. Zehnder. Mary was born 1905; died 1998; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary C. Woolner
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-452715

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• Name: Salomon
• Eby ID Number: 000136-8365
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Machinist
• Separation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1933, 143 Elgin St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Solomon Woolner, "was born February 10th, 1863. He is married to Paulina Treisch. They reside in the town of Berlin where he is engaged in working with the carpenters. To them were 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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Solomon Woolner

The death of Solomon Woolner, Elgin St., Kitchener, occurred on Friday. Sept. 22nd. The deceased, born in Kossuth. Waterloo Tp, was 71
years old.

There survive, his wife, Mrs. Pauline Woolner, 143 Elgin street, five sons and three daughters, Edwin, Ephriam, John and Lorne Woolner all of Kitchener and Victor Woolner of Bridgeport, and Mrs. Alvin Kraft and Mrs. Matthew Blumen of Kitchener and Miss Eleanor Woolner at home. Also surviving are 19 grand children and two brothers Rev, Ja cob Woolner of Kitchener and Mrs. Martin Woolner of Wardsville. The deceased was predeceased by three sons.

The funeral was held with a private service on Sunday the 24th at 3 p.m. at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home. Interment followed in the First Mennonite cemetery with Rev. U. K. Weber officiating.

Waterloo Chronicle 28 Sep 1933, p. 5

Solomon married Paulina Elizabeth Treusch 16 Jan 1889, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Paulina (daughter of Johannes "John" Treusch and Wilhelmina Eleonora "Eleanora" "Ellen" Werlich) was born 26 Apr 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 May 1937; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Paulina Elizabeth Woolner
• Eby ID Number: 000136-8365.1
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1933, 143 Elgin St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• Land: Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 103, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Land: Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 111, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Occupation: Cressman Mennonite Church, Breslau, Ontario; minister
• Eby ID Number: 000136-8357
• Immigration: 1832, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., 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; Minister
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Jacob Woolner, "the third son of Isaac and Sarah (Hembling) Woolner, was born in Suffolk, England, September 25th, 1826. He came to America with his parents in June,1832. After the arrival in Canada he had the misfortune of losing his mother. He was raised by Deacon Samuel Eby. On September 30th, 1849, he was married to Hannah, daughter of Mattias and Susannah (Ries) Schiedel. She was born March 15th, 1828. On March 16th, 1854, they moved on the farm composed of parts of lots Nos. 103 and 110, German Company's Tract, about one mile west of Kossuth, where they still reside with their son, Jacob. On May 30th, 1867, he was ordained, by Bishop Joseph Hagey, as a minister of the Mennonite body which position he has held ever since. He proved himself to be an able speaker and a good worker in the cause of the Lord. Of late years he suffered much through sickness and bodily weakness so that he was not able to fill his pastoral appointments. His family consisted 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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Woolner.-Pre. Jacob Woolner was born on Sept. 25, 1826; died Oct. 6, 1917; aged 91 y. 11 d. He was born in St. Andrew's parish, Suffolk County, England, and emigrated to Canada with his parents in the year 1832, arriving in Waterloo Co., on June 28, where his mother soon died of the cholera. On May 14, 1848, he was baptized and received into the fellowship of the Mennonite Church. On May 30, 1867, he was called to the ministry in which capacity he served the Church as long as health permitted him to do so and was an earnest laborer to help spread the Gospel to all until his end came. He was the oldest minister in the Ontario Conference, being ordained over 50 years ago. On the 30th of May, 1849, he was married with Hannah Shiedel. To this union were born 6 sons and 4 daughters, 2 of whom died in infancy. His first wife died in March, 1897, and in May, 1899, he was united in marriage with Nancy Kramp (whose maiden name was Reist). She died on Apr. 23, 1913. There remain to mourn his loss 5 sons, 46 grandchildren, 43 great-grandchildren, 2 brothers, 2 sisters, and many other relatives and friends. The funeral was held on Oct. 9. Services at the house conducted by Bro. Noah Stauffer and at the Cressman Mennonite Church at Breslau by the Brethren Jonas Snider and U. K. Weber using the following texts which had been selected by the departed brother, Job 5: 26 and II Tim. 4: 7, 8. Burial in the adjoining cemetery. Peace to his ashes.

Gospel Herald - Volume X, Number 30 - October 25, 1917 - p. 559

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Breslau (Cressman) Mennonite Church

Services were begun in Breslau in 1815. In 1834, Benjamin Eby's log meeting house, which had been built in Berlin in 1813, was moved to Breslau to the Cressman farm. Preaching services which were held every four weeks began in the reconstructed meeting house in 1837. A new brick church was built in 1856, at which time the old log meeting house was moved to Frederick Schaefer's brickyard. The old building may have been used for storage or an office until approximately 1880 when it was clad with white "Breslau Brick" from the brickyard, and used as a home by Frederick Schaefer and his family. The address of the house is reported to have been 18 Woolwich Street; it was still standing in 1985, according to Alder 1985, with the original log walls possibly preserved within the brick ones.

A summer Sunday School was begun in June of 1872. It was held in the Breslau schoolhouse until 1877 when it was moved to the church. Sunday School continued on in the summers only until 1889 when Sunday School classes began to be held all year.

The 1856 white brick church was taken down in March 1908, and was replaced with a new white brick church. In 1968 the name of the church was changed from Cressman Mennonite Church to Breslau Mennonite Church. Major renovations were made to the church in the same year. It is of interest to know that land amounting to approximately three acres was deeded to the congregation by Christian C. Snyder in three parcels, in 1837, 1859, and 1870.

Joseph Hagey, the first minister at Cressman's, was ordained on February 10, 1839. He was ordained bishop in 1851. Ministers who followed him in serving the church at Breslau were Jacob Woolner Sr., Elias Weber, Isaac A. Wambold, Jacob S. Woolner, and Oscar Burkholder. Services were held every four weeks from 1837-1867, and bi-weekly from 1867-1894 when weekly services were begun

Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900 By Rosemary Ambrose

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In Loving Memory Died At Natchez, on Saturday, October 6th, 1917 Rev. Jacob Woolner Aged 91 Years and 11 days. The Funeral will be held from his late residence at Natchez, on Tuesday, October 9th, 1917 at one o'clock in the afternoon to the Breslau Mennonite Church and cemetery. Friends and acquaintances will kindly accept this intimation

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Jacob married Hannah Schiedel 30 Sep 1849, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Hannah (daughter of Martin Schiedel and Susannah Ries) was born 15 Mar 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Mar 1897, Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Hannah Woolner
• Eby ID Number: 00102-5730
• Residence: 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., 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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Hannah Schiedel, "was born March 15th, 1828. She is married to Rev. Jacob Woolner."

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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WOOLNER - At Kossuth, on Thursday, March 18th., Hannah Woolner, aged 70 years.

The Weekly News-Record 25 Mar 1897, Thu Page 5

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• Name: John Treusch
• Eby ID Number: 000136-8365.66
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; cooper
• Residence: 1854, Doon Mills, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: 1861, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cooper
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Naturalization: 1865
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cooper
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Retired: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Johannes married Wilhelmina Eleonora "Eleanora" "Ellen" Werlich 21 Sep 1852, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Wilhelmina was born CALC 6 Jul 1831, , Germany; died 27 Dec 1894, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Eleanora M. Werlich
• Name: Ellen Werlich
• Name: Wilhelmina Eleonora "Eleanora" "Ellen" Treusch
• Eby ID Number: 000136-8365.67
• Residence: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran