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Karen Luft

Female 1959 - 2014  (54 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Karen Luft was born 13 Jun 1959 (daughter of Walter Theodore Luft and Joy L. Stevens); died 19 Mar 2014; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225745051
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-456044


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Walter Theodore Luft was born 16 May 1931 (son of Emil Christian Luft and Gertrude Olive Catherine Luft); died 11 Apr 2013, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197648670
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-446238

    Walter — Joy L. Stevens. Joy (daughter of Arthur Stevens and Nina E. Doerr) was born 17 Nov 1937; died 18 Nov 2018, Antiqua; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Joy L. Stevens was born 17 Nov 1937 (daughter of Arthur Stevens and Nina E. Doerr); died 18 Nov 2018, Antiqua; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225741096
    • Name: Joy L. Luft
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-183382

    Notes:

    LUFT, Joy (nee Stevens)
    Feb 17, 1937- Nov 18, 2018

    Passed away unexpectedly while on vacation with her family in Antigua. Loving and cherished mother of Linda (John) Marschall, Valerie (Tim) Kumornik and John (Christine) Luft. Beloved grandmother of Christopher (Pauline), Andrea (Randy), Scott (Sarah), Jennifer, Kyle, Jessica, Ryan and Emily and great grandmother to Tyler, Brooklyn, Liam, Piper, Callie, Brooks and Max. Predeceased by her husband Walter (2013) and by her daughter Karen (2014).

    Joy is survived by her siblings Joanne Smiley, Art Stevens (Elaine), Norma Nagy, Ronald Stevens (Judy), Debbie Stevens, Earl Stevens, Cheryl Stevens and Wendy Etmanski (John). She will be fondly remembered by her many nieces and nephews and will be sadly missed by her beloved dog Keon.

    Joy is also predeceased by her parents, Arthur (1977) and Nina Stevens (1980), her sister Barbara (2008) and brothers-in-law Garry (2010) and Doug (2011).

    Joy had an abundant love of family and travel and held a special place in her heart for music, where she was a participating member of the Sweet Adelines organization of women singers and for the Toronto Maple Leafs, where she spent many nights in front of the television cheering them on.

    Joy's family will receive relatives and friends on Tuesday November 27, 2018 from 2-4 pm and 7-9 pm at the Henry Walser Funeral Home 507 Frederick Street, Kitchener, (519) 749-8467. Joy's funeral service will be held at 11 am on Wednesday November 28, 2018 at St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, 248 Highland Rd E, Kitchener. A reception will follow. Interment at a later date in Woodland Cemetery.
    In lieu of flowers, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society or Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated by the family (cards available at the funeral home). Visit www.henrywalser.com to view Joy's memorial

    Joy Luft - Sunday, November 18th, 2018 (2023). Available at: https://www.henrywalser.com/memorials/joy-luft/3661108/service-details.php (Accessed: 2 September 2023).

    Children:
    1. 1. Karen Luft was born 13 Jun 1959; died 19 Mar 2014; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Emil Christian Luft was born 30 Sep 1897, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Philip Luft and Mary Magdalena Andres); died 24 Jul 1982; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204027024
    • Military: WW1
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-32624
    • Residence: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Emil married Gertrude Olive Catherine Luft 22 May 1922, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Gertrude (daughter of Henry Luft and Amelia "Emilia" Voegtle) was born 1 Sep 1903, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2004; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Gertrude Olive Catherine Luft was born 1 Sep 1903, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Henry Luft and Amelia "Emilia" Voegtle); died 2004; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204034018
    • Name: Gertrude Olive Catherine Luft
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-180568
    • Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wailress, Hotel
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. Madeline Olivia Luft was born 16 Dec 1922; died 13 Dec 2022.
    2. John Robert Luft was born 27 Apr 1924, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Feb 1964; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 2. Walter Theodore Luft was born 16 May 1931; died 11 Apr 2013, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Elsie Luft
    5. Don Luft

  3. 6.  Arthur Stevens died 1977; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-181001

    Arthur — Nina E. Doerr. Nina (daughter of John Henry Doerr and Emily Isabella "Emma" Ewen) was born 1919, , Ontario, Canada; died 13 Jun 1980, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Nina E. Doerr was born 1919, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of John Henry Doerr and Emily Isabella "Emma" Ewen); died 13 Jun 1980, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Nina E. Stevens
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-315305
    • Residence: 1921, 217 Ahren's St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1980, 195 Natchez Rd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Stevens, Mrs. Nina E. - At the K-W Hospital, on Friday, June 13, 1980, suddenly as a result of a heart attack, the former Nina Emily Doerr, of 195 Natchez Rd., Apt. 805, Kitchener, aged 61 years; a member of Zion United Church. Mother of Arthur, Ronald, Earl, Mrs. Walter (Joy) Luft, Mrs. Garry (Joanne) Smiley, Mrs. Daniel (Norma June) Nagy, Mrs. David (Barbara Anne) Trebinski, Mrs. Robert (Debbie) Dietz, Mrs. Wayne (Cheryl) Schrader and Mrs. John (Wendy) Etmanski, all of Kitchener; sister of John Doerr and Mrs. Gordon (Nora) Rau, both of Windsor; 17 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also survive. Predeceased by her parents and her husband, Arthur in 1977. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, after 7 p.m. Saturday, where funeral services will be held from the chapel on Monday, at 2 p.m., with Rev. Frederick Roberts officiating. Internment will be in Woodland cemetery. Donations to the Ontario Heart Foundation or the Canadian Cancer Society may be made as expressions of sympathy.

    Kitchener-Waterloo Record, June 13, 1980

    Children:
    1. Arthur Stevens
    2. Ronald Stevens
    3. Earl Stevens
    4. 3. Joy L. Stevens was born 17 Nov 1937; died 18 Nov 2018, Antiqua; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Joanne Stevens
    6. Norma June Stevens
    7. Barbara Anne Stevens
    8. Debbie Stevens
    9. Cheryl Stevens
    10. Wendy Stevens


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Philip Luft was born 1 Jan 1868, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Henry Luft and Phillipina Heuser, son of Heinrich "Henry" Luft and Philipina Heuser); died 7 Nov 1943, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-32618
    • Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Factory Hand
    • Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
    • Residence: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1910, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; carpenter
    • Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Philip married Mary Magdalena Andres 22 Jan 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Peter Andres and Sophia Buehler) was born 19 Aug 1867, Arheilgen, Stadtkreis Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany; died 16 Feb 1963, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Mary Magdalena Andres was born 19 Aug 1867, Arheilgen, Stadtkreis Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany (daughter of Peter Andres and Sophia Buehler); died 16 Feb 1963, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Mary Magdalena Luft
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-32619
    • Immigration: 1889, , Canada
    • Immigration: 1889
    • Residence: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Notes:

    Mrs. Marie Luft, 95. of 39 Barclay St.. died Saturday in K-W Hospital after a 14-year illness.

    Born in Germany, she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Peter Andres. She came to Kitchener in 1889 and was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church.

    Her husband, Philip Luft, died in 1943.

    Surviving are three sons. Rev. Theodore Luft, Emil and Herman, all of Kitchener; four daughters, Dora at home, and Mrs. Albert (Ella) Riedel, Mrs Oliver (Lydia) Bald and Mrs John (Paula) Draves, all of Kit chener: 22 grandchildren, 36 one great-grandchildren and great-great grandchild. Two daughters predeceased her.

    The body is at the Gruhn Funeral Home until Tuesday noon when removal will be made to St. Paul's Lutheran Church for service at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Rev Arthur Eissfeldt will officiate.

    Kitchener-Waterloo Record - 18 Feb 1963, Mon Page 17

    Children:
    1. Rev. Theodore Ludwig Luft was born 21 Feb 1892, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1964, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Theodora S. "Dora" Luft was born 21 Feb 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1971; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Alfrieda Luft was born Oct 1895, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Ella S. Luft was born 26 Oct 1895, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Emanuel Luft was born Sep 1897, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. 4. Emil Christian Luft was born 30 Sep 1897, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Jul 1982; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Lydia Marie Luft was born 10 Jan 1900, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Herman Frederick Luft was born 23 May 1902, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1970; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Maria Luft was born 12 Apr 1907, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1934, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Paula Annie Luft was born 28 Jan 1910, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1970, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 10.  Henry Luft was born 1 Jan 1863, , Germany; died 1932; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-73276P
    • Immigration: 1884, , Ontario, Canada
    • Immigration: 1886, , Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1901, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baker
    • Occupation: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baker
    • Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Henry married Amelia "Emilia" Voegtle 7 Oct 1888, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Amelia (daughter of John Voegtle and Carolina "Carrie" Hilker) was born 29 May 1862, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1937; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Amelia "Emilia" Voegtle was born 29 May 1862, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John Voegtle and Carolina "Carrie" Hilker); died 1937; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Amelia "Emilia" Luft
    • Name: Amelia "Emilia" Zoerr
    • Name: Emelia E. Voegtle
    • Name: Emma Voegtle
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-52180P
    • Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evan. Assoc.
    • Residence: 1888, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. John William Miller was born 7 Jan 1885, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Laura Emilie Luft was born 5 May 1889, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1962; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Herbert George Henry Luft was born 4 Jun 1894, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Milton Conrad Luft was born 3 Jul 1900, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Jun 1984, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Amelia Marie Luft was born Feb 1903, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Feb 1924, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. 5. Gertrude Olive Catherine Luft was born 1 Sep 1903, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2004; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Walter Luft was born CALC 23 Nov 1908, , Ontario, Canada; died 15 Aug 1911; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  5. 14.  John Henry Doerr was born 8 Jan 1878, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada (son of Adam Doerr and Lovina Bechtel); died 31 Oct 1961, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00007-0728.4
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Confectionary
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Traveling Salesman, Biscuit Co.
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ?, Candy Factory
    • Residence: 1921, 217 Ahren's St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1923, 210 Ahrens St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1961, 20 John St. W., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    John H. Doerr

    After a brief illness, John H. Doerr, 83, of 20 John St. West, Waterloo, died Tuesday at K-W Hospital. Born Jan. 9, 1878, in Wilmot Township, Mr. Doerr was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Adam Doerr. He lived in the Twin Cities most of his life and worked as a salesman for Dare's Ltd. for more than 40 years. He retired in 1941. Mr. Doerr was a member of Alma Street United Brethern Church. His wife, the former Emily Isabelle Ewen, predeceased him in April of 1958 Surviving are a son, Jack G. of Toronto; two daughters, Mrs. Gordon (Nora) Rau of Windsor, Mrs. Arthur (Nina) Stevens of Waterloo; two brothers, Clayton B. of Saskatoon and William B. of Bay City, Mich.; two sisters, Mrs. Louis (Priscilla) Dahmer of Kitchener, Mrs. J. D. Clairmont of Marmora, and 15 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by two brothers and two sisters. The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home where funeral service will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. by Rev. A. Ward Woolner. Burial will be in First Mennonite Cemetery.

    Kitchener-Waterloo Record, November 1, 1961

    John married Emily Isabella "Emma" Ewen 1913. Emily (daughter of George Ewen and Adelaide "Addie" Weller) was born May 1892, , Ontario, Canada; died 14 Apr 1958, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Emily Isabella "Emma" Ewen was born May 1892, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of George Ewen and Adelaide "Addie" Weller); died 14 Apr 1958, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Emily Isabella "Emma" Doerr
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-189508
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Trimmer, Rubber Factory
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
    • Residence: 1921, 217 Ahren's St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1958, 20 John St. W., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Mrs. John H. Doerr, 67, of 20 John St. West, Waterloo, died yesterday in K-W Hospital after a lengthy illness. The former Emily I. Ewen, she was born in Elora, but had lived in the Twin Cities for more than 50 years. She was a member of Alma Street United Brethren Church. She and Mr. Doerr were married in 1913. Surviving are her husband, one son, John G. Doerr of Windsor, and two daughters, Mrs. Gordon (Nora) Rau of Windsor and Mrs. Arthur (Nina) Stevens of Waterloo. Also surviving are a brother, George Ewen of Toronto, and six sisters, Mrs. Amos Wilker of Baden, Mrs. Clayton Doerr of Saskatoon, Sask., Mrs. Clarence Milburn of Windsor, Mrs. Albert Miller and Mrs. Norma McLean, both of Detroit, and Mrs. Clarence Schnarr of Sarnia. There are 13 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home until Thursday at 2 p.m. when a service will be conducted by Rev. A. Ward Woolner. Burial will be in First Mennonite Cemetery.

    Kitchener-Waterloo Record, April 15, 1958

    Children:
    1. John G. "Jack" Doerr
    2. Nora Doerr was born 1916, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 7. Nina E. Doerr was born 1919, , Ontario, Canada; died 13 Jun 1980, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


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