Judith "Judy" Siebert

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• Name: Judith "Judy" Swartz
• Name: Judy Siebert
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-225698
• Residence: 1964, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Obituary of Judy Swartz

Passed away peacefully on Friday, December 19, 2014 at Pinehaven Retirement Residence, Waterloo at the age of 86.

She is predeceased by her husband Jim of 51 years. Mom to Nancy (Doug) Brenner, Tom (Judy) Swartz, David (Georgia) Swartz and Jenny (Chris) Floyd. Grandma to Erin (Brad) McFarlane, Joel Brenner, Meghann (Joe) Kimpson, Laurie Swartz, Josh Floyd and Kelly Floyd. GG to Parker, Milo and Alicia. Sister to Joan (Jim) Morrow of Hollywood, Florida.

As to Judy's wishes cremation has taken place. A reception honouring Judy's life will be held on Sunday, December 28, 2014 from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. at Westmount Golf and Country Club, 50 Inverness Drive, Kitchener, Ontario.

A heartfelt thank you to the staff at Pinehaven for their wonderful care of Judy over the past three years.

Condolences for the family and donations in Judy's memory to KidsAbility or Grand River Hospital Foundation may be arranged through the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King Street S. Waterloo at www.erbgood.com or 519-745-8445.

"Obituary Of Judy Swartz | Erb & Good Funeral Home". 2022. Erbgood.Com. https://erbgood.com/tribute/details/9433/Judy-Swartz/obituary.html.

Judith married James H. "Jim" Swartz 24 Aug 1951, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. James (son of Wellington Bergey Swartz and Cora Odella Schmidt) was born 15 Nov 1928, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2002. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Charles Albert Siebert
• Occupation: profession hockey player
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-140215
• Misfortune: 1939, Lake Huron, , Ontario, Canada; drowned

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Hall of Fame Professional Hockey Player. A native of Plattsville, Ontario, played the position of both forward and defence the Montreal Maroons from 1925 to 1932, New York Rangers from 1932 to 1935, Boston Bruins from 1933 to 1936, and the Montreal Canadiens from 1936 to 1939. He won the Stanley Cup in 1926 and 1933, the Hart Trophy in 1937, and was the NHL All-Star First Team Defenceman from 1935 to 1936. His career was cut short after being injured after being checked by Eddie Shore during a hockey game. He drowned on August 25, 1939, while swimming in Lake Huron, near Zurich, Ontario, Canada. Siebert was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1964.

Bio by: Peterborough K

(2019). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 27 January 2019, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8106739/albert-charles-siebert

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Recover Body Of Drowned Hockey Player
Charles "Babe" Siebert Drowned In Lake Huron Last Friday

The body of Charles "Babe" Siebert, widely known professional hockey star who was drowned last Friday afternoon in Lake Huron at St. Joseph was located about 40 feet from where he sank in 10 feet of water. The body was discovered by his brother (Frank of Detroit and Albert Hess, of Zurich, after dragging had been continued for three days.

Siebert, 34 years of age, was a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Siebert, of Zurich. He was home in Zurich where a reunion of the family was to be held on Sunday.

Shortly before 4 p. m. Siebert with his two daughters, Judie, 11, and Joan, 10, went with Clayton Hoffman, of Zurich, to the lake.

They went in bathing at St. Joseph. When one of the children saw the inflated tire was using for a float carried out from her depth by waves that were rolling she asked her father to recover it.

Siebert swam out and was about to grab the tire which had floated about 150 feet from shore and around the end of the pier, when he shouted for help.

Hoffman swam out to go to his assistance but he sank 'before Hoffman arrived at the spot.

"Babe" Siebert was born in Plattsville in 1904, but his family had resided in Zurich since he was a lad, and he was always regarded as a "Zurich boy."

He got his start in both hockey and baseball in Zurich, then played at -Seaforth and on the Kitchener junior O. H. A. team. Later he played for Niagara Falls and then turned professional with Montreal Maroons in 1925, remaining with that team until 1932 when he was traded to New York Rangers.

In the 1933-34 season he was traded to Boston Bruins and moved back to defense from right wing. He, along with his defence partner, Eddie Shore, was picked for the N. H. L. all-star team in the season of 1935-36. He repeated in the 1936-37 and 1937-38 seasons. During the summer of 1936 he was traded to Les Canadiens.

Only recently he was named coach-manager of the team.

The funeral was held in Kitchener on Wednesday afternoon.

The late hockey star was married to Berne Millhausen, of Kitchener, who survives him with two young daughters, besides his parents and several brothers and sisters.

Hamburg Independent 1 Sep 1939

Albert married Bernice Marguerite Milhausen 3 Dec 1927, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. Bernice (daughter of John Milhausen and Priscilla Lydia Daily) was born 16 Nov 1906, Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died 24 Nov 1964, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Bernice Marguerite Miehlhausen
• Name: Bernice Marguerite Siebert
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-183925
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1927, 11 Maynard Avenue, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1942, 724 Avondale Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1947, 230 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Bernice, who was paralyzed in the spine and legs while giving birth to their second daughter Joan. Much of Siebert's income went to pay for his wife's expensive medical bills. With a crippled wife, Siebert did the household chores and raised their girls.

Before every game fans silently watched Siebert carry his invalid wife to her box and then retrieve her afterwards. It was a moving scene that endeared him to hockey fans everywhere.

Montreal Gazette sports editor Elmer Ferguson wrote that "the Babe would become embroiled in fistic battles. Perhaps he would suffer penalties and earn the disfavour of the crowd by his bruising style of play. Perhaps the game would make him seem like a crude and uncouth person, rough and brutal. From the dressing room, the Babe would stride along the promenade until he reached the chair where his fragile bit of an invalid wife sat. Bending down, he would kiss her, then he would gather her up into his great muscular arms, stride out of the rink, and deposit her carefully in a waiting car that would take her home to the kiddies that he adored so much."

One biographer noted "those things were never in the headlines" but were known throughout the hockey world.

"'Babe' Siebert: A Hockey Romance Story | Goderich Signal Star". 2022. Goderichsignalstar.Com. https://www.goderichsignalstar.com/opinion/columnists/babe-siebert-a-hockey-romance-story.

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Siebert, Bernice M. Milhausen

On November 24, 1964, at the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital, beloved wife of the late Albert Charles (Babe) Siebert, who was named to the Hockey Hall of Fame last June, in her 59th year, dear mother of Mrs. J. H. (Judy) Swartz of Waterloo and Mrs. J. R. (Joan) Morrow of Los Angeles, California, sister of John Milhausen of Brantford and Clare E. Milhausen of Kitchener, Mrs. F. C. (Adele) Tilley of Oakville, and Mrs. Gordon (Gertrude) Loney, of RR 2., Waterloo survived by 6 grandchildren.

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"An October 29, 1939, benefit game pitting NHL all-stars against the Canadiens raised $15,000 for 32-year-old Bernice and the girls. She hired a caregiver/nanny and for a few years owned a home at 724 Avondale Ave. in Kitchener. Then, with Joan and Judy off to Antioch College in Ohio (thanks to Babe's brothers raising the tuition), Bernice lived in Kitchener with her widowed mother, Priscilla Milhausen, or her brother Clair. After Priscilla's 1959 death, Bernice moved into chronic care at K-W Hospital's Scott Pavilion. She died there Nov. 24, 1964, six months after Babe's name was added to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Bernice and Babe are buried in Kitchener's Woodland cemetery."

"Flash From The Past: The Canadiens Coach Who Never Coached". 2022. Therecord.Com. https://www.therecord.com/life/local-history/2022/06/10/flash-from-the-past-the-canadiens-coach-who-never-coached.html.

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• Occupation: Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; store operator
• Eby ID Number: 00068-4130.1

William — Anna Laura Kolb. Anna (daughter of Menno Simon Kolb and Sarah Ann Jacobs) was born 21 Apr 1866, , Ontario, Canada; died 17 Feb 1952, Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Lingelbach Cemetery, South Easthope Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna Laura Siebert
• Eby ID Number: 00068-4130
• Residence: 1952, Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada

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Annie Kolb, "is married to William Seebert, a merchant. They reside in Plattsville, Ontario."

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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Mrs. Anna L. Siebert

Mrs. Anna L. Siebert, a native of Waterloo County, died at her home in Zurich on Sunday at the age of 85 years. She was the widow of the late William L. Siebert, who for some years conducted a general store business at Plattsville. Mrs. Siebert had resided at Zurich for the past 30 years. Surviving are three sons, Edgar R., and Franklin L., Detroit; William A., of Zurich, and three daughters, Mrs. W. R. Major, Toronto; Nora of Lansing, Mich., and Mrs. Clare Hoffman, Galt. Another son, the famous hockey player, "Babe" Siebert, was drowned at Bayfield some years ago. The funeral took place Wednesday afternoon with service at the Westlake Funeral Home, Zurich, and interment .in the Lingelbach Cemetery, four miles west of New Hamburg. Rev. H. E. Roppel conducted the services.

New Hamburg Independent, February 22, 1952

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• Name: John Meihlhausen
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-189465
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Station Master, Grand Trunk Railroad
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1947, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. N. R. railway agent
• Residence: 1947, 74 Frances St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1947, 74 Frances St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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JOHN MILHAUSEN DIES IN HOSPITAL Well known in this district, John Milhausen 73, former C.N.R. Agent, died at the K-W Hospital, yesterday after a five week illness. He resided at 74 Frances St. North. Mr. Milhausen served with the C.N.R. (GTR) for 49 years. He was born in Bruce County, Sept. 29, 1873. He attended St. Matthew's Lutheran Church and was a member of the Grand Valley Masonic Lodge and the Royal Arch Masons. Surviving are his wife, whom he married, Sept. 29th 1903, at Listowel. Also surviving are two sons, R. John, of Brantford; Clare E. of Montreal; three daughters, Mrs. F. C. Tilley, Oakville; Mrs. B. M. Siebert and Mrs. W. G. Loney, Kitchener; three brothers, George and Albert Wakada, Man.; and Fred, Morden, Man.; and seven sisters, Mrs. J. Klink, Elmira; Mrs. A, C. McKenney, Waskada, Man.; Mrs. Norma Beatty, Winnipeg; Mrs. R. M. Wenger and Mrs. N. T. Scott Toronto; Mrs W. D. S. Cross, London. The body is resting at the Keffer Funeral Home, where service will be held Saturday at 3: 30 p.m. Interment will be made in Woodland Cemetery. Rev. John Schmieder and Rev. E.O. Seymour will officiate.

The Kitchener Daily Record 18 Sep 1947

John married Priscilla Lydia Daily 29 Sep 1902, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada. Priscilla was born 23 Apr 1880, Milverton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario; died 5 Feb 1959, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Priscilla Daely
• Name: Priscilla Lydia Milhausen
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-189477
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1947, 74 Frances St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-148400
• Residence: 1858, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Conrad married Mary Ann Lingelbach 19 Oct 1858, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary was born 13 Jun 1840, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jan 1910; was buried , Lingelbach Cemetery, South Easthope Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Ann Moyer
• Name: Mary Ann Siebert
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-31116
• Residence: 1858, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada

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• Eby ID Number: 00068-4128
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1880, Liberty, Marion, Kansas; farmer
• Residence: 1919, Wetaskiwin, , Alberta, Canada

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Menno S. Kolb, "was born January 13th, 1839. On April 5th, 1863, he was married to Sarah Jacobs. At present they reside at Duhamel, Alberta Territory, Canada, where he is engaged in farming. To them were born the following children, viz: Chester, Menno J., Maggie, Amanda, and Charles, the five youngest, are unmarried and all home with their parents."



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.].

Menno married Sarah Ann Jacobs 5 Apr 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Sarah (daughter of John Jacobs and Elizabeth Miller) was born 9 Nov 1846, , Pennsylvania, USA; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Sarah Ann Kolb
• Eby ID Number: 00068-4128.1
• Immigration: 1863, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada