Wilfrid John Stauffer

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-24864
• Occupation: 1921, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer, on farm
• Residence: 1921, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Stauffer, Howard Otterbein (1897-1986)

Howard Otterbein Stauffer: deacon in the Mount View Mennonite Church near High River, Alberta, and the Rainham Mennonite Church in Ontario. He was born 19 January 1897 near Breslau, Ontario, and died at Tofield, Alberta, on 16 May 1986. He was married to Stella Mabel Brubaker (8 May 1896-4 June 1933) on 20 November 1923. They had four children. After the death of his first wife, Howard Stauffer married Mary Holderbein (27 October 1907-29 October 1964) on 3 November 1935. After Mary died, Howard married Barbara Fretz (2 April 1905-22 August 1997), the widow of A. Lewis Fretz.

Howard Staffer was the eldest son of Bishop Norman Stauffer . The family came to the High River district in 1901. Howard was baptized and became a member of the Mount View Mennonite Church in 1909. He spent the winter of 1917-18 attending the Ontario Mennonite Bible School in Kitchener, but also worked for the Ford Motor Company in Detroit and on a farm at Guernsey, Saskatchewan in his later teens. He was elected Assistant Superintendent of the Mount View Sunday school in 1918, and became Superintendent and teacher after he returned to the High River district in 1921.

The first year after their marriage in 1923 Howard and Stella Stauffer farmed in the Aldersyde district, but then moved to Duchess where Howard operated a garage until the spring of 1936. The family then moved to a farm near Rosemary, Alberta, but a year later the family moved back to Aldersyde onto Howard's father's old farm. They lived there until 1952 when the farm was sold.

Howard Stauffer was ordained, by lot, as a deacon in the Mount View Mennonite Church on 11 January 1942. Unfortunately, one of the other men in the lot was not able to accept the result. He left the Mount View church and attempted to start a church of his own.

The Stauffer family moved to Ontario in 1952, working at various jobs, including work in Mennonite homes for seniors. In 1959 they returned to Edmonton, where Howard worked in the Rosecrest Home for handicapped children until his retirement in 1965. The family then moved to Ryley near Tofield, and relocated to Tofield in 1975. Howard apparently did not serve as a deacon in Edmonton or Tofield although, having been ordained for life, he continued to be listed in some Mennonite directories.

Regehr, Ted D. "Stauffer, Howard Otterbein (1897-1986)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. December 2003. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 14 Nov 2005

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Stauffer, Howard O., son of N. B. and Lizzie Stauffer, was born at Breslau, Ont., on Jan. 19, 1897; died at Tofield Hospital, Alta., May 16, 1986; aged 89 y. On Nov. 20, 1923, he married Stella Brubacher, who died on June 4, 1933. On Nov. 3, 1935, he was married to Mary Holderbein, who died on Oct. 29, 1964. On Nov. 23, 1965, he married Barbara Fretz, who survives. Also surviving are 3 sons (Norman, Wilfred, and Wilbur), 2 daughters (Fern Boese and Faye Schmelzer), 13 grandchildren, 13 greatgrandchildren, 2 stepsons (Lorne and Paul Fretz), 2 stepdaughters (Joyce Buschert and Lois Evans), 14 stepgrandchildren, 13 stepgreat-grandchildren, one sister (Florence Hoover), and one brother (Bryan). Funeral services were held at the Salem Mennonite Church in charge of Levi Smoker and Harold Boettger; interment in Salem Mennonite Cemetery.

Gospel Herald - Volume 79, Number 37 - September 16, 1968, page 634

Howard married Stella Mabel Brubacher 20 Nov 1923. Stella was born 8 May 1896, Port Trevorton, Snyder, Pennsylvania, USA; died 4 Jun 1933, , Alberta, Canada; was buried , Duchess Cemetery, Duchess, , Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Stella Mabel Stauffer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-24865

Notes:

Stauffer - Stella Mable (Brubaker) Stauffer was born at Port Trevorton, Pa., May 8, 1896; died June 4, 1933; aged 37 y. 27 d. She was converted during evangelistic meetings held by Bro. C.F. Derstine at the Slate Hill Church near Shiremanstown, Pa. She joined the Mennonite Church at the age of nineteen and was true and devoted to that faith until her death. She came to Alberta with her parents in the year 1916. She was united in marriage to Howard O. Stauffer of Duchess Nov. 20, 1923. She leaves her companion, 4 children (Norman Elwood, twin boys Wilfred John and Wilbur Howard, and an infant girl), her parents (John H. and Elizabeth L. Brubaker), 2 brothers (George L. and Marlin M.), 3 sisters (Phoebe, Carrie, and Edna all of Duchess) and numerous friends. Funeral was held at the home and at the Duchess Mennonite Church on Tuesday, June 6, 1933. The services were conducted by Bros. M.D. Stutzman and C.J. Ramer. Interment in Duchess Cemetery. Text, Psa. 116: 15. Her favorite text, "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city." (Rev. 22: 14).

Gospel Herald Obituaries - June, 1933

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• Eby ID Number: 00006-0955.5
• Occupation: 1894, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Notes:

Bishop Norman B. Stauffer was born Dec. 30, 1871, in Waterloo, Ont. He was converted and united with the Mennonite Church in 1891; moved to Alberta with his family in 1900, called to the ministry in 1901, ordained bishop in 1911. Died Sept. 13, 1927 at Aldersyde, Alta.; aged 56 y. 8 m. 14 d. He was married to Elizabeth Otterbein to which union was born 12 children, 3 having died in infancy and his wife preceded him Aug. 22, 1924. He was married again to Melinda Snider of Waterloo, Ont., Aug. 1, 1927. He left to mourn his departure his wife and the following children: Mrs. Dr. Burke of Blackie, Alta., Howard of Duchess, Alta., Mrs. J. Shank of Markham, Ont., Mrs. Ion Snyder of Preston, Ont., Willis, Earl, Byron and David of Aldersyde, Alta., and Florence was adopted by Phares Burkholder of Markham, Ont. Funeral took place on Sunday Sept. 18, at the Mount View Church. Services at the house conducted by Bro. H. B. Ramer, Duchess, Alta., and Bro. H. J. Harder of Didsbury, Alta. At the church Bro. Isaac Miller conducted the opening services followed by bishop N. E. Roth of Tofield, Alta., and E. S. Hallman of Guernsey, Sask. Texts, I Peter 1: 3, 4; Rev. 14: 13. Pallbearers were all conf. members. Bro. Stauffer was privileged to spend several months with friends and relatives in Ont. also attended the General Conference. Came home Saturday evening complaining of pain in his eyes and head. On Monday night about 12 o'clock he took a stroke and lay unconscious till Tuesday evening 6: 30 when he passed away without saying good-bye. His sudden death was a great shock to the home, church and community. He was highly respected by all and will be greatly missed. May God comfort the sorrowing ones.

Gospel Herald - Vol. XX, No. 28 - October 13, 1927, pages 622,663

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Stauffer, Norman B. (1870-1927)

Norman Stauffer Norman B. Stauffer: minister and bishop of the Mount View Mennonite Church near High River, Alberta, was born 30 December 1871 in Waterloo, Ontario, and died 13 September 1927 at Aldersyde, Alberta. He married Elizabeth Otterbein who died 22 August 1914. They were the parents of twelve children, three of which died in infancy. On 1 August 1917 he married Melinda Snider of Waterloo. Norman Stauffer died of a stroke after only a few days of suffering, at the relatively young age of 56.

Norman Stauffer came to Alberta in 1900 to look for a suitable homestead, leaving his wife and family in Waterloo. He obtained work as a carpenter on a Canadian Pacific Railway construction gang, but also established contact with Elias and Catharine Bricker who had come west more than a decade earlier. He returned to his family in Ontario for the winter of 1900-01. On his trip west in 1901 he accompanied S.F. Coffman who had been sent west by the Ontario Mennonite Conference to help organize recently arrived Mennonite settlers in the territory which would become part of the province of Alberta late. Stauffer's family joined him in June of 1901 after he secured a farmstead five miles east of Aldersyde, Alberta.

Norman and Elizabeth Stauffer were charter members of the Mount View Mennonite Church when it was organized in 1901. At that organizational meeting he was chosen, by lot, and ordained as the minister of the new congregation. He was ordained as bishop in the Alberta-Saskatchewan Mennonite Conference in 1911. In that capacity he travelled a great deal, visiting and serving many of the congregations of the conference. He also met with many of the scattered families and small clusters of Mennonite settlers in Alberta. He participated in numerous Bible conferences and was active in evangelistic work. His preaching style was simple, direct, forceful, and often emotional. He was an influential and respected leader in his home congregation and in the conference.

Regehr, Ted D. "Stauffer, Norman B. (1870-1927)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. December 2003. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 14 Nov 2005

Norman married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Otterbein 17 Oct 1894, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Moses S. Cressman and Lovina Snyder, daughter of Henry M. Otterbein and Lydia Kolb) was born 28 May 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Aug 1924, , Alberta, Canada; was buried , Mount View Mennonite Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth "Lizzie" Stauffer
• Name: Lizzie Otterbein
• Name: Lizzie Stauffer
• Eby ID Number: 00068-4140.7
• Adopted: Bef 1901

Notes:

Stauffer.-Elizabeth, beloved wife of Norman B. Stauffer, who died at her late home near Aldersyde, Alta., on Aug. 25, 1914, was aged 42 y. 2 m. She leaves to mourn, besides many friends and relatives, a companion, 4 girls and 5 boys. But they need not mourn as those having no hope. May we all so live so as to meet those gone before who are over yonder beckoning us to come when we pass from this life into eternity. Buried at the Mennonite Church, Mount View. Services conducted at the house by Bro. Noah Weber of Carstairs, and at the church by N. E. Roth of Round Hill, text, II Tim. 4:6, followed by Isaac Miller. May God comfort the sorrowing ones.

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• Eby ID Number: 00117-7360
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Notes:

Benjamin Stauffer, "was married to Mary Betzner. They had a family of eight 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.].

Benjamin married Maria "Mary" Betzner 23 May 1865, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Maria (daughter of Jacob B. Betzner and Magdalena Scheirich) was born 4 Aug 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Jun 1924; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria "Mary" Stauffer
• Residence: High River, , Alberta, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00006-0955
• Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Mary Betzner
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Mary Betzner "was born August 4th, 1843. She is married to Benjamin Stauffer. Their family consisted of eight 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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Stauffer - Mary, daughter of Jacob and Magdalena Shiry-Betzner, was born Aug. 4, 1843; died June 23, 1924; aged 80 y. 10 m. 19 d. On May 23, 1865, she was married to Benjamin Stauffer. To them were born 5 sons and 3 daughters, 6 of whom survive: Norman, Isaac, Fred, Mrs. Noah Weber, Mrs. Jonah Baer, and Mrs. A. L. Shantz. Beside the children there remain to mourn 21 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, 5 brothers (John, Isaac, Samuel, Moses, Aaron) and 3 sisters (Mrs. Noah Stauffer, Mrs. Aaron Cressman, and Mrs. Ephraim Cressman). Sister Stauffer made her peace with God early in life, joined the church of her choice, and remained a faithful, consistent member until God called her home. Funeral services were held June 25 from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Noah Weber, Waterloo, to the Kitchener Mennonite Church for service and burial in adjoining cemetery. Services conducted by Brethren Noah Hunsberger, Jonas Snider, and Oscar Burkholder.


Gospel Herald, July 10, 1924

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• Eby ID Number: 00068-4140.1
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Milk Peddler
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; milk pedlar
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Mennonite

Notes:

Henry in 1881 was living with his family and living with Henry was an Elizabeth Otterbein aged 67 possibly his mother.

Rsrch. Note:
Lydia (Betchel) Kolb (Tobias (Clemens) Kolb , Catherine (Steiner) Clemens , Abraham (Bachman) Clemens , ABRAHAM (REIFF) , GERHART ) was born on 19 Feb 1842. She died on 27 May 1873.
Lydia married Henry (Herrman) Otterbein on 06 May 1862 in Waterloo Twp. Waterloo Co. Ont. Can.. Henry was born on 11 Feb 1838 in Queck, Hessen, Germany. He died on 01 Feb 1883 in Berlin (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp. Waterloo Co. Ontario, Canada

They had the following children:

2203 F iAmanda (Kolb) Otterbein was born on 04 Feb 1871 in Near Breslau, Waterloo Twp. Ontario, Canada. She died on 09 May 1958 in Near Breslau, Waterloo Twp. Ontario, Canada. Amanda married Moses (Good) Heckendorn Deacon on 25 Mar 1891. Moses was born on 04 Apr 1863 in Waterloo Twp. Waterloo Co. Ontario, Canada. He was christened in 1893. He died on 05 Jan 1944 in Breslau, Waterloo Twp. Waterloo Co. Ontario, Canada. He was buried on 07 Jan 1944 in Cressman Mennoite Cemetrey, Waterloo Twp..
2204 F iiMagdalena (Kolb) Otterbein.
2205 M iiiNoah (Kolb) Otterbein.
2206 F ivEllen (Kolb) Otterbein.
2207 M vLevi (Kolb) Otterbein.
2208 F viElizabeth (Kolb) Otterbein.

Henry married Lydia Kolb 6 May 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Lydia (daughter of Tobias Kolb and Magdalena Bechtel) was born 19 Feb 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 May 1873; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Lydia Otterbein
• Eby ID Number: 00068-4140
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Lydia Kolb, "was born February 19th, 1842. On May 6th, 1862, she was married to Henry Otterbein who died in Berlin, February 1st, 1883. She died May 22nd, 1873, leaving a family of six 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.].