Ruth C. Oetzel

1917 - 2008  (91 years)

• Name	Ruth C. Oetzel
  Born	1917  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Ruth C. Bauer
  Residence	1967	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-105177
  Died	30 Apr 2008	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I105177	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Herman Oetzel,   b. 7 Sep 1874, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Nov 1967, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 93 years)
  Mother	Marie Elizabeth "Lizzie" Hamel,   b. 14 Jun 1877, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1954  (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F38478	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Herman Bauer,   b. 1910,   d. 2003  (Age 93 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F38487	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ruth (nee Oetzel) Bauer passed away peacefully at Sunnyside Home in Kitchener on Wednesday, April 30, 2008, in her 91st year. Devoted mother of Dick and his wife Ruth, Bob and his wife Deborah, and Elizabeth Betsy. Beloved grandmother of Paul, Kathryn, Rob and his wife Georgeta, David and his wife Terri, Virginia Duyvestyn and her husband Glenn. Cherished great-grandmother of Max, Marissa, Cameron, Branden and Rachel. Predeceased by her husband of 62 years, Herman Bauer, and her parents Herman and Marie Elizabeth Oetzel. Ruth resided at Luther Village for the past nine years. She was a former organist and choir director for St. Peter's Lutheran Church. She was an avid writer, a dedicated volunteer, and a devoted Foster Parent. Friends are invited to share their memories of Ruth with her family during visitation at the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo, on Saturday, May 3, 2008, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service to celebrate Ruth's life and faith will take place in the chapel of the funeral home on Sunday, May 4th at 3 pm with the Rev. Dr. Peeter Vanker of Markham officiating. A reception will follow the service in the Fireside Reception Room of the Funeral Home. Private family interment in Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Breslau. Donations in memory of Ruth may be made to the Alzheimer's Society or the Canadian Cancer Society and can be arranged through the funeral home.

  
  

• Sources

  [S292] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Memory Gardens CC#5464 Cemetery Internet Link. Ruth C. Bauer/ 1917 - 2008

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - 1967 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 30 Apr 2008 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth