Elias H. Rudy^[1]

1882 - 1945  (62 years)

• Name	Elias H. Rudy
  Born	13 Jun 1882	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67084582
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Factory Employee
  Residence	1945	63 Church St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Eby ID Number	00097-5475
  Died	21 Feb 1945	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  	Cause: heart attack
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I1061	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Rudy,   b. 13 Oct 1837, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Apr 1890, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Hoffman,   b. 20 Apr 1844, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Apr 1894, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 50 years)
  Married	2 Nov 1862	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7, 8]
  Family ID	F343	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maryann Shantz,   b. 9 Feb 1882, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Aug 1954, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Married	17 Jun 1918  [9]
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F6512	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Elias Rudy, "was born June 13th, 1882. He resides with his uncle, Menno E. Shantz, at Petersburg, 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. __________________________ Elias H. Rudy Elias H. Rudy, 62, died suddenly today at his home, 63 Church St., as a result of a heart attack. He had been suffering from a heart condition for a number of years. Born June 13, 1882, near Bamberg, he as a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Rudy. As a young man he went to the Canadian West where he established a retail hardware business at Guernsey, Sask. In 1918 he married Mary Ann Shantz, who survives. The late Mr. Rudy returned to the Kitchener area in 1926 and had resided here until the time of his death. He was engaged in the upholstery trade. In addition to his wife he is survived by three brothers, William of Centreville, Jeremiah of Waterloo, Josiah of Melville, Sask., and by four sisters, Mrs. Noah Snyder of Preston, Mrs. Ellen Porn of Redland, Cal., Mrs. Simeon Gingerich of Waterloo and Mrs. John Blodgett of Rochester, N.Y. Three sisters predeceased him. Remains are resting at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home until 10 a.m. Friday when the removal will be made to his late residence. 63 Church St., from where a private funeral service will be held Saturday At 2:30 p.m. thence to first Mennonite Church for public service at 3 p.m. Burial will be made in First Mennonite Cemetery. Bishop C.F. Derstine will officiate. Kitchener Daily Record 21 Feb 1945

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 211. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-4 Page 6. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. Rudy / Elias H Rudy / 1882-1945 / Maryann Shantz / his wife / 1882-1954 / in silence we remember [S350] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Daily Record 1919-1947, Obituary of Elias Rudy - 21 Feb 1945. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 210. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Benjamin Rudy, aged 25 res Woolwich born Woolwich son fo Daniel Rudy and Barbara Rotenburg married 2 Nov 1862 to Mary Ann Hoffman, aged 18 res. Woolwich Twp. born Waterloo Twp. daughter of Jacob Hoffman and Ellen Hamlin. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Rudy Benjamin, 25, Woolwich, Woolwich, son of Daniel and Barbara (Rosenberger), married 2 Nov 1862 Mary An Hoffman, 18, Woolwich, Waterloo, daughter of Jacob and Ellen (Hamlin) [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Mary Ann Rudy - August 24, 1954.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Jun 1882 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Factory Employee - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1945 - 63 Church St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: heart attack - 21 Feb 1945 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth