Major Erle Addison Steiss^[1]

1905 - 1955  (49 years)

• Name	Erle Addison Steiss
  Prefix	Major
  Born	14 Apr 1905	Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100341455
  Interesting	life story, military
  Military	Canadian Army - Intelligence Service  [4]
  Military	WW2
  Residence	1911	Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Evangelical
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-111899
  Died	11 Apr 1955	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada   [4, 5, 6]
  	Cause: brain hemmorrhage
  Buried	Hillside United Cemetery, Wellesley Twp, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5, 6]
  Person ID	I111899	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	John Albert "Albert" Steiss,   b. 12 Nov 1876, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Feb 1970, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 93 years)
  Mother	Ada Matilda Weber,   b. 2 Jul 1876, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1963  (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F239993	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jean E. Schneider,   b. 1924, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Apr 2001, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Married	1947  [3]
  Children	1. Janet Steiss   2. Debbie Steiss
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F34775	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Erle S. Steiss 1954

  
  

• Notes

  Erle A. Steiss Dies Age 49 Erle Addison Steiss, manager of the investment department of the Canada Trust Company and Huron and Erie Mortgage Corporation, died suddenly yesterday in Toronto Western Hospital. Mr. Steiss, in his 50th year, suffered a brain hemorrhage in Toronto Saturday morning. He came to London in 1946, after five years overseas with the rank of major in the Canadian Army intelligence service in World War II. Previously in his career he had been instructor of accounting at Harvard University at Boston from 1929 to 1931; was with Standard Statistics, New York City, 1931 to 1933; and was assistant to the president, Canadian General Investments, 1933 to 1941, when he entered the army. He came to London in July, 1946, as investment department manager with the old London and Western Trust organization, which the same year was amalgamated with the Huron and Erie Corporation and Canada Trust Company. He was a regular lecturer at the School of Business Administration, University of Western Ontario. The only child of J. Albert and Ada May Steiss, he was born at Heidelburg, [sic] near Kitchener, and was educated at Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate, the University of Toronto and Harvard University. Mr. Steiss was a member of the Anglican Church of St. John the Evangelist; past director of Forest City Kiwanis Club; president of the London branch of the Institute of International Affairs; member of the London Club and Canadian Club, in London and the Albany Club, Eglinton Hunt Club and Royal Canadian Yacht Club, in Toronto; and in 1941 was vice-president of the Canadian Club in Toronto. Surviving besides his parents are his wife, the former Jean Schneider, whom he married in 1947, and two small daughters, Janet and Deborah. He lived at RR 6, London. The body is resting at the George E. Logan and Sons funeral home here until tomorrow. A service will be held at eight o'clock tomorrow night in the Church of St. John the Evangelist, and the funeral will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Dreisinger funeral home, Elmira, with burial in Heidelburg Cemetery. The Very Rev. Archdeacon C. W. Foreman, rector of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, will officiate at both services London Free Press 12 Apr 1955

  
  

• Sources

  [S77] News - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Elmira Signet (1893-1982), Obituary of J. Albert Steiss - 18 Feb 1970. [S348] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1911, Div.. 18 Page 7. [S156] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley - Hillside United CC#4530 Waterloo Region Branchy, Ontario Genealogical Society. Steiss/ Erle A. Steiss/ 1905-1955/ in silence we remember [S689] News - ON, Middlesex, London - London Free Press, Erle A. Steiss Dies Age 49 - 12 Apr 1955. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100341455. [S156] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley - Hillside United CC#4530 Waterloo Region Branchy, Ontario Genealogical Society. Steiss/ Erle A. Steiss/ 1905-1955/ Jean E. Schneider/ 1924-2001/ in silence we remember

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Apr 1905 - Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1911 - Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: brain hemmorrhage - 11 Apr 1955 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Hillside United Cemetery, Wellesley Twp, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth