Raymond Erle "Ray" Baer

1921 - 2003  (82 years)

• Name	Raymond Erle "Ray" Baer
  Born	11 Apr 1921	Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1943	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-115352
  Died	13 Oct 2003	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I115352	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Simon B. Baer,   b. 22 Dec 1878, Near Zurich, , Ontario ,   d. 15 Jul 1969, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Luannah Shantz,   b. 15 Mar 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Sep 1953, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Married	1902  [2]
  Family ID	F6505	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Aganetha "Nettie" Redekop,   b. 4 Aug 1922,   d. 28 Jul 2012, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F54312	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "BAER, Raymond Erle - Passed away peacefully at Sunnyside Home, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2003, inhis 83rd year. Ray is survived by his loving wife, Nettie Baer (nee Redekopp) of Kitchener and his sister Grace Weber of Eastwood Community in Kitchener. Ray was predeceased by his parents, Simon and Luanna Shantz Baer and by his siblings Verna (Omar) Rudy, Arthur (Florence Sievenpiper), Manassah'Ted' (Violet Becker), Lillian (Ronald) Snyder, Wilfred, Harold, Edith and Florence, (Vernice) Smith and brother-in-law Mervin Weber. Dearly loved by many nieces and nephews from both the Baer and Redekopp families who will miss him deeply. Ray was born in Breslau on April 11, 1921; the family moved to Kitchener in 1927. Ray was a long-time member of First Mennonite Church in Kitchener. His hobbies included sculpting, writing and singing. Ray participated in numerous choirs including the Nightingale Chorus, the Mennonite Hour Chorus, the Goshen College Touring Choir, the Philharmonic Choir and the Menno Singers, of which he was a founding member....First Mennonite Cemetery The Record 15 Oct 2003

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] News - Gospel Herald, June 24, 1943 - Obituary of Edith Baer. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, October 20, 1953 - Obituary of Luannah Shantz.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 11 Apr 1921 - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1943 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 13 Oct 2003 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth