Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Emma Elizabeth Rueffer

Female 1907 - 1993  (85 years)


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  • Name Emma Elizabeth Rueffer 
    Born 23 Oct 1907  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Name Emma Elizabeth Schneider 
    Residence 1911  Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-117142 
    Died 4 Aug 1993  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Buried Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Person ID I117142  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Conrad Henry Rueffer,   b. 21 Oct 1859, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Elisabeth L. Lippert,   b. 4 Mar 1866, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1917, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Married 15 Feb 1887  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F20079  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edward Christopher Schneider,   b. 18 Aug 1903, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Apr 1972, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Children 
     1. Mildred Schneider
     2. Elizabeth Amelia "Betty" Schneider,   b. 9 Feb 1931, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Oct 2017, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     3. Howard Edward Schneider,   b. 22 Aug 1933,   d. 5 Sep 2021, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F40505  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • SCHNEIDER, Mrs. Emma - Peacefully following a brief illness, on August 4, 1993, at St. Mary's Hospital, the former Emma Elizabeth Rueffer in her 86th year, of Nithview Home, New Hamburg, formerly of Meadowcroft Place, Fieldgate.

      Beloved wife of the late Edward C. Schneider, who predeceased her in 1972. Cherished mother of Howard and his wife Kathy, Mildred and her husband Donald Kraft, all of Kitchener, Betty and her husband Donald Allgeier of New Hamburg, sister of Mary Schallhorn of Elmira and Irene Strack of Waterloo. Loving grandmother of Bradley, Stacy, Cyndi and Jennifer Schneider, Linda Bird, John, Gary, Gail and David Kraft and 10 great-grandchildren.

      Predeceased by her parents, Conrad Rueffer and the former Elizabeth Lippert, three brothers, Peter, William and Conrad, four sisters, Ida Miller, Amelia Hofstetter, Elizabeth Huras and one in infancy and a grandson, Paul Schneider.Mrs. Schneider was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, the Ladies Guild, the Happy Gang and the quilters of the church.

      Visitation at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, on Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. and after 12.30 p.m. on Friday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 137 Queen St. S., Kitchener, where the funeral and committal service will take place at 2 p.m. (Friday) with Rev. Roger Winger officiating. Interment Woodland Cemetery.

      Donations to St. Paul's Lutheran Church Building Fund or the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario gratefully acknowledged. Reception to follow in the parish hall of the church

      KITCHENER-WATERLOO RECORD Wednesday, August 4, 1993 P. A11

  • Sources 
    1. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), August 4, 1993 - Obituary of Emma Schneider.

    2. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 11 Page 5.

    3. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187497696.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 23 Oct 1907 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 4 Aug 1993 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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