Agnes Baird^[1]

1921 - 2018  (96 years)

• Name	Agnes Baird
  Born	9 Dec 1921	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Agnes Reist
  Residence	1929	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-118575
  Died	24 Oct 2018	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Chesterfield United Cemetery, Chesterfield, Oxford Co., Ontario   [2]
  Person ID	I118575	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert Baird,   b. 3 Jan 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Sep 1929, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Rosabelle Bond,   b. 6 Sep 1878, Chesterfield, Blandford Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Jul 1950  (Age 71 years)
  Married	14 Sep 1909	Chesterfield, Blandford Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F188645	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George Reist,   b. 8 Aug 1915,   d. 27 Dec 2005, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F62226	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  REIST, Agnes (nee Baird) Passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 24th at the Village of Winston Park, Kitchener. Beloved wife of the late George Reist who predeceased her in 2005. Predeceased by her parents Robert and Rose (Bond) Baird, sisters Margaret Smith (Ken), Jean Cox (John), Faith Neudoerffer (Fred), Isabel Hallman (Russell) and Ruth in infancy, and by her brothers Tom (Hazel), and Robert (Jean) and by George's sisters, Elizabeth Junker (Harold), and Laura Reist. Agnes will be lovingly remembered by her many nieces and nephews in Ontario, Vermont, New York and Kentucky. After graduating from Stratford Normal School, Agnes taught in Waterloo County for ten years before returning to her love of Jersey cows, and operating a dairy farm with George on Westmount Road. As an active community supporter Agnes was a 50 year member of Helena Feasby Women's Institute and a life member of the Ayr Curling Club. She volunteered at Winston Park for several years prior to becoming a resident. Agnes became curator of local history through her writing of Tweedsmuir history, compiling Baird Family genealogy and recording the history of the Ayr Curling Club. In her later years Agnes proudly supported Grand River Hospital by knitting 2000 hats for babies and she created unique knitted dolls for charities. The family thanks everyone at the Village of Winston Park who provided excellent care and support to Agnes and George for many years. Following a private interment at Chesterfield Cemetery, a Memorial Service will be held Saturday, November 9th at 2:00 p.m. at Westmount Memorial Celebration Centre , 1001 Ottawa St. S. Kitchener. Memorial donation may be directed to Schlegel UW Research Institute for Aging, www.the-ria.ca. The Waterloo Region Record, 31 Oct 2019

  
  

• Sources

  [S2645] News - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - New Hamburg Independent (1917 -, Obituary of Robert BAird - 13 Sep 1929, Pg 1 (Parts 1 & 2). [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204347182. [S2555] News - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - New Hamburg Independent (1917 -, Obituary of Robert Baird - Sep 13 1929 pg 1.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Dec 1921 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1929 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 24 Oct 2018 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Chesterfield United Cemetery, Chesterfield, Oxford Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth