Selena Kipfer^[1]

1905 - 1979  (73 years)

• Name	Selena Kipfer
  Born	11 May 1905	Millbank, Mornington Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Selena Zehr
  Residence	1911	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-119489
  Died	24 Jan 1979	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5, 6]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5, 6]
  Person ID	I119489	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Christian W. Kipfer,   b. 25 Apr 1872, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Dec 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Mary G. Kuepfer,   b. 23 Nov 1862, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 May 1938, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F176547	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emory Zehr,   b. 10 Apr 1904, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Jun 1978, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Married	18 Dec 1924	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Lester Wayne Zehr,   b. 21 Sep 1926, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Mar 2018  (Age 91 years)   2. Clifford Zehr,   b. 1927,   d. 2006  (Age 79 years)   3. Marjorie Lucille Zehr
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F29944	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  ZEHR, Mrs. Selena On Wednesday, January 24, 1979, at the South Waterloo Memorial Hospital, Selena Kepfer, of Cambridge(P), in her 74th year. a member of Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church, she was active in the WMA for many years. Dear mother of Lester of Kitchener, Clifford and Mrs. Douglas (Marjorie) Witzel, both of Waterloo; sister of Mrs. Sarah Gingerich of Cambridge(P); grand mother of Brenda, Donald, Gregory, Sandra, Gerald, Paul and Robert; great-grandmother of Chad. Predeceased by Emory Zehr in June 1978, two brothers and one sister. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, after 7 p.m. today, until noon on Saturday when removal will be made to Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church for funeral and committal service at 2: 30 p.m. with Rev. Ron Rempel and Rev. Martha Smith officiating. Interment Woodland Cemetery. The Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 25 Jan 1979

  
  

• Sources

  [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020713-24. Emory Zehr, 20, occ. Dealer in Cars, b. Tavistock Oxford Co., res. Wilmot, son of Joseph R. Zehr and Elizabeth Albrecht married Selena Kipfer, 19, b. Mornington Perth Co., res. Wellesley, daughter of Christian W. and Mary, Witn: Christian Albrecht of Wellesley and Willie Ruby of Tavistock, 18 December 1924 in Wellesley [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration. Selena Kipler Date of Birth: 11 May 1905 Gender: Female Birth County: Perth Father:: Christian W Kipfer Mother: Mary Kuepfer [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), 25 Jan 1979 - Obituary of Selena Zehr. [S1054] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1911, p. 19;. [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link . Zehr/ Emory/ 1904-1978/ His Wife/ Selena Kipfer/ 1905-1979 [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26994508/selena-zehr.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 11 May 1905 - Millbank, Mornington Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 18 Dec 1924 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 24 Jan 1979 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth