Bessie Jane McKenzie

1938 - 2003  (64 years)

• Name	Bessie Jane McKenzie
  Born	28 Nov 1938	St. Thomas, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104411832
  Name	Bessie Jane Diebel
  Occupation	1986	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Family History Centre Director
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-120526P
  Died	8 Sep 2003	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Buried	Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I120526	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert Samuel McKenzie,   b. 17 Mar 1917, Port Stanley, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Jun 1987, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Audrey Clita Helene Knights,   b. 19 Oct 1918, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Oct 1969, Sault Ste Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada  (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F42708	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lorne Edward Eric Diebel
  Children	1. Lorne Clifton Diebel   2. Leona Diebel
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F23245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Bessie Jane McKenzie Diebel

  
  

• Notes

  Bessie Jane McKenzie Diebel accomplished a number of things in her life. She was the founder of the Oxford County Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society. In that role she began the important process or organizing the genealogical efforts of the County. Bessie also was the director of the London Ontario Stake Family History Centre and later the Director of the Kitchener Ontario Stake Family History Centre. She and her husband served two genealogical missions for her church, one in British Columbia and one in Quebec. Bessie was a Certified Genealogical Records Specialist with the Board for Genealogists in Washington and an Accredited Records Extractor with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Darryl Bonk _____________________________ DIEBEL, Bessie of Waterloo, Ontario (formerly of Woodstock, Ontario), on Monday, September 8, 2003, suddenly at home in her 65th year. Bessie McKenzie, beloved wife of, Lorne E.E. (Ted) Diebel. Dear mother of Cynthia and Brian Stacey, Janice and Andrew Moore, Michael and Donna Diebel, Audrey and Todd Vary, Leona and Glen Ince and Lorne and Julie Diebel. Specially missed by her 18 grandchildren Amanda, Jennifer, Jacob, Nathaniel, Stephanie, Riley, Todd, Brianna„ Laura, Alyssa, Jessica, Joshua, Sara, Kylee, Tyler, Landen, Emma and Meghan. Predeceased by her parents Robert and Audrey McKenzie and by her brothers Larry and Sam. Bessie will be specially missed by her sister Elaine Leeks and her family and by her mother-in-law Elaine Diebel. Bessie was born in St. Thomas, Ontario on November 28, 1938. She was proud to be a member of the Ontario Genealogy Society and was the first female certified genealogist in Canada. Bessie served two missions with the Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-Day Saints with her husband Lorne. The family will receive friends at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 10 Lorraine Avenue, Kitchener from 12:45- 1:30 p.m. (Thursday) and the funeral service will be held in the Church on Thursday, September 11, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. Interment to follow at Parkview Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the Henry Wasler Funeral Home, 749-8467. Waterloo Region Record 9 Sep 2003

  
  

• Sources

  [S568] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - Parkview CC#4513 Internet Link. Diebel/ Lorne E. E./ Diebel/ 1936- / Bessie J./ McKenzie/ 1938- / Families are forever [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104411832/bessie-j-diebel. [S490] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Record (1994-March 2008), Obituary of Bessie Jane McKenzie Diebel - 10 Sep 2003 B7.

  
  

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  Born - 28 Nov 1938 - St. Thomas, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Family History Centre Director - 1986 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 8 Sep 2003 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth