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

Olive Irene Oberer

Female 1914 - 2012  (98 years)


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  • Name Olive Irene Oberer 
    Born 5 Jun 1914  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Name Olive Irene Clair 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-123485 
    Died 30 Nov 2012  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I123485  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Henry Emmanuel Oberer,   b. 3 Jun 1878, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Sep 1951, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Jane Smith,   b. 8 Jan 1878, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 May 1962, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F169270  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Wallace Oliver Clair,   b. 1913, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 6 Apr 1935  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F3646  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Obituary for Olive Irene Clair

      Passed away peacefully into the arms of Jesus on Friday November 30, 2012 at The Village of Winston Park in her 99th year. Olive was born June 5, 1914 in Berlin, (Kitchener) to Henry and Elizabeth (Smith) Oberer, the youngest of three girls. She was married to Wallace Clair, April 6, 1935. They had one daughter Elizabeth (Betty) Zehr. She was predeceased by her parents and two sisters, Grace (Lorne) Gingerick and Ruth (Lorne) Mosser. They began attending Scott St. Mission in 1925, then Kitchener Pentecostal Tabernacle, and presently Kitchener Gospel Temple. She was an active member in the Sunday School Choir and visitation. Olive was employed by Breithaupt Leather Company for 23 years. After spending 1 ½ years in the office and visitation for Kitchener Gospel Temple, an opening become available with the P.A.O.C sub-Arctic Mission in Hay River N.W.T. She spent 14 wonderful years there. She loved the north and enjoyed trips to other foreign Mission Stations. She is survived by her daughter Betty (Gerry) Zehr, her grandchildren Geraldine 'Gerrie' (Dave) Boehm, Richard (Cathy) Zehr, Cathy (Jeff) Dienesch, her great-grandchildren Jessica (Ryan), Ryan (Becky), Heather (Andrew), Nicole (Steve), Chris (Ashley), Matt (Crystal), Jordan, Josh, her great-great grandchildren Kenzie, Eden, Abigail, Zachary, Sarah, Blake, Lara and 3 to be born shortly. Olive will also be missed by many nieces and nephews.

  • Sources 
    1. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215148723/olive-irene-clair.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 5 Jun 1914 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 6 Apr 1935 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 30 Nov 2012 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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