Olive Irene Oberer

1914 - 2012  (98 years)

• Name	Olive Irene Oberer
  Born	5 Jun 1914	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Olive Irene Clair
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-123485
  Died	30 Nov 2012	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I123485	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

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

  
  

  Family	Wallace Oliver Clair,   b. 1913, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	6 Apr 1935	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Last Modified	12 Nov 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

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

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 Jun 1914 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 6 Apr 1935 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 30 Nov 2012 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth