Gertrude Katharine "Dolly" Lang^[1]

1895 - 1987  (92 years)

• Name	Gertrude Katharine "Dolly" Lang
  Born	1895	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195855923
  Name	Dolly Lang  [1, 2]
  Name	Gertrude Katharine "Dolly" Shiry
  Residence	1907	165 Courtland Ave. E., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-141655
  Died	22 Mar 1987	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	24 Mar 1987	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I141655	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Albert Boehmer Lang,   b. 16 Jan 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Feb 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Amelia Grabenstaetter,   b. 27 Jun 1867, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA ,   d. 6 Feb 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 33 years)
  Family ID	F39819	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Earl Clare Shiry,   b. 7 Nov 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1971, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Married	1916  [1]
  Children	1. Dorothy Shiry,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Billie Shiry   3. Robert Earl Frank Shiry,   b. 16 Aug 1934, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Apr 2005, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F228562	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  SHIRY, Mrs. Gertrude (Earl) - Peacefully, at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, on Sunday, March 22, 1987, Gertrude (Dolly) Catherine Lang, age 91 years, formerly of 385 St. Leger St., Kitchener. Mrs. Shiry was a member of Benton St. Baptist Church. Beloved wife of the late Earl C. Shiry who predeceased her in 1971; dear mother of Mrs. Dorothy Ratz and Billie (Mrs. George Rumney), Robert and his wife Marcy, all of Kitchener; sister of Leonard Lang of Waterloo, Mildred (Mrs. Wilfred Hamacher) of St. Clements and Delores (Mrs. Ed Gaiser) of Waterloo. Lovingly remembered by her nine grandchildren, Jill (Mrs. Ed Lewis), Tom, Dan and Jeff Anderson, Susan (Mrs. Ron Mark) and David Ratz, Debra, Bob and Brenda Shiry and her eight great-grandchildren, Cheryl, Jennie, Kathleen, Wesley, Charles, Laura, Jaclyn and Tim. Predeceased by her parents; three sisters, Mrs. Hazel Wuest, Mrs. Irene Rickert and Mrs. Lorraine Heintzman and son-in-law, David Ratz on March 12, 1987. A private family service was held in the Ratz-Bechtel Chapel, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, on Tuesday (today). Rev. James Reese and Rev. Vern Black officiated. Interment was in Woodland cemetery. Kitchener-Waterloo Record 24 Mar 1987 pg D 21

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Earl C. Shiry. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Gertrude (Dolly) Catherine Lang - Shiry. [S350] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Daily Record 1919-1947, Obituary of Albert Lang - 11 Feb 1921 pg 4.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1895 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 22 Mar 1987 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 24 Mar 1987 - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth