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Ralph Joseph Leis
1942 - 1998 (56 years)-
Name Ralph Joseph Leis Born 1942 [1] Gender Male Eby ID Number Waterloo-141997 Died 21 Apr 1998 Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada 
[1] Buried Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [1] Person ID I141997 Generations Last Modified 28 Jan 2025
Father John S. Leis, b. 4 Jul 1903, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 21 Feb 1977, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years) Mother Catherine L. Wagler, b. 4 Oct 1903, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 24 Oct 1975 (Age 72 years) Married 23 Feb 1927 Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [2] Family ID F36320 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jeanne Elizabeth Shantz Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 Family ID F45466 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - LEIS, Ralph -- Suddenly on Tuesday, April 21, 1998, age 55 years, at St. Mary's General Hospital. Ralph was a member of Trinity Evangelical Missionary Church and a 33 year employee with Sears in Kitchener. Loving husband of Jeanne Leis (nee Shantz); dear father of Jennifer and her husband Arsalan Shahi of Kitchener. Ralph was the special grandfather to Maral and her parents, Rahim and Narges Atabakhsh of Kitchener. Will be sadly missed by sisters, Catherine Bartman of Waterloo, Erma Steinmann and her husband Ervin, Florence McFarlane and her husband Harold, all of New Hamburg; sisters-in-law, Arvilla Leis of Tavistock, Lois Broder and her husband Tom of Milverton; brothers-in-law, Stanley Shantz and his wife Cindy of Baden; father-in-law, Stanley Shantz and his wife Eral of St. Jacobs. also survived by 23 nieces and nephews and a number of great nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his parents Catherine Wagler and John Leis; brother, Rev. Vernon Leis and his mother-in-law, Doris (Hachborn) Shantz. Ralph's family will receive friends at the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo, today (Thursday) from 7 -9 p.m. and on Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service will take place on Saturday morning, 10 a.m. at Trinity Evangelical Missionary Church, 330 Conservation Dr., Waterloo with Pastor Craig Arbon and Rev. Harvey Fretz officiating. Interment will follow at Shantz Mennonite cemetery.
The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 22 Apr 1998
- LEIS, Ralph -- Suddenly on Tuesday, April 21, 1998, age 55 years, at St. Mary's General Hospital. Ralph was a member of Trinity Evangelical Missionary Church and a 33 year employee with Sears in Kitchener. Loving husband of Jeanne Leis (nee Shantz); dear father of Jennifer and her husband Arsalan Shahi of Kitchener. Ralph was the special grandfather to Maral and her parents, Rahim and Narges Atabakhsh of Kitchener. Will be sadly missed by sisters, Catherine Bartman of Waterloo, Erma Steinmann and her husband Ervin, Florence McFarlane and her husband Harold, all of New Hamburg; sisters-in-law, Arvilla Leis of Tavistock, Lois Broder and her husband Tom of Milverton; brothers-in-law, Stanley Shantz and his wife Cindy of Baden; father-in-law, Stanley Shantz and his wife Eral of St. Jacobs. also survived by 23 nieces and nephews and a number of great nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his parents Catherine Wagler and John Leis; brother, Rev. Vernon Leis and his mother-in-law, Doris (Hachborn) Shantz. Ralph's family will receive friends at the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo, today (Thursday) from 7 -9 p.m. and on Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service will take place on Saturday morning, 10 a.m. at Trinity Evangelical Missionary Church, 330 Conservation Dr., Waterloo with Pastor Craig Arbon and Rev. Harvey Fretz officiating. Interment will follow at Shantz Mennonite cemetery.
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Died - 21 Apr 1998 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada 
Buried - - Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada = Link to Google Earth
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