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

Clayton Kropf[1]

Male 1915 - 1967  (52 years)


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  • Name Clayton Kropf 
    Born 12 Mar 1915  St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49742829 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-144319 
    Died 12 Apr 1967  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Buried Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Person ID I144319  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father Rudolph "Rudy" Kropf,   b. 22 Jun 1880, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Dec 1929, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Catherine S. Lichti,   b. 5 Nov 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Nov 1963, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Family ID F21010  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Clara Barbara Bast,   b. 17 Jun 1912, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 1965, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 22 Jun 1937  [4
    Children 
     1. Bernice Margaret Kropf
     2. Kelsey Lena Irene Kropf,   b. 16 Sep 1932, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Dec 2011, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     3. Arthur Carl "Art" Kropf,   b. 1937,   d. 27 Jan 2013, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     4. Shirley Catherine Kropf,   b. 2 Jan 1939,   d. 25 Dec 1994, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
     5. Bruce Wayne Kropf,   b. 27 Dec 1946, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1995, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F39979  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Vera Lucille Yost,   b. 22 Apr 1922,   d. 22 Jun 2017, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years) 
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F49269  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Clayton Kropf

      Clayton Kropf, Wellesley, died at his home Wednesday following a heart attack. He was 52.

      Born March 12, 1915, in St. Agatha, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Kropf.

      Employed at Waterloo, for the past 25 years, Mr. Kropf had resided in Wellesley for the past year.

      He was a member of Lisbon Evangelical United Church.

      His first wife, the former Clara Bast, died in January 1965.

      Surviving are his second wife, the former Vera Yost whom he married April 9, 1966, in Wellesley; three sons, Arthur and Bruce of Kitchener and Ronald at home; one stepson, Wilson Cook, also at home; three daughters, Mrs. John (Kelsey) Kuepfer, R. R. 1, New Hamburg, Mrs. Patrick (Shirley) Hergott of St. Clements, and Berniece, at home; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Robert (Irene) Jutzi, Kitchener; two brothers, Aaron of Waterloo, and Lorne of Kitchener; two sisters, Mrs. Henry (Arleatha) Zehr, New Hamburg, and Mrs. Barbara Litwiller, Kitchener, and seven grandchildren.

      One brother and one sister predeceased him.

      The body was at the Futher Bros. Funeral Home, Wellesley, until noon Saturday when removal was made to Lisbon Evangelical United Brethren Church for service at 2: 30 p.m.

      Rev. Lynn Snyder officiated. Internment was made in St. Agatha Mennonite cemetery.

      New Hamburg Independent, April 19, 1967

  • Sources 
    1. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, February 25, 1964 - Obituary of Catherin S. LIchti.

    2. [S740] News - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - New Hamburg Independent (1917 - ), "Obituary of Clayton Kropf," 19 Apr 1967.

    3. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, S., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, S. (1915). Clayton Kropf (1915-1967) - Find A Grave Memorial. Retrieved 5 April 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49742829/clayton-kropf.

    4. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Clara Barbara Bast - May 11, 1965.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 12 Mar 1915 - St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 12 Apr 1967 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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