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Gladys Koch

Female 1915 - 2010  (94 years)


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  • Name Gladys Koch 
    Born 9 Aug 1915  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Name Gladys Martin 
    Residence 1921  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1991  St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-145666 
    Died 20 Jun 2010  [1] 
    Buried St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I145666  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Carl R. "Charles" Koch,   b. 16 Mar 1878, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1956, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Minerva Swartz,   b. 13 Aug 1880, Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1954, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 24 Aug 1904  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Family ID F34720  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Norman B. Martin,   b. 11 Jan 1914, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 2001  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 1 Jun 1938 
    Children 
     1. Isabel Grace Martin
     2. Bernice Audrey Martin
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F45693  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • MARTIN, Gladys (Koch) On June 20, 2010 in her 95th year her journey has ended in a glorious eternity. A resident of St. Jacobs for 70 years, she spent the last two years at Leisureworld in Elmira. On June 1, 1938 she married Norman B. Martin who predeceased her in 2001. Their six children are: Winston and Betty Ann of Stratford, Raymond and Elinor of Elmira, Isabel and Jim Bauman of Elmira, Bernice Brubacher (Richard 2000) of St. Jacobs, Elaine and Clair Stoltzfus of Paisley, and Edith and Mark Edmiston of Wiarton. She is also lovingly remembered by 18 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Gladys was born August 9, 1915 to Charles Koch and Minerva Swartz. She is survived by two sisters-in-law: Martha Koch (Roy 2010) of Goshen, Indiana, and Alice Koch (Lester 1993) of New Hamburg, and brothers and sisters-in-law: Oscar and Delores Martin of St. Jacobs, Lena Schmitt of Waterloo, and Almeda Schiedel of Stratford. Seven brothers predeceased her: Stanley 1941, Lester 1993, Orton 2001, Phares 2000, Oliver 2008, Roy (June 12, 2010), Charles 1990, also two sisters: Mabel 1999 (Herb Kufske), and Vera 1989 (Nelson Snyder). The family will receive friends and relatives at the Dreisinger Funeral Home in Elmira on Tuesday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. and on Wednesday at St. Jacobs Mennonite Church from 10 a.m. until the funeral service time of 11 a.m. with Pastors Mark Diller Harder and Kevin Derksen officiating. Interment will follow in St. Jacobs Mennonite Church Cemetery across from where she was born. The family wishes to express thanks to Leisureworld staff for the loving care given to mother. As expressions of sympathy donations may be made to the MCC or the St. Jacobs Mennonite Church Capital Fund. www.dreisingerfuneralhome.com

  • Sources 
    1. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53945834/gladys-martin.

    2. [S2121] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1921, Sub Dist.. 13 Page 10.

    3. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Mrs. Velina Baer - 22 Oct 1991.

    4. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, November 30, 1954 - Obituary of Minerva Swartz.

    5. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 018755-04.
      Charles R. Koch, 26, Occ. Farmer, b. Conestogo, Res. Bloomingdale, son of David Koch and Elizabeth Reichert married Minerva Swartz, 24, b. Brown City, Res. Waterloo Twp, daughter of Abram Swartz and Susanna Bergey, Witn: Norman Koch of Conestogo and Susie Swartz of Berlin, 24 August 1904 in Waterloo Twp

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 9 Aug 1915 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1921 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1991 - St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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