Clara Israel^{[1, 2]}

1877 - 1948  (71 years)

• Name	Clara Israel
  Born	9 Feb 1877	Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91844992
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Evangelical Methodist
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Methodist
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Evangelical
  Misfortune	11 Dec 1948	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	killed by automobile
  Name	Clara Schmitt
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-147024
  Died	18 Dec 1948	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 6]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 6]
  Person ID	I147024	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Michael Israel,   b. 13 Apr 1848, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 May 1923, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth "Lizzie" Schweitzer,   b. 1 Aug 1852, Sebringville, Ellice Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Dec 1946, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 94 years)
  Married	30 Jan 1872	Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F36782	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	David Schmitt,   b. 24 Feb 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Oct 1955, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Married	1906  [6]
  Children	1. Cecil Schmitt   2. Effie M. Schmitt,   b. 10 May 1915,   d. 26 May 2004  (Age 89 years)   3. Ruby Eileen Schmitt,   b. Mar 1908, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F169148	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Kitchener Woman Killed on Highway Mrs. Clara Schmitt Was Hurrying Across Road; Two Others Injured - A Kitchener Woman was killed and two district residents injured in two Saturday night road accidents in the county. Mrs. Clara Schmitt, 71, of 188 Benton St., was almost instantly killed when struck by a car in front of the Grand River Tea Rooms on the Preston highway at 10 pm. She was hurrying across the road to catch the bus into Kitchener when she was struck by a car being driven toward Preston by Frederic White, 45, of 23 Brant Place, Galt. Worked at Tea Rooms Provincial Constable Lorne Rutherford investigated and reported that Mrs. Schmitt, who was a part-time worker at the restaurant, had left in company with a fellow worker, Mrs. Alma Knechtel of Bridgeport. Her companion told the unfortunate woman to wait on the side of the road and that she would cross and flag the bus. Mrs. Knechtel said that she was about over the road she heard a bump and turned to see Mrs. Schmitt just after the car had hit her. Started to Turn Back The injured woman suffered a compound fracture of one leg and a fracture skull. Dr. J.G. Ross was called and pronounced life extinct. No charges have been laid and no inquest will be held, police said today. White told police that the woman ran suddenly in front of his car, seemed to sense her danger and was turning to run back when struck. He was unable to swerve to the left to avoid her because of the bus. The late Mrs. Schmitt was born in Strasburg in 1877. She was married to David E. Schmitt in Heidelberg, in 1906. Kitchener-Waterloo Record Dec 20 1948 ________________________ ....Attended Zion Church - During her residence in Kitchener she was a member of Zion Evangelical Church. Besides her husband, she is survived by one son Cecil of Toronto; two daughters, Miss Ruby and Mrs. Edgar (Effie) Ritz of Kitchener; two brothers, Allan Israel of Stockton, Man., and Vernon Israel of Winnipeg; two sisters, Mrs. Ezra Becker of Williamsburg, and Mrs. Reuben Weber of Kitchener, and one grandson. The funeral will be held on Wednesday at 2 pm at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home. Rev. E.E. Hallman will officiate, assisted by Rev. Earl Lautenslager of Toronto. Interment will be made in Woodland Cemetery. The body is resting at the funeral home. Kitchener-Waterloo Record Dec 20 1948

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91844992. [S3232] aaaaCemetery - ON, Waterloo - Woodland. Schmitt/ David Schmitt/ 1879-1955/ Clara Israel/ His Beloved Wife/ 1877-1948/ Thy Will Be Done [A] Father [B] Mother [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-1 Page 6. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 3 Page 27. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 22 Pg. 5. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Clara Israel - Dec 20 1948. [S2560] aaaWaterloo Township South 1891, Sect. 1 Page 26.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Feb 1877 - Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical Methodist - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Misfortune - killed by automobile - 11 Dec 1948 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 18 Dec 1948 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth