Helen Boyle Spies

1918 - 2001  (83 years)

• Name	Helen Boyle Spies
  Born	29 Jan 1918	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Helen Boyle Knapp
  Residence	1921	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Methodist
  Residence	1956	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-150989
  Died	29 Aug 2001	Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I150989	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Samuel Caskey Spies,   b. 29 Oct 1884, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1951  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Jennie Lorena Hill,   b. 6 Jun 1885, Alma, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 May 1956, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F233143	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Norman S. Knapp,   b. 1917,   d. 23 Oct 2009, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F23761	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  KNAPP, Helen B. (Mrs. Norman) (nee Spies)-Passed away, peaceably, at Listowel Memorial Hospital, on Wednesday, August 29, 2001, Helen Boyle (Spies) Knapp, of Listowel. Beloved wife of Norman Knapp; much loved mother of Kenneth and his wife Darlene, Robert (Bob) and his wife Leora, Bill and his wife Nancy; loving grandmother of Stacey and her husband Corey McLeod, Melissa Knapp, Tricia and her husband, John Soers and Bryan Knapp and Crystal Craig; dear sister of Ruth Hamlin (Joseph 1969), Nora Schallhorn (Carl 1982), Norma Flannery (George 1973), Grace and Ed Brundage, Jean and Allan Brundage, Margaret Gibson and Isabel Eagle (Roy 1991), Roy Spies (Betty 1999) and Howard and Laura Spies. Also lovingly remembered by many nieces and nephews. Mrs. Knapp was born in Woolwich township, January 29, 1918, a daughter of the late Samuel C. Spies (1951) and his wife Jennie Lorena Hill (1956), also predeceased by sister, Lorena (1918) and brother, Jack Spies (1988) and his wife Bessie (2000). Helen was a member of Trinity United Church, Listowel, Past Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star No. 69 and along with her husband Norman, owned and operated Knapp's Shoes and Clothing in Listowel. The family will receive friends and relatives at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira, on Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A private family service will be held on Saturday with Helen's nephew, Rev. Richard Spies of Ancaster officiating, followed by interment in Elmira Union Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2121] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1921, Sub Dist. 16 Page 8. [S490] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Record (1994-March 2008), Obituary of Norman Knapp - 24 Oct 2009.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 Jan 1918 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1921 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1956 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 29 Aug 2001 - Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth