Myrtle Margaret Geisel

1942 - 1964  (22 years)

• Name	Myrtle Margaret Geisel
  Born	19 Jul 1942	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Church Membership	St. Pauls Lutheran Church, Elmira, Waterloo Region Ontario   [2]
  Name	Myrtle Margaret Rush
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-154192
  Died	6 Sep 1964	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3]
  	Cause: car accident
  Buried	Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I154192	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Clayton G. Geisel,   b. 1 Apr 1905, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Jun 1971, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Helen Marie Bott,   b. 1918, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Feb 2013, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 95 years)
  Family ID	F46383	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	David Rush
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F46382	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  GALT - A 22 year old Waterloo woman died Sunday of injuries received when the car in which she was riding was struck broadside on Highway 8 near Highway 97 at the south end of Galt. Dead is Mrs. David Rush, 426 Hazel Street, Waterloo. In South Waterloo Hospital, Galt, is her husband who was driving the car. He suffered head injuries and a fractured nose and is in satisfactory condition. PASSENGER HURT A passenger in the other car, Fred Taggart, 39, of Toronto, is n fair condition with head injuries and undetermined internal injuries. Driver of the second car was Leonard Russell of Toronto. Police said the Rush car was southbound on Highway 8 and turning left into a shopping centre when it was struck broadside by the northbound Russell auto. The rush vehicle, valued at $800, was wrecked. The other car received $1,000 damage. Mrs. Rush, the former Myrtle Margaret Geisel, was born in Kitchener July 19, 1942. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Geisel of RR#, Elmira, and was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Elmira. Besides her husband and her parents, she is survived by a daughter, Wendy, at home, her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. David Bott of Elmira; her paternal grandfather, Henry Geisel of Elmira; and three brothers, Gerald, Glen and Earl, all of RR 3, Elmira. The body will be at the Dreisinger Funeral Parlor, Elmira, until Wednesday noon when removal will be made to St. Paul's Church for a service at 3 pm. Rev. Dayton A. Fritz will officiate. Burial will be in Elmira Cemetery. The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 7 Sep 1964

  
  

• Sources

  [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Myrtle Margaret Geisel - 7 Sep 1964. [S602] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Waterloo Region Record (March 2008- ), Obituary of Helen Marie Bott Geisel - 19 Feb 2013. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, E., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, E. (1942). Myrtle Margaret Geisel Rush (1942-1964) - Find A.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 1 August 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99528755/myrtle-margaret-rush.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 19 Jul 1942 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Church Membership - - St. Pauls Lutheran Church, Elmira, Waterloo Region Ontario Died - Cause: car accident - 6 Sep 1964 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth