Vera Ella Schaefer^[1]

1905 - 2001  (96 years)

• Name	Vera Ella Schaefer
  Born	2 Jan 1905	Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Vera Ella Blake
  Residence	1911	Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1926	Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Housework
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-156566
  Died	17 Oct 2001	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I156566	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Edven Schaefer,   b. 24 Dec 1874, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Dec 1960  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Melissa Snider,   b. 15 Aug 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Nov 1977, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 98 years)
  Family ID	F41279	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Albert Edward Blake,   b. 1899, , Cumberland, England ,   d. 1 Apr 1980, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Married	29 Jul 1926	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Delbert Blake   2. Harold Blake   3. Marjorie Blake   4. Marion Blake   5. Douglas Edwin Blake,   b. 1928,   d. 23 Mar 2004  (Age 76 years)   6. Robert Blake,   b. 1931,   d. 1931  (Age 0 years)   7. Roy Blake,   b. 1936, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Sep 2012, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)   8. Ruby Ilene Blake,   b. 1936,   d. 23 Dec 2007, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F41281	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Passed away peacefully at the K-W Health Centre of the Grand River Hospital on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 after a brief illness. Vera, in her 97th year, was the beloved wife of the late Albert Blake (1979) of England. Loving mother of Delbert and his wife Frances, Douglas and his wife Connie, Harold and his wife Norma, all of Kitchener, Marjorie and her husband Lendo Dermo of Guelph, Marion and the late Albert Denomme of Kitchener, Roy and his wife Doris of New Hamburg, and Ruby and her husband Don Ueberschlag of Kitchener. Cherished grandmother of 19 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren, and 1 great great grandchild. Dear sister-in-law of Gertrude Schaefer of Ayr, Velma Schaefer and Greta Schaefer both of Kitchener. Predeceased by her granddaughter, Judy Demonne, her parents Edwin and Mellisa Schaefer, four brothers Clarence, Clayton, Lorne, Ken and two sisters Bertha Siebel and Laura Schaefer. Vera is the last surviving member of the family. Vera's family will receive friends from 10: 00 A.M. to 11: 00 A.M. on Saturday, October 20, 2001 at the Henry Walser Funeral Home, 507 Frederick Street, Kitchener (749-8467) followed by the Funeral Service in the Chapel of the Funeral Home at 11: 00 A.M. PastorRichard Schneider, Breslau Evangelical Church officiating Interment will be at Memory Gardens Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the CNIB (Canadian National Institute for the Blind) or the Breslau Evangelical Missionary Church would be appreciated by the family. With tears and deep emotions We came to understand That Mom will be escorted To a much better, greater land. She taught us and loved us And she led us so we'd grow. Did so much for others Hoping no one else would know. Sleep on dear Mother, kind and true. No dearer friend on earth than you. For us you always did your best. May God grant you eternal rest. From Your Children

  
  

• Sources

  [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 045746-26. Albert Edward Blake, 25, occ. Truck Driver, b. Dublin Ireland, res. Commercial Hotel Waterloo, son of Joseph Blake (B. Ireland) & Elizabeth Chandler, married Vera Ella Schaefer, 21, occ. Housework, b. Kossuth, res. Breslau, daughter of Edwin Schaefer (B. Canada) & Melissa? Snider, Witn: Milton Hauck of Waterloo & Laura Schaefer of Breslau, 29 July 1926 in Galt. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Division 2 (Bloomingdale) Page 8. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration. Name: Vera Ella Schafer Event Type: Birth Event Date: 01 Jan 1905 Event Place: Waterloo Twp, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Gender: Female Father's Name: Edwin Schafer Mother's Name: Melissa Schneider

  
  

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  Born - 2 Jan 1905 - Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Housework - 1926 - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 29 Jul 1926 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 17 Oct 2001 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth