Grace Katherine Schmitt^[1]

1929 - 2009  (80 years)

• Name	Grace Katherine Schmitt
  Born	8 Jun 1929
  Gender	Female
  Name	Grace Katherine Downs
  Name	Grace Katherine Edwards
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-157265
  Died	26 Oct 2009	Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I157265	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Alfred Philip Schmitt,   b. 5 Nov 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Nov 1997, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 96 years)
  Mother	Elmanda Anna "Ella" Braun,   b. 5 Jan 1906, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Feb 1988, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F40871	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Russel Edwards,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Michael Edwards
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F62521	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	William Arthur Downs,   b. 1922,   d. 20 May 1997, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F267859	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  GRACE DOWNS 1929 - 2009 Passed away, on Monday, October 26, 2009, after a brief illness, at Freeport Health Centre of Grand River Hospital. Cherished mother of Michael Edwards and his wife Lynn. Beloved grandmother of Natalie (Danny), Casandra, and Cory (Tracey). Grace will be sadly missed by her sister Yvonne Such, sisters-in-law Audrey Hadenko, Shirley Hancock, and Colleen Clark, and by her nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her husbands Russel Edwards and William Downs, parents Ella and Alfred Schmitt and by siblings Floyd Schmitt, Ross Schmitt, and Barbara Gumpert. Friends are invited to share their memories of Grace with her family during visitation at the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home , 171 King Street South, Waterloo, on Thursday, October 29, 2009, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. The funeral service will be held on Friday, October 30, 2009 in the chapel of the funeral home at 11 a.m. Interment at St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville. Friends are invited to join the family for a reception at the K-W Naval Association, 315 Weber St. N., Waterloo following the interment. Obituary of Grace Downs | Erb & Good Funeral Home (2022). Available at: https://erbgood.com/tribute/details/10633/Grace-Downs/obituary.html (Accessed: 25 November 2022).

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Alfred Schmitt.

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 26 Oct 2009 - Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth