Eileen Schildroth^[1]

1918 - 2007  (89 years)

• Name	Eileen Schildroth
  Born	10 Aug 1918	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116228273
  Name	Eileen Schweitzer
  Residence	1980	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1982	250 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-157472
  Died	15 Nov 2007	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I157472	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	William Christian Schildroth,   b. 8 Jul 1888,   d. 1956  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Alberta May "Bertie" Hesse,   b. 16 May 1889, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Mar 1980, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Married	15 Feb 1910	South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F42740	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lorne Jacob Schweitzer,   b. 23 Feb 1910, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Mar 1982, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Married	1940
  Children	1. Paula Ann Schweitzer,   b. 13 Dec 1942, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Dec 2016  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F63759	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  EILEEN SCHWEITZER (nee: Schildroth) 1918 - 2007 Passed away peacefully at Sunnyside Home on Thursday, November 15, 2007 in her 90th year. She was born on August 10, 1918 on a farm outside of New Hamburg to William and Alberta Schildroth (Hesse) and had many fond memories of going to public school and Sunday school in New Hamburg. Her family later moved to Kitchener where she eventually worked at Smiles? n Chuckles. Eileen married Lorne Schweitzer in 1940 (predeceased March 25, 1982) and has two daughters, Paula (Bruce) Scheifele and Wendy Payne. She always put others first in her life and was always there to help anyone who needed her. She is especially remembered with great affection by her three grandsons, Steven, Scott, and Mark Scheifele with whom she developed a wonderful rapport. She will also be missed by her adopted daughter Joy Becker, her brother Donald and his wife Collette of Vancouver, sister-in-law Mae Schildroth and great grandchildren Brooke and Eric (Charlotte Bruder), Jacob, Sarah and Joseph (Stephanie Wunder) and Ella, Jack and Tessa (Kelly Schroeder). Predeceased by her sister Winnifred Kropp (Powell/Schildroth) and her brother Lester Schildroth. She was a member of Zion United Church and for many years a volunteer with the Grand River Hospital follow-up Cancer Clinic and the Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic. She also worked at the Nurses Residence of K-W Hospital as receptionist and house mother for the nurses. The family wishes to thank Judy and the wonderful staff of Castle Kilbride at Sunnyside Home where she received the very best care for the past five years. Friends are invited to share their memories of Eileen with her family during visitation at the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King Street South, Waterloo, on Sunday, November 18, 2007 from 2-4 and 7-9 pm. The funeral service will be held in the chapel of the funeral home on Monday, November 19 at 2:00 pm with Rene Alexander, Chaplain of Sunnyside Home officiating, followed by a reception in the Fireside Reception Room of the funeral home. Cremation will follow and a private family interment will take place in Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo. Condolences for the family and donations to The Sunnyside Foundation may be arranged through the funeral home, 519.745.8445 or www.erbgood.com. In living memory of Eileen, a tree will be planted through the Trees for Learning program by the funeral home. The Record 17 Nov 2007

  
  

• Sources

  [S490] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Record (1994-March 2008), Obituary of Lester John - 8 Nov 2006. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116228273/eileen-schweitzer.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Aug 1918 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1980 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1982 - 250 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 15 Nov 2007 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth