Mary Elizabeth Keffer^[1]

1901 - 2002  (100 years)

• Name	Mary Elizabeth Keffer
  Born	13 Aug 1901	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87196785
  Name	Mary Elizabeth Stager
  Residence	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1926	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	School Teacher
  Residence	1987	114 Highland Park, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-166879
  Died	22 Apr 2002	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I166879	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Wellington Keffer,   b. 16 Jan 1862, Vaughan Twp., York Co., Ontario ,   d. 17 Mar 1940  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Ellen Priscilla "Ella" Warren,   b. 10 Jul 1868, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1961  (Age 92 years)
  Married	Apr 1890  [3]
  Family ID	F21398	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harold Kimberley "Harry" Stager,   b. 16 Jan 1900, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Mar 1987, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Married	7 Jul 1926	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. John Kimberley Stager,   b. 23 May 1928,   d. 10 Oct 2018  (Age 90 years)   2. Charles Wellington Stager   3. Elizabeth Ann "Betsy" Stager   4. William Harold Stager,   b. 11 Dec 1937, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Nov 2016, , British Columbia, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F47912	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Mary Keffer LindaN94 originally shared this on 12 Nov 2012 to Ancestry Public Member Tree

  
  

• Notes

  STAGER, Mary Elizabeth(Keffer) - On April 22, 2002„ at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, in her 101st year. Married in 1928 to Harry Stager (1987). They had over 60 glorious years together. Mary is survived by her loved and loving children, Johr (Joan) of Vancouver, B.C., Charles (Anne) and Elizabeth (Darrell) Ackford of Cambridge. Ont. and William (Marjorie) of Kamloops, B.C. She was the quintessential and perfectly adored grandmother for Andrew Stager, Christine Stager. William Ackford. Daniel (Lenny) Ackford and Thomas (Joanne) Ackford, Mary Stager and Geoffrey Stager. And she was the wonderful G-G (great-grandmother) for Arielle and Max Ackford. There are many nieces and nephews for whom Aunt Mary was a special person. Born in Hespeler. the daughter of Wellington and Ellen Keffer, she became a kindergarten teacher in Uxbridge. St. Catherines and Hespeler before she married and moved to Preston. She took up family life. supported Harry in his business and was active in her Quill Club, the IODE, the Eastern Star, Rotary-Anns and especially in the Sunday School and other activities of St Paul's United Church. Mary joined the Galt Country Club in 1946 and quickly endeared herself to countless friends in that great recreation of golf which she played until she was 93. For the past 21 years there has been an annual Mary Stager Field Day at the Club in honour of her sparkling and winsome personality. She spanned the century past, losing two brothers in the First World War, that began with electricity and automobiles and ended with travels in space. During the whole of that time, she was alert to each new change and lived her life with optimism, good humour and abiding faith. Since 1994 Mary was a resident of Saint Luke's Place where she was the object of much affection which she shared with the nurses and staff, all of whom gave such loving care. Wherever she went her bright wit, wisdom and friendship touched many lives. The family and friends who survive have wonderful memories that will not fade. The family will receive Mends at the Barthel Funeral Home, 566 Queenston Rd.. Cambridge on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will be held at the funeral home on Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 2 p.m. Interment in New Hope Cemetery, Cambridge. Flowers are gratefully declined, but if you wish, a donation in memory may be made to Saint Luke's Place. 162A Franklin Blvd., Cambridge, Ont., N3C 3P4 or St. Paul's United Church, 450 King St. E., Cambridge, Ont., N3H 3M9 or the 'Memorial Tree end' at the Galt Country Club, Box 22010, Cambridge, Ont.. N1P 8E3.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 046248-26. Harold Kimberley Stager, 26, occ. Merchant, b. Hespeler, res. Hespeler, son of Aaron Stager (B. Canada) & Blanche E. Wilkins married Mary Elisabeth Keffer, 24, occ. School Teacher, b. Hespeler, res. Hespeler, daughter of Wellington Keffer (B. Canada) & Ellen Warren, Witnessed by: John Keffer & Bertha Asher, Both of Hespeler, 7 July 1926 in Hespeler. [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 20 Pg. 8. [S2208] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1891, Section 1 Page 38.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Aug 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - School Teacher - 1926 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 7 Jul 1926 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1987 - 114 Highland Park, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 22 Apr 2002 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth