Waterloo Region Generations
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Katherine "Katie" Bender

Female 1887 - 1944  (57 years)


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  • Name Katherine "Katie" Bender 
    Born 6 Apr 1887  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Name Katherine "Katie" Zehr 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-171429 
    Died 17 Apr 1944  Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried East Zorra Mennonite Cemetery, East Zorra Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I171429  Generations
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2024 

    Father Christian M. Bender,   b. 30 Jun 1845,   d. 2 Jun 1908  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Magdalena Streicher,   b. 3 Jun 1849, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jan 1924  (Age 74 years) 
    Family ID F58801  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Simon B. Zehr,   b. 17 Oct 1886, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Feb 1956  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 29 Oct 1907  East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Clara Beatrice Zehr,   b. 28 Sep 1915,   d. 2 Jun 1990  (Age 74 years)
     2. Lydia Zehr,   b. 1916,   d. 14 Jul 2007, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2024 
    Family ID F42002  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Zehr.-Katherine (Bender) Zehr was born April 6, 1887, in Wellesley, Ont., passed into her reward after a lingering illness for over a year at her late home in Tavistock, on April 17, 1944; aged 57 y. 11 d. In early youth she accepted Christ as her personal Saviour, and by water baptism upon confession of faith, was received into fellowship of East Zorra congregation by the late Bishop Jacob M. Bender of Tavistock, Ont. On Oct. 29, 1907 she was joined in holy wedlock to Simon B. Zehr of East Zorra. This union was blessed with 10 children. One daughter passed away in infancy. She leaves to mourn her departure her loving companion, 4 sons (Irvin, Tavistock; Henry, Inerkip; Howard, overseas in England; Ernest, at home), 5 daughters (Edna, Mrs. Henry Christiansen, Plattsville; Clara, Mrs. Norman Lebold, Baden; Lydian, Mrs. Walter Shantz, Baden; Helen, at home; Hilda, Mrs. Earl Kimberger, Stratford), one adopted daughter (Alice, Mrs. Earl Turton, Toronto), one stepsister (Emma Schwartzentruber, East Zorra), besides 15 grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services were held at Krugs Funeral Parlor by Bro. Joe R. Bender and at East Zorra A. M. Church by Brethren Peter Nafziger and Dan S. Iutzi. Interment was made in adjoining cemetery.

      Gospel Herald - Vol. XXXVII, No . 10 - June 9, 1944, page 198, 199, 200

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 6 Apr 1887 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 29 Oct 1907 - East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Apr 1944 - Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - East Zorra Mennonite Cemetery, East Zorra Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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