Katherine "Katie" Bender

1887 - 1944  (57 years)

• Name	Katherine "Katie" Bender
  Born	6 Apr 1887	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Name	Katherine "Katie" Zehr
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-171429
  Died	17 Apr 1944	Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	East Zorra Mennonite Cemetery, East Zorra Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I171429	Generations
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Christian M. Bender,   b. 30 Jun 1845,   d. 2 Jun 1908  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Magdalena Streicher,   b. 3 Jun 1849, , Ontario, Canada ,   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 ,   d. 2 Feb 1956  (Age 69 years)
  Married	29 Oct 1907	East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
  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  (Age 91 years)
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2023
  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

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Apr 1887 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 29 Oct 1907 - East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 17 Apr 1944 - Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Buried - - East Zorra Mennonite Cemetery, East Zorra Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth