Lester Swartzentruber

1918 - 1995  (77 years)

• Name	Lester Swartzentruber
  Born	1918	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Business	Swartzentruber Trucking
  Residence	1993	Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-171482
  Died	18 Jun 1995	Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I171482	Generations
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	Joseph B. Schwartzentruber,   b. 21 Nov 1884, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1961  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Barbara Jantzi,   b. 31 Mar 1884, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Nov 1959, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Married	3 Jan 1918
  Family ID	F49439	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Erma Roth,   b. 1923, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Jan 2011, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Married	29 Apr 1945
  Children	1. Linda Swartzentruber   2. Sandra Swartzentruber
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024
  Family ID	F45902	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Swartzentruber, Lester James \endash Passed away, suddenly, at his residence in Petersburg, on Sunday, June 18, 1995. He was born in Wilmot township 76 years ago, a son of the late Joseph and Barbara (Yantzi) Swartzentruber. He was a member of St. Agatha Mennonite Church and had owned and operated L.J. Swartzentruber Trucking prior to retirement. Lester enjoyed talking with people, hockey and reading as his hobbies. Beloved husband of Erma (Roth) whom he married April 28, 1945. Loving father of Linda and her husband Brian Greer of Mannheim, Sandra and her husband Douglas Streit of Kitchener. Special grandfather to Christine, Steven, Amy, Jeff and Tim. Dear brother of Lloyd and his wife Ida, Ray and his wife Jean, all of Waterloo, Omar and his wife Ada of New Hamburg. Also remembered by his brothers and sisters-in-law, Melvin Erb, Elmina Schwartzentruber, both of New Hamburg, Selena Wagler of Baden, Elmer and Annie Roth of RR 2, Baden. He was predeceased by one son in infancy; one brother, Glen as a child and one sister Edith Erb in 1990. Friends and relatives may call at the Mark Jutzi Funeral Home, 291 Huron St., New Hamburg, today (Monday) from 7-9 p.m. and Tuesday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Transfer will be made Wednesday, June 21, 1995, at noon, to St. Agatha Mennonite Church for the service at 2 p.m., with Pastor Emanuel George and Pastor Steve Gerber officiating. Burial to follow in the adjoining cemetery. As expressions of sympathy, donations may be made to the Mennonite Central Committee or the K-W Hospital Coronary Care Unit. [everyone else is Schwartzentruber]

  
  

• Sources

  [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Luella Jacky - 15 Apr 1993. [S602] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Waterloo Region Record (March 2008- ), Obituary of Erma Swartzentruber - 8 Jan 2011.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1918 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth