Ethel Amanda Witmer

1909 - 2006  (96 years)

• Name	Ethel Amanda Witmer
  Born	6 Sep 1909	Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Name	Ethel Amanda Weber
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-172501
  Died	23 Feb 2006	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I172501	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Edmund B. Witmer,   b. 3 Mar 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Nov 1960, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Lovinia G. Hallman,   b. 8 Sep 1881, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Sep 1970, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)
  Married	7 Oct 1903  [1]
  Family ID	F19889	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Byron S. Weber,   b. 6 Nov 1906, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Jul 1989, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Children	1. Virginia Louise "Gini" Weber
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F49989	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  WEBER, Ethel Amanda (Witmer) September 6, 1909 - February 23, 2006 Ethel died peacefully at Fairview Mennonite Home, surrounded by members of her family on Thursday, February 23, 2006, in her 97th year. She was the beloved wife of Byron S. Weber who predeceased her July 17, 1989; the loving mother of Virginia (Gini) Letkemann, and loving grandmother of Lisa, Joel and Jonathan Letkemann. She is survived by brothers, Leonard Witmer and Clifford (Doris) Witmer; and sisters, Violet (Irvin) Manske and Barbara (Walter) Cook. Ethel was predeceased by brothers, Wilfred, Lloyd and Raymond and sisters, Flossie and Beulah. Born in Plattsville, Ethel regretted she was not able to continue her education past elementary school and become a school teacher. Instead, she worked out as a hired girl from the time she was 13, then spent 19 years ironing shirts at Cluett's in Kitchener. She married Byron on September 6, 1947, and had one daughter, Virginia. She divided her time between being a homemaker, helping her husband and their family grocery store, and being actively involved at Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church. She loved and enjoyed being with her family and friends, entertaining in her home when younger, and gratefully receiving visitors at Fairview Mennonite Home when she grew older. She was a woman of faith, who loved and followed the Lord throughout her life -- demonstrating her love by actions rather than words. Family and friends are invited to share their memories of Ethel at Fairview Mennonite Home, 515 Langs Dr. in Cambridge, on Sunday from 2: 30-4: 30 p.m. The funeral service to celebrate her life and homegoing will also be held at Fairview Mennonite Home at 1 p.m. Monday, February 27, 2006. Interment Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener. In memory of Ethel, donations may be made to the WMA of Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church, MCC, or the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, and can be arranged through the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home at 745-9495, or on-line at www.ratzbechtelfuneralhome.com. The Record Feb 25 2006

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] News - Gospel Herald, December 6, 1960 - Obituary of Edmund B. Witmer.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Sep 1909 - Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 23 Feb 2006 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth