Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Donald Cameron Burkhardt

Male 1931 - 2013  (82 years)


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  • Name Donald Cameron Burkhardt 
    Born 30 Oct 1931  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-179715 
    Died 18 Nov 2013  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I179715  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father Menno M. Burkhart,   b. 7 Jun 1891, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1975, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Hattie Z. Lichty,   b. 5 May 1887, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 May 1968, Green Gables Nursing Home, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 16 Aug 1914  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Family ID F6367  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ferne Lucille Cressman 
    Children 
     1. Lorrie Lucille Burkhardt
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F51942  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BURKHARDT, Don Cameron Don transitioned from his earthly life to eternal life at Grand River Hospital on Monday, November 18, 2013, after suffering a brain hemorrhage. He was 82. He had enjoyed country living near New Dundee for more than fifty years before moving to Kitchener in June. Don worked in retail grocery businesses, including managing Zehrs' Markets in Kitchener, Waterloo, New Hamburg and Cambridge. He was an active member at Mannheim Mennonite Church. Don enjoyed music, leading hymns in church and singing in various choirs and he was a long-time volunteer with Mennonite Central Committee Ontario. In his younger years, his speed and agility playing hockey and softball were legendary; later he enjoyed golf, bowling and crokinole. Don was the youngest child born to Menno and Hattie (Lichty) Burkhart in Waterloo. One brother, Eugene, Langley, B.C., sister-in-law, Peggy (Mahlon), Waterloo, and numerous nieces and nephews survive. Besides his parents, sister Nora and husband E. Clare Shantz, brothers Vernon, Oron, Mahlon and Melvin and sisters-in-law Erlene Burkhardt and Eileen Burkhardt preceded him in death. Survivors include Don's wife, Ferne (Cressman); daughters Lorrie (Ken) Koch, New Hamburg and Nancy (Kyle) Yoder, Goshen, IN; son Dwight (Lisa Jones), Guelph; grandchildren Kris and Kathryn Koch, Madeleine and Adrian Burkhardt-Jones, Jeff, Trent and Nick Yoder; brother-in-law and sisters-in-law Vernon and Doris Cressman, Lois (Stan, deceased) Lowe of Kitchener and Rhoda (Arnold, deceased) Cressman, Mount Pleasant, PA. Both visitation on Friday, November 22nd, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. and the funeral service to celebrate Don's faith and life on Saturday, November 23rd at 11:00 a.m., will be held at Mannheim Mennonite Church, 1494 Bleams Road, Petersburg. Cremation has taken place. The family extends sincere appreciation for the support of many friends and for the compassionate care of 8C medical staff at Grand River Hospital, CCAC, Day Program staff at Sunnyside and Nithview Homes and personal support workers Linda, Donna and Gloria. Donations in memory of Don to Mennonite Central Committee Ontario, House of Friendship or a charity of your choice can be arranged through the Erb and Good Family Funeral Home 519-745-8445 www.erbgood.com

      Trees, Memorial, Funeral Homes, and Don Burkhardt. 2022. "Don Cameron Burkhardt Obituary". Tributearchive.Com. https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/19959346/Don-Cameron-Burkhardt.

  • Sources 
    1. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120567001/donald-cameron-burkhardt.

    2. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, January 20, 1976 - Obituary of Menno M. Burkhart.

    3. [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 022401-14.
      Menno M. Burkhart, 23, occ. Laborer, b. Floradale, res. Woolwich Twp, son of Peter Burkhart and Nancy Martin (?) Married Hattie Lichty, 27, b. Elmira, res. Waterloo Twp, daughter of Solomon Lichty and Sarah Ziegler, Witness(es): John Lichty and Frank Haus both of Waterloo, 16 August 1914 At The Parsonage in Waterloo

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 30 Oct 1931 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 18 Nov 2013 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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