Ruth Elnore Schaefer^[1]

1912 - 1953  (40 years)

• Name	Ruth Elnore Schaefer
  Born	14 Sep 1912  [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Ruth Elnore Merklinger
  Residence	1940	17 Cameron St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-189834
  Died	1953	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I189834	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Edward Winkler Schaefer,   b. 30 Sep 1872, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Feb 1947, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Louisa D. Schmidt,   b. 29 Mar 1874, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1960  (Age 85 years)
  Married	8 Apr 1901	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Family ID	F14192	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Peter David Merklinger,   b. 3 May 1903, , Huron Co., Michigan, USA ,   d. 28 Jul 1988, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F54070	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mrs. Peter Merklinger - Mrs. Peter D. Merklinger, 41, of 946 King St. West, died Sunday at K-W Hospital. She was the former Ruth Elnore Schaefer, daughter of the late Edward Schaefer. Her mother, Mrs. Louise Schaefer of Freeport, survives. She was born Sept. 14, 1912, in Hespeler. Also surviving are her husband, Peter; one daughter, Mrs. Wilson (Audrey) Goodwin of Kitchener and two brothers, Willard of Kitchener and Henry of Freeport. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Schreiter Sandrock Funeral Home and interment will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Rev. A. G. Jacobi will officiate. Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

  
  

• Sources

  [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Willard Schaefer - 20 Sep 1977. [S166] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Mount Hope CC#4508 Internet Link . Merklinger/ Peter 1903-1988/ Isabel Muir 1926-1974/ Madeline Klages/ 1908-1933/ Ruth Schaefer/ 1912-1953/ [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Ruth Elnore Schaefer - Merklinger. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127441160. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 017137-1901. Edward Schaefer, 28, Occ. Carpenter, b. St Jacobs, Res. St Jacobs, son of Adam Schaefer and Magd Winkler married Louise Schmidt, 27, b. St Jacobs, Res. St Jacobs, daughter of Henry Schmidt and Julia Derbecker, Witness(es): Fred Herres and Ada Schmidt both of St Jacobs, 8 April 1901 in Waterloo.

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 1953 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth