Edna Snyder^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1891 - 1989  (97 years)

• Name	Edna Snyder
  Born	19 Aug 1891	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47269980
  Name	Edna Knechtel
  Residence	1911	Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00106-6063.2
  Died	15 Jan 1989	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 9]
  Buried	18 Jan 1989	Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 9]
  Person ID	I19066	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Christian B. Snyder,   b. 12 Jan 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Apr 1944, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Esther Bechtel,   b. 5 Dec 1863, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Jun 1940, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Married	7 Oct 1885	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 10, 11]
  Family ID	F3789	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ephraim Knechtel,   b. 2 Oct 1884, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Nov 1974, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Married	15 Feb 1911  [12]
  Children	1. Clifford Stanley Knechtel,   b. 1912, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Nov 2002, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)   2. Alson Knechtel   3. Edna Grace "Grace" Knechtel,   b. 1914, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Sep 2001, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)   4. Orval Clare Knechtel,   b. 22 Apr 1919, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Jun 2010, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)   5. Violet Dorothy "Dorothy" Knechtel,   b. 11 Feb 1924, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 May 2012, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)   6. Alma Fern "Fern" Knechtel,   b. 1 Aug 1925,   d. 28 Jan 2010, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)   7. Lila Irene Knechtel,   b. 1926, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Nov 2008, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)   8. Raymond Alfred "Alfred Knechtel,   b. 3 Feb 1928, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Jan 2013  (Age 84 years)   9. Erma Rose Knechtel,   b. 1929,   d. 23 May 2017, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)   10. Paul Orton Knechtel,   b. 15 Mar 1936, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1940, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 3 years)   11. Carol Thelma Knechtel
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F8303	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Knechtel, Mrs. Edna - Peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 15, 1989, at St. Mary's Hospital, Edna Knechtel (nee Snyder), in her 98th year, of 49 Hampton Place, Kitchener. Beloved wife of the late Ephraim Knechtel, who predeceased her on November 5, 1974. Dear mother of Clifford and his wife Reta, Grace, Orval and his wife Mary, all of Kitchener, Dorothy of Waterloo, Fern of Kitchener, Lila and her husband Clayton L. Martin of Floradale, Alfred of Cambridge, Erma and her husband Gordon Gingrich of Elmira, Carol and her husband Alson Martin of Wellesley. Lovingly remembered by her 25 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. Sister of Percy Snyder and Mrs. Ida Hallman, both of New Hamburg. Predeceased by her son, Paul and her sister, Mrs. Avon Witmer. Mrs. Knechtel was a lifelong member of the Mannheim Mennonite Church. A daughter of the late Christian B. Snyder and the former Esther Bechtel. Visitation at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, this evening (Monday), 7-9 pm and Tuesday, 2-5 pm and 7-9 pm. Funeral service at the Mannheim Mennonite Church, on Wednesday at 3 pm, Rev. James Reesor will conduct the service. Interment in the adjoining cemetery. Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 302. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 209. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Grace Knechtel - 2001. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Lila Knechtel - Martin. [S177] Census - ON, Waterloo - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-5 Page 8. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-5 Page 8. [S49] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Latschaw Mennonite CC#4560 [now Mannheim Mennonite] Internet Link. Knechtel/ Ephraim/ Knechtel/ 1884-1974/ Edna/ Snyder/ 1891- 1989/ till we shall meet and never part [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 11 Page 8. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Edna Snyder - Knechtel - 1989. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 011766-85. (Waterloo Co.) Christian B. SNYDER, 23, farmer, Wilmot Twp, Wilmot Twp, s/o Moses K. & Lydia married Nellie BECHTEL, 21, Wilmot Twp, Wilmot Twp, d/o Noah & Veronika, witn Noah B. SNYDER & Lydia BECHTEL both of Wilmot Twp, 7 October 1885 at the bride's parents in Wilmot Twp. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, July 25, 1940 - Obituary of Esther Bechtel. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, January 7, 1975 - page 14 obit of Ephraim Knechtel.

  
  

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  Born - 19 Aug 1891 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 15 Jan 1989 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 18 Jan 1989 - Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth