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

Robert C. Buschert

Male 1924 - 1996  (71 years)


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  • Name Robert C. Buschert 
    Born 28 Nov 1924  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-19471 
    Grave Photograph - Find A Grave Grave of Robert C. Bushcert 
    Died 22 Jan 1996 
    Buried Violett Cemetery, Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I19471  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Chester Buschert,   b. 28 Dec 1889, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1946, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Mary Edna Snyder,   b. 13 Jan 1896, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1962, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 20 Oct 1923  Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Family ID F5627  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Buschert, Robert C., 71, Goshen, Ind. Born: Nov. 28, 1924, Preston, Waterloo Co., Ont., to Chester and Mary Edna Snyder Buschert. Died: Jan. 22, 1996, Elkhart, Ind., of leukemia. Buschert chaired the physics department at Goshen College, 1965 - 1994, and was founder and director of the Turner Precision X-Ray Measurements Laboratory for solid-state research since 1970. He graduated from Goshen College in 1952, received a master's degree and doctorate from Purdue. He also worked for Bell and Motorola companies. Survivors-wife: Joy Martin Buschert; children: Allen, Russell, John Ross; brothers: Donald, David; 3 grandchildren. Congregational membership: Assembly Mennonite Church. Funeral: Jan. 26, College Mennonite Church, by Mary Lehman Yoder and Harold Bauman. Burial: Violet Cemetery.


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  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 021906-23.
      Chester BUSCHERT, 33, mechanic, Winterbourne, Preston, widower, s/o Wendell BUSCHERT (b. Williamsburg Ont) & Lydia CRESSMAN married Mary Edna SNYDER, 27, teacher, Waterloo Twp, Preston, d/o Absalom B. SNYDER (b. Hespeler) & Mary GROFF, witn: Howard A. CRESSMAN of New Hamburg & Ida SNYDER of Preston, 20 October 1923 in Breslau.

    2. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, November 5, 1946 - Obituary of Chester Bushert.

    3. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Mary Edna Snyder - January 22, 1963 pages 95, 96.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 28 Nov 1924 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Violett Cemetery, Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana Link to Google Earth
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