Morgan Nyle Baer

1921 - 2014  (93 years)

• Name	Morgan Nyle Baer
  Born	17 Mar 1921	Bright, Blandford Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131541383
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-197008
  Died	16 Jun 2014	New Hamburg Conservative Mennonite Church, New Hamburg, Ontario   [1]
  Buried	Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I197008	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Ezra Baer,   b. 20 Nov 1890, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Jan 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth C. "Lizzie" Good,   b. 18 Jun 1895, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 May 1966, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Married	9 Sep 1919  [2]
  Family ID	F5710	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Mae "Mae" Shantz,   b. 16 Oct 1925, Guernsey, Saskatchewan
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F56191	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BAER, Morgan Nyle Morgan passed away peacefully at Nithview Community in New Hamburg on June 16, 2014 at the age of 93. He was born on March 17, 1921 near Bright, Ontario. His father passed away when he was 14 years old, making it hard for his mother to support her young family of six children. As a result, Morgan as a teenager left school after grade 8 and worked for neighbouring farmers, bringing all his wages home until he reached the age of 21. After he and Mae were married in 1949, they purchased a farm near Guelph which is currently covered over by the water of the Guelph Lake Conservation Area. While farming part-time, Morgan earned his income during those years by working at a foundry. In 1959, he and Mae purchased the farm on Carmel-Koch Road near Baden, which he farmed until his "retirement" in 1986. After that, he and Mae spent 3 years doing volunteer work for MCC in Alberta and Pennsylvania. Subsequently, they lived in Wellesley until 2008, when they moved to a garden home in the Nithview retirement community. Since August, 2013, Morgan has been in long-term care. Morgan and Mae worshipped faithfully at Shantz Mennonite Church since 1959. Morgan will be remembered as a strong, hard worker who was always willing to share what he had with others. He had a beautiful tenor voice and he loved four-part harmony. In his younger years he played the piano, guitar and piano accordion. Even until very recently he would enjoy spending hours singing hymns and accompanying himself on the organ. He also enjoyed working in the woodlot, and operated a chain saw until only a few years ago. After he gave up driving his car, he purchased an electric bicycle which he used almost every day until the age of 92. He used to take great pleasure in writing humourous birthday cards for many of the children at church. Even until his very last days, his smile, his sense of humour and his gentle good nature were appreciated by everyone who came in contact with him. Morgan was predeceased by his parents Ezra Baer and Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Good), his four younger brothers: Elmer, Curtis, Orval and Wayne; his brother-in-law Roy Meadows and his sister-in-law, Jean Shantz. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 63 years, Mae (Shantz) and his sister Erma Meadows, sisters-in-law, Pauline and Rose Baer, and the Shantz family, Alice Gascho (Norman), Lowell (Lorene), Norma and Helen McDonald (Arnold) as well as many nieces and nephews. His children are Dwight, Stewart, Dennis and Dale; and his foster sons are Mike and Ron Roulleau. Dwight's family includes his wife Jennifer Ostic-Baer, his children Janna, Luke and Amelia, and their mother Erna Millar. Stewart's family includes his partner Peggy Cosman, his sons Kyle and Ryan, and their mother Dawn Bellmore. Dennis's family includes his children Melissa, Laura, Daniel and Katie, and their mother Mary Lou Shantz. Dale's family includes his wife Sue (Scott), and their children Matt and Sarah. Visitation will be at the Mark Jutzi Funeral Home , 291 Huron Street, New Hamburg, on Thursday, June 19, 2014 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The funeral will be held on Friday June 20, 2014 at Shantz Mennonite Church, 2473 Erb's Road, Baden, Ontario at 2:00 p.m. Memorial donations to MCC Canada would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy. A special thanks to the staff of both the Westmount and Nithview long-term care homes for their excellent and very loving care. Online condolence and memorial tribute information at www.markjutzifuneralhomes.ca Morgan Baer Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information (2023). Available at: https://www.markjutzifuneralhomes.ca/memorials/morgan-baer/4020976/ (Accessed: 30 July 2023).

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, S., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, S. (1921). Morgan Nyle Baer (1921-2014) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 13 April 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131541383/morgan-nyle-baer. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, February 6, 1936 - Obituary of Ezra Baer.

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 16 Jun 2014 - New Hamburg Conservative Mennonite Church, New Hamburg, Ontario Buried - - Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth