Wilfred Stewart "Stewart" Witmer

1919 - 2010  (91 years)

• Name	Wilfred Stewart "Stewart" Witmer
  Born	1919	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Stewart Witmer  [3]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-198832
  Died	2 Jul 2010	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I198832	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Leslie David Witmer,   b. 30 Jun 1889, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Dec 1978, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Elma Cressman,   b. 4 May 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Oct 1977, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Married	7 Jun 1916  [4]
  Family ID	F5901	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Emmaleen Shantz,   b. 25 Aug 1921, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Nov 2012, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Married	1946
  Children	1. John Howard Witmer,   b. 1949, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Oct 1959, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 10 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F231616	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  WITMER, W. Stewart "Gone to be with his Lord" Passed away peacefully at Fairview Mennonite Home, Cambridge on Friday, July 2, 2010 at age 91. Beloved husband of Mary E. Witmer (nee Shantz) for 63 wonderful years. Loving father of Paul and Mary Witmer, Elsie and Jim Hochstedler and Esther and Bruce Cressman. Dearly loved grandfather of Heather and husband Anthony Willemsen, Lorie and husband Mark Cressman, Kevin and Joni Witmer, Andrew and Melissa Cressman, Jonathan Cressman and Mark Cressman and his fiancé Katy Duerrstein and great-grandfather of Carter and Makenna Cressman, Julia and Evan Willemsen. Dear brother of Beatrice and Norman Shantz, Helen and Joe Burkholder, Bruce and Pat Witmer and brotherin- law of Irene Kinzie. He will be sadly missed by his extended family and friends. Predeceased by his parents Leslie and Elma Witmer, son John Witmer (1959), grandson Jeremey Hochstedler (1983) and sister-in-law Joyce Witmer (2009). Stewart was a lifelong resident of Cambridge and an active member of Preston Mennonite Church and the Holstein Friesian Association. He volunteered for the Canadian Cancer Society for 20 years as well as House of Friendship. The family will receive friends at Fairview Mennonite Home, 515 Langs Drive, Cambridge on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 from 2-4 p.m. and at the Barthel Funeral Home, 566 Queenston Road, Cambridge on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 from 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service at Preston Mennonite Church, 791 Concession Road, Cambridge on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 11 a.m. Interment Hagey Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy, donations to Mennonite Central Committee would be appreciated by the family. The Waterloo Region Record 3 Jul 2010

  
  

• Sources

  [S602] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Waterloo Region Record (March 2008- ), Obituary of Wilfred Stewart Witmer - 3 Jul 2010. [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link . In loving memory / Witmer / Stewart / 1919- / Mary / 1921- / I am the resurrection and the life [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Emma (Spaeth) Shantz - October 20, 1964 - pp 925, 926. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, January 31, 1978 - Obituary of Elma Cressman.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1919 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 2 Jul 2010 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth