Adeline Mayer

1906 - 2003  (96 years)

• Name	Adeline Mayer
  Born	10 Aug 1906	, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95397027
  Name	Adeline Gingerich
  Residence	1911	St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Amish
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-202130
  Died	1 May 2003	Carthage, Jefferson, New York, USA
  Buried	Croghan A. M. Cemetery, Croghan, Lewis, New York, USA
  Person ID	I202130	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Moses Mayer,   b. 25 May 1873, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Oct 1952, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Rachael Lichti,   b. 21 Dec 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 May 1971, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Married	2 Apr 1901	St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Family ID	F20116	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Simon Gingerich,   b. 5 Mar 1904, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Apr 1958, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 54 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F53058	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Carthage - Adeline Gingerich, 96, died Thursday morning at Hallmark Nursing Centre, Carthage, NY. She was formerly of the Sayre Road. A funeral service was held Sunday, May 4, 2003 at the Naumburg Mennonite Church with Rev. Titus Mast, Pastor and Rev. Elmer Moser, officiating. Burial will be in the Conservative Mennonite Cemetery, Croghan, NY. Arrangements are with the Virkler-Percoski Funeral Home. Surviving Mrs. Gingerich are a son and daughter-in law, Simon and Diane Gingerich of Castorland, NY; three daughters and a son-in-law, Geraldine and Clifford Zehr of Copenhagen, NY; Mary Ellen Roggie of Carthage, NY; and Kathleen Gingerich of Carthage, NY; two sisters Elmina Wismer and Savira Viola Gingerich both of Mew Hamburg, Ontario, Canada, 22 grandchildren 67 great grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren. She is predeceased by a grandson, Keith L. Zehr, and three great grandchildren, Devon and Celeste Moshier, and Alissa Zehr; six brothers, Elmer, Aaron, Clarence, Allen, William, and Edgar Mayer, and a sister, Mabel Stricher. Born in St, Agatha, Ontario Canada, on August 10th, 1906, the daughter of Moses and Rachel Lickti Mayer, she attended school in St. Agatha, Ontario, She came to the United States to seek employment in 1926 as a domestic housekeeper. She married Simon Gingerich Sr. on October 3rd, 1928 at the Lowville Mennonite Church with Rev. Christian Nafziger, Pastor, officiating. She and her husband purchased a dairy farm on the Vary Road in the Town of Harrisburg in 1933. They sold the farm to their son Simon in 1953. Mr. Gingerich died on April 5, 1998. After her marriage she worked on two dairy farms; one for John Widrick arid the other for Mrs. Henry 0. Weller. She also worked for Earl Stanton and Earl Barnes families as a domestic housekeeper after her husband's death, and she continued to work for various families in the area as a housekeeper until her retirement. She was a member of the Naumburg Mennonite Church, Naumburg, NY. For many years she was active in the Lowville Mennonite Sewing Circle, and she also served on many committees for the Mennonite Church. She also enjoyed most kinds of needlework and quilting. She especially loved gardening and the outdoors. Adirondack Mountain Sun, May 19 2003

  
  

• Sources

  [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 9 Page 2. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Rachel Mayer - August 3, 1971.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Aug 1906 - , Ontario, Canada Residence - Amish - 1911 - St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 1 May 2003 - Carthage, Jefferson, New York, USA Buried - - Croghan A. M. Cemetery, Croghan, Lewis, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth