Ernest Timothy Roth

1925 - 1947  (21 years)

• Name	Ernest Timothy Roth
  Born	22 Sep 1925	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27061584
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-214191
  Died	21 Jul 1947	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Cause: accident auto
  Buried	Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I214191	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Samuel S. Roth,   b. 2 Jun 1895, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 May 1968, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Barbara Jantzi,   b. 25 Sep 1897,   d. 19 Apr 1981, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F45475	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mildred May Roth,   b. 8 May 1925, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Apr 2022, Seward, Seward, Nebraska, USA  (Age 96 years)
  Children	1. Sharon Roth
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F230655	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  ERNEST ROTH, GLEN SCHWARTZENTRUBER, RAYMOND SNYDER Kitchener, July 22 - Motoring to Au Gres, Michigan yesterday to attend the funeral of a brother, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Roth, of Baden, were reached as they prepared to cross the border at Sarnia and informed their son, Ernest, 21, had been killed with two friends in a railway crossing crash near their home. Today they arranged for the funeral of their young son. The other victims were Glen Schwartzentruber, 16, and Raymond Snyder, 11. All were Mennonites. The three were killed instantly when struck by a Canadian National Railways train in charge of Edward Milner, Toronto, conductor, and William Flint, Toronto, engineer, on a crossing leading to the Samuel Roth farm. They were returning from a field, where they had been dusting potatoes. Roth, who was married to the former Mildred Roth last September, also is survived by his parents, one brother, Calvin, and two sisters, Agness and Mrs. Rufus Bender, Baden. Schwartzentruber, a son of Mr. And Mrs. Simon Schwartzentruber, is survived by his parents, six brothers, Arthur, Nyle, Clare, Elverne, Simon and Waybe, and six sisters, Leona, Ellen, Erma, Rita, Ruth and Arlene, all at home. Snyder is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Snyder; a brother, Vernus, at hoem, and three sisters, Mrs. Pearl Bechtel, Mrs. Ethel Roth and Ruth Snyder, all of Baden. Kitchener Daily Record 23 Jul 1947 ____________________ Roth.-Ernest Timothy, son of Samuel S. and Barbara (Jantzi) Roth, was born in Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Co., Ont., Sept. 22, 1925; died July 21, 1947; aged 21 y. 9 m. 29 d. He met his death along with Ray Snyder and Glen Schwartzentruber, in a railway crossing accident on his parents' farm, near Baden, Ont. Surviving are his ten-month bride (Mildred May Roth, Petersburg, Ont.), his parents, 2 sisters (Ellen-Mrs. Rufus Bender, of Baden; and Agnes, a student at E.M.C., Harrisonburg, Va.), 2 brothers (Calvin and Nevin, at home), and many other relatives and friends. Early in youth he accepted Christ as his personal Saviour and was baptized into the fellowship of the Wilmot A.M. Church, near Baden. He was loyal and deeply conscientious, cheerful in any task assigned to him. Funeral services were conducted at the home by M. O. Jantzi and at the church by Peter Nafziger and Oscar Burkholder. Text: Amos 3:6. Burial was made in the Steinman A.M.Cemetery, near Baden. Gospel Herald - Volume XL, Number 25 - September 16, 1947 - pp. 542, 543

  
  

• Sources

  [S350] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Daily Record 1919-1947, Ernest Roth, Glen Schwartzentruber, Raymond Snyder - 23 Jul 1947.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 22 Sep 1925 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: accident auto - 21 Jul 1947 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth