Barbara Ruth Shuh

1952 - 1959  (7 years)

• Name	Barbara Ruth Shuh
  Born	14 Apr 1952  [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-223475
  Died	12 Aug 1959	, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  	Cause: car accident
  Buried	Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I223475	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Howard Anderson Shuh,   b. 9 Mar 1926,   d. 13 Jun 2008, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Alice K. Gies,   b. 30 Dec 1926, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Jul 1954, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 27 years)
  Married	11 May 1949
  Family ID	F233016	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Barbara Ruth Shuh, seven, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Shuh of RR 2, Elmira, died on the way to hospital in London, Ont., Wednesday night, August 12, after she was struck by a car almost in front of her home on Highway 86 a mile east of town. The little girl died of brain injuries in an ambulance between Kitchener and Stratford. Her parents were following the ambulance. Provincial police said Barbara had been running along the highway with a friend, Charlotte McDougal of Smithville. They were returning home about 5 p.m., after visiting a farm about a half mile away. Charlotte said they had been running through a cornfield but had decided to go on the road when the stalks hurt their faces. Charlotte said Barbara ran in front of a car driven by John Wallace Scott of Elora. Dr. John E. Thompson was called and advised taking the injured little girl to a specialist in brain surgery at Victoria Hospital, London. Surviving besides her parents are two brothers, Bruce and Glenn and one sister, Mary, all at home. The body rested at Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira, until Friday noon. The funeral was conducted at 2: 30 p.m. at the Evangelical United Brethren Church. The Rev. J. Wesley Siebert officiated assisted by the Rev. J.J. Toews of the Mennonite Brethren Church, Kitchener. Burial was in Elmira cemetery. Elmira Signet 13 Aug 1959

  
  

• Sources

  [S77] News - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Elmira Signet (1893-1982), Obituary of Barbara Ruth Shuh - 13 Aug 1959. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47793707/barbara-shuh.

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - Cause: car accident - 12 Aug 1959 - , Ontario, Canada Buried - - Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth