Walter Amos Keffer^[1]

1920 - 2001  (81 years)

• Name	Walter Amos Keffer
  Born	20 Apr 1920	Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1942	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-22681
  Died	17 Nov 2001	Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	21 Nov 2001	Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I22681	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Jeremiah "Jerry" Keffer,   b. 9 Oct 1888, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Dec 1954, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Hannah Catherine Schiedel,   b. 23 Jan 1892, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Feb 1942, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 50 years)
  Married	27 Jan 1915  [1]
  Family ID	F5459	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Laurene Margaret Hallman,   b. 22 Mar 1919, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Dec 1981, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F56123	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Nesta Marie Brown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F262109	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  KEFFER, Walter A. Suddenly, on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2001, at Stratford General Hospital, Walter Keffer of Baden and formerly of Elliott Lake, Cambridge and New Dundee. He was born 81 years ago, in Kossuth (Waterloo township) near Breslau, a son of the late Jeremiah and Hannah (Schiedel) Keffer. Walter was a member of Faith Baptist Church, New Hamburg. He had owned and operated Keffer Plumbing & Sheet Metal, in New Dundee, for over 20 years. Walter was a past member of the board of directors of the Waterloo-Wellington Flying Club, a member of the Gideons and had volunteered over 500 hours in the remodeling of First Baptist Church, Elliott Lake. He loved reading his bible and enjoyed singing, woodworking and flying as his hobbies. Beloved husband of Nesta Marie (Brown) Adams, whom he married June 28, 1980; loving father of Joan and Elroy Good of New Dundee, Ruth and Doug Zimmerman of Cambridge, Douglas and Roseann Keller of Kitchener, Don and Pamela Adams of Nova Scotia, Wayne Adams of Cambridge, Mark and Nydie Adams of Cambridge; lovingly remembered by 14 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; dear brother of Edith and George Albrecht of London, Mary Kaczmarek of New Hamburg and Carl and Rande Keifer of Cambridge; also remembered by a number of sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, nieces and nephews. Walter was predeceased by his first wife, Laurene Margaret Hallman and by a sister, Hannah and a brother, Gordon, both in infancy. Friends and relatives may call at the Mark Jutzi Funeral Home, 291 Huron St., New Hamburg on Tuesday, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. On Wednesday, Nov. 21. 2001, transfer will be made to Faith Baptist Church, 150 Hamilton Rd., New Hamburg, for the funeral service, at 11 a.m., with Pastor Gary McNitt and Pastor Tom Crerar officiating. Burial to follow at 3 p.m., at Memory Gardens, Breslau. The Record 19 Nov 2001 pg B9

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Hannah Schield - March 5, 1942.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Apr 1920 - Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1942 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 17 Nov 2001 - Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - 21 Nov 2001 - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth