Verda Mae Kinzie^[1]

1914 - 1999  (85 years)

• Name	Verda Mae Kinzie
  Born	26 Jul 1914	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-23022
  Died	29 Sep 1999	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I23022	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Ephraim Kinzie,   b. 2 Jul 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Jan 1958, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Nancy Detweiler,   b. 28 Aug 1883, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Nov 1969, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Married	3 Feb 1909	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F5531	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  KINZIE, Verda Mae Of Langs Drive, Cambridge, on Wednesday, September 29, 1999, at St. Mary's Hospital, in her 86th. year. Beloved sister of Orpha Kinzie and dear sister-in-law of Irene Kinzie, both of Cambridge. Dear aunt of Ken Kinzie and his wife Pam, Jim Kinzie and his wife Leana, Janet Clark and her husband Dennis, and Rosemary Zehr-Chown and her husband Doug. Also survived by 11 great-nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her parents, Ephraim and Nancy Kinzie, one brother, Elton and two sisters, Rheta and Della. Miss Kinzie was born in Preston, on July 26, 1914 and lived most of her life in the area. She was a member of Preston Mennonite Church and also attended the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church. She was a retired school teacher and taught in Hespeler, Georgetown and New Guinea. The family will receive friends, at Preston Mennonite Church, 791 Concession Road, Cambridge, on Friday, October 1, 1999, from 2: 30 p.m., until service time at 3: 30 p.m. Complete funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Amzie Brubacher and Rev. Ralph Westendorp. Interment in Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge. Cambridge Reporter 1999

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Volume LI, Number 12 - March 18, 1958-page 262, 263. Kinzie, Ephraim, son of the late Henry and Elizabeth (Steiner)Kinzie, was born near Preston, Ont., July 2, 1881; passed away at the South Waterloo Hospital, Jan. 10, 1958; aged 76 y. 6 m. 8 d. Death was due to a heart ailment. On Feb. 3, 1909, he was married to Nancy Detweiler. He is survived by his wife, one son (Elton, Breslau, Ont.), 4 daughters (Rheta, Toronot, Ont.; and Verda, Della, and Orpha, at home), 3 brother (Harry and Edwin, Blair, Ont.; and Isaiah, Hespeler, Ont.), and one sister (Mrs. Abraham Wismer, Preston, Ont.). He dedicated his talents in service to the Preston Mennonite Church and witnessed through his many business contacts during the forty years he operated Preston's first dairy. Funeral services were held at the Preston Church, Jan. 12, in charge of Howard L. Good and B. B.Shantz. Burial in the Hagey Cemetery. [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link . Kinzie / Verda Mae / 1914-1999 / Della Marion / 1915-1992 / Orpha Lucille / / Love lives on [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Volume LI, Number 12 - March 18, 1958-page 262, 263. . [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020499-09. Ephraim Kinzie, 27, occ. Dairyman, res. of Waterloo Twp, son of Henry Kinzie and Lizzie Steiner Married Nancy Detweiler, 25, res. of Waterloo Twp, daughter of Noah Detweiler and Nancy Weber, Witn: Abram Wismer of Hespeler and Lydia Ann Kinzie of Blair, 3 February 1909 in Waterloo.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 26 Jul 1914 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 29 Sep 1999 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth