Bishop Lewis S. Weber

1894 - 1963  (69 years)

• Name	Lewis S. Weber
  Prefix	Bishop
  Born	8 Oct 1894	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Farmer Son
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-23764
  Died	20 Nov 1963	Scottdale, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I23764	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Joseph S. Weber,   b. 4 Mar 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Aug 1949, near, Didsbury, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Shantz,   b. 12 Dec 1864, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Aug 1899, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 34 years)
  Married	4 Mar 1884  [5]
  Family ID	F4738	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edna Bowman,   b. 21 May 1896, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1922  [4]
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F38865	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Weber, Lewis S., son of Joseph and Mary Ann (Schantz) Weber, was born near Waterloo, Ont., Oct. 8, 1894; died at his home in Scottdale, Pa., Nov. 20, 1963; aged 69 y. 1 m. 12 d. In 1918, after graduating from Goshen College Academy, he was ordained to the ministry and served in rural mission work at Almira, Ont. In 1922 he was married to Edna Bowman, who survives. They took charge of the work at the Mennonite Gospel Mission in Toronto, where he served for over nine years. During this time he also continued his academic training. He was a graduate of Goshen College, McMasters University, and Toronto Bible College. He also attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary at Ft. Worth, Texas. Surviving, besides his wife, are 6 brothers (Byron, Allen, Joseph, Newton, Orphen, and Orval) and 3 sisters (Hannah-Mrs. Herbert Snyder, Violet-Mrs. Leonard Snyder, and Beulah-Mrs. Delton Schmidt). From 1931 to 1949, the Webers served as missionaries in Argentina, Bro. Weber serving as pastor, editor, and as professor in the Mennonite Bible College. He was a member of the Executive Committee of a Confederation of Evangelical Churches in Argentina for a number of years. In 1944 he was ordained to the office of bish-op by the election of the church in Argentina. He has written several books for youth and on mission work in Argentina. From 1950 to 1961 he was engaged in editorial and translation work at the Mennonite Publishing House, Scottdale. He was also editor of the Allegheny Conference News from 1957 to 1963. He was a member of the Market Street Church, where funeral services were held Nov. 22, in charge of A. J. Metzler and Gerald Studer. Gospel Herald - Volume LVI, Number 48 - December 10, 1963 - pages 1085, 1086.

  
  

• Sources

  [S177] Census - ON, Waterloo - 1901, ON WATERLOO (North/Nord) (#121) Subdistrict: Waterloo C-3 Page 15. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-3 Page 15. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Div. 3 page 2. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, December 10, 1963 - Obituary of Lewis S. Weber. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 602.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Oct 1894 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer Son - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 20 Nov 1963 - Scottdale, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth