Veronica Sauder

1865 - 1937  (71 years)

• Name	Veronica Sauder
  Born	22 Dec 1865	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Veronica Dettwiler
  Eby ID Number	00029-2232.400
  Died	30 Jun 1937	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Buried	St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I23859	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob N. Sauder,   b. 27 May 1809, , Germany ,   d. 16 May 1875  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Barbara Funk,   b. 8 Sep 1822, , Germany ,   d. 29 Jan 1899, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F6097	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abraham K. Dettwiler,   b. 20 Oct 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 May 1949, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Married	12 Mar 1893  [1]
  Children	1. Sevilla Dettwiler,   b. 20 Jan 1894,   d. 5 Mar 1979, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)   2. Enos S. Dettwiler,   b. 1898, , Michigan, USA ,   d. 29 Jan 1957  (Age 59 years)   3. Bishop Reuben Dettwiler,   b. 6 Jul 1901, Brutus, Emmet, Michigan, USA ,   d. 16 Jan 1951  (Age 49 years)   4. Laura Detweiler,   b. 1905, , Michigan, USA ,   d. 17 Oct 2008, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 103 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F5865	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Dettwiler.- Veronica, youngest daughter of Jacob and Barbara Sauder, was born Dec. 22, 1865, near Hawkesville, Ont. died at the K H. hospital on June 30, 1937; aged 71 y. 6 m. 8 d. On March 12, 1893, she was united in marriage to Abraham K. Dettwiler. To this union were born 8 children, 3 of whom died in infancy. There remain to mourn her sudden departure a sorrowing husband and 5 children (Sevilla, at home; Annie, widow of Mart Ramer, of Markham, Ont.; Enos of West Montrose, Ont,; Reuben, minister of the Floradale, Ont., congregation; Laura, Mrs. Eden Cressman, at home) and 15 grandchildren. There also remain 3 brothers (Henry, John, August) and a sister (Katie, Mrs. William Westfall), all of St. Jacobs, Ont. Two brothers and 4 sisters predeceased her. She accepted Christ and united with the Mennonite Church in her youth and remained faithful to the end. She was a member of the St. Jacobs senior sewing circle and' her place was rarely vacant. Funeral services were conducted at the St. Jacobs Mennonite Church on July 2 by the bishops, Jonas Snider and Oliver Snider. Internment in the Conestoga Cemetery at Three Bridges. Gospel Herald, July 22, 1937 - Vol. XXX, No.17 - page 383 _____________ Mrs. Abs. K. Dettwiler of St. Jacobs passed away early this (Wednesday) morning in her 72nd year at the K.-W. hospital, after two weeks' illness. Mrs. Dettwiler, who was born in Peel Township, her maiden name being Veronica Sauder, and after her marriage to Absolom K. Dettwiler resided for about twenty years in Michigan, moving with the family to St. Jacobs. Two sons and three daughters, be sides her husband survive, namely: Reuben of R.R. 1, Elmira; Enos, of West Montrose; Mrs. Annie Roemer Markham; Sevilla and Laura (Mrs. Eden Cressman), at home. There are also three brothers and one sister surviving. August and Henry Sauder of St. Jacobs, John Sauder of Breslau and Mrs. William Westfall, St. Jacob. The funeral will take place, after a private service, from her late home on Friday afternoon at two o'cleok to the St. Jacobs Mennonite church for service with interment in the St. Jacobs Mennonite cemetery. Kitchener Daily Record Wed, Jun 30, 1937 Page 13

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Veronica Dettwiler - July 22, 1937. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17414927.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 22 Dec 1865 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 30 Jun 1937 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth