Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Freda Margaret Polfuss

Female 1918 - 1999  (81 years)


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  • Name Freda Margaret Polfuss 
    Born 2 Sep 1918  Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207032977 
    Name Freda Margaret Schenk 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-245571 
    Died 17 Dec 1999  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I245571  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father John Polfuss,   b. 26 Feb 1859, Neustadt, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1929  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Loos,   b. 1 Dec 1875, Neustadt, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1948, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Family ID F25139  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Weyburn H. Schenk,   b. 7 May 1918, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 2004, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Children 
     1. Jean Lucinda Schenk,   b. 23 Nov 1950,   d. 6 Mar 2022, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F61231  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • SCHENK, Freda - Passed away, on Friday, Dec. 17, 1999, at Forest Heights Long Term Care Centre, Freda Margaret Schenk (nee Polfuss), in her 81st year.

      Wife of Weyburn Schenk for 53 years; mother of Jean and her husband Ken Arnett; grandmother of Harold and Melissa Arnett of Waterloo. Also survived by sisters, Elizabeth and Melinda Polfuss of Kitchener and nieces and nephews.

      Predeceased by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Polfuss; brothers, John, William, Charles, Albert, Alfred and Oscar Polfuss; sisters, Ann and Otilda Polfuss, Mrs. Elden Pfeffer of Elbow, Sask.

      Mrs. Schenk's family will receive friends at the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo today (Monday) from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service in the chapel of the funeral home on Tuesday at 2 p.m., with Rev. Barbara Weatherall officiating. Interment in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau.

  • Sources 
    1. [S292] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Memory Gardens CC#5464 Cemetery Internet Link.
      Weyburn/ 1918 - 2004/ Freda/ 1918 - 1999/ Together Forever/ Schenk.

    2. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207032977.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Sep 1918 - Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Dec 1999 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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