Kenneth Ray Gingerich

1919 - 2014  (95 years)

• Name	Kenneth Ray Gingerich
  Born	15 Feb 1919	Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	2007	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-246472
  Died	15 Jun 2014  [1]
  Buried	Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I246472	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Peter O. Gingerich,   b. 9 Oct 1889, Blake, Stanley Twp., Huron Co., Ontario ,   d. 30 Aug 1973, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Barbara Gascho,   b. 27 Jan 1895, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 May 1960  (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F42017	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edith Lorene Roth,   b. 17 Nov 1923, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Aug 2018, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 94 years)
  Married	1941
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F232924	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  GINGERICH, Kenneth Ray February 1919 - June 2014 Sadly we announce the passing of Ken on June 15, 2014. Of Waterloo, formerly of Baden and Sarasota, Florida. Born and raised in Baden, Ken married Edith (Roth) Gingerich in 1941, celebrating their 73rd wedding anniversary one day before he died. He is survived by his wife Edith, two daughters, Karen (Ward) Zehr, Linda (John) Michalofsky, grandchildren Drew (Nancy), Shelley (Steve), Melissa (Gary), Jody (Jody Kuntz), Jessica (Jamie), ten great- grandchildren, Meaghan, Reed, Trent, Zachary and Christopher, Lauren, Sophia and Olivia, Chloe and Kennedy. He is survived by his siblings Leona Steinman (Walter), Ray (Betty) Gingerich, Elaine Cressman, and Richard (Dorothy) Gingerich. Sister-in-law Jean Gingerich, brother-in-law Carl Oesch and John (Lorna) Roth. Predeceased by parents Peter and Barbara (Gascho), sisters Ruby Hammer, Miriam Oesch, brother Willard Gingerich and brothers-in-law Len Cressman, Walter Hammer, Glenn Roth, Harley Roth, John Stere, sisters-in-law Grace Stere, Sweetie Gingerich and Lorene Roth. Ken was past master of the Masonic Lodge, member of the Shriners. Nothing slowed him down as he continued to put his talents to work with one invention after another. Ken worked all his life as an electrician and plumber and was an avid wood worker and gardener. Family and friends may call at the Mark Jutzi Funeral Home , 291 Huron Street, New Hamburg on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 from 6-9 p.m. The funeral service will take place at the funeral home on Thursday, June 19, 2014 at 11:00 a.m with Rev. Mark Lewis officiating. Interment to follow in Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Baden. As expressions of sympathy, donations may be made to the Children's Shrine Hospital Burn Unit or the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Ontario. Online condolences and donation information available at www.markjutzifuneralhomes.ca We will all miss his sense of humour, corny jokes, and his hugs and kisses. Kenneth Gingerich Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information (2022). Available at: https://www.markjutzifuneralhomes.ca/memorials/kenneth-gingerich/4021335/ (Accessed: 6 November 2022).

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131541045. [S490] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Record (1994-March 2008), Obituary of Ruby Catherien (Gingerich) Hammer - 2 Oct 2007.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 15 Feb 1919 - Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 2007 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth