Mary Mabel "Mabel" Bitschy

1919 - 2012  (93 years)

• Name	Mary Mabel "Mabel" Bitschy
  Born	5 Mar 1919	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Mabel Bitschy
  Name	Mary Mabel "Mabel" Harnack
  Residence	1921	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Roman Catholic
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-294120
  Died	25 Oct 2012	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Saint Boniface Roman Catholic Cemetery, Maryhill, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I294120	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Walter Edmond Bitschy,   b. 10 Sep 1879, Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario ,   d. 13 Nov 1959, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Clara Jantz,   b. 14 Apr 1883, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Nov 1970, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F38999	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edgar J. Harnack,   b. 16 Apr 1912, Shantz Station, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Feb 1976, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Children	1. Shirley Marie Harnack,   b. 19 Jun 1940, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Oct 2007, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F5012	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  HARNACK, Mabel Passed away surrounded by her children on Thursday, October 25, 2012 at K-W Health Centre of Grand River Hospital at the age of 93. Beloved wife of the late Edgar (1976). Loving mother of Sharyn Klaehn, Nancy Resch (Richard), Bob Harnack (Bonnie), Brian Harnack (Mary Ellen), Debbie Harnack (Michael Walloschek) and Barry Harnack (Mark Leighton). Loving grandmother of Jeff (Aly), Kim (Grant), Jennifer (Rob), Rebecca (Alec), Melanie (Frank), Tim (Christina), Krissy (Dave) and Joe (Rachelle). Great-grandmother of 11. Survived by her brother Harold Bitschy and sisters-in-law Kathleen Bitschy and Irene Bitschy. Pre- deceased by her daughter Shirley Russo and sons-in-law Frank Russo and Louie Klaehn, special friend Jerry Hergott and brothers Eddy, Bill and John and sisters Emma Frank, Minnie Spitzig and Marie Karges. Mabel was part of the Avon Presidents Club. She enjoyed playing Bridge at the Waterloo Seniors Centre, Pinochle and Solo. She loved gardening, travel and holidays at the cottage in Haliburton; car rides in the country and ice cream cones shared with Saragh. Mabel's family will receive relatives and friends on Monday, October 29, 2012 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Henry Walser Funeral Home , 507 Frederick St., Kitchener, 519-749-8467. Parish prayers 8:30 p.m. Monday evening. Prayers will be offered in the funeral home on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 10:20 a.m. followed by procession to St. Anthony Daniel R.C. Church, 29 Midland Drive, Kitchener for a Funeral Mass at 11 a.m. Father Earl Talbot officiating. Reception to follow in the Parish Life Centre after which interment will take place at St. Boniface Cemetery, Maryhill. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario or the Waterloo Regional Lung Association would be appreciated by the family (cards available at the funeral home). Visit www.henrywalser.com for Mabel's memorial "Mabel Harnack - Thursday, October 25Th, 2012". 2021. Henrywalser.Com. https://www.henrywalser.com/memorials/Harnack-Mabel/1388895/obituary.php.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, Sub District 1 - Waterloo Township - New Germany Page 9. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99657152/mabel-harnack.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 Mar 1919 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 25 Oct 2012 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint Boniface Roman Catholic Cemetery, Maryhill, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth