Alma Fern "Fern" Knechtel

1925 - 2010  (84 years)

• Name	Alma Fern "Fern" Knechtel
  Born	1 Aug 1925
  Gender	Female
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  Name	Fern Knechtel  [1, 2, 3]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-370425
  Died	28 Jan 2010	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I370425	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Ephraim Knechtel,   b. 2 Oct 1884, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Nov 1974, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Edna Snyder,   b. 19 Aug 1891, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Jan 1989, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 97 years)
  Married	15 Feb 1911  [4]
  Family ID	F8303	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  KNECHTEL, A. Fern At her residence, Luther Village, on Thursday, January 28, 2010, after a brief illness. Alma Fern Knechtel, aged 84 years. Fern was a member of Mannheim Mennonite Church and had been employed with K-W Hospital for 30 years until her retirement. Loving sister to Orval of Kitchener, Dorothy of Waterloo, Alfred of London, Erma R. Gingerich and Carol and her husband Alson Martin all of Elmira, sister-in-law to Reta of Kitchener and Gladys of Elmira, also survived by many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her parents Ephraim Knechtel and Edna Snyder, two brothers Clifford and Paul, two sisters Grace Knechtel and Lila Martin, sister-in-law Mary, and brothers-in-law Gordon Gingerich and Clayton L. Martin. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 where the funeral service will be held on Monday at 1:00 p.m. with Pastor Ruth Anne Laverty officiating, spring interment will be held in the Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery. Donations may be made to the Mennonite Central Committee as expressions of sympathy through the funeral home. Reception to follow in the Ratz-Bechtel Family Centre.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Edna Snyder - Knechtel - 1989. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Grace Knechtel - 2001. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Lila Knechtel - Martin. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, January 7, 1975 - page 14 obit of Ephraim Knechtel.

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 28 Jan 2010 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth