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

Frieda Elizabeth Merklinger[1, 2, 3]

Female 1911 - 2008  (96 years)


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  • Name Frieda Elizabeth Merklinger 
    Born 2 Jul 1911  Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Name Frieda Elizabeth Neeb 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-372417 
    Died 31 Jan 2008  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried First St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery, Wellesley Village, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I372417  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Henry Merklinger,   b. 2 Mar 1877, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 1949, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Emma Marie Schneider,   b. 3 Jul 1883, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1966  (Age 82 years) 
    Family ID F265143  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Henry Edward Neeb,   b. 6 Aug 1901, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1982, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F256997  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • NEEB,Frieda-Mrs. Frieda Elizabeth Neeb, age 96, passed away peacefully at Nithview Home, New Hamburg, on Thursday, January 31, 2008. Born in Tavistock, July 2, 1911, daughter of the late Henry and Emma (Schneideer) Merklinger. On August 22, 1934 she married Henry Edward Neeb. They farmed in North Easthope Township until moving to Stratford in 1978. Henry predeceased her I January of 1982. Frieda was Librarian in the Tavistock Public Library for several years. She was a member of First St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wellesley, The Mary Martha Society, LWML, LLL and taught Sunday School for many years. Frieda was a former member of the Hampstead Women's Institute and a director of the Wellesley-North Easthope Agricultural Society. She loved her flowers and doing crafts. She is the loving mother of Irene Epp, New Hamburg, Ralph Neeb and wife Louise, RR 1, GadsHill. She will be sadly missed by her grandchildren, Paul Epp (Dianne), Colleen Peat (Jairus), Heather Crane (Derick) and Keith Neeb. Great-grandmother of Vincent and Jacalyn Epp. Also survived by sister-in-law, Willy Merklinger and several nieces and nephews. Besides her parents and husband, she was predeceased by son-in-law, Wilfred Epp; brothers, Walter Merklinger (Erma), Lorne Merklinger; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Mary Fleischauer (Edwin), John Neeb (Verda and 2nd wife Myrtle), Clarence Neeb (Margaret), Florence Mueller (Herman) and two nephews. Friends and relatives may call at the W. G. Young Funeral Home, 430 Huron Street, Stratford on Friday, February 1 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. and on Saturday at 1st St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church from 11 a.m. until the time of the funeral service at 1 p.m. Rev. Andy Schroth will officiate. Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery. In lieu of flowers and as expressions of sympathy, memorial donations may be made to the 1st St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church-Roof Fund or to the Lutheran Hour through the funeral home.

  • Sources 
    1. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Henry E. Neeb - 7 Jan 1982.

    2. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Henry Merklinger.

    3. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Lorne Martin Merklinger.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Jul 1911 - Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 31 Jan 2008 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - First St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery, Wellesley Village, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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