Eric Burkhardt^[1]

1926 - 2010  (84 years)

• Name	Eric Burkhardt
  Born	1926  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-372921
  Died	10 Jun 2010	Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I372921	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Alvin Burkhardt,   b. 29 Nov 1898, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1966  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Pauline Henkel,   b. Feb 1901, Alice Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Oct 1961, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 60 years)
  Married	16 Feb 1926	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Family ID	F13013	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Esther Blanche Knechtel,   b. 9 Feb 1928,   d. 29 Aug 2020, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F257170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BURKHARDT, Eric Passed away peacefully, after an extended illness, on Thursday, June 10, 2010, at the Freeport Health Centre of Grand River Hospital, at the age of 83. Beloved husband of Esther (nee Knechtel), loving father of Beverly (Tom) Aicken and Bruce (Charlotte) Burkhardt, cherished grandpa of Jacob (Kim), Erica (Steve), Russell (Samantha), Angela (Chad) and Robyn (Tommy), proud great-grandpa of Tawnya, Jacob, Samuel, Wraeanna, Wrennae, and Ty, dear brother of Walter Burkhardt and Helga Kesselring, and brother-in-law of Hilda McEwin, Ruth Glasford, Jacob Knechtel, Karen Knechtel and Gerry Kesselring. Predeceased by his grandparents Ezra and Sussanah Burkhardt and his parents Alvin and Paula Burkhardt. Eric was a dedicated employee of Joseph E. Seagram's for forty one years and a member of Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church. Friends and family are invited to visit, at the Westmount Funeral Chapel, 1001 Ottawa Street South (at Westmount Rd.), Kitchener, on Monday, June 14, 2010 from 7 until 9 p.m. and again on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 from 11 a.m. until the time of service. Funeral service will be held on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 1 p.m. in the Chapel of the funeral home. Eric will be laid to rest at Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy, donations to Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church or the War Amps would be appreciated by the family and may be arranged by contacting the funeral home at (519) 743-8900. For more information and to share memories of Eric, please visit www.westmountfuneralchapel.com

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Jacob T. Knechtel. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53539128/eric-burkhardt. [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 045778-26. Alvin Burkhardt, 27, occ. Section Hand, b. Woolwich Twp, res. Waterloo, son of Ezra Burkhardt (B. Woolwich Twp) & Susanna Martin married Paula Henkel, 25, b. Alice Twp, res. Waterloo, daughter of H. L. Henkel (B. Germany) & Hedwig Joachim, Witn: Oscar Christiansen of Waterloo & Edith? Burkhardt of Elmira, 16 February 1926 in Waterloo.

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 10 Jun 2010 - Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth