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

Ruth Snyder[1]

Female 1928 - 2008  (79 years)


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  • Name Ruth Snyder 
    Born 25 Oct 1928  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Name Ruth Bechtel 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-386731 
    Died 6 Apr 2008  Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Buried 9 Apr 2008  Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Person ID I386731  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Ephraim W. Snyder,   b. 7 Jul 1894, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Dec 1958, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Louisa Martin,   b. 16 Nov 1895, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1970, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Family ID F41225  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elton Hugh Bechtel,   b. 1 Jun 1921, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Sep 2011, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 16 Jun 1951 
    Children 
     1. John Elton Bechtel,   b. 6 May 1953, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1980, RR1, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F261922  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BECHTEL, Ruth

      Passed away peacefully, at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, on Sunday, April 6, 2008, at the age of 79. Beloved wife of 56 years to Elton Bechtel. Loving mother of Louise Bechtel of Clinton, Carol Schwartz of Kitchener, Pauline Bechtel and her partner Bill Paris of Vancouver and the late John Bechtel (1980). Cherished grandmother of Jessie-Lee, Jael and her fiancé Joel Duval, Nathan, Lindsay and Jared. Adored great-grandmother to Dante and Damon Duval. Dear sister of Mabel Brubacher; and sister-in-law to Joy Snyder. Ruth was predeceased by her parents, Ephraim and Louisa Snyder; sister, Almeda (Oliver) Weber; brothers, Angus (Doris) Snyder, Lloyd (Marie) Snyder and Mahlon Snyder and her brother-in-law, Francis Brubacher. Ruth's family will receive relatives and friends on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 (today) from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. and on Wednesday, from 10-11 a.m., at the Fairview Mennonite Home, 515 Langs Dr., Cambridge. Funeral Service will take place in the auditorium of Fairview Mennonite Home, at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 9, 2008, followed by a reception. Interment will take place at Wanner Mennonite Church Cemetery at 2: 45 p.m., Wednesday.

      Waterloo Region Record 8 Apr 2008

  • Sources 
    1. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of John E. Bechtel - 7 Jul 1980.

    2. [S602] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Waterloo Region Record (March 2008- ), Obituary of Ruth Bechtel - 8 Apr 2008.

    3. [S2588] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Cemetery Internet Link.
      BECHTEL/ Elton/ June 1, 1921/ Sept. 1, 2011/ Ruth/ Oct. 25, 1928/ Apr. 6, 2008/ John Elton/ May 6, 1953/ July 5, 1980/ Jesus is my saviour/

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 25 Oct 1928 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 6 Apr 2008 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 9 Apr 2008 - Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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