Dr. Iva Ruth Sherk

1928 - 2011  (83 years)

• Name	Iva Ruth Sherk
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	1928
  Gender	Female
  Name	Iva Ruth Snyder
  Name	Iva Ruth Taves
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-387296
  Died	29 Mar 2011	Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I387296	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 1	Harvey W. Taves,   b. 22 Mar 1926, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ,   d. May 1965, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 39 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F49128	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Rev. John Wilfred Snyder,   b. 20 Sep 1925, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Oct 2012, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Married	16 Nov 1991
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F262121	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  TAVES, Iva Ruth 1928 - 2011 Dr. Iva Taves, died peacefully, at Freeport Hospital, on Tuesday afternoon, March 29, 2011. She was predeceased by her first husband ,Harvey Taves, in 1965 (Mennonite Central Committee Director) and will be missed by her family; John W. Snyder (married November 16, 1991); John’s children, Jed (Michele Dickinson) of Cambridge, Patricia (Christopher Dustin) of Thompson CT, Julia (Hans Behrendt) of Berlin and granddaughter Abigail Dustin; Iva’s family, Mila, Mark, Jilienne, Caitie, Jacob and Jesse Reusser, Mary Taves, Ruth Fallding, Saul and Jimmy Sotomayor, Harold and Ruth Sherk, Arthur and Anne Sherk, Mildred Kreider and an extended Sherk family. She was predeceased by her parents, Mila (Senor) and J. Harold Sherk. Iva was the Laboratory Director and Pathologist, at the Kitchener Waterloo Hospital, for almost all of her 37 year career. She modeled and required the highest standards of professionalism. Iva was the first female President of the Ontario Association of Pathologists, 1972-1973. She served on Hospital Laboratory Accreditation Committees and was a meticulous diagnostician, and administrator. Friends and relatives are invited to share their memories of Iva with her family, on Saturday, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m., at the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King Street South, Waterloo. The service to celebrate her life and faith will be held at Rockway Mennonite Church, 32 Weber Street West, Kitchener, on Sunday, April 3, 2011, at 3 p.m., with Rev. Scott Brubaker-Zehr officiating. Immediately following the service, friends and relatives are invited to remain at Rockway Church, for lunch and a time of visiting. A family committal service, will be held Saturday morning, April 2, at Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener. Waterloo Region Record 1 Apr 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 29 Mar 2011 - Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth