Lorena Elizabeth Fries^[1]

1907 - 1998  (~ 90 years)

• Name	Lorena Elizabeth Fries
  Born	Dec 1907	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Lorena Elizabeth Hemmerich
  Residence	1911	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-400039
  Died	1 Sep 1998	Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Buried	4 Sep 1998	Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Tavistock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I400039	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	John F. Fries,   b. 19 Aug 1875, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Bef 1966  (Age < 90 years)
  Mother	Ellenora "Eleanor" "nora" Stroh,   b. 23 Jun 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Jun 1970, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Married	28 Jun 1905	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Family ID	F39314	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry Michael Hemmerich,   b. Dec 1906, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Harold Hemmerich,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Wilfred Hemmerich,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Shirley Hemmerich
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F265114	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  HEMMERICH, Lorena - In Stratford General Hospital, on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 1998, Lorena Elizabeth Hemmerich, of Mitchell and formerly of Tavistock, in her 91st year. Born in Woolwich township, Waterloo county, a daughter of the late John Fries and the former Ellenora Stroh. Resident of Tavistock for 50 years, where she and her husband owned and operated the Arlington Hotel from 1948-1962. Member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Sebastopol-Tavistock, the Tavistock Seniors Community Club and was a regular attender of the Tavistock Legion Euchre Parties. Predeceased by her husband, Henry Michael Hemmerich; her friend Lawrence Dellow; her sons, Harold Hemmerich and Wilfred Hemmerich; her grandchildren, Shawn Hemmerich and Rene Hemmerich; her brother, Henry Fries and her sister, Leona Fries. Mother of Shirley, and her husband Lorne Turford of Mitchell; mother-in-law of Ruth Hemmerich of Parry Sound, Nola Bennett of Salmon Arm, B.C., grandmother of five grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren; sister of Ide Schweitzer of Cambridge. Friends will be received in the Francis Funeral Home, 77 Woodstock Street North, Tavistock, today (Thursday) from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will be held in Trinity Lutheran Church, Sebastopol-Tavistock on Friday, Sept. 4, 1998 at 3 p.m., the Rev. Norman Lange will officiate. Interment in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery. Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Ellenora Stroh - Fries. [S348] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1911, Div. 16 Page 5. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Lorena Elizabeth Fries - Hemmerich. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 19055-05. John F. Fries, 29, Occ. Teamster, b. Woolwich Twp., Res. Berlin, son of Michael Fries & Elizabeth Frey, married Eleanora Stroh, 26, b. Waterloo Twp., Res. Berlin, daughter of Henry Stroh & Anna Knechtel, Witn: William J. Janke of Berlin & Magdalena Fries of Elmira, 28 June 1905 at Elmira

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Dec 1907 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 1 Sep 1998 - Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - 4 Sep 1998 - Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Tavistock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth