Richard Knechtel^[1]

1908 - 1993  (85 years)

• Name	Richard Knechtel
  Born	16 Jan 1908	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1911	Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-401878
  Died	24 Mar 1993	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I401878	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Jacob Toman Knechtel,   b. 6 Oct 1879, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Nov 1962, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Jeannette R. "Nettie" Geiger,   b. 5 Nov 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Oct 1922  (Age 42 years)
  Family ID	F6027	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nellie Caroline Magdalena Wolfe,   b. 24 Nov 1909, Lakelet, Howick Twp., Huron County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Jul 1998, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Children	1. Dawn Knechtel   2. Virginia Knechtel   3. Grace Goldie Knechtel,   b. 11 May 1932, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Aug 2017, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)   4. Richard Earl Knechtel
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F265785	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  KNECHTEL, Richard Peacefully, at Central Park Lodge, Kitchener, on Wednesday, March 24, 1993, Richard Knechtel, in his 86th year. Beloved husband of Nellie (Wolfe) Knechtel, dear father of Mrs. Ralph (Grace) Wettlaufer of Tavistock. Mrs. Bill (Dawn) Ralston of Waterloo; Richard and his wife Nancy Knechtel of Tavistock, Mrs. James (Virginia) Darriggan of Cornerbrook, Newfoundland.; cherished grandfather of 13 grandchildren and great-grandfather of 16 great-grandchildren. Dear brother of Olivia Cober of New Hamburg, Myra Motheral of Brantford, Irene Tschumi of Kitchener and Joseph Knechtel of Breslau. Also survived by step-brothers, Jacob Knechtel of Kitchener and step-sisters, Ester Burkhardt of Kitchener, Ella Fleming of Kitchener and Ruth Glasford of Kitchener. Predeceased by brothers, Clarence and Bill and a sister, Agnes Knechtel. The family will receive friends at the Westmount Funeral Chapel, 1001 Ottawa St. S., (at Westmount Road). Kitchener, (743-8900) today (Friday) from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Complete funeral services will be held in the funeral home on Saturday morning at 10:30 a.m. Pastor Bill Pipke of Waterloo Pentecostal Assembly officiating. A private family interment at St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery will take place next week.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Nellie Wolfe - Knechtel. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 11 Page 8. [S499] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - St. Peters Lutheran CC#4509 Internet Link . Knechtel/ Richard/ 1908- / Nellie/ 1909- / Till Jesus Calls

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 Jan 1908 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 24 Mar 1993 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth