Vera Zehr^[1]

1924 - 2016  (92 years)

• Name	Vera Zehr
  Born	24 Apr 1924	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174452211
  Name	Vera Brenneman
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-402491
  Died	16 Dec 2016	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	East Zorra Mennonite Cemetery, East Zorra Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I402491	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Noah K. Zehr,   b. 7 Nov 1882, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Sep 1963  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Catherine L. "Katie" Gingerich,   b. 9 May 1887, Lisbon, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Aug 1947  (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F238532	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Oscar Brenneman,   b. 1914,   d. 26 Oct 1981, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Children	1. Richard Brenneman   2. Marilyn Brenneman
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F266009	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BRENNEMAN, Vera Passed away peacefully at Nithview Community, New Hamburg on Friday, December 16, 2016, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Waterloo County 91 years ago, a daughter of the late Noah Zehr and former Katie Gingerich. Loving wife of Oscar Brenneman who predeceased her on October 26, 1981. Dear mother of Marilyn and Gary Wilk of Waterloo and Richard and Michele Brenneman of Baden. Loving grandma to Christine, Alison and husband Jeff Senior, David, Kyle and wife Nicole, Stephanie and her partner Jon Johnston, Grace and Jordan. Sadly missed by her great-grandchildren Emma and Kira Senior and Kadence Brenneman. Vera is predeceased by her brothers Daniel and wife Dorothy Zehr and William and wife Florence Zehr. She will be missed by many nieces and nephews as well as her many friends. Vera was a member of the Living Water Community Christian Fellowship in New Hamburg and worked as a House Keeper at the Grand River Hospital, Kitchener. She was an avid quilter, gardener and enjoyed spending her time volunteering at Self Help. Family and friends are invited to call at the Mark Jutzi Funeral Home , 291 Huron Street, New Hamburg, today, Monday, December 19, 2016 from 7-9 p.m. and again on Tuesday, December 20, 2016 from 2-4 and 7- 9 p.m. A funeral service will take place on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. at Living Water Christian Community Fellowship, 45 Hincks Street, New Hamburg with Pastor Jim Whitehead officiating. Interment to follow in the 16th Line East Zorra Mennonite Cemetery. A heartfelt thank you to all the wonderful, caring staff at Nithview Community. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society or Living Water Community Christian Fellowship would be appreciated by the family. The Waterloo Region Record, 19 Dec 2016 Vera Brenneman Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information (2023). Available at: https://www.markjutzifuneralhomes.ca/memorials/vera-brenneman/4021069/ (Accessed: 5 September 2023).

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Oscar Brenneman.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 Apr 1924 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 16 Dec 2016 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - East Zorra Mennonite Cemetery, East Zorra Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth