Margaret Selena "Selena" Oppertshauser

1893 - 1988  (94 years)

• Name	Margaret Selena "Selena" Oppertshauser
  Born	22 Nov 1893	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Margaret Selena "Selena" Draves
  Occupation	1911	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Operator - Stamping Factory
  Residence	1911	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-405395
  Died	21 Jan 1988	St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	24 Jan 1988	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I405395	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Henry S. Oppertshauser,   b. 9 May 1866, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Sep 1941, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Hannah Schaefer,   b. 23 Feb 1869, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Aug 1940, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Married	7 Jul 1890	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F22320	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Edward Draves,   b. 3 Mar 1893, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Nov 1974, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Married	12 Feb 1913	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Helen Draves   2. Betty Draves   3. Edward Draves   4. Harry John Draves,   b. 5 May 1919,   d. 8 Feb 1990, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)   5. Robert V. Draves,   b. 1933,   d. 4 Mar 1990, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 57 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F267139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  DRAVES, Selena - At K-W Hospital, on Thursday, Jan. 21, 1988, Selena Draves (Oppertshauser), of Heritage House, St. Jacobs, in her 95th year. Mrs. Draves was a member of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church. Loving mother of Helen (Mrs. Ted Kalbfleisch), Betty (Mrs. Robert Hofstetter) and Robert, all of Kitchener, Harry of Waterloo and Edward of Cheektowaga, N.Y.; dear sister of Elvina Yager of Cambridge, Dora Brox of Michigan and Mae (Mrs. John Brox) of Waterloo. Also sadly missed by 17 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Predeceased by her parents; her husband, John in 1974; two sisters, Millie Bartley and Pauline Oppertshauser; a grandson, Dale Hofstetter and a great-granddaughter, Nicole Draves. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 821 King St. W., Kitchener, today (Friday) from 7- 9 p.m. and Saturday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral and committal Services will be held in the chapel on Sunday at 2 p.m., with Rev. Harold Brill officiating. Interment Mount Hope cemetery, Kitchener. Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

  
  

• Sources

  [S307] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1901, New Hamburg (Village) E-1 Page 5. [S1054] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1911, p. 21;. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 7 Dec 1893. 22 Nov 1893 The wife of Henry S. Oppertshäuser, in Woolwich, twin daughters. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Selena Oppertshauser - Draves. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Elizabeth Schafer - Oppertshauser. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Henry S. Oppertshauser.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 22 Nov 1893 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Operator - Stamping Factory - 1911 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 12 Feb 1913 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 21 Jan 1988 - St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 24 Jan 1988 - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth